Global Data Center News

February 21, 2022

GLP To Invest $12b in Developing Data Centers in Japan

Japan

GLP has revealed its plans to enter the Japanese data center market. The company is looking to develop data centers with up to 900MW of capacity over the next five years in the market. In addition, it will also invest up to $12 billion to bring facilities to live. By so doing, the Singapore...

February 21, 2022

Digital Realty/Brookfield JV Buys Land for $30.8m in Chennai, India

Digital Realty Trust

According to India’s Economic Times. Digital Realty and Brookfield Asset Management’s joint venture in India has secured the purchase of 10 acres of land in Chennai. The companies acquired the land for over Rs 230 crore (~$30.8m). It is to be used for the development of a data center. One of t...

February 21, 2022

NxtGen To Raise $100m For Expansion in India

NxtGen Infinite Datacenter

According to The Business Standard, NxtGen Datacenter and Cloud Technologies want to raise $100 million. The company intends to use the money raised to fund an expansion spree in India. NxtGen is looking to develop 236 Edge facilities and 10 data centers across India. The company offers IT ser...

February 19, 2022

Transtelco Rebrands to Flō Networks

Flō Networks

El Paso, Texas – February 21, 2022 – Transtelco is proud to announce that it has become Flō Networks. Over the past twenty years Transtelco has grown exponentially, and that growth has inspired an updated identity that better aligns itself with its values and future ambitions. The company’s le...

February 18, 2022

Russia, Ukraine and data centers

Ukraine

As more and more reports circulate that Russia is on the precipice of invading Ukraine, with no sign of withdrawal, those within the data center and digital infrastructure industry are discussing what it means for the sector. Omdia has outlined that potential conflict poses a threat to the ind...

February 18, 2022

Continent 8 moves into Atlantic City

Continent 8 Technologies

Continent 8 has announced that it is going to expand its data center portfolio in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This comes following the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority board of directors giving the facility the green light. This facility, which will span 5,330 sqft, will be its third ...

February 18, 2022

EdgeConneX Acquires Indonesia's GTN

EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX has acquired Graha Teknologi Nusantara (GTN). By so doing, it has taken over a data center in eastern Jakarta, Indonesia. The company did not reveal the details of the transaction. GTN was launched in 2016, and it currently operates a 5MW data center that can be expanded to 80MW ...

February 18, 2022

Greenergy Opens a Data Center in Estonia

Estonia

Greenergy Data Centers OÜ has announced that it opened its first data center in Estonia. The three-story facility spans 156,000 square feet (14,500 square meters) in the Saue Parish near Tallinn. Upon full build-out, the data center will have three buildings with a total capacity of 31.5MW. Gr...

February 18, 2022

Deep Edge Realty Acquires a Carrier Hotel in Portland, Maine

CENTRA: 340 Cumberland (PMW01)

Deep Edge Realty has announced the acquisition of a carrier hotel in Portland, Maine. The property is at 340 Cumberland Avenue. The selling company is Northland Enterprises. None of the companies revealed the terms of the transaction. The CEO and founder of Deep Edge Realty, Martin Hannigan...

February 18, 2022

Cloud Centers to Develop a 12MW Facility in The Philippines

YCO: Batangas

YCO Cloud Centers has revealed that it is developing a 12MW data center in Batangas, the Philippines. The company is building this facility in the Light Industry and Science Park IV in Batangas. The data center called YCO Manila Digital will be housed in a two-story building. It will also s...

February 18, 2022

Linxdatacenter to Develop a 50MW Data Center in Moscow

Linxdatacenter

Linxdatacenter has announced its plans to develop a new data center in Moscow, Russia. The company revealed that it bought a 280,000 square feet (26,000 square meters) site at Serebrvakova 8 in Moscow. The Russian firm noted that the data center would have a capacity of 50MW and accommodate...

February 18, 2022

Amazon Data Services Acquires Three Office Buildings in Loudoun County for $26.4m

Amazon AWS

According to BizJournal, Amazon Data Services has completed the acquisition of office buildings in Sterling, Loudoun County, Northern Virginia. The buildings are located in the Loudoun Tech Center business park. The selling company is an affiliate of St. John Properties. In addition, the prope...

February 18, 2022

Amazon Files To Develop Two Data Centers in Culpeper County, Northern Virginia

Amazon AWS

According to Star Exponent, Amazon wants to develop two data centers in Stevensburg, Virginia. Per the report, Marvell Development- a subsidiary of Amazon Data Services has asked for 243 acres in Culpeper County, Virginia to be rezoned from agricultural use to light industrial use. The company...

February 18, 2022

NextDC To Develop a Tier IV-Certified Data Center in Adelaide, Australia

NEXTDC

NextDC has announced its plans to develop a data center in Adelaide, Australia. The Australian data center firm revealed that it had purchased land to develop a 10MW data center which will be called A1 Adelaide. The facility will be a Tier IV-certified data center. It will also develop a Missi...

February 18, 2022

AWS Reveals 32 Cities Where It Will Open Local Zones

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has announced the 32 cities where it plans to open Local Zones Edge locations. AWS’ Local Zones are Edge locations that host applications which need low latency to on-premises installations or end-users. Each Local zone offers specific services like database, storage, or...

February 17, 2022

Will the Philippines absorb demand from Singapore?

Philippines

In light of Singapore announcing that going forward, it will be more selective about the data center projects it accepts, experts forecast that the Philippines will likely absorb some of the data center demand from Singapore. In a recent briefing paper, Santos-Knight Frank (SKF) Occupier Solut...

February 17, 2022

AT&T signs two solar Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)

AT&T

AT&T has signed two solar Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with Vitol, an energy trader, it has announced. The virtual PPAs are for approximately 80MW and 75 MW at solar projects in Maryland and Pennsylvania. The two projects are expected to be fully operational by 2022 and 2023, respectiv...

February 17, 2022

Meta moves into Kuna, Idaho

Hyperscale Data Center

Meta is continuing its expansion as it moves into Kuna, Idaho, with a 960,000 sqft facility. The giant is injecting $800 million into the project and intends to break ground on the facility in September 2022, which is expected to continue through to 2025. The facility will be the largest of it...

February 17, 2022

Web Werks moves into Bengaluru, India

Iron Mountain: Bengaluru

Web Werks has announced its plans to build a new data center in Bengaluru (Bangalore). The company outlined that the first phase of the building project will be completed by the fourth quarter of 2022. In its final form, it will offer 110,000 sqft of colocation space and 20 MVA of gross power ...

February 17, 2022

Africa50 Invests $20m in PAIX Data Centres

PAIX

PAIX Data Centres has announced that investment vehicle, Africa50 has invested $20 million into its business. The funds raised signifies PAIX Data Center’s Series B financing by the investment firm. According to PAIX, the funds will be used to expand and grow into new markets. The CEO of PAIX ...

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