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Read Circularity controversy: Bitcoin operations heats bathhouse in Brooklyn
Circularity controversy: Bitcoin operations heats bathhouse in Brooklyn

Circularity controversy: Bitcoin operations heats bathhouse in Brooklyn

July 03, 2023 New York

In New York City, Brooklyn, a bathhouse and spa named Bathhouse has shared that it is now heating its pools with mining, with the water from the pool, then going on to cool the hardware. The bathhouse and spa also Bitcoin payments. The company shared the news in an Instagram post: "Enjoy a hot...

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Read N-Ark's proposes floating cities with underwater Edge data centers
N-Ark's proposes floating cities with underwater Edge data centers

N-Ark's proposes floating cities with underwater Edge data centers

June 22, 2023 Japan

Japanese start-up N-Ark has unveiled designs for a floating city named ‘Dogen City,’ which, as the climate crisis worsens, looks to be a place of refuge for those who can afford to escape the effects of climate change. That said, the company also shared that it would also "accept and provide...

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Read Loblaw former data center in Canada bought by Grain & StratCap
Loblaw former data center in Canada  bought by Grain & StratCap

Loblaw former data center in Canada bought by Grain & StratCap

June 22, 2023 Toronto

Grain Management and StratCap bought a data center on the Canadian outskirts of Toronto. This week, the firms announced the formation of a joint venture to purchase 55 Hereford Street in Brampton, Ontario. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but per the joint venture contract,...

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Read Telehouse, a subsidiary of KDDI, buys Allied Properties' data center holdings for $1 billion
Telehouse, a subsidiary of KDDI, buys Allied Properties' data center holdings for $1 billion

Telehouse, a subsidiary of KDDI, buys Allied Properties' data center holdings for $1 billion

June 22, 2023 Telehouse

Telehouse has entered the Canadian market with the acquisition of three data centers. KDDI, the parent company of the data center company, announced this week that it had acquired three data centers and the associated assets in Toronto, Canada, from Allied Properties REIT. KDDI paid $1.02 billion...

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Read Havering Friends of the Earth raise concerns over data center plans
Havering Friends of the Earth raise concerns over data center plans

Havering Friends of the Earth raise concerns over data center plans

June 14, 2023 London

Havering Friends of the Earth has voiced concerns over an application to build a data center on Green Belt land. Digital Reef is proposing a huge data center campus in East Havering, within a new 500-acre site, with 67% of the land dedicated to an "ecology park." The company has offered the...

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Read Evolution DC and Central Pattana build Bangkok data center
Evolution DC and Central Pattana build Bangkok data center

Evolution DC and Central Pattana build Bangkok data center

June 13, 2023 Bangkok / Krung Thep

Evolution Data Centres has partnered with Central Pattana PCL, a Thai property developer, to construct a new data center in Bangkok. Under the terms of the joint venture agreement, the two corporations will construct a 34MW carrier-neutral data center in central Bangkok, Thailand. Phase 1 of the...

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Read Singapore's IMDA establishes tropical data facility sustainability benchmark
Singapore's IMDA establishes tropical data facility sustainability benchmark

Singapore's IMDA establishes tropical data facility sustainability benchmark

June 09, 2023 Singapore

Singapore has introduced a standard for maximizing the energy efficacy of data centers (DCs) in tropical regions. The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) standard recommends operating centers at higher temperatures to save energy on cooling. Dr. Janil Puthucheary, Singapore's Senior...

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Read SoftBank and NVIDIA Partner for AI Data Centers all through Japan
SoftBank and NVIDIA Partner for AI Data Centers all through Japan

SoftBank and NVIDIA Partner for AI Data Centers all through Japan

May 31, 2023 Japan

SoftBank Corp has partnered with the American multinational technology firm NVIDIA to set up a platform for dynamic artificial intelligence (AI) and 5G/6G products. It is built on the NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip, and SoftBank intends to deploy it in Japan's new distributed AI data...

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Read Japan Seeks Subsidies for Hokkaido and Kyushu Data Centers
Japan Seeks Subsidies for Hokkaido and Kyushu Data Centers

Japan Seeks Subsidies for Hokkaido and Kyushu Data Centers

May 30, 2023 Japan

To encourage the development of data centers, which are essential to a digital society, in the Kyushu southwestern region and Hokkaido's most northern prefecture, Japan's industry ministry on Tuesday proposed offering subsidies. The ministry stated that Hokkaido and Kyushu are ideal locations for...

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Read Telehouse Presents Data Facility in Bangkok
Telehouse Presents Data Facility in Bangkok

Telehouse Presents Data Facility in Bangkok

May 30, 2023 Telehouse

Telehouse opened its first data center in Thailand in Bangkok. The company owned by KDDI recently conducted a grand opening ceremony for the new Rama 9 location in Bangkok. The 97,000-square-foot facility with a capacity of 9.5MVA was announced in January 2022. The business reported investing $74...

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Read CLAR Intends to Acquire The Seagate Singapore R&D Facility And Data Center
CLAR Intends to Acquire The Seagate Singapore R&D Facility And Data Center

CLAR Intends to Acquire The Seagate Singapore R&D Facility And Data Center

May 19, 2023 Singapore

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (CLAR) is seeking to acquire Seagate Singapore's research and development facility, which includes a data center, for $163.14 million. The facility, known as 'The Shugart' and located in the one-north district of Singapore, was constructed only eight years ago and was...

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Read AT&T inks 15.6MW solar deal in New York
AT&T inks 15.6MW solar deal in New York

AT&T inks 15.6MW solar deal in New York

May 17, 2023 New York

AT&T has announced its plans to procure solar energy from five projects in Upstate New York from DSD Renewables (DSD). The deal will see AT&T serve as an anchor tenant subscriber for a five-project community solar portfolio; the company will offtake 15.5MW of the larger 24.1MW portfolio....

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Read Japanese Renewable Energy Industry's announces first solar-powered data center achieves stable operations
Japanese Renewable Energy Industry's announces first solar-powered data center achieves stable operations

Japanese Renewable Energy Industry's announces first solar-powered data center achieves stable operations

May 09, 2023 Japan

Japan Renewable Energy Corporation (JRE) has announced that stable operation has been achieved at the Morgenrot data center constructed on the grounds of its solar power plant in Nagano prefecture. Morgenrot will provide its M:CPP (Morgenrot Computing Power Pool) GPU cloud service from the data...

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Read Serverspace Establish New Data Centers Around the World
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Serverspace Establish New Data Centers Around the World

April 25, 2023 Toronto

Leading cloud provider Serverspace is pleased to announce the installation of hardware in an innovative data center in Toronto, Canada. With current facilities in five other nations, this facility represents Serverspace's sixth international location. The new data center's equipment is kept in a...

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Read Multifeed launches JPNAP service at Osaka 7 Data Center
Multifeed launches JPNAP service at Osaka 7 Data Center

Multifeed launches JPNAP service at Osaka 7 Data Center

April 24, 2023 Osaka

Internet Multifeed has announced that it has added the Osaka Data Center 7 in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, to its JPNAP service. The data center is operated by NTT Communications Corporation and will go online for operations in May 2023.According to the company, the data center is one of the...

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Read Floating data center park in Singapore to go ahead after gaining regulatory approval
Floating data center park in Singapore to go ahead after gaining regulatory approval

Floating data center park in Singapore to go ahead after gaining regulatory approval

April 18, 2023 Singapore

Keppel Data Centres has announced that its floating data center park in Singapore has received approval and will proceed. Located at the Loyang Offshore Supply Base operated by Toll Group, the facility was originally proposed back in 2019, which came after a significant investment in...

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Read Scientists at NTU Singapore invent data center cooling spray
Scientists at NTU Singapore invent data center cooling spray

Scientists at NTU Singapore invent data center cooling spray

April 11, 2023 Singapore

When it comes to data center cooling, everyone's on the hunt for the latest innovative, efficient tech; and at Singapore's Nanyang Technical University (NTU), its research team is working on the latest solution. The group proposes cooling servers by spraying chips with fluid; dielectric fluid, to...

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Read CapitalOnline Data Service Buys data Center Builder Outside Beijing
CapitalOnline Data Service Buys data Center Builder Outside Beijing

CapitalOnline Data Service Buys data Center Builder Outside Beijing

March 24, 2023 Beijing

A company planning to construct a 3,200-rack data center in Huaili County, China, has been purchased by Chinese cloud provider CapitalOnline Data Service. This week, the company bought Huailai Wisdom Cloud Port Technology's entire equity stake. The company just recently received authorization to...

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Read Toshiba Will be Purchased by Japan Industrial Partners For $15 billion
Toshiba Will be Purchased by Japan Industrial Partners For $15 billion

Toshiba Will be Purchased by Japan Industrial Partners For $15 billion

March 24, 2023 Japan

Japan Industrial Partners Inc. (JIP), a Japanese investment firm, will take Toshiba private. Last week, the Japanese conglomerate revealed that TBJH Inc., an indirect subsidiary of JIP, would buy out all of the company's shares on the Tokyo and Nagoya Stock Exchanges and take the business...

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Read Akamai Technologies Will Purchase Ondat, a Cloud Storage Company
Akamai Technologies Will Purchase Ondat, a Cloud Storage Company

Akamai Technologies Will Purchase Ondat, a Cloud Storage Company

March 21, 2023 London

Akamai Technologies, an American provider of content delivery services, and Ondat, a provider of cloud storage, have signed a binding agreement. The transaction is anticipated to occur in the first quarter of 2023, and Akamai anticipates no major changes to its annual financial forecast. The...

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