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Read Vantage Secures $350m Loan From French Bank For Data Center in Santa Clara, California
Vantage Secures $350m Loan From French Bank For  Data Center in Santa Clara, California

Vantage Secures $350m Loan From French Bank For Data Center in Santa Clara, California

December 01, 2022 Vantage Data Centers

According to Real Deal and Globe Street, Vantage Data Centers has received $350m in funding to develop a data center in Santa Clara, California. Vantage DC acquired a building in the city, and the fund will be used to convert it into a data center campus. The planned facility will span 44,500...

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Read Microsoft files to build two data centers in San Jose, California
Microsoft files to build two data centers in San Jose, California

Microsoft files to build two data centers in San Jose, California

November 24, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has filed to build two new data centers at a site in San Jose, California, it has been reported. The proposal details plans for two-building on a 632,000-square-foot campus on 22 vacant acres near the intersection of Orchard Parkway and Component Drive. These two new additions have been...

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Read Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland
Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland

Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland

November 24, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed CPPAs with Statkraft, Energia Group, and Power Capital Renewable Energy, for 900MW to cover its data center operations in Ireland and 28% of Ireland's renewable energy target for 2030. By 2025, the giant expects to power 100% of its Irish facilities with renewable energy....

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Read Microsoft To Invest $1 Billion on Four Data Centers in North Carolina
Microsoft To Invest $1 Billion on Four Data Centers in North Carolina

Microsoft To Invest $1 Billion on Four Data Centers in North Carolina

November 13, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has promised to invest a minimum of $1 billion in developing four data centers in North Carolina’s Catawba County. The company plans to spread the investment over the next 10 years. According to county officials, Microsoft will invest in the data centers in Maiden, Hickory, and Conover....

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Read Microsoft signs wind PPA with Potentia and Greengate
Microsoft signs wind PPA with Potentia and Greengate

Microsoft signs wind PPA with Potentia and Greengate

November 10, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has entered into a 15-year power-purchase agreement with Potentia Renewables Inc. (Potentia) and Greengate Power Corporation's (Greengate) Paintearth Wind Project LP. As per the PPA, Microsoft will procure wind energy from the 198MW Paintearth Wind Project in Paintearth County, Alberta....

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Read Microsoft files for another Virginia campus
Microsoft files for another Virginia campus

Microsoft files for another Virginia campus

October 28, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has reportedly filed to build another data center campus in Clarksville, Virginia, with the US Army Corps Of Engineers’ Norfolk District. As per the application, the company is looking to develop on a 259.1-acre parcel of land at the Lakeside Commerce Park, at Commerce Drive in Southern...

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Read Vantage Data Centers Acquires 10 Acres in Sterling for $27 million
Vantage Data Centers Acquires 10 Acres in Sterling for $27 million

Vantage Data Centers Acquires 10 Acres in Sterling for $27 million

October 26, 2022 Vantage Data Centers

According to BizJournal, Vantage has bought 10 acres of land in Loudoun County. The company acquired the land for $27m from Boston Properties Inc. Per local county property records, Boston Properties Inc. sold the two undeveloped parcels to Vantage Data Centers. The real estate investment company...

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Read Microsoft Buys 25-acre Plot in Pune, India
Microsoft Buys 25-acre Plot in Pune, India

Microsoft Buys 25-acre Plot in Pune, India

October 25, 2022 Microsoft Azure

According to The Economic Times, Microsoft has acquired a plot of land for data center development in Pune, India. The company bought 25 acres of land in the Pimpri-Waghere area of Pune. Per reports, Microsoft made the deal by getting Finolex Industries to transfer its long-term lease on the land...

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Read Keppel Corp Announces Acquisition of a Facility in Malaysia Owned By its Subsidiaries
Keppel Corp Announces Acquisition of a Facility in Malaysia Owned By its Subsidiaries

Keppel Corp Announces Acquisition of a Facility in Malaysia Owned By its Subsidiaries

October 05, 2022 Keppel Data Center REIT

Keppel Corporation has announced that it has absorbed one of its subsidiaries. The move will also see Keppel take ownership of one of the company’s data centers. Keppel acquired Juventas DC PTE ltd (JPL) for $25.4m from Causeway DC Pte Ltd. (CDCPL). JPL has now become Keppel Corp’s wholly-owned...

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Read Vantage announces the opening of its second data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Vantage announces the opening of its second data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia

Vantage announces the opening of its second data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia

September 30, 2022 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers is expanding its presence in Malaysia, with its second data center in Cyberjaya. The facility, a four-story data center dubbed KUL12, will provide 10MW of capacity across 194,000 square feet of space when combined with its existing KUL11. Construction on the data center began...

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Read Microsoft signs nuclear carbon credits deal with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) as part of strategic partnership
Microsoft signs nuclear carbon credits deal with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) as part of strategic partnership

Microsoft signs nuclear carbon credits deal with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) as part of strategic partnership

September 28, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed a new energy deal with Canadian energy firm Ontario Power Generation (OPG) as part of a strategic partnership targeted at tackling climate change and “driving sustainable growth” in Ontario. According to Microsoft, the giant will procure Clean Energy Credit sourced from OPG’s...

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Read New report reveals only 33 percent of operators have an adequate program to conserve water
New report reveals only 33 percent of operators have an adequate program to conserve water

New report reveals only 33 percent of operators have an adequate program to conserve water

September 20, 2022 Microsoft Azure

We are living in an era where water stress and water scarcity are serious global issues that are only worsening. A total of 25% of the world's population is facing water stress and scarcity, and it's forecast that by as early as 2025, this could increase to 50% and by ​​2050, as much as 75% of...

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Read Microsoft Azure's New Zealand data center powered by 100 percent renewable energy
Microsoft Azure's New Zealand data center powered by 100 percent renewable energy

Microsoft Azure's New Zealand data center powered by 100 percent renewable energy

September 06, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft recently announced that its data center region in New Zealand (specific location not yet disclosed), will be powered by 100 percent renewable electricity due to a partnership with Ecotricity, a sustainable electricity retailer. This means that the region will use solar, wind, and hydro...

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Read Vantage Plans To Develop Another Data Center Campus in Sterling
Vantage Plans To Develop Another Data Center Campus in Sterling

Vantage Plans To Develop Another Data Center Campus in Sterling

September 05, 2022 Vantage Data Centers

According to BizJournal, Vantage is looking to develop another data center campus in Loudoun County, Virginia. According to Loudoun property records, the company acquired 17 acres of land at 22318 Glenn Drive for $46m in October 2021. Per the documents filed by Loudoun County Economic...

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Read Microsoft To Develop a $215.9m Data Center in San Antonio, Texas
Microsoft To Develop a $215.9m Data Center in San Antonio, Texas

Microsoft To Develop a $215.9m Data Center in San Antonio, Texas

August 24, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has filed to develop a data center in San Antonio, Texas. The company is looking to develop the SAT15 facility at 3555 Westover Link in Bexar County, San Antonio. The new data center will span 245,000 square feet. Microsoft will also invest up to $215.9m in developing the facility....

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Read Microsoft Announces Launch of Qatar Azure Cloud Region
Microsoft Announces Launch of Qatar Azure Cloud Region

Microsoft Announces Launch of Qatar Azure Cloud Region

August 19, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced the launch of its first Azure cloud region in Doha, Qatar. The company said, “We are launching our newest data center region in Qatar. The new data center region includes Azure Availability Zones, which offer you additional resiliency for your applications by designing the...

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Read Figures around Microsoft's Holland data center water consumption cause concern
Figures around Microsoft's Holland data center water consumption cause concern

Figures around Microsoft's Holland data center water consumption cause concern

August 18, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft's data center in the province of North Holland has been exposed for its extreme water usage. It appears that the facility consumes significantly more water than original estimates, right as the country is faced with record temperatures. According to a report by local media company...

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Read Microsoft's hydrogen fuel test successful
Microsoft's hydrogen fuel test successful

Microsoft's hydrogen fuel test successful

August 10, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced that its hydrogen fuel cell tests have been successful. The giant recently trialed the energy source for its backup generators to support its data center, in what has been called a “moon landing” moment for the data center industry. Microsoft director of data center...

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Read Vantage Data Centers opens Johannesburg Data Center
Vantage Data Centers opens Johannesburg Data Center

Vantage Data Centers opens Johannesburg Data Center

July 28, 2022 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has announced the ground-breaking of its first facility on its 80MW Johannesburg campus, a project which launched in 2021. The two-story facility called JHB11 reportedly offers 16MW of capacity of 130,000sqft square feet (12,000 square meters). According to the company, the...

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Read Microsoft Might Be Planning To Develop its First Data Center in Romania
Microsoft Might Be Planning To Develop its First Data Center in Romania

Microsoft Might Be Planning To Develop its First Data Center in Romania

July 25, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Romanian media Profit.ro reports that Microsoft plans to develop its first data center in the company. Microsoft buying a plot of land in the city of Otopeni is a major catalyst of this speculation. Microsoft did not deny or confirm the story reported by Profit.ro. However, the company said it...

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