Data Center News

Chandler's new legislation proposal and what it means for data centers

Arizona

Chandler may introduce new legislation that will introduce a more rigorous process when it comes to building more data centers in the area. This news comes with the region coming out third nationally for data center construction in the first half of 2021; concerns are mainly rooted in the unsu...

atNorth opens its first Swedish data center

atNorth

atNorth has announced that it is opening its first data center in Sweden in Kista, northern Stockholm. The SWE01: SIF DC facility underwent the first phase of construction at the end of 2020, and plans are to build out the second phase of the project shortly.The second phase will see an additi...

Nxtra launches 38MW hyperscale data center in Chennai

Nxtra Data Ltd

Nxtra by Airtel is expanding its data center footprint in Chennai. Its new data center will have a capacity of 38MW, spanning 270,000 sq. ft. The facility received its virtual inauguration by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M.K.In a statement, the company said: "This will include setting up ...

Several firms are looking into $11bn Global Switch buyout

Global Switch

Several data center and investment firms are mulling over the acquisition of data center firm Global Switch Holdings. According to Bloomberg, KKR and Blackstone Inc. are the likely forerunners of acquiring Global Switch. Equinix, Digital Realty, and DigitalBridge have also shown interest in...

Vantage Data Centers tops-out of first data center in Goodyear, Arizona

Vantage Phoenix

Vantage Data Centers has expanded its data center campus in Goodyear, Arizona, by completing the construction of a new data center. The company revealed that it topped out its first 32MW data center on the Phoenix campus. Vantage acquired land in 2019 and began construction on the site. The...

L&T to build data center at Kanchipuram

Tamil Nadu

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has announced that it is planning to build data centers in Kanchipuram following the signing of a pact with the Tamil Nadu government. Over the next five years, the company expects to establish 90 MW capacity data centers in "a phased manner." According to the com...

Rostelecom to develop 55MW data center campus in Moscow

Rostelecom Biryulevo

Rostelecom has announced its plans to develop a hyperscale data center campus in Moscow, Russia. The company revealed that its subsidiary Rostelecom DPC acquired a facility at Nikopolskaya street. Rostelecom plans to develop four data center buildings at the site. The buildings will cover a to...

Africa Data Centres to double capacity in Johannesburg, South Africa to 100MW

Africa Data Centres

Africa Data Centres has revealed its plans to more than double its capacity in Johannesburg, South Africa. The company says its footprint in the region would be increased to 100MW. ADC currently has two campuses in Johannesburg which will have 20MW of capacity each upon full build-out. In addi...

NextDC to acquire a 20 percent stake in AUCloud

NEXTDC

NextDC has acquired a 20 percent stake in Australian cloud provider AUCloud. Sovereign Cloud Holdings is trading under the name AUCloud. It offers sovereign cloud services targeting defense intelligence, the Australian Government, and Critical National Industry customers. NextDC invested $1...

Data center development at US Antarctic base in pushed back to 2023

New Zealand

The development of a data center at the US Antarctic base has been stalled with completion now scheduled to be in 2023. The data center is situated in the McMurdo Station research and logistics base in Ross Island, New Zealand. It is about 1,360 kilometers (850 miles) north of the South Pol...

Microsoft announces opening of two new data centers in Wyoming

Hyperscale Data Center

Microsoft has announced the launch of two new data center facilities in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The facilities are located in Bison Business Park and the Cheyenne Business Parkway. The facilities will support Microsoft’s West Central US Azure region. VP of core operations for data centers at Micros...

Interxion: Foresting project underway in Palencia, Spain

InterXion

Interxion has announced that it is sponsoring an afforestation project in Palencia, Spain, as part of its sustainability efforts. This project with Reforestum will see the planting of trees in non-wooded areas spanning 24 hectares.Unlike reforestation which replenishes forest growth in areas ...

CyrusOne: Frankfurt expansion goes ahead

CyrusOne Frankfurt V

CyrusOne has announced that it is expanding its data center footprint with the purchase of land in Hanau, East of Frankfurt. The company's plans outline that the facility will have an incoming power of 90MW and a critical power capacity of 63MW, once complete, spanning 18,000 sqm.According to...

Microsoft expands in Sydney, Australia

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced its plans to expand in Sydney, Australia. The campus in Kemps Creek, according to AFR, will be worth $1.3 billion with a capacity of 190MW, spanning over 14.4 hectares. It is being built in a new industrial estate which is being developed by Frasers and Atlis Property ...

Microsoft tests its hydrogen fuel cell backup generator

Microsoft Azure

In Quincy, Washington, tech giant Microsoft has announced that it is teaming up with Caterpillar and Ballard Power Systems to test its hydrogen fuel cell backup generators in a move towards a more sustainable future. This project accompanies Microsoft’s other backup energy efforts, like the tr...

Zscaler goes green

Zscaler has announced that across its entire data center portfolio (150 data centers), as well as its offices, it has achieved 100% renewable energy. This has been accomplished by directly purchased renewable energy and renewable energy credits (RECs) from wind and solar farms.Looking forward,...

Grid vulnerability warnings in Texas

Texas

There are growing concerns around grid availability in Texas after the announcement that as much as 5,000MW of cryptocurrency load could be added to the grid by 2023. According to reports, operator Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) will oversee 3,000-5,000 MW added in addition to t...

AT&T and Microsoft launch Azure Edge Zone in Atlanta, Georgia

Microsoft Azure

Both AT&T and Microsoft have launched an Azure Edge zone in Atlanta, Georgia. Azure Edge zone is a type of infrastructure that provides 5-G connected cloud services from Edge facilities. The companies announced that they are launching the “Private Preview” of the Azure Edge zone. With this...

HostDime acquires land in Guadalajara, Mexico for expansion with Tier IV data center

HostDime

HostDime has announced that it is expanding its data center portfolio with the acquisition of a three-acre land parcel in Guadalajara, Mexico, where it plans to build HostDime Mexico's Tier IV facility. This facility will be the second of its kind in Mexico, spanning 70,000 sqft, with a capac...

Maxihost chooses Scala Data Center Brazil for data center expansion

Scala Data Centers

Scala Data Centers has announced its partnership with Maxihost, with the global bare metal cloud provider choosing Scala to help it expand the capacity of its MH1 São Paulo facility. According to Guilherme Soubihe Alberto, CEO of Maxihost, the company's MH1 facility is reaching capacity, and ...