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Read Navigating evolving data center security risks and requirements
Navigating evolving data center security risks and requirements

Navigating evolving data center security risks and requirements

May 03, 2023 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

In recent years, data center security has come to the fore, with an increase in firmware attacks and security failures. Research shows that 83 percent of businesses have experienced firmware attacks in recent years, and in February, GDS and STT GDC hit the headlines when hackers compromised two...

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Read Keppel Data Centres and Woodside partner on liquid hydrogen supply
Keppel Data Centres and Woodside partner on liquid hydrogen supply

Keppel Data Centres and Woodside partner on liquid hydrogen supply

April 28, 2023 Keppel Data Center REIT

Keppel Corporation has signed an agreement with Australia's Woodside Energy, which could see it supply 1,000 tonnes (1,100 tons) of liquid hydrogen a day from Woodside's portfolio of planned production facilities, to Keppel's data center in Singapore. This deal follows a series of successful...

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Read Equinix Plans 30MW+ Data Facility in Slough, UK
Equinix Plans  30MW+ Data Facility in Slough, UK

Equinix Plans 30MW+ Data Facility in Slough, UK

April 27, 2023 Equinix

Equinix plans to construct a new 30MW+ data center in Slough Trading Estate, Berkshire, just outside of London. Late last year, as initially reported by the Royal Borough Observer, the corporation submitted a planning application for LD14. The Slough planning commission voted unanimously in favor...

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Read Stack Plans to Setting up Two San Jose Data Centers
Stack Plans to Setting up Two San Jose Data Centers

Stack Plans to Setting up Two San Jose Data Centers

April 26, 2023 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack has applied for approval to expand its San Jose, California data center campus. This week, the San Jose City planning commission will consider Stack's request to construct two data centers at 2400 Ringwood Avenue and 1880 Fortune Drive in Santa Clara County, as first reported by SF Yimby....

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Read Empyrion DC Raises Funds For Gangnam Data Center Building
Empyrion DC Raises Funds For Gangnam Data Center Building

Empyrion DC Raises Funds For Gangnam Data Center Building

April 26, 2023 Empyrion Digital

The intended construction of Empyrion DC's Gangnam Data Center (GDC) has been financed by three South Korean financial institutions. KEB Hana Bank, Hana Capital Co Ltd, along with the National Credit Union Federation of Korea will provide the loan, which KEB Hana Bank and Hyundai Asset Management...

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Read DCI completes AKL01 in New Zealand
DCI completes AKL01 in New Zealand

DCI completes AKL01 in New Zealand

April 20, 2023 DCI Data Centers

In Auckland, New Zealand, DCI Data Centres (DCI) has announced that it has completed work on its first cloud data center, which it has shared was delivered “on time” and “on budget.” The addition of the new AKL01 data center, which was first announced back in 2021, comes as part of the company’s...

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Read Empyrion DC Secures Funding for Gangnam Data Centre Construction in Seoul
Empyrion DC Secures Funding for Gangnam Data Centre Construction in Seoul

Empyrion DC Secures Funding for Gangnam Data Centre Construction in Seoul

April 19, 2023 Empyrion Digital

A syndicated loan has been obtained by Empyrion DC, a portfolio business of Seraya Partners, from KEB Hana Bank, Hana Capital Co Ltd, and the National Credit Union Federation of Korea to fund the development of the Gangnam Data Centre (GDC) in Seoul, South Korea. The funding from the loan will be...

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Read Digital Edge announces groundbreaking of Incheon data center
Digital Edge announces groundbreaking of Incheon data center

Digital Edge announces groundbreaking of Incheon data center

April 14, 2023 Digital Edge DC

This week, Digital Edge announced that it had broken ground on its new SEL2 data center in Incheon, South Korea. The facility was first announced back in April last year, and will see around one trillion won ($800m) invested in the project. The company is working in partnership with SK ecoplant...

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Read Digital Realty makes a series of renewable energy announcements
Digital Realty makes a series of renewable energy announcements

Digital Realty makes a series of renewable energy announcements

April 14, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it has signed a number of renewable energy deals in line with its net zero and sustainability goals. In Australia the company has signed a renewable electricity supply contract with Origin Energy. The colocation company will procure energy from the Origin...

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Read AWS and Element Six Develop Synthetic Diamonds for Quantum Networks
AWS and Element Six Develop Synthetic Diamonds for Quantum Networks

AWS and Element Six Develop Synthetic Diamonds for Quantum Networks

April 14, 2023 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Center for Quantum Networking has partnered with Element Six, a De Beers Group division, to create synthetic diamonds that can act as nodes in quantum networks. This collaboration aims to use diamond memory nodes to enable quantum communication to travel long distances...

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Read GI Partners Acquires Ashburn Facility From Digital Realty
GI Partners Acquires Ashburn Facility From Digital Realty

GI Partners Acquires Ashburn Facility From Digital Realty

April 13, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has sold GI Partners a data center in Ashburn, Virginia. According to Dgtl Infra, Digital Realty has sold the property at 43915 Devin Shafron Drive in Loudoun County to a private equity company. The single-story, 9 MW, 132,280 square foot building, also known as Building A,...

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Read Astra Establishes a Partnership With Equinix For a Data Center in Jakarta
Astra Establishes a Partnership With Equinix For a Data Center in Jakarta

Astra Establishes a Partnership With Equinix For a Data Center in Jakarta

April 11, 2023 Equinix

Astra has joined Equinix's plans to develop a data center in Jakarta, Indonesia. This week, Astra and the colocation company announced a new joint venture, with Equinix holding 75 % of the new endeavor. The initial proposal for this joint venture is to build and operate a JK1 International...

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Read Oregon’s data center clean energy bill dies, following Amazon lobbying
Oregon’s data center clean energy bill dies, following Amazon lobbying

Oregon’s data center clean energy bill dies, following Amazon lobbying

April 07, 2023 Amazon AWS

House Bill 2816, which sought to impose greenhouse gas emissions standards to encourage data centers to cut their carbon emissions in Oregon, died in legislative committee this week. Amazon, which aggressively lobbied against the bill, has been cited as one of the major reasons for its defeat....

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Read AWS inks another PPA in Spain with Grenergy Renovables SA
AWS inks another PPA in Spain with  Grenergy Renovables SA

AWS inks another PPA in Spain with Grenergy Renovables SA

April 07, 2023 Amazon AWS

Amazon has signed another Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), this time with Grenergy Renovables SA, to procure solar energy in Spain. The 10-year deal will provide AWS with 469 MWp of solar energy. Grenergy Renovables is an independent power producer (IPP) involved in large-scale renewable energy...

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Read NTT Data Center Agreement Extended by Eight Years by Alabama Pension Agency
NTT Data Center Agreement Extended by Eight Years by Alabama Pension Agency

NTT Data Center Agreement Extended by Eight Years by Alabama Pension Agency

April 07, 2023 NTT

The Retirement Systems of Alabama has renewed NTT's contract with them until 2033. NTT Data will manage the data center for the state pension agency for an extra eight years as part of the arrangement. The contract's worth wasn't shared. The downtown Montgomery data center has 300 racks and a...

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Read AWS to offtake from Mercury's Turitea wind farm to power new Auckland region
AWS to offtake from Mercury's Turitea wind farm to power new Auckland region

AWS to offtake from Mercury's Turitea wind farm to power new Auckland region

April 06, 2023 Amazon AWS

Amazon has announced that it has inked a new Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in New Zealand Mercury to procure wind energy. The giant will procure around half the output from the local energy company's 103MW Turitea South onshore wind farm; which is more than is required to fuel Amazon Web...

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Read Equinix expands footprint in Canada
Equinix expands footprint in Canada

Equinix expands footprint in Canada

April 06, 2023 Equinix

Equinix has announced plans for a facility in Montreal, Canada. Known as MT2, the new facility is projected to be operational in the second half of 2023. In the first phase of the project, the facility will offer 500 racks from Q3, phase two, meanwhile, will add a further 500 racks by the fourth...

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Read Lawsuit filed against Amazon data center in Warrenton, Northern Virginia
Lawsuit filed against Amazon data center in Warrenton, Northern Virginia

Lawsuit filed against Amazon data center in Warrenton, Northern Virginia

April 05, 2023 Amazon AWS

As Amazon continues its seemingly unstoppable global expansionm, in Warrenton, North Virginia, home to the biggest data center hub in the world, environmentalists and local residents have launched a lawsuit to try and stop the behemoth's growth in the region. The environmental nonprofit Citizens...

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Read Wesfarmers OneDigital Enters a Five-Year Contract With AWS
Wesfarmers OneDigital Enters a Five-Year Contract With AWS

Wesfarmers OneDigital Enters a Five-Year Contract With AWS

April 05, 2023 Amazon AWS

OneDigital, a division of the Australian conglomerate Wesfarmers, has inked a five-year agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to be its principal cloud provider. Amazon will also equip the Australian business with an AWS Skills Guild to educate and certify 500 workers. Wesfarmers, one of the...

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Read Amazon signs PPAs with Iberdrola
Amazon signs PPAs with Iberdrola

Amazon signs PPAs with Iberdrola

April 04, 2023 Amazon AWS

Amazon has announced that it has signed another PPA with Iberdrola, through which it will be provided with wind and solar energy from its offshore wind farms in Germany for 1.1 terawatt-hours (TWh) annually. The wind farms, Baltic Eagle and Windanker, will have a total capacity of 476MW and...

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