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Read Reef Group plans 600MW data center outside London
Reef Group plans 600MW data center outside London

Reef Group plans 600MW data center outside London

November 08, 2022 London

According to Havering Council, it is negotiating with a private sector developer, Digital Reef, to build a huge data center campus in the eastern London Borough of Havering. The London Data Freeport project would reportedly be 'Europe's largest data center' sitting on a site of 175 hectares....

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Read London Docklands proposal rejected
London Docklands proposal rejected

London Docklands proposal rejected

October 31, 2022 London

According to reports, a proposal for a new data center at the London Docklands has been rejected on the grounds that the proposals were "bulky" and could have a negative impact on the nearby Naval Row Conservation Area. Although council planning officers had recommended the proposal, which would...

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Read New data center proposed in east London, UK
New data center proposed in east London, UK

New data center proposed in east London, UK

October 20, 2022 London

According to reports, a new data center is being proposed in east London, UK, on a 1.39-hectare site. Located on the western edge of the former East India Import Dock, the proposed facility could have a potential IT power of 30MW, with six halls each of 1,200 sqm (12,900 sq ft). It's also noted...

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Read Bite Lithuania announces opening of new data center
Bite Lithuania announces opening of new data center

Bite Lithuania announces opening of new data center

September 20, 2022 Lithuania

Bite Lithuania has announced that it has opened a new data center outside Vilnius in Lithuania, taking the company's total data center operations to six. According to the telco, the facility is Tier III certified, and powered by renewable energy. Speaking about the expansion, Gintas Butėnas, CEO...

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Read Thames Water launches probe into data center water use in London
Thames Water launches probe into data center water use in London

Thames Water launches probe into data center water use in London

August 30, 2022 London

It has been revealed that Thames Water has launched a probe into the water use of data centers in the UK's capital, following the utility company’s discovery that UK data centers have been using drinking water to cool down their servers. The news of review comes as the UK’s hosepipe ban comes...

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Read The Greater London Authority to halt housing developments due to lack of electricity capacity
The Greater London Authority to halt housing developments due to lack of electricity capacity

The Greater London Authority to halt housing developments due to lack of electricity capacity

August 02, 2022 London

In the wake of a housing crisis, the Greater London Authority (GLA) has informed developers must halt new housing projects, with talk of a potential ban that could last until 2035, in response to energy constraints caused by data centers. Ealing, Hounslow and Hillingdon, which contributed to 11%...

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Read Niagara Falls data center debate
Niagara Falls data center debate

Niagara Falls data center debate

July 11, 2022 New York

As reported by Baxtel at the end of June, Niagara Falls is being targeted as the site of a $1.5 billion technology and data center by New York City developer Howard Milstein and his partners, while the city launches a legal effort to create a new public park. While developers claim that the data...

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Read Greenidge gas powered cryptomining data center denied air permit renewal
Greenidge gas powered cryptomining data center denied air permit renewal

Greenidge gas powered cryptomining data center denied air permit renewal

July 05, 2022 New York

It has been announced that New York's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has denied an air permit renewal by Greenidge Generation, which could see its gas-powered Bitcoin mining data center close. This follows the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruling on West Virginia v...

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Read Telia announces it has signed wind PPA in Estonia
Telia announces it has signed wind PPA in Estonia

Telia announces it has signed wind PPA in Estonia

July 04, 2022 Telia Company

Telia has announced that it has signed a PPA with Eesti Energia to be provided with 156GWh of renewable wind electricity over five years, starting at the end of 2022. According to the company, this deal will provide the European telco with 70% of its power needs, including its fixed and mobile...

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Read A $1.5 Billion Data Center in Niagara Falls is Being Planned
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A $1.5 Billion Data Center in Niagara Falls is Being Planned

June 29, 2022 New York

Urbacon and Niagara Falls Redevelopment (NFR) have announced plans for a $1.5 billion data center park on land in Niagara Falls, New York City. Urbacon is an Ontario-based construction company with an excellent track record of developing massive data center campuses in Richmond Hill, Montreal,...

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Read Hyperco Acquires Equinix and Thales-Occupied Data Center in Helsinki, Finland
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Hyperco Acquires Equinix and Thales-Occupied Data Center in Helsinki, Finland

June 16, 2022 Helsinki

Hyperco has made its first acquisition as it takes over a property belonging to TS-Yhtyma. The company paid more than €35 million ($36.4m) for the property. The building is located at Myllynkivenkuja 4 in Vantaa, Helsinki, Finland. Thales and Equinix are also occupying the property. The building...

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Read Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants
Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants

Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants

June 13, 2022 New York

The New York Legislature has passed a landmark bill to ban cryptocurrency data centers that use fossil fuels to power their operations, in an effort to reduce statewide emissions by 85% by 2050. Specifically, the bill will impose a two-year moratorium on these activities, however, Governor Kathy...

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Read Denmark: Telenor and Telia sign solar PPA
Denmark: Telenor and Telia sign solar PPA

Denmark: Telenor and Telia sign solar PPA

June 13, 2022 Denmark

Telenor and Telia have teamed up with Better Energy in Denmark to sign a PPA, which will lead to the development of a new solar park. Together the telcos will be able to access 125GWh of green energy per year over the next 10 years. According to reports, the park's energy production will be...

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Read 'Trash-powered' data center campus on its way to East London
'Trash-powered' data center campus on its way to  East London

'Trash-powered' data center campus on its way to East London

April 12, 2022 London

Stratus Data Centres has announced its intention to construct two 18MW Tier III data centers on a brownfield site at Belvedere, South East London, part of Riverside Energy Park. The Riverside Energy Park is a development of waste management firm Cory, which, it says, intends to meet "London's...

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Read Unoccupied Data Center in Hauppauge, NY, sells for $21m
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Unoccupied Data Center in Hauppauge, NY, sells for $21m

February 02, 2022 New York

An unoccupied data center in Hauppauge, New York, has been acquired for $21 million. According to Newsday, Link Logistics, a subsidiary of Blackstone, bought the property. Link Logistics plans to tear down the building and redevelop it as a Class A distribution center. The data center sits on...

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Read Denmark issues new regulations around surplus heat
Denmark issues new regulations around surplus heat

Denmark issues new regulations around surplus heat

September 22, 2021 Denmark

Denmark’s Energy Ministry has announced a new agreement, which outlines regulations and taxation on heat sent to district heating networks. This agreement, which will come into effect by 2022, will encourage businesses and district heating companies to utilize surplus heat. The Ministry of...

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Read TDC Net expands eco-footprint with four solar farms
TDC Net expands eco-footprint with four solar farms

TDC Net expands eco-footprint with four solar farms

July 06, 2021 Denmark

TDC Net, the Danish telecoms firm, has announced that it is moving forward with four new solar parks. This comes following TDC Net signing a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Better Energy. By 2023, the four farms will be capable of supplying 140GWh of energy each year. By 2028, the company...

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Read UK Brent Council plans to upgrade data center with £3.8 million ($5.3 million)
UK Brent Council plans to upgrade data center with £3.8 million ($5.3 million)

UK Brent Council plans to upgrade data center with £3.8 million ($5.3 million)

June 15, 2021 London

Brent Council, a governing body of a borough of London, just revealed its plan to spend £3.8 million ($5.3 million) to upgrade data centers over the next four years. The council says it is part of its plan to create a modern and robust IT system. The upgrades involve upgrading physical storage...

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Read Telia Company's divestment of Telia Carrier completed
Telia Company's divestment of Telia Carrier completed

Telia Company's divestment of Telia Carrier completed

June 01, 2021 Telia Company

STOCKHOLM, June 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Telia Company has today completed the divestment of Telia Carrier to Polhem Infra as all conditions, including regulatory approvals, have been met. On October 6, 2020, Telia Company announced the divestment of its subsidiary Telia Carrier to Polhem Infra,...

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Read Lunar data center on the horizon
Lunar data center on the horizon

Lunar data center on the horizon

May 24, 2021 Paris

While a data center on the moon may seem outlandish now, soon it could very much be a reality, that’s according to NASA and ASI, the Italian space agency. As part of the NASA Artemis Moon program, ASI has teamed up with Thales Alenia Space (TAS) to study design concepts to support a facility...

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