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Read Vodafone to upgrade security at Bracknell data center
Vodafone to upgrade security at Bracknell data center

Vodafone to upgrade security at Bracknell data center

February 29, 2024 Vodafone

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, and...

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Read GTAA to develop Large Language Models Joint Venture this year
GTAA to develop Large Language Models Joint Venture this year

GTAA to develop Large Language Models Joint Venture this year

February 26, 2024 Spain

An announcement made earlier this week at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain revealed that the members of the Global Telco AI Alliance (GTAA) are to establish a joint venture later this year specifically aimed at developing Large Language Models (LLMs). "We want our customers to...

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Read Vodafone signs new wind PPA in Germany
Vodafone signs new wind PPA in Germany

Vodafone signs new wind PPA in Germany

February 21, 2024 Vodafone

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, which...

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Read Vodafone to build a new data center in Turkey with Edgnex
Vodafone to build a new data center in Turkey with Edgnex

Vodafone to build a new data center in Turkey with Edgnex

February 21, 2024 Vodafone

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 sixth...

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Read Azora to launch new European Edge data center platform
Azora to launch new European Edge data center platform

Azora to launch new European Edge data center platform

February 09, 2024 Spain

Investment manager Azora in collaboration with Core Capital, this week launched a new European Edge data center platform called Quetta Data Centers. The investment firm plans to invest over €500 million in constructing six Edge data centers in Spain and Portugal totaling 60MW of capacity....

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Read Telco Group Aire merges with Canary Islands telco Idecnet
Telco Group Aire merges with Canary Islands telco Idecnet

Telco Group Aire merges with Canary Islands telco Idecnet

January 10, 2024 Spain

Spanish telecoms firm Aire this week announced that it is acquiring Canary Islands telco Idecnet as it looks to consolidate its presence in the region. Raúl Aledo, CEO of Grupo Aire, said, “The arrival of Idecnet to Grupo Aire responds to our national and international growth strategy, which is...

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Read Iliad submits proposal for Vodafone merger in Italy
 Iliad submits proposal for Vodafone merger in Italy

Iliad submits proposal for Vodafone merger in Italy

December 29, 2023 Vodafone

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...

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Read Gigas to expand footprint in Lisbon
Gigas to expand footprint in Lisbon

Gigas to expand footprint in Lisbon

November 25, 2023 Spain

Spanish cloud company Gigas has planned to invest €3 million this year in its Oni data center in Lisbon, Portugal. The company purchased Portuguese telco Oni from MásMóvil in November 2020 for €40 million and plans to double the number of data rooms the 2,000 square meters site offers to ten,...

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Read Fibra Medios Telecom unveils new data center in Murcia, Spain
Fibra Medios Telecom unveils new data center in Murcia, Spain

Fibra Medios Telecom unveils new data center in Murcia, Spain

November 17, 2023 Spain

Fibra Medios Telecom announced the launch of a new data center facility in Murcia, Spain, this week. This new facility known as the CPD Titan facility spans across 1,400 square meters and can host up to 120 cabinets across nine data rooms. This new facility also features two fiber entry vaults....

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Read Vodafone to sell Spanish business to Zegona
Vodafone to sell Spanish business to Zegona

Vodafone to sell Spanish business to Zegona

November 01, 2023 Vodafone

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,...

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Read Spanish government launches new phase of funding for rural 5G Standalone
Spanish government launches new phase of funding for rural 5G Standalone

Spanish government launches new phase of funding for rural 5G Standalone

October 20, 2023 Spain

The Spanish government opened the latest phase of its €1 billion funding project aimed at rolling out 5G Standalone (SA) to rural areas across the country to reduce the digital divide between urban and rural areas, as almost a fifth of the country’s population live in the rural areas. In this new...

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

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

September 06, 2023 Vodafone

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 two...

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Read Port of Valencia gives up data center proposals for docks building
Port of Valencia gives up data center proposals for docks building

Port of Valencia gives up data center proposals for docks building

July 18, 2023 Spain

The municipal council of Valencia has abandoned plans to construct a data center in a port docks building. More than a year had passed since the local government began considering multiple proposals for establishing a data center in a building on the Marina de Valencia. Nevertheless, this week...

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

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

July 12, 2023 Vodafone

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...

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Read Vodafone is selling its portfolio of data centers in London
Vodafone is selling its portfolio of data centers in London

Vodafone is selling its portfolio of data centers in London

July 12, 2023 Vodafone

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...

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Read Vodafone announces solar panels at Gloucester mobile telephone exchange in UK
Vodafone announces solar panels at Gloucester mobile telephone exchange in UK

Vodafone announces solar panels at Gloucester mobile telephone exchange in UK

April 12, 2023 Vodafone

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...

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Read Panattoni: €300m data center on the way to Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia
Panattoni: €300m data center on the way to Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia

Panattoni: €300m data center on the way to Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia

April 12, 2023 Spain

Together with the Parc de l'Alba Consortium (comprising Catalan Land Institute -INCASÒL- and the Cerdanyola del Vallès City Council), Panattoni has announced plans to develop the largest ever data center campus in Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, following the purchase of a 60,000 sqm plot of...

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Read Vodafone May Sell Its Spanish Commercial Unit For $4 Billion
Vodafone May Sell Its Spanish Commercial Unit For $4 Billion

Vodafone May Sell Its Spanish Commercial Unit For $4 Billion

April 11, 2023 Vodafone

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...

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Read Impulsa Galicia and Ingenostrum's 'carbon-neutral' data center in Spain
Impulsa Galicia and Ingenostrum's 'carbon-neutral' data center in Spain

Impulsa Galicia and Ingenostrum's 'carbon-neutral' data center in Spain

March 09, 2023 Spain

Impulsa Galicia, a public-private partnership from the Galician local government, has announced that it has partnered with Ingenostrum for a carbon-neutral data center project. The project is set to see an investment of €400m ($424m), and will see Ingenostrum assess the feasibility of a...

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Read Vodafone inks another PPA in the UK
Vodafone inks another PPA in the UK

Vodafone inks another PPA in the UK

February 28, 2023 Vodafone

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 energy...

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