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Read AWS Given Green Light To Purchase Land For New Zealand Cloud Region cloud region
 AWS Given Green Light To Purchase Land For New Zealand Cloud Region cloud region

AWS Given Green Light To Purchase Land For New Zealand Cloud Region cloud region

April 29, 2022 Amazon AWS

It is good news for Amazon Web Services as it has been granted permission to acquire land for its planned data center development in New Zealand. In September last year, the company revealed plans to launch its new Cloud Region in the country in 2024. Consistent with Microsoft’s previous regions,...

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Read Google Launches First Spanish Region in Madrid
Google Launches First Spanish Region in Madrid

Google Launches First Spanish Region in Madrid

April 29, 2022 Google

Google has announced that it has opened its first cloud region in Madrid, Spain. The company noted that the just opened cloud region is designed to meet the technological needs of businesses in Spain. In addition, it added that the region helps provide low latency cloud services with high data...

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Read Microsoft Signs Agreement To Purchase Over 100-acres in Chelan County, Washington
Microsoft Signs Agreement To Purchase Over 100-acres in Chelan County, Washington

Microsoft Signs Agreement To Purchase Over 100-acres in Chelan County, Washington

April 28, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft is set to buy over 100 acres in Malaga, Washington. According to the county's officials, the company will be using the land to develop data centers. Commissioners of the Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority signed a sale and purchase agreement with Microsoft for 102.5 acres of land in...

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Read Iron Mountain constructs first-ever BREEAM certified data center
Iron Mountain constructs first-ever BREEAM certified data center

Iron Mountain constructs first-ever BREEAM certified data center

April 27, 2022 Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain Data Centers has added another layer to its sustainability efforts, after it secured BREEAM design certification for its Phoenix, AZ (AZP-2) data center. This makes the data center company the first in North America to receive "top tier certification" for sustainable construction....

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Read Microsoft signs another PPA in Canada
Microsoft signs another PPA in Canada

Microsoft signs another PPA in Canada

April 27, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced it has signed another PPA, this time, with ATCO Group. The PPA will enable the giant to procure solar energy in Canada from a 37MW Deerfoot solar project, which is adjacent to ATCO's 27-MW Barlow project. According to reports, the projects' construction will take place in...

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Read Microsoft To Develop Data Center on a 40-acre Site in Manassas, Virginia
Microsoft To Develop Data Center on a 40-acre Site in Manassas, Virginia

Microsoft To Develop Data Center on a 40-acre Site in Manassas, Virginia

April 27, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft is looking to develop a new data center in Manassas, Northern Virginia. The company submitted a request to the US Army Corps of Engineers to build the MNZ01 Balls Ford Road Data Center. The project will involve Microsoft developing two three-story buildings, MNZ01 and MNZ02, on the...

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Read Google replaces diesel at its St. Ghislain, Belgium data center
Google replaces diesel at its St. Ghislain, Belgium data center

Google replaces diesel at its St. Ghislain, Belgium data center

April 25, 2022 Google

Google has announced that it is replacing some of its diesel backup capacity at its St. Ghislain, Belgium data center, with a 2.75MW battery system from Fluence. This announcement aligns with Google's public pledge to use entirely carbon-free energy by 2030 by reducing its emissions. The...

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Read Amazon announces 37 new renewable energy projects globally
Amazon announces 37 new renewable energy projects globally

Amazon announces 37 new renewable energy projects globally

April 22, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon recently announced it has invested in 37 renewable energy projects across the globe. Located across the US, Spain, France, Australia, Canada, India, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates, these projects will total 3.5 GW, bringing its global renewable energy portfolio to 15.7GW. Included...

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Read CyrusOne collaborates with Gexa Energy for wind and solar energy
CyrusOne collaborates with Gexa Energy for wind and solar energy

CyrusOne collaborates with Gexa Energy for wind and solar energy

April 22, 2022 CyrusOne

CyrusOne, a signatory and founding member of the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, has announced that it is collaborating with Gexa Energy following the signing of a new power purchase agreement (PPA). Through this agreement, the data center company will be provided with wind and solar power for...

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Read Google's plan to use 100% carbon-free energy in data centers by 2030
Google's plan to use 100% carbon-free energy in data centers by 2030

Google's plan to use 100% carbon-free energy in data centers by 2030

April 22, 2022 Google

Globally, Google's data centers are huge guzzlers of electricity, consuming around twice as much electricity as San Francisco. According to a Forbes article, in 2019, its facilities sucked up 12.4 terawatt-hours of power, which is comparable to the energy consumption of Sri Lanka. It is...

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Read Google Developing Third Data Center in Omaha, Nebraska
Google Developing Third Data Center in Omaha, Nebraska

Google Developing Third Data Center in Omaha, Nebraska

April 22, 2022 Google

Google has announced that it is developing a data center in Omaha, Nebraska. The new data center will be located close to Blair High Road and State Street, northwest of Omaha. Although Google didn’t share the specifications of the data center, it revealed that it would invest up to $750 million...

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Read Meta signs another solar PPA with EDPR
Meta signs another solar PPA with EDPR

Meta signs another solar PPA with EDPR

April 21, 2022 Meta

Meta has partnered up with EDP Renewables, it has announced. The energy company will supply solar energy in Texas via a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The social media giant, will gain access to 156MW, procured from the 240MW Cattlemen Solar Park in Milam County, which EDP Renewables North...

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Read Equinix Investing $86m To Expand its SG5 Facility in Singapore
Equinix Investing $86m To Expand its SG5 Facility in Singapore

Equinix Investing $86m To Expand its SG5 Facility in Singapore

April 21, 2022 Equinix Singapore SG5

Equinix has announced that it is expanding its SG5 International Business Exchange data center in Singapore. According to Equinix, the expansion will see it add more than 7,700 square meters (83,000 square feet) of colocation space and over 1,475 cabinets to the facility. Upon completion, the...

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Read Amazon announces plans for data center campus in California
Amazon announces plans for data center campus in California

Amazon announces plans for data center campus in California

April 19, 2022 Amazon AWS

AWS is exploring the development of a new data center on a $31.3 million 56-acre plot in the City of Gilroy, California, which it bought in 2020. Documents have already been filed with the city and outlined that AWS wants to build two 49MW data centers buildings on the site. This would total...

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Read Google To Pump $25 million in its Montgomery County Facility
Google To Pump $25 million in its Montgomery County Facility

Google To Pump $25 million in its Montgomery County Facility

April 19, 2022 Google

Executives at Google have announced that the company will be investing $25 million in their data center in Montgomery County. Although the company did not reveal the development's exact details, it noted that the investment is part of its country-wide $9.5 billion investment cap for the year....

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Read American Realty Advisors Buys Property Housing Two Cyxtera-Occupied Facilities in Virginia
American Realty Advisors Buys Property Housing Two Cyxtera-Occupied Facilities in Virginia

American Realty Advisors Buys Property Housing Two Cyxtera-Occupied Facilities in Virginia

April 15, 2022 Cyxtera Technologies

American Realty Advisors has completed the acquisition of two data centers in Loudoun County currently occupied by Cyxtera. An affiliate of American Realty Advisors known as ACPF Nova Data Center LLC paid $51 million to acquire a 12-acre site that holds two single-story data centers. One of the...

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Read Google is Investing $9.5 Billion In Its US Data Centers and Offices
Google is Investing $9.5 Billion In Its US Data Centers and Offices

Google is Investing $9.5 Billion In Its US Data Centers and Offices

April 13, 2022 Google

Google has announced that it is going on a spending spree this year. The search engine giant plans to invest up to $9.5 billion across its US data centers and offices. This is an over 35% increase from its $7 billion spend last year. According to the company, the investment will create a minimum...

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Read KDDI and Telehouse discuss sustainability and targets
KDDI and Telehouse discuss sustainability and targets

KDDI and Telehouse discuss sustainability and targets

April 12, 2022 Telehouse

KDDI and its data center subsidiary Telehouse recently made their latest sustainability announcements and set a number of target dates to achieve carbon neutrality. Alongside this, they published the details of number of initiatives that will help them to achieve their green goals. Currently, the...

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Read SGTech's response to Singapore's data center quota
SGTech's response to Singapore's data center quota

SGTech's response to Singapore's data center quota

April 11, 2022 Singapore

Although back in 2019, Singapore introduced a data center moratorium following concerns around energy supplies, in 2022, this moratorium was lifted - with conditions. Part of these conditions was that the country would be more selective over future data center projects. Further details around...

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Read Meta signs another PPA in Oklahoma
Meta signs another PPA in Oklahoma

Meta signs another PPA in Oklahoma

April 08, 2022 Meta

Meta has recently signed another power purchase agreement (PPA) with TransAlta Corporation. Through this deal, Meta will be provided with 200MW from the upcoming Horizon Hill Wind Power Project, which is to be based in Oklahoma. Construction on the project, which will be located on 25,000 acres,...

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