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Read Microsoft buys a 14-acre plot for data centers in Sterling, Virginia
Microsoft buys a 14-acre plot for data centers in Sterling, Virginia

Microsoft buys a 14-acre plot for data centers in Sterling, Virginia

July 17, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has plans for data centers in Sterling, Virginia. BizJournal reports that Microsoft purchased a 14-acre parcel at 23540 Pebble Run Place for approximately $15 million last month, citing Loudoun County property records. Data centers are already legally permitted on the property, which is...

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Read Google breaks ground on Mesa data center campus
Google breaks ground on Mesa data center campus

Google breaks ground on Mesa data center campus

July 14, 2023 Google

Google has announced that it has begun work on a new data center in the Mesa area of Phoenix, Arizona. A $1 billion project, the facility will span 750,000 square feet (70,000 sqm) once fully built out. Previously known as "Redhawk," the project's first 288,530 sq ft (26,805 sqm) phase is due to...

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Read Equinix, AirTrunk, Microsoft, and GDS are chosen by Singapore for an 80MW data center experiment
Equinix, AirTrunk, Microsoft, and GDS are chosen by Singapore for an 80MW data center experiment

Equinix, AirTrunk, Microsoft, and GDS are chosen by Singapore for an 80MW data center experiment

July 14, 2023 Equinix

As Singapore looks to end a years-long prohibition on new developments, four data center operators have been given 80MW of capacity for new facilities. Since 2019, Singapore has imposed a ban on the construction of new data centers; however, previously authorized facilities were permitted to be...

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Read Singtel is planning a data center in Johor, Malaysia
Singtel is planning a data center in Johor, Malaysia

Singtel is planning a data center in Johor, Malaysia

July 13, 2023 Singtel

According to reports, Singtel is considering building a campus for data centers in Malaysia's Johor. Onn Hafiz Ghazi, the Menteri Besar of Johor, announced in a Facebook post this week that the Singaporean telco was seeking to develop a new campus in the Malaysian state following discussions with...

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Read Digital Realty announces first NVIDIA DGX H100-Ready data center
Digital Realty announces first NVIDIA DGX H100-Ready data center

Digital Realty announces first NVIDIA DGX H100-Ready data center

July 12, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty's KIX13, its newest data center in Osaka, Japan, has been certified as NVIDIA DGX H100-ready as part of the NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Center program. The facility reportedly received this accreditation, the first Japanese facility to do so, based on its ability to provide a dedicated,...

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Read Bitdeer expands: Announces new data centers in Norway and Bhutan
Bitdeer expands: Announces new data centers in Norway and Bhutan

Bitdeer expands: Announces new data centers in Norway and Bhutan

July 12, 2023 Singapore

In Bitdeer Technologies Group's latest operations update, it shared details about its upcoming expansion. Linghui Kong, Chief Executive Officer of Bitdeer, noted that its 100MW Gedu mining data center in Bhutan, for example, is almost complete and is expected to be delivered in July. Further to...

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Read Microsoft proposes data center in Sumaré, Brazil
Microsoft proposes data center in Sumaré, Brazil

Microsoft proposes data center in Sumaré, Brazil

July 11, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft intends to build a new data center in the Brazilian state of So Paulo. Microsoft is constructing a new data center in Sumaré, presumably expanding its Azure cloud region in So Paulo. The facility will be adjacent to Santo Antonio Park along the Venancio Calegari Municipal Road in Nova...

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Read Microsoft officially announces Kemps Creek campus, drops Lane Cove project
Microsoft officially announces Kemps Creek campus, drops Lane Cove project

Microsoft officially announces Kemps Creek campus, drops Lane Cove project

July 10, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced further expansion in Sydney, with plans for a new data center campus. Located in Kemps Creek in Western Sydney, the facility will be designed in collaboration with Indigenous-owned Indigital, to shape the site’s exterior artwork and landscape design in a way that “supports...

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Read Amazon purchases 25 acres for a data center in Chantilly, Virginia
Amazon purchases 25 acres for a data center in Chantilly, Virginia

Amazon purchases 25 acres for a data center in Chantilly, Virginia

July 10, 2023 Amazon AWS

Amazon has purchased a 25-acre parcel of land in Fairfax County, Virginia, close to several of the company's current and planned data centers. BisNow reports that Amazon Data Services Inc. recently paid $34.44 million to acquire a 24.6-acre property at 44150 Wade Drive in Chantilly from Firefox...

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Read Google submits plans for a three-building data center facility in Belgium
Google submits plans for a three-building data center facility in Belgium

Google submits plans for a three-building data center facility in Belgium

July 10, 2023 Google

Initially announced by the mayor of Farciennes, Hugues Bayet, the search and cloud company intends to construct three facilities in the Ecopôle business park in Wallonia. The campus will encompass 570,500 square feet. The project will begin construction by the end of the year and be completed in...

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Read CyrusOne announces plans for new Frankfurt data center
CyrusOne announces plans for new Frankfurt data center

CyrusOne announces plans for new Frankfurt data center

July 07, 2023 CyrusOne

CyrusOne has announced its plans to build its next data center in Frankfurt, Germany. Named FRA6, the facility is located in Germany’s “Digital City” and will offer a total IT capacity of 72 MW delivered over four floors, with each level offering 18 MW. The company shared that the acquired...

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Read Iron Mountain signs 24/7 PPA for hydropower in US
Iron Mountain signs 24/7 PPA for hydropower in US

Iron Mountain signs 24/7 PPA for hydropower in US

July 04, 2023 Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain has signed a 24/7 PPA agreement with Rye Development, a US hydropower developer, for 150 ME of power over the next ten years from a number of the developer's low-impact hydroelectric projects. Rye Development seeks to integrate power generation capabilities into existing dams with...

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Read Microsoft partners with Constellation for hourly carbon-free energy matching agreement
Microsoft partners with Constellation for hourly carbon-free energy matching agreement

Microsoft partners with Constellation for hourly carbon-free energy matching agreement

July 04, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has teamed up with Constellation to reduce the carbon footprint of one of its data centers in Boydton, Virginia. By signing an hourly carbon-free energy matching agreement with the energy producer, Microsoft's Boydton facility will receive up to 35 percent in environmental attributes...

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Read French court reverses injunction against CyrusOne's Paris data center construction
French court reverses injunction against CyrusOne's Paris data center construction

French court reverses injunction against CyrusOne's Paris data center construction

July 04, 2023 CyrusOne

To obtain planning approvals for a data center in Paris, France, CyrusOne had to fight a legal battle. The Versailles Administrative Court overturned the local mayor's orders to prevent the issuance of two building permits. The company intends to convert a former logistics facility in the...

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Read NTT devotes $50 million toward the Garland campus' tenant fit-out.
NTT devotes $50 million toward the Garland campus' tenant fit-out.

NTT devotes $50 million toward the Garland campus' tenant fit-out.

July 04, 2023 NTT

NTT will spend $50 million to construct two of its data centers for a new tenant in the Garland area of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. The company submitted applications to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for two fit-out projects at its existing campus under construction structures....

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Read Cyxtera decids not to lease data center owned by Stack in Elk Grove, Illinois
Cyxtera decids not to lease data center owned by Stack in Elk Grove, Illinois

Cyxtera decids not to lease data center owned by Stack in Elk Grove, Illinois

July 04, 2023 Cyxtera Technologies

Due to ongoing losses and impending debt maturities, struggling Cyxtera issued a Chapter 11 bankruptcy claim last month. The company is seeking a buyer or potential investor. As part of the procedure, the company turned down the lease at the Stack-owned facility on Touhy Avenue in the Elk Grove...

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Read Hyperscale data center from Equinix opens in Japan's capital
Hyperscale data center from Equinix opens in Japan's capital

Hyperscale data center from Equinix opens in Japan's capital

July 04, 2023 Equinix

This week, the company revealed the opening of TY13x. Situated in the Inzai region and opposite TY12x, TY13x provides 8MW in the first phase and 36MW when fully constructed. In October 2019, Equinix partnered with Singapore's GIC sovereign wealth fund to develop hyperscale centers under the...

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Read Digital Realty buys 9 acres in Amsterdam for a 20MW data center
Digital Realty buys 9 acres in Amsterdam for a 20MW data center

Digital Realty buys 9 acres in Amsterdam for a 20MW data center

June 30, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has bought additional land for data centers in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This week, the company disclosed the acquisition of a 387,500-square-foot (8.9-acre) land parcel on its Amsterdam Schiphol campus. According to reports, the acquired land parcel can sustain a 40MW data center...

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Read Microsoft acquires 200 acres in New Albany for development of a data center
Microsoft acquires 200 acres in New Albany for development of a data center

Microsoft acquires 200 acres in New Albany for development of a data center

June 30, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has purchased a property in New Albany, Ohio, to probably construct a data center. Microsoft has reportedly acquired nearly 200 acres near Beech Road for a data center, as reported by the Newark Advocate. The Licking County Auditor's Office verified Microsoft paid $56.9 million to MBJ...

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Read NTT unveils a new data center in Chennai
NTT unveils a new data center in Chennai

NTT unveils a new data center in Chennai

June 30, 2023 NTT

NTT launched a $350 million hyperscale data center (DC) campus in Chennai. MIST, its undersea cable system, will connect to the new DC site. The firm and TN inked a facilitation MoU in 2021. Chennai 2, a six-acre DC campus in Ambattur, will have two towers with a 35 MW IT load. The first...

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