Data Center News

NTT to build data center campus in Mesa

NTT

NTT has announced that following the opening of data centers in Chicago, Ill., Hillsboro, Ore., and Santa Clara, Calif.; it is building its seventh data center campus in Mesa. Estimated to open in early 2022, the 102-acre campus will contain seven data centers, with a total of 240 megawatts (...

Sophos brings Sydney data center online

Amazon AWS

Sophos has announced that its Australian data center, hosted by AWS, has gone online, the first of two openings in the Asia Pacific region in 2021. The second is scheduled for opening in Japan in September. This data center will provide local capacity to meet the growing demand for Sophos Cent...

vXchnge sells its Austin data center to Element Critical

Element Critical Austin

According to multiple reports, vXchange has sold its Austin, Texas data center to Element Critical. The data center has a 104,000 square feet space, and it is located in the middle of an 18-acre campus. Besides, the facility also has the capacity to expand to up to 26MW of power. The sale o...

PRP is selling off its office properties to focus on data centers and industrial properties

Real estate investment firm PRP is selling its office properties to focus on data center and industrial assets. According to reports, the firm has finalized deals to sell its office properties in Austin, Virginia, and Arlington. Negotiations are also underway for its office properties in Gaith...

Embratel to invest $9 million in 15 edge data centers across Brazil

Embratel

Embratel has announced its plans to expand across Brazil with 15 Edge data centers. Work will commence on the first three data centers this year, while construction on the other 12 will continue in 2022. The company expects to invest 50mn reais (US$9.2mn) in these projects.The facilities will ...

Facebook pledges a "water-positive" future by 2030

Meta

As the climate crisis reaches breaking point and the number of water-stressed regions across the US increase, Facebook, whose data centers consume huge amounts of water in areas plagued by water scarcity, has promised to reverse its environmental impact.According to Sylvia Lee, Facebook’s sust...

Cologix releases its first ESG report

Cologix

Cologix recently released its first Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report. Within the report, the hyperscale company made a number of commitments, including a pledge to improve its energy efficiencies and harness renewable energy options "where available." Currently, Cologix powe...

Google to expand its New Albany data center campus in Ohio

Google

Google has announced that it will expand its New Albany data center campus in Ohio with an injection of $1 billion. It first broke ground on the campus back in 2019, and the project has seen $600 million of investment already. On top of its capacity expansion at the New Albany campus, the tec...

Equinix completes expansion of its SY5 data center in Sydney

Equinix Sydney SY5

Equinix has completed the expansion of its SY5 data center in Sydney. The expansion cost the Company $48 million (AU$66 million). Equinix started the expansion in February. Moreover, Equinix has added a total colocation space of 11,300 square meters (121,000 square feet) with this expansion...

Lendlease to build $600m hyperscale data center in Japan

Lendlease is penetrating the Japan data center market by announcing that it is developing its first data center in Japan. It will be making this development through its Lendlease Data Centre Partners (LLDCP) joint venture. This will be an hyperscale facility, and it will be on 33,000 sqm (355,...

NTT to expand its Zurich 1 data center

NTT Zurich 1

According to Zuercher Unterlaender, NTT has broken ground for expanding its Zurich 1 data center in Rümlang, Switzerland. The facility currently has 70,000 square feet (6,500 sqm) of space, and the expansion will see the Company add a new building B to the site. This new building will give the...

Green goals: Korea Telecom (KT) tests AI system to reduce energy use

KT Corporation

Korea Telecom (KT) has announced that it is pushing forward to a greener future with an investment in an AI Internet data center (IDC) operator. This technology reportedly minimizes energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. It is testing this AI system at its Mokdong IDC 2 facility, and its rec...

Equinix secures a cheaper, green future

Equinix

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) recently granted a group of businesses led by Equinix the right to form a renewable energy purchasing group. This formation will allow the group, which includes Nike, H&M, HSBC Bank, and Goldman Sachs, to negotiate access to cheaper...

Mapletree acquires Lumen’s Minnesota data center for $26 million

Lumen Minnetonka

As part of its acquisition of Sila Realty Trust’s data center portfolio, Mapletree Investment Trust has also acquired a Lumen data center in Minnesota. The facility is at 5400-5500 Feltl Road inside the Opus Business Park, Minnetonka. It is reported that Sila paid $26 million for the facility....

Microsoft plans to build 980,000 square feet data center in Douglasville, GA

Microsoft Azure

As part of its East US 3 Azure data center region, Microsoft wants to develop close to 1 million square feet of data center buildings in Douglasville, Georgia. Earlier in the year, Microsoft announced its plans for a new US Azure region. At the time of the announcement, the Company said it wou...

AWS buys 17 acres in Loudoun County, North Virginia for $32.5m

AWS US East (N. Virginia)

According to BizJournal, Amazon Web Services is looking to expand its data center footprint in Loudoun County, North Virginia, by acquiring more land in the county. The report states that AWS bought 17.15 acres of land in the county for $32.5 million. The plot of land is currently empty, an...

Vocus to close its Melbourne data center, to be replaced by $1.5bn office complex

Vocus Melbourne (55 King) [Site Closed]

Vocus has announced that it is closing its data center in the Melbourne central business district in September. The facility is going to be demolished and replaced with a massive office complex. Vocus noted that arrangements had been made with customers to move to other facilities. It has a...

EdgeConneX agrees to acquire Israel's Global Data Center

EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX will be acquiring Israeli-based Global Data Center (GDC). Global Data Center was founded in 2013, and it operates two data centers in Petah Tikva and Herzliya, near Tel Aviv. The Petah Tikva and Herzliya facilities have 64,600 square feet and 48,400 square feet, respectively. GDC...

Facebook revealed as the company behind $800m Mesa project

Hyperscale Data Center

Last week, Facebook announced that it is the tech company behind the data center in Mesa. The 960,000 sqft facility will see a projected $800 million investment, and an estimated 100 operational jobs and 1,500 construction jobs. That said, the tech giant's plans haven't been without opposition...

Data center merger and acquisition activities in Q2 of 2021

Mapletree Redwood Data Centre Trust

2021 has been an eventful year in the data center industry as we’ve seen some major merger and acquisition activities as these firms look to expand their capacities. We are going to shine the spotlight on the top five merger and acquisition activities in Q2 of 2021. We’ll be able to see wh...