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Turkish Airlines Breaks Ground on New Development

Turkish Airlines has laid the foundation stone at a groundbreaking ceremony for its planned development at Istanbul Airport in Turkey (Turkiye), including a data center. In total, the company is building eight new facilities at the airport and investing more than TRY 100 billion ($2.32bn).Deta...

January 10, 2026

Turkey

Trendyol to Build 48MW Data Center in Ankara

Turkish e-commerce company Trendyol this week announced a partnership with UAE-based Castle Investments to build and operate a 48MW facility in the Turkish capital.“As well as helping us to better serve our growing domestic and international customer base, it reinforces our commitment to inves...

May 30, 2025

Turkey

Vodafone and Ericsson to deploy new antennas in Germany

Vodafone Germany in an announcement this week revealed that it has partnered with vendor Ericsson to deploy compact 5G antennas and the first compact 5G antenna was deployed on a parking garage in Düsseldorf."Strong winds put pressure on the antenna surfaces mounted on roofs. The more mobile p...

July 15, 2024

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Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone sign 10-year etwork-sharing agreement

Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone have signed a new network-sharing deal in the UK which also includes plans for Virgin Media O2 to acquire spectrum from Vodafone, which could help the latter gain regulatory approval for its merger with Three."We are extending and bolstering elements of our existin...

July 03, 2024

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Vodafone begins 5G trials in Ukraine

Vodafone Ukraine has begun its 5G trials, pairing up with Finnish vendor Nokia to carry out the trials during the Action Forum 2024. The company held its first trails this month which was confirmed by Ukraine's Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov."The significance of our tria...

May 30, 2024

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Vodafone plans 5G Standalone for Northern Ireland

Vodafone has revealed its plans to deliver 5G Standalone (5G SA) to Northern Ireland which will support many industries across rural Northern Ireland, including healthcare, education, and agriculture if its merger with Three is approved. “We know how vital access to connectivity is for everyon...

May 29, 2024

Vodafone

CMA warns Vodafone against proposed merger

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said it's concerned that Vodafone and Three's proposed merger could lead to mobile customers facing higher prices and reduced service quality. This comes after a 40-day review into the £15 billion ($18.5bn) merger, set to create the UK's big...

March 21, 2024

Vodafone

Vodafone sells Italian business for €8 billion

Vodafone has sold its Italian business to Swisscom for €8 billion in a deal which will see Swisscom merge Vodafone with its Italian subsidiary Fastweb. This merger was announced in Europe this week after the Spanish government approved the proposed Orange and MásMóvil merger. Margherita Della ...

March 16, 2024

Vodafone

Vodafone to upgrade security at Bracknell data center

Following an increasing number of criminal attacks at Vodafone’s Bracknell data center, the company is now making plans to upgrade security at this facility. Vodafone has received permission from the Bracknell Forest Council to install new security fences and gates, reconfigure the car park, a...

February 29, 2024

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Vodafone signs new wind PPA in Germany

Vodafone, this week revealed that it has signed a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with energy firm RWE to procure the output from the Kaskasi offshore wind farm, 35km off the coast of Heligoland. Following the terms of this agreement, Vodafone will procure 250GWh of energy each year, w...

February 21, 2024

Vodafone

Vodafone to build a new data center in Turkey with Edgnex

Vodafone and UAE data center firm Edgnex announced their plans to form a joint venture in order to build a new data center in Turkey. This project is a $100 million data center in Izmir; a city in western Turkey on the coast of the Aegean Sea. It was also be Vodafone’s second in Izmir and sixt...

February 21, 2024

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Iliad submits proposal for Vodafone merger in Italy

Iliad Group, owned by French tycoon Xavier Niel has submitted a proposal to Vodafone to merge the two telcos in Italy. In its offer, Iliad valued Vodafone Italia at €10.45 billion and is to receive €500 million in cash and 50 percent of the new business as part of the proposal with Vodafone re...

December 29, 2023

Vodafone

Vodafone to sell Spanish business to Zegona

Vodafone has confirmed the sale of its Spanish business to UK investment firm Zegona for $5.3 billion. Once the transaction is completed, Vodafone will get about €4.1 billion in cash and up to €0.9bn in the Redeemable Preference Shares. Margherita Della Valle, chief executive of Vodafone, said...

November 01, 2023

Vodafone

Principal buys a pair of telco-occupied facilities in Dublin, Ireland

Principal Asset Management bought two data centers located in Dublin, Ireland, that are leased. Principal European Data Centre Fund I has made its fourth and fifth investments in Europe, this time in the capital of Ireland, according to IPE Real Assets and PropertyEU. The company has acquired ...

September 06, 2023

Vodafone

Vodafone signs Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to procure solar energy in Europe

Vodafone has signed a PPA with Iberdrola for 410GWh of annual solar spread across Spain, Portugal, and Germany, as part of the company's wider net-zero ambitions. The renewable energy comes from three solar plants, the Velilla solar PV plant located in Palencia, Spain, the Cedillo PV plant lo...

July 12, 2023

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Vodafone is selling its portfolio of data centers in London

Savills is looking for buyers for the Network Portfolio, a collection of six buildings totaling 260,000 square feet. The portfolio is reportedly worth $128.3 million. The properties are leased to Vodafone Enterprise UK through April 2032. They generate $7.8 million per year in total passing re...

July 12, 2023

Vodafone

Vodafone announces solar panels at Gloucester mobile telephone exchange in UK

Vodafone has announced that it is deploying solar panels at a mobile telephone exchange site in Gloucester, England, to cover approximately 12% of the site’s annual energy consumption requirements. This is in line with its wider energy efficiency goals and 2027 net-zero pledge.The telecoms pr...

April 12, 2023

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Vodafone May Sell Its Spanish Commercial Unit For $4 Billion

Reportedly, Vodafone Group is contemplating proposals for its Spanish business, which could fetch as much as $4 billion. As first revealed by Bloomberg, potential purchasers, including Apollo Global Management, are showing interest in the operator's Spanish unit. According to sources familiar ...

April 11, 2023

Vodafone

Vodafone inks another PPA in the UK

Vodafone has announced the signing of a new PPA with Centrica and Mytilineos for solar power in the UK. The 10-year deal signed by the companies will see the telco procure energy from five solar farms in Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Dorset. In total, the energ...

February 28, 2023

Vodafone

Alibaba plans expansion near Turkish capital of Ankara

Alibaba has announced that it is planning a data center near the Turkish capital Ankara. According to reports, the facility is part of a more than $1 billion investment in the country, which includes the development of a logistics hub at Istanbul Airport alongside the data center outside Ankar...

January 10, 2023

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