October 11, 2023 Singapore
Singaporean large language model provider 6Estates recently launched an Nvidia DGX BasePOD based on Nvidia GCX H100 systems to develop its AI offerings. The company will use this BasePOD for its "Model Solutions" offering, which provides users with personalized large language models. The cluster...
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October 05, 2023 Telstra
Australian telecommunications firm Telstra has signed a power purchase agreement with Munna Creek Solar Farm investment to support the development of the 120 MW Munna Solar Farm undergoing construction near Gympie in southeast Queensland. Following this agreement, Telstra will buy half of the...
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August 22, 2023 China
The Chinese government-owned automaker Changan Automobile and the technology company Baidu have opened a data center dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI). Baidu's cloud service and the Baige heterogeneous AI computation platform power the facility. According to the corporations, the center...
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August 03, 2023 Hong Kong
ESR has secured a Sustainability-Linked Loan (SLL) to develop a data center in Hong Kong, it has announced. It has closed the first SLL in Hong Kong, worth HK$1.6 billion (US$205m), which will be used to convert a building in Kwai Chung into the 21.3MW ESR Kwai Chung Data Centre HK1.The company...
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July 24, 2023 Singapore
The sovereign wealth fund GIC of Singapore is soliciting funds for a data center outside Seoul, South Korea. According to Business Korea, institutional investors, such as GIC, are working with indigenous institutional investors, securities companies, and asset management firms to build a data...
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July 14, 2023 Singapore
As Singapore looks to end a years-long prohibition on new developments, four data center operators have been given 80MW of capacity for new facilities. Since 2019, Singapore has imposed a ban on the construction of new data centers; however, previously authorized facilities were permitted to be...
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July 12, 2023 Singapore
In Bitdeer Technologies Group's latest operations update, it shared details about its upcoming expansion. Linghui Kong, Chief Executive Officer of Bitdeer, noted that its 100MW Gedu mining data center in Bhutan, for example, is almost complete and is expected to be delivered in July. Further to...
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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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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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May 18, 2023 China
Atlas and Shenzhen Hicloud Data Center Technology (Hicloud) have announced their partnership to explore reducing data center energy consumption. Through this deal, Atlas, an international group providing blockchain infrastructure-as-a-service, is now the first commercial Web3 user of the...
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May 03, 2023 Sydney
Macquarie Data Centers has announced that it has partnered with Console Connect to add a new Point of Presence in Sydney. Through the partnership, Console Connect’s Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) platform will be available at the Macquarie Data Centres campus in Macquarie Park, Sydney. The two have...
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April 25, 2023 China
Eaton has acquired a substantial stake in Jiangsu Ryan Electrical, a Chinese power distribution company. This week, the US power management company stated that it has acquired a 49 percent stake in Jiangsu Ryan Electrical Co. Ltd., a Chinese manufacturer of power distribution and sub-transmission...
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April 19, 2023 Adelaide
A fire has started at the Glenside Data Centre in Adelaide, Australia. Among other government services, the event led to the failure of South Australia's state hospitals' electronic medical records system. The primary data center for the state government is located in Glenside. The electrical...
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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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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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April 06, 2023 China
According to a report by ChinaDaily, Highlander, one of the companies driving innovation in the underwater data center space, has announced that work on its first commercial facility is complete, for which it is now looking for export buyers. Further to this announcement, the company has outlined...
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March 27, 2023 China
ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, which historically, has been criticized for not “keeping up with its peers,” has announced its pledge to achieve carbon-neutral operations by 2030. The company has outlined that while it will seek to reduce its operational carbon footprint by 90%, it will rely on...
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March 02, 2023 China
OPPO has announced its commitment to achieving carbon neutrality across all its operations by 2050, the latest to do so. This pledge was made in the company’s OPPO Climate Action Report: Climate Pledges and Low Carbon Development Strategy, at MWC 2023. The company outlined that the greatest...
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March 01, 2023 Sydney
Lacework has announced the availability of its new cloud data center in Sydney, New South Wales, which is pegged to provide organizations with lower latencies in Australia and New Zealand, with better support. Richard Davies, Area Director at Lacework, said that as the Australia and New Zealand...
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February 23, 2023 China
CapitaLand has announced the launch of its China-focused data center development fund, namely CapitaLand China Data Centre Partners (CDCP), through which it is planning two new facilities located outside Beijing, with a focus on sustainability.According to the company, the two development...
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