Global Data Center News

July 22, 2022

Singapore authorities to begin taking applications for new data centers

Singapore

Singapore has announced the end of its data center moratorium and is now accepting new applications for facilities, following Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Economic Development Board's (EDB) pilot scheme launch. The moratorium was originally put in place back in 2019 due to S...

July 22, 2022

Loudoun County is updating its guidelines for future data center development

Northern Virginia

Loudoun County, which currently has more data centers than anywhere else in the world, is reportedly updating its guidelines around the development of future data centers in response to the incredible industry growth at work in the area and opposition from locals over noise pollution and data ...

July 22, 2022

Aruba announces launch date for delayed Rome data center

Aruba S.p.A.

Aruba has announced a new completion date for its delayed Rome data center, Hyper Cloud Data Center (IT4). When complete, it will be the largest in Rome, comprising five independent 6MW data centers, totaling 30MW with 2N redundancy at full build-out. Although first announced in 2018 and orig...

July 22, 2022

Stack Acquires Land in Portland For Expansion

STACK Portland POR03

Stack Infrastructure is expanding in the Hillsboro area of Portland, Oregon, after acquiring more land in the area. The company announced that it is expanding its Portland data center campus to 200MW with the land acquisition. Upon full build-out, the company’s total capacity in Portland will ...

July 20, 2022

Abortion surveillance: Tech giants prepare for "legal chaos" from abortion data subpoenas

United States

On June 24th, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade, ruling that there is no constitutional right to abortion in the US. Called a "tragic error" by President Joe Biden, the ruling means that individual states can now decide on the legality of abortions, and it's estimated that around hal...

July 20, 2022

Crypto and fossil fuels

United States

Some have argued that cryptocurrency has the potential to pave the way for more renewable energy developments, spurring on growth. This has been met with skepticism from critics, who have said that while it might be a renewable energy catalyst, considering the huge amount of energy sucked up b...

July 20, 2022

UK data center operators battle the heat with hosepipes, while Google and Oracle face service disruption

Google

The UK’s heatwave pushed temperatures to a record-breaking 40C this week, causing transport delays and service disruptions. To battle the heat, some data center operators have been using hose pipes to cool their facilities. According to a report by Bloomberg, staff in London have been spraying...

July 20, 2022

Berkshire Partners To Acquire 49% Stake in MedOne for $215 million

Israel

Berkshire Partners is moving to acquire a 49 percent stake in MedOne, an Israeli data center company. The US private investment company is leading a coalition of companies to make the acquisition possible. MedOne currently operates more than 270,000 square feet (25,000 square meters) of data c...

July 20, 2022

Big tech and hyperscalers show concern for economic slowdown

United States

Recently, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said that the outlook for the global economy has "darkened significantly" in recent months, as a global recession looks increasingly likely. This is sending shockwaves across the world, and even big tech companies are wavering in the shadow of economic ...

July 19, 2022

Keppel Reveals Plans For Beijing Data Center

Keppel Data Center REIT

Keppel has announced that it is developing a data center in Greater Beijing, China. According to the Singaporean company, its Keppel Data Centre Fund II LP (KDCF II) has partnered with Heying to develop a greenfield data center facility in Greater Beijing, China. KDCF II is managed by Keppel’s...

July 19, 2022

NTT Starts Development on its VA6 Data center in Ashburn, Virginia

NTT Ashburn Campus

NTT has broken ground on its new data center in Northern Virginia. The data center would be housed in NTT's Ashburn data center campus. The new data center called VA6 will span 188,000 square feet (17,465 square meters). It will also have 24MW of critical IT load. The data center will be NT...

July 19, 2022

AWS Acquires Three Properties in Sterling, Virginia

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has acquired three office properties in Sterling, Virginia. According to BizJournal, the company paid up to $30.8 million to real estate firm Clarke-Hook Corp. This will be AWS’ third low-rise office property acquisition in Sterling, Virginia, in 2022. The buildings are loc...

July 19, 2022

Microsoft To Develop a Data Center campus in Mecklenburg County, Virginia

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has filed to develop three data center buildings in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. The company wants to develop the buildings at a greenfield site in the County. The site is located at 210 Tunstall Road, Mecklenburg County. The data center buildings will be developed on a 132-acre sit...

July 19, 2022

Vantage secures green loan for Virginia data enter

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has announced that it has secured a $300 million green loan for its upcoming 44MW sustainability-designed data center in Virginia. Structured and arranged by Societe Generale, the loan recognizes the facility’s sustainable features and will, according to the company, “exp...

July 19, 2022

All-time high global temperatures: Data centers under microscope

United States

As the US's Lake Mead, the country's largest reservoir, reaches 'dead pool' levels and the Southwest experiences a record drought, the incredible amount of water guzzled by data centers is increasingly being put under the microscope. Despite a raft of sustainability pledges being made by big t...

July 18, 2022

PPA prices soar

Europe

According to a new report by LevelTen Energy, the prices of PPAs have shot up across Europe in the last year. The report outlined that Europe's solar and wind PPA prices increased by 16% in the second quarter of 2022 to €66,07 per MWh. Compared with statistics from last year, prices have incre...

July 18, 2022

Microsoft teams up with Climeworks

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced that its partnership with carbon removal specialists Climeworks is expanding with a new 10-year carbon removal offtake agreement. The new deal will make it Microsoft's first-ever long-term carbon removal supplier and is one of the largest direct air capture (DAC) deals...

July 18, 2022

SiteGround announces it has opened a new data center in Spain

Madrid

Web hosting service, SiteGround, has announced that it has opened a new data center in Madrid, Spain, the seventh SiteGround data center to open around the world and the fourth in Europe. In addition to the new facility, the company also announced the expansion of its content delivery network ...

July 18, 2022

QTS Buys Properties in Phoenix and The Netherlands

QTS Data Centers

QTS Realty Trust has acquired up to 400 acres of land in Phoenix, Arizona, for $255 million. The data center REIT also acquired land in the Netherlands for $9 million. QTS acquired the Phoenix property from First Industrial Realty Trust Inc. and Merit Partners Inc. QTS currently operates a ...

July 15, 2022

TAAL & Lake Parime to deploy cryptomine at nuclear station

Ohio

TAAL and Lake Parime have announced their intention to deploy a new cryptomine facility by an unidentified nuclear power station in Ohio, following the signing of a hosting agreement between the two. Through the deal, 3,000 TAAL-owned S19J Pro bitcoin mining units, with a capacity of 10MW, wil...

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