Data Center News

GPX Global Systems INC Expands its Cairo Data Center

Africa

GPX Global Systems Inc., the leading provider of carrier-neutral data center offerings in Africa, and Redcon Group have announced a new investment of approximately $90 million to expand the Cairo 2 data center in Cairo, Egypt. The development will add an extra 12 MW of power and 9,000 M2 of sp...

Second Bankruptcy Filing by INAP Since 2020

HorizonIQ

INAP has once again filed for bankruptcy. This week, the company voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 as part of its debt restructuring statement. The company stated that INAP has freely filed motions under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delawa...

Authorization Of A New Data Facility In Auburn, Alabama

Alabama

The Alabama city of Auburn City will soon get a new data center. The 65,700 square foot Mill Creek Data Center will be located on 52 acres of newly developed land in the city's Auburn Technology Park at 406 West Veterans Boulevard. The data center was granted approval by the City Council th...

Virtus Data Centres to build in Berlin

VIRTUS Data Centres Ltd

Virtus Data Centres has announced its plans to build a new data center campus in Berlin, Germany, as part of its global expansion plans. Named Virtus Berlin 1, the facility will be built in Marienpark Berlin and will feature four buildings, offering at least 90MVA of power. The project will b...

Vultr expands in Tel Aviv with new data center location

Israel

Vultr has announced that it is expanding its global footprint with a new data center location in Tel Aviv, Israel. The company shared that this is part of a wider expansion plan to democratize access to cloud infrastructure. This addition means that the company now offers ​​full-stack infrastr...

Wiz announces opening of Montreal data center

Montreal

Wiz has announced the launch of its new cloud data center in Montreal, Canada. The facility is to provide local and multinational organizations with faster, and more secure cloud security infrastructure and is also pegged to provide greater data sovereignty, while maintaining privacy requireme...

Comarch announces launch of its new data center near Phoenix, AZ

Comarch

Comarch has announced the launch of its new 32,000-square-foot facility in Phoenix, Arizona. Built to meet the growing demand for secure, and reliable private cloud and colocation services in the US, the facility is the company's flagship data center in the US, and part of its global expansio...

BNP Paribas To Relocate Some Services To AtNorth's Swedish Data Facility

atNorth Stockholm SWE01

BNP Paribas, a long-time client of atNorth, is still shifting some of its operations to the Nordic region. By doing so, BNP Paribas will be able to meet the increasing need for high-performance, data-intensive IT workloads. BNP Paribas' drive to update and expand its high-performance computing...

Proximity Data Centres chosen to deploy Birmingham's first Internet Exchange

Proximity Data Centres

Proximity Data Centres, has announced IX Birmingham, which is the first regional internet exchange in the West Midlands. IX Birmingham will be located at Proximity's Birmingham Edge 8 tier 3 data center, and facilitate high-speed, lower latency connectivity options. Raj Mack, Head of Digital ...

Denv-R to deploy its first prototype floating data center in Nantes

France

French startup Denv-R has released an update on its prototype floating data center in Nantes. The company is reportedly on the precipice of deploying its river-based facilities. The prototypes will utilize river water to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions, and are equipped with solar ...

EdgeCore to expand its Arizona campus

EdgeCore Internet Real Estate, LLC

EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure has announced that it is expanding its data center campus in Mesa, AZ. Located in the greater Phoenix area, the 40-acre campus will, at full build-out, will be able to support a minimum of 200 MW of critical load. While the company has released details that the...

€725 million sustainable-linked credit facility for AtlasEdge

AtlasEdge

AtlasEdge has announced that it has secured a new €725 million ($800m) sustainability-linked credit facility, which will be tied to targets focused on efficiency and renewable energy usage. According to the company, the financing package consists of €525 million in committed debt financing an...

Science DIrect Utilizes Baxtel's Data

From the perspective of the data centre industry, Denmark has an advantageous position due to its many international submarine cable connections and proximity to several internet exchanges. Furthermore, besides being a transit land for data, Denmark is interconnected with many of its neighbour...

Acquisition Of 375 Acres In Red Oak, Texas By Compass Datacenters

Compass Datacenters

Compass Datacenters has purchased 375 acres of vacant land in Dallas, Texas, more than tripling its land holdings in the region. According to BizJournal's 'Best Real Estate Deals' awards, the company acquired land in Red Oak, Ellis County, south of Dallas. "This new campus will likely be one o...

Fallen Trees And a Broken Backup Switch Triggered the University of Virginia Data Center Outage

Virginia

The University of Virginia experienced disruption due to the impact of fallen trees on the data center's grid line.  The facility was supposed to transition to a backup generator immediately, but the backup switch failed. UVA employees manually shifted power to the data center at 11:30 a.m. on...

Vantage Data Centers Plans £250 Million Data Center Fac in London

Vantage Data Centers

With a £250 million investment, Vantage Data Centers announced the creation of a second data center campus (LHR2) in London. Vantage Data Centers previously announced the 48MW facility (LHR1) in London for £500 million. Beginning in early 2025, LHR2 will be a single data center that offers cus...

Despite Data Center Closures, UK Ministry Of Defence Payroll Shift To Oracle Cloud Proceeds.

United Kingdom

In an effort to move its legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to the cloud, the British Ministry of Defense has awarded Deloitte $2.5 million. The MOD intends to close its data center and migrate to Oracle Cloud, but the transition has been difficult. First reported by The Stack, t...

SSDs For Data Centers Are Now Being Sold by Samsung Electronics Poland

Poland

According to Samsung Electronics Poland, the company has begun selling data center SSDs in the nation. Both the PM893 solid state drive, which is based on SATA technology, and the PM9A3 SSD, which uses MVMe, are now accessible to consumers. Both TD Synnex and AB are carrying out their activiti...

Data center proposal for SDC Piperstown in Dublin, Ireland, pulled

Dublin

The Dublin, Ireland, two-story data center developing application has been retracted.  SDC Piperstown II Ltd submitted a request to Fingal County Council on January 17, 2023, for permission to build a data center on a 20-acre site in Piperstown, Dublin. But this has since been dropped, for no ...

VodafoneZiggo to connect Tilburg data center to new district heating scheme

Netherlands

VodafoneZiggo has announced a new project to supply the new Tilburg district heating scheme with residual heat from its nearby data center. The company is partnering with real estate developer SDK Vastgoed to establish the sustainable energy system in the new residential area of Smariuskade in...