Data Center News

BDx To Develop a 16MW Hong Kong Data Center

BDx Data Centers

Big Data Exchange (BDx), a pan-Asian data center company, will construct a new data center in Hong Kong. This week, the business revealed its intention to construct a second 16MW plant in an impending high-tech industrial area built by Hong Kong's Sino Group. The new facility, situated in t...

A 1.4 Million-square-foot Data Center Campus Outside Austin, Texas In Works

Austin

In Texas, a proposal for four data centers has been submitted on the location of a long-proposed private airport. The application for the 'Bastrop Project' data center was submitted to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) this month. The application is for a new construct...

Fort Worth Data Center For Sale Following Bankruptcy

Dallas

Following a bankruptcy filing, a recently converted data center is for auction. This week, Hilco Real Estate declared March 23, 2023, as the deadline for qualifying bids for the Chapter 11 bankruptcy sale of a newly converted flex industrial facility into a data center. Built in 2018 on a 13.7...

Castrol Explores Next-generation Data Center Immersion Temperature Control Fluids with RISE

Castrol, a division of BP, is working with RISE to produce data center immersion cooling fluids. Single-phase immersion conditioning systems like Submer's can use several cooling fluids. Some are expensive and polluting, while others are disliked. The alliance will address long-term issues rel...

Prime Planning a Large 124MW Campus in Denmark

Prime Data Centers

Prime, a developer of data centers, will construct a new campus in Denmark. This Monday, the company unveiled plans for a three-building, 124MW facility to be built on Energivej in Saeby, Denmark. The 27.52-acre site will have three three-story buildings, each with 45 MW and 348,750 square fee...

Luck Stone, Plans a 2 million Sq Ft Data Center Facility Near Leesburg

Northern Virginia

In Ashburn, Loudoun County, the Virginia quarry business Luck Stone Corp. is building a new data center facility. According to BizJournal, the company has requested to rezone a portion of its Ashburn property to accommodate up to 2 million square feet of additional data centers.  This mont...

AWS launches Local Zone Edge locations in Nigeria, Peru, and Mexico

Amazon AWS

AWS is expanding its Local Zones offerings in Nigeria, Peru, and Mexico. The company has announced that new Local Zones will be located in Lagos, Lima, and Querétaro, respectively. These zones will offer a range of services for latency-sensitive applications in locations where the company doe...

AWS files for expansion in Dublin, environmental group opposes citing emissions

Amazon AWS

Amazon is seeking expansion in Dublin, Ireland, having filed for permission from Fingal County Council for an additional three more data centers at one of its campuses, located at Cruiserath Road. A decision on the application is expected in February. Filed by Universal Developers LLC for Amaz...

Telia joins job-cut wave

Telia Company

Telia joins the big tech job cuts with the announcement that it is cutting 1,500 jobs this year, 1000 in the first quarter, and the rest throughout the year. According to the company, it has been aiming to reduce its workforce by around 1000 a year, since 2021, in line with its restructuring p...

GD Towers Secures $53m From Pantheon Infrastructure

GD Towers, a provider of digital infrastructure in Germany and Austria, will receive a  $53 million investment from Pantheon Infrastructure PLC (PINT). The investment was made via a co-investment vehicle administered by DigitalBridge Group Inc. affiliates.  GD Towers has a network of 40,000 si...

The Spanish Tax IT Agency Allotted $76m For an Innovative HQ and Data Center

Spain

The Department of Tax Information Technology (DIT) of Spain has been awarded $76.2 million for a new headquarters in Madrid, which will include a new on-premises data center. The facility will be located at 480 Calle Alcala and will contain the DIT, allowing for the creation, installation, ...

EdgeCore Begins Santa Clara Data Center Campus Construction

EdgeCore Internet Real Estate, LLC

EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure is building a new facility in Santa Clara, California. The company started building the first of two data centers on Juliet Lane and Laurelwood Road this week. The two-story SV01 has 36MW in 255,200 sq ft. The LEED-certified facility will have 72MW in 540,000...

Data4 To Open A New Data Center Facility in Hanau, Germany

DATA4 Group

Data4, a French data center company, will open a new facility in Hanau, Germany. P3 Logistic Parks, a European logistics real estate business financed by GIC, revealed plans for a massive data center campus on the grounds of a decommissioned army barracks in Hanau, east of Frankfurt, last y...

The Maharashtra government signs $3.9bn MoUs for two facilities located in Pune

India / Bhārata

The regional Maharashtra government, in India, announced at the World Economic Forum (WEF) that it has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with two companies to build data centers in the city of Pune, in western India. The deals, worth ~$3.9 billion or Rs 32,414 crore, are with RCube/Ark ...

Digital Realty explores biofuel for backup energy in Spain

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is the latest data center company to explore the use of biofuel for backup energy. Through partnering with Spanish energy company Repsol, the company has announced the first data center to switch out fossil fuels for biofuel is its MAD3 facility in Spain, which offers 5.8MW of ...

Soluti expands in Goiânia, Brazil

Brazil / Brasil

Soluti is launching a new data center, it has announced, to be located in Goiânia, Brazil. This announcement comes after the company completed the installation of the first Tier III quality data center in the Midwest Region of Brazil. Soluti Thus far, further specifications ...

Microsoft expands in Des Moines, Iowa

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced that it is expanding in Iowa, following the issuing of a permit, valued at $255 million for a data center at 5855 SW Kerry St. As per the permit, the facility will span 250,000 sq ft.Described as the DSM 12 Buildout and located in West Des Moines, the SW Kerry Street s...

Bradford Data Center To Become A College Institute

United Kingdom

A British office and data center will be converted into a college teaching facility.  This week, CECOS College was awarded permission to convert data center on 8 Currer Street in Bradford, West Yorkshire, into an IT teaching facility. The City Council of Bradford accepted a change of use propo...

Technology park proposed in Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Virginia

It looks like another data center could be headed for Virginia, but unusually, this time, it is located in Spotsylvania County, less known for its data centers, and better known for its scenic landscapes. The Spotsylvania County Board of Supervisors is currently reviewing an application for a ...

3data expands footprint in Moscow

Moscow / Москва́

3data has announced its expansion in Moscow, after developing its 3data P6 data center, located at 125445, Moscow, ul. Pravoberezhnaya, 6A/5. According to the company, the facility is built to Tier III standards and accompanies its 20+ facilities dotted across the Moscow region.The company rec...