Read Paratus unveils second teleport in Pretoria, South Africa
Paratus unveils second teleport in Pretoria, South Africa
November 13, 2023

Paratus unveils second teleport in Pretoria, South Africa

South Africa

Pan-African digital infrastructure firm Paratus has launched a new teleport in Pretoria, marking its second teleport in South Africa. Paratus announced the launch of the new Goedehoop Teleport in Doornkloof, some 50 miles north of Johannesburg. Managing director of Paratus South Africa, Kallie...

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Read Carter Funds acquires data center in Collierville, Tennessee
Carter Funds acquires data center in Collierville, Tennessee
November 11, 2023

Carter Funds acquires data center in Collierville, Tennessee

Tennessee

This week, Aphorio Carter Fund Management Company, the critical infrastructure and data center division of Carter Funds, announced that it had acquired a fully leased enterprise data center property in Collierville for about $13 million. John Regan, chief investment officer of Aphorio Carter, ...

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Read Upstack acquires technology advisory firm PCM
Upstack acquires technology advisory firm PCM
November 11, 2023

Upstack acquires technology advisory firm PCM

United States

Data center directory firm Upstack has acquired technology advisory firm Progressive Communications Management (PCM), which specializes in advising enterprise and midmarket organizations on cloud, network, and communications solutions. Following this acquisition, PCM co-founders Bob Matthews a...

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Read Palisade Infrastructure acquires ISP Rainier Connect
Palisade Infrastructure acquires ISP Rainier Connect
November 11, 2023

Palisade Infrastructure acquires ISP Rainier Connect

Washington

Australian infrastructure investment firm Palisade Infrastructure this week completed the acquisition of 100 percent of the equity interests in Mashell, Ranier's parent company. Following this acquisition, Rainier Connect has been rebranded as Lightcurve with immediate effect. Mike Reynolds, m...

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Read US Defense Information Systems Agency awards $110 million contract to Lumen
US Defense Information Systems Agency awards $110 million contract to Lumen
November 10, 2023

US Defense Information Systems Agency awards $110 million contract to Lumen

Lumen Technologies

The  US Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Lumen Technologies a $110 million contract to provide mission-critical network services to the US Department of Defense (DoD). This contract has a timeline of five years, from November 30, 2023, through September 30, 2028. This contract is...

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Read Hausbank München to relocate German data centers to Kyndryl premises
Hausbank München to relocate German data centers to Kyndryl premises
November 10, 2023

Hausbank München to relocate German data centers to Kyndryl premises

Germany / Deutschland

IT services firm Kyndryl announced this week that it will be helping German cooperative bank Hausbank München to relocate two of its data centers from on-premise facilities to Kyndryl’s own facilities in Frankfurt.  Kyndryl will rebuild the dedicated server infrastructure, establish a moderniz...

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Read Naver launches 270MW data center in Sejong, South Korea
Naver launches 270MW data center in Sejong, South Korea
November 09, 2023

Naver launches 270MW data center in Sejong, South Korea

South Korea

South Korean technology firm Naver held an opening event for the first phase of its Sejong campus, its second major campus in Korea. This campus, currently spanning 290,000 square meters, is expected to reach 270MW of capacity at densities of 20kW and can reportedly hold 600,000 servers, runni...

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Read OData announces new data center facility in Santiago, Chile
OData announces new data center facility in Santiago, Chile
November 09, 2023

OData announces new data center facility in Santiago, Chile

ODATA SA

LatAm data center firm OData announced the launch of its second data center facility in Chile called the DC ST02, located in San Bernardo in the south of Santiago. This new addition to the Aligned-owned company’s portfolio offers 40.6MW across 366,000 square feet and features an on-site substa...

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Read Paratus secures $31 million debt facility to fund expansion plans
Paratus secures $31 million debt facility to fund expansion plans
November 09, 2023

Paratus secures $31 million debt facility to fund expansion plans

Angola

Pan-African firm Paratus has secured a new debt facility worth $31 million from Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, and its fund manager, Ninety One. This credit facility dedicated to the expansion of its fiber and data center ...

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Read Small modular reactor project in Idaho to be canceled
Small modular reactor project in Idaho to be canceled
November 09, 2023

Small modular reactor project in Idaho to be canceled

Idaho

The power utility Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS), and the reactor company NuScale, have announced intentions to cancel the Carbon Free Power Project, a small modular reactor (SMR) project they planned to build at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). David Schlissel, director o...

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Read QTS acquires Netherlands-based data center management firm Zentrys
QTS acquires Netherlands-based data center management firm Zentrys
November 08, 2023

QTS acquires Netherlands-based data center management firm Zentrys

QTS Data Centers

US data center firm QTS recently purchased Dutch data center management and operations company Zentrys. QTS intends to bring Zentrys employees on board over the next year and integrate the newly purchased company with its technology and processes.  Chad Williams, CEO of QTS, said, "We welcome ...

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Read OVHcloud announces a new data center in Singapore
OVHcloud announces a new data center in Singapore
November 08, 2023

OVHcloud announces a new data center in Singapore

OVH Group

European cloud and data center firm OVHcloud has launched a new data center in Singapore. The company said, “OVHcloud’s newest data center will feature an integrated water cooling system that is built into a vertical rack designed to facilitate cooling at the server level, eliminating the need...

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Read Microsoft signs agreement to use Oracle Cloud for AI inference
Microsoft signs agreement to use Oracle Cloud for AI inference
November 08, 2023

Microsoft signs agreement to use Oracle Cloud for AI inference

Microsoft Azure

Oracle recently announced a multi-year agreement with Microsoft to support the growth of AI services. Following this agreement, Microsoft will use Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) AI infrastructure and Microsoft Azure AI infrastructure to infuse AI models to power Microsoft Bing conversationa...

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Read Deutsche Telekom’s subsidiary signs solar energy in Germany
Deutsche Telekom’s subsidiary signs solar energy in Germany
November 08, 2023

Deutsche Telekom’s subsidiary signs solar energy in Germany

Germany / Deutschland

Power and Air Condition Solution Management GmbH (PASM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, has signed a long-term PPA with energy group EnBW. Following this 15-year agreement, PASM will offtake 100MW from the 960MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the North Sea. Construction of the...

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Read Telecom Italia's biggest shareholder opposes KKR bid
 Telecom Italia's biggest shareholder opposes KKR bid
November 08, 2023

Telecom Italia's biggest shareholder opposes KKR bid

Telecom Italia Sparkle S.p.A.

Telecom Italia recently agreed to sell its landline business to investment firm KKR for €22 billion. This deal, backed by Giorgia Meloni's Italian government, was finally approved by TIM on November 5 without making it conditional on a vote by shareholders. Though the board voted 11-3 in favor...

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Read Cloudflare blames Flexential DC outage for its service disruption
Cloudflare blames Flexential DC outage for its service disruption
November 07, 2023

Cloudflare blames Flexential DC outage for its service disruption

Flexential

Content Delivery Network (CDN), security, and Edge computing company Cloudflare has blamed its November 2 service disruption on a power failure at a Flexential data center in Hillsboro, Oregon. "On November 2 at 08:50 UTC, Portland General Electric (PGE), the utility company that services PDX-...

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Read Equinix-owned MainOne launches new data center in Ivory Coast
Equinix-owned MainOne launches new data center in Ivory Coast
November 07, 2023

Equinix-owned MainOne launches new data center in Ivory Coast

MainOne MDX-i

Equinix-owned MainOne this week announced the launch of its new Tier III-quality data center in the Village of ICT & Biotechnology of Côte d'Ivoire in Grand Bassam, on the outskirts of Abidjan. Abayomi Adebanjo, regional business head at MainOne, said, “As we round up the year, [we are] ex...

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Read UK gov pours $36 million into district heating system to heat 10,000 homes
UK gov pours $36 million into district heating system to heat 10,000 homes
November 07, 2023

UK gov pours $36 million into district heating system to heat 10,000 homes

United Kingdom

The UK Government has awarded £36 million to a district heating system in West London, which will share data center waste heat with up to 10,000 new homes. The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) will be paid this fund to create the heating system to harness waste heat betwee...

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Read Liberty Latin to acquire Dish's spectrum assets in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands
Liberty Latin to acquire Dish's spectrum assets in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands
November 07, 2023

Liberty Latin to acquire Dish's spectrum assets in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands

Puerto Rico

Liberty Latin America Ltd has struck a deal with Dish Network to acquire Dish's spectrum assets in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands, including 120,000 prepaid mobile subscribers in those markets, for $256 million. This amount will be paid in four annual installments commencing ...

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Read SiTime Corporation acquires time-related IP for $148 million
SiTime Corporation acquires time-related IP for $148 million
November 07, 2023

SiTime Corporation acquires time-related IP for $148 million

United States

SiTime Corporation announced this week that it agreed with Aura Semiconductor to purchase its clock products and license all its clock IPs. This agreement between both companies allows SiTime to hold exclusive, perpetual, and irrevocable rights to sell existing and new products based on Aura’s...

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