Data Center News

Du opens two data centers in the UAE

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has announced the opening of ​​two new data centers, Kizad Abu Dhabi and DSO Dubai. These facilities have been built to expand its nationwide data center footprint and create better infrastructure for local businesses.According to...

Actis Plans to Purchase 11 Data Centers Around the Americas

Americas

Actis and Nabiax, a European data center provider owned by Asterion Industrial Partners and Telefónica, have agreed for Actis to purchase 11 data centers spread across six countries in South America and the US. Actis will take complete ownership of the data centers upon settlement. Actis will ...

Colombian Data Center Acquired by Kio

KIO Data Centers

Kio, a Latin American provider of data centers, has purchased a facility in Colombia. This week, the business controlled by I Squared Capital said that it had purchased a property in the nation's capital, Bogota. The details of the agreement and the name of the company that owned it weren't di...

Battery System Suspected to be Cause of Fire at Maxnod Data Center in France

France

A massive fire at a Maxnod-run data center forced the closure of the French facility and seriously damaged the infrastructure. No casualties have been reported; however, it is believed that one firefighter suffered just minor injuries. According to the local government Ain, the Saint-Trivie...

Washington State's Old Yahoo! Data Center Demolished

Yahoo

The electrical and mechanical equipment of a defunct Yahoo! data center at the Confluence Technology Center (CTC) in Washington state has been removed. The power stations, coolers, and switchgear were taken out of the Wenatchee, Chelan County facility by the commissioners of the Chelan Douglas...

Mexico Will See an Increase in Data Centers Because of Tesla's Influence

Mexico City / Ciudad de México

The introduction of Tesla in Mexico and the pursuit of automation will exert pressure not just on the automobile sector but also on Data Centers and telecom networks. The electrification of automobiles will need the construction of a higher number of chargers. With the use of data centers, inf...

Damac plans to build data center in Amman, Jordan

Dubai

Following an agreement with King Hussein Business Park, Dubai property firm Damac (previously Edgnex) has announced its plans to build a new data center in Amman, Jordan. Specific details regarding the project have not yet been shared, although they are expected to follow shortly. ...

Omantel partners with Djibouti Data Centre to expand Africa footprint

Djibouti Data Center

Omantel has signed a partnership deal with Wingu Group's Djibouti Data Centre with the aim of expanding into the African market. Further, through the deal, Djibouti will: Pursue new wholesale partnerships with operators and hyperscalers, Enhance the utilization of connectivity between Oman and...

The Green Grid (TGG)'s new tool to tackle data center power consumption

United States

The Green Grid (TGG) recently announced the launch of its updated tool, which it says will boost data center power consumption by 50%. Total Cost of Ownership Calculation Tool – dubbed tggTCO, reportedly enables the analysis of different liquid cooling methods' impact on a data center's financ...

IBM Will Open San Sebastián Quantum Computing Facility at Ikerbasque Campus

Kyndryl

A quantum computer will be installed in San Sebastián, located in the Basque Country of Spain, thanks to a collaboration between IBM and Fundación Ikerbasque. The IBM-Euskadi Quantum Computing Center is anticipated to launch by the end of 2024. It will deliver Qiskit Runtime services from a...

BNP Paribas To Transfer Part of IT Infrastructure to atNorth's Swedish Facility to Enhance Grid Computing Performance by 20%

atNorth

BNP Paribas, a long-time client of atNorth, a prominent pan-Nordic colocation, high-performance processing, and artificial intelligence service provider, has revealed that it is still moving some of its workloads to the Nordic area. This will allow the top financial institution to keep up with...

The First OVHcloud Data Center Launched in India

OVH Group

As part of its ambitions for Asia Pacific development, which will see the construction of two further data centers in Singapore and Australia by 2024, OVHcloud, a pioneer in European cloud computing, has announced opening its first data center in India. The new Mumbai facility expands OVHcloud...

Senators Revive a Legislation To Strengthen Federal Data Center Security

United States

As institutions continue to consolidate their information repositories, a bipartisan group of senators has proposed legislation to strengthen government data centers' physical and electronic security against various threats. The Office of Management and Budget would be required to work with go...

nLighten to provide waste heat to City of Eschborn

Germany / Deutschland

Joining the swathe of data center operators pushing forward circular economy principles, nLighten recently signed a Letter of Intent with the City of Eschborn and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmBH (GIZ) to provide its data center waste-heat for reuse. The company...

Zeittec modular data center for Public Ministry of Mato Grosso in Brazil launches

Brazil / Brasil

In Campo Grande, western Brazil, a Zeittec-built modular data center has been launched. Spanning 72 sqm (775 sq ft) of usable space, with an area of 340 sqm (3,659 sq ft), the facility, for the Public Ministry of Mato Grosso, will provide the infrastructure for the daily work of around 2,500 u...

Google's new RFP system to reduce process time required for PPAs

Google

Google has announced the development of a new Request for Proposal (RFP) system in collaboration with LevelTen Energy which it said will reduce the time required to sign a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). This development comes from Google to simplify RFPs for PPAs which it said are "lengthy, ...

MoU in Zambia to lead to data center projects in the region

Africa

The Zambian Minister of Science and Technology recently announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Liquid Telecommunications, a digital infrastructure provider, to develop a commercialized data center, alongside several fiber projects in Zambia.The MoU is reportedly part...

ByteDance announces pledge for carbon neutral operations by 2030

China

ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, which historically, has been criticized for not “keeping up with its peers,” has announced its pledge to achieve carbon-neutral operations by 2030. The company has outlined that while it will seek to reduce its operational carbon footprint by 90%, it will rely o...

Global Data Centre Capex limbed to $241bn in 2022

According to recent research from Dell'Oro Group, global data center capital expenditures increased by 15% in 2022 to $241 billion. In 2023, however, Dell'Oro company predicts cloud and enterprise data center investment growth to slow to single digits. Another focus of the 4Q 2022 Data Center ...

Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Will be Adopted in Africa Data Centres

Africa Data Centres

TechAccess, a blend integrator, has partnered with Africa Data Centres, a Cassava second-class technology and a group of Africans with a common interest in technology, to launch a Data Centre Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution. The DCIM solution will be provided by EkkoSense and Assetsp...