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Read Digital Edge begins construction on Tokyo data facility
Digital Edge begins construction on Tokyo data facility

Digital Edge begins construction on Tokyo data facility

June 07, 2023 Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge has begun constructing its data center in downtown Tokyo, Japan. A few days ago the company announced on LinkedIn that the building of its TYO7 site had officially begun. The Singapore-based business revealed plans for a new facility in March 2023. The facility will be situated at...

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Read STT GDC Will Make a $242m Investment in a Pair of Data Centers in Pune, India
STT GDC Will Make a $242m Investment in a Pair of Data Centers in Pune, India

STT GDC Will Make a $242m Investment in a Pair of Data Centers in Pune, India

June 01, 2023 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

STT GDC is adding two new data centers to its Pune, India campus. The company intends to invest $241.9 million in the expansion, which will add 40MW to the campus' total capacity of 80MW across five buildings. The new data centers are anticipated to go live in phases over the next 12 to 24...

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Read Equinix to open its third International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Dubai
Equinix to open its third International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Dubai

Equinix to open its third International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Dubai

May 31, 2023 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it is opening its third International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Dubai, which, at full build-out, will offer 1,800 cabinets of capacity across two phases or a total footprint of 12,000 square meters (135,000 square feet). The facility will support the...

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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 Japan Data Facility Purchased by Mapletree Industrial Trust
Japan Data Facility Purchased by Mapletree Industrial Trust

Japan Data Facility Purchased by Mapletree Industrial Trust

May 26, 2023 Mapletree Redwood Data Centre Trust

The acquisition of a data center in Osaka, Japan, signifies Mapletree Industrial Trust's entrance into the Japanese data center market. This week, the manager of Mapletree Industrial Trust (MIT), Mapletree Industrial Trust Management Ltd., announced the purchase of a recently constructed data...

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Read Keppel Corp. Advises Singapore to Switch to Greener Data Centers or Risk Losing Demand
Keppel Corp. Advises Singapore to Switch to Greener Data Centers or Risk Losing Demand

Keppel Corp. Advises Singapore to Switch to Greener Data Centers or Risk Losing Demand

May 23, 2023 Keppel Data Center REIT

The Keppel Corporation is requesting that authorities develop environmentally friendly data centers. According to Nikkei Asia, Wong Wai Meng, the chief executive officer of Keppel's data center division, warned that the nation's capacity limitation is insufficient to meet current demand. The...

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Read Princeton Digital Group Intends to Construct a 150MW Data Facility in Johor, Malaysia
Princeton Digital Group Intends to Construct a 150MW Data Facility in Johor, Malaysia

Princeton Digital Group Intends to Construct a 150MW Data Facility in Johor, Malaysia

May 22, 2023 Princeton Digital Group

A new campus for data centers is being built by Princeton Digital Group in Johor, Malaysia. This week, the company announced that it had purchased 31 acres of land from JLand Group (JLG) to construct a 150MW campus in Sedenak Tech Park (SteP). The first 60MW phase, JH1, is expected to be...

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Read ST Telemedia Global Data Centres to construct sustainability-focused data center in the Philippines
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres to construct sustainability-focused data center in the Philippines

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres to construct sustainability-focused data center in the Philippines

May 21, 2023 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (Philippines) (STT GDC Philippines), a joint venture (JV) between Globe, Ayala Corporation, and Singapore-based ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC), has announced plans to develop the largest carrier-neutral data center in the Philippines. The STT Fairview...

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Read At Tokyo plans fifth data center
At Tokyo plans fifth data center

At Tokyo plans fifth data center

May 21, 2023 AT TOKYO Corporation

At Tokyo Corporation is developing a new data center in Tokyo, Japan, it has announced. The facility, set to go live in early 2025, will offer 25 MW of capacity. Speaking about the news, Akira Nakamura, CEO of At Tokyo, said: "We're really excited to be opening this new facility." According to...

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Read KDDI Buys an Equity Position in Internet Initiative Japan
KDDI Buys an Equity Position in Internet Initiative Japan

KDDI Buys an Equity Position in Internet Initiative Japan

May 19, 2023 KDDI

KDDI bought a stake in Internet Initiative Japan Inc. (IIJ), a local operator. Approximately 18 million IIJ shares held by NTT will be acquired by KKDI in an off-market transaction. The deal is valued at approximately $370,1 million. NTT is decreasing its stake in IIJ from just over 22% to 10%,...

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Read NTT Will Invest $11b Over Five Years in Data Centers
NTT Will Invest $11b Over Five Years in Data Centers

NTT Will Invest $11b Over Five Years in Data Centers

May 19, 2023 NTT

Over the next five years, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) intends to invest $59 billion in data centers, AI, and other "growth areas." At least $11 billion will be allocated to expanding or modernizing its data centers. The digital industry, which includes AI and robotics, receives at least...

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Read Vantage Plans a $3bn Cyberjaya, Malaysia Data Center Facility
Vantage Plans a $3bn Cyberjaya, Malaysia Data Center Facility

Vantage Plans a $3bn Cyberjaya, Malaysia Data Center Facility

May 19, 2023 Vantage Data Centers

The Malaysian city of Cyberjaya will soon be home to Vantage Data Centers' enormous new site. State-owned Cyberview, tasked with creating a digital cluster in Cyberjaya, recently shared that Vantage will invest $3 billion to build a second data center facility there. At a recent meeting in the...

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Read NextDC is Looking For $413.3m For Global Expansion
NextDC is Looking For $413.3m For Global Expansion

NextDC is Looking For $413.3m For Global Expansion

May 12, 2023 NEXTDC

NextDC, an Australian data center company, will open projects in Kuala Lumpur and Auckland. They secretly added New Zealand, Malaysia, and Japan data center proposals to its site last month. None of the locations had timelines or specifications. The company disclosed foreign expansion in an ASX...

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Read Equinix signs 150MW PPA in Spain
Equinix signs 150MW PPA in Spain

Equinix signs 150MW PPA in Spain

May 09, 2023 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it has inked a ten-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Sonnedix. The deal will see the colocation provider source energy from three PV plants in the Castilla-La Mancha region of Spain. The three plants are pegged to be operational by the end of 2024; collectively,...

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Read Digital Edge's second ESG report reveals key metrics on carbon neutrality
Digital Edge's second ESG report reveals key metrics on carbon neutrality

Digital Edge's second ESG report reveals key metrics on carbon neutrality

May 08, 2023 Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge recently published its second ESG report, which shared key metrics for achieving its carbon neutrality target by 2030. Based on the theme of "Future Possible," the report emphasized the importance of building the digital infrastructure of the future sustainably and responsibly and...

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Read Racial Harassment at Google Data Center Construction Site Cost Whiting-Turner $1.2m
Racial Harassment at Google Data Center Construction Site Cost Whiting-Turner $1.2m

Racial Harassment at Google Data Center Construction Site Cost Whiting-Turner $1.2m

May 08, 2023 Google

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against the construction company Whiting-Turner alleging racial harassment and retaliation against former Black employees. The lawsuit centered on the company's role as the general contractor for the Google data center's...

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Read NextDC Reveals New Zealand, Malaysia, and Japan Data Center Initiatives
NextDC Reveals New Zealand, Malaysia, and Japan Data Center Initiatives

NextDC Reveals New Zealand, Malaysia, and Japan Data Center Initiatives

May 08, 2023 NEXTDC

Plans for new data center projects in New Zealand, Malaysia, and Japan have been subtly added to NextDC's website. The prospective plans to expand in New Zealand were initially reported by Reseller News a few weeks ago. They stated that the company had purchased several blocks of land in central...

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Read Google Will Build Two Additional Data Centers in Ohio
Google Will Build Two Additional Data Centers in Ohio

Google Will Build Two Additional Data Centers in Ohio

May 05, 2023 Google

Google and state officials announced on Wednesday that the company intends to construct two additional data centers in Ohio to support its artificial intelligence equipment and other tools. According to officials, with one data center already operational in the Columbus area, Google's total...

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Read Navigating evolving data center security risks and requirements
Navigating evolving data center security risks and requirements

Navigating evolving data center security risks and requirements

May 03, 2023 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

In recent years, data center security has come to the fore, with an increase in firmware attacks and security failures. Research shows that 83 percent of businesses have experienced firmware attacks in recent years, and in February, GDS and STT GDC hit the headlines when hackers compromised two...

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Read Second Bankruptcy Filing by INAP Since 2020
Second Bankruptcy Filing by INAP Since 2020

Second Bankruptcy Filing by INAP Since 2020

May 03, 2023 HorizonIQ

INAP has once again filed for bankruptcy. This week, the company voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 as part of its debt restructuring statement. The company stated that INAP has freely filed motions under Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware...

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