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Read Amazon in negotiations to build data center in Ceará, Brazil
Amazon in negotiations to build data center in Ceará, Brazil

Amazon in negotiations to build data center in Ceará, Brazil

July 20, 2021 Amazon AWS

Amazon has announced that it is in negotiations with officials in Ceará, Brazil, to build a data center and a logistics warehouse in Maracanaú, in the region of Fortaleza. According to Diario do Nordeste, it is expected that an agreement with the state government will be closed in the second half...

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Read AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio
AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio

AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio

July 13, 2021 Amazon AWS

Planning documents recently revealed that Amazon is developing three data centers in Texas. The documents disclosed the project’s name as “Rockfish” and unveiled a plan to build a $56 million, 109,600 sqft (10,100 sq m) data center located on 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway. This is not the only...

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Read AWS launches Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas
AWS launches Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas

AWS launches Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas

July 08, 2021 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services just launched its new Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas. Customers can now deliver applications that need single-digit millisecond latency to both on-premises installations and end-users in Philadelphia and Dallas with these local zones. AWS Local Zones are infrastructures...

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Read Amazon overtakes Google to become largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the US after announcing 14 new renewable projects
Amazon overtakes Google to become largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the US after announcing 14 new renewable projects

Amazon overtakes Google to become largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the US after announcing 14 new renewable projects

June 23, 2021 Amazon AWS

Amazon has overtaken Google as the largest corporate buyer of green energy in the United States. It also holds the title of being the largest renewable energy buyer in Europe. This comes after the Company announced its fourteen new green energy projects in the Us, Spain, Finland, and Canada. With...

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Read AWS wants to buy 41 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if town reverses regulation barring the construction of data centers
AWS wants to buy 41 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if town reverses regulation barring the construction of data centers

AWS wants to buy 41 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if town reverses regulation barring the construction of data centers

June 17, 2021 Amazon AWS

The Fauquier Times reports that Amazon Web Services is planning to buy 41.7 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if the town finally changes its rules to allow the construction of data centers. At a Warrenton Planning Commission, it was proposed that the rule be changed and data centers...

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Read LG Uplus building a $268 million data center in Anyang City, South Korea
LG Uplus building a $268 million data center in Anyang City, South Korea

LG Uplus building a $268 million data center in Anyang City, South Korea

June 15, 2021 LG Uplus Pyeongchon 2

LG Uplus, a South Korean telco, is building a new hyperscale data center. The new facility, named Pyeongchon 2 Center, would be located in Anyang City in Gyeonggi Province, south of Seoul. The specific location has not been released. The building will have 12 stories with a floor area of 435,400...

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Read AWS announces a new region, AWS Middle East (UAE)
AWS announces a new region, AWS Middle East (UAE)

AWS announces a new region, AWS Middle East (UAE)

May 28, 2021 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has announced plans to build a new data center region in UAE. The new zone will have three Availability Zones, and it will be open before the mid of 2022. Upon completion, the region will be AWS’s second region in the Middle East after opening a Bahrain region two years ago....

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Read LG Uplus plans to build a new data center in South Korea for $267.9 million
LG Uplus plans to build a new data center in South Korea for $267.9 million

LG Uplus plans to build a new data center in South Korea for $267.9 million

May 14, 2021 LG CNS

LG Uplus Corp, a South Korean telecom operator, has announced its plans to build a new data center. The new facility is expected to cost over $267.9 million. Plans are in place for the construction of the data center to start in June of this year and to be completed by December 2023. The new data...

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Read Digital Realty Breaks Ground on 1st Facility in South Korea
Digital Realty Breaks Ground on 1st Facility in South Korea

Digital Realty Breaks Ground on 1st Facility in South Korea

June 17, 2020 Digital Seoul 1 (ICN10)

Digital Realty has begun construction on its first facility in Seoul, South Korea. Digital Seoul 1, also know as ICN10, will be built on a 22,000 square foot land parcel within the Sangam Digital Media City in northwest area of the city.The new facility will have 12 megawatts of critical (IT)...

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Read Equinix Opens New Data Center in Seoul
Equinix Opens New Data Center in Seoul

Equinix Opens New Data Center in Seoul

August 30, 2019 Equinix Seoul SL1

Equinix opened a new data center in Seoul on August 30th 2019. The data center, SL1, is Equinix's first facility in Korea. South Korea has a high tech economy but has been neglected by the large international data center providers such as Digital Realty, Equinix, Cyxtera, and STT. Equinix's...

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Read Digital Realty To Enter South Korea (PR)
Digital Realty To Enter South Korea (PR)

Digital Realty To Enter South Korea (PR)

July 30, 2019 Digital Seoul 1 (ICN10)

SAN FRANCISCO /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire land in Seoul, South Korea for the development of a new, carrier-neutral data center...

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Read Equinix Plans to Open a Seoul Data Center in Q3 2019
Equinix has announced it will be building a new International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Seoul.

It will be the company's first facility in South Korea, with SL1 expected to provide m...

Equinix Plans to Open a Seoul Data Center in Q3 2019

January 18, 2019 Equinix Seoul SL1

Equinix has announced it will be building a new International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Seoul. It will be the company's first facility in South Korea, with SL1 expected to provide more than 18,000 square feet of co-location space, offering an initial capacity of 550 cabinets in the...

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