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Read Carbon Streaming Corp. signs carbon capture agreement with Microsoft
Carbon Streaming Corp. signs carbon capture agreement with Microsoft

Carbon Streaming Corp. signs carbon capture agreement with Microsoft

October 02, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Carbon Streaming Corporation announced it had signed an agreement to provide Microsoft with biochar carbon removal credits from the Waverly Biochar project in Waverly, Virginia. The company noted that the Biochar project would deliver Microsoft up to 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide removal...

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Read Microsoft to extend DC footprint to Naas, Ireland
Microsoft to extend DC footprint to Naas, Ireland

Microsoft to extend DC footprint to Naas, Ireland

September 25, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft recently commenced plans to develop plans for a new Irish data center campus near Jigginstwon in Naas. Following reports by Kildare Nationalist, Microsoft has begun consultations with authorities for the proposed development of one of the two sites marked for DC usage in the Council’s...

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Read EdgeConneX Gets $403.8Million to Develop its Jakarta Data Centers
EdgeConneX Gets $403.8Million to Develop its Jakarta Data Centers

EdgeConneX Gets $403.8Million to Develop its Jakarta Data Centers

September 18, 2023 EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX, a provider of Hyperscale Data Center Solutions, revealed a $ 403,8 million contract in Sustainability-Linked Senior Facilities to expedite its growth strategy and green initiatives for its Jakarta, Indonesia, data center footprint. This transaction, according to EdgeConneX, will...

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Read EdgeConneX secures $403.8m sustainability-linked financing for Indonesia data center
EdgeConneX secures $403.8m sustainability-linked financing for Indonesia data center

EdgeConneX secures $403.8m sustainability-linked financing for Indonesia data center

September 14, 2023 EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX has shared that it has secured $403.8 million in sustainability-linked financing (SLF). This loan is for its 120MW data center campus development in Jakarta, Indonesia.The deal leverages EdgeConneX's Sustainability Strategy and will reportedly use offshore US dollar borrowing. It...

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Read Vantage Data Centers EMEA receives $1.6 bn from AustralianSuper
Vantage Data Centers EMEA receives $1.6 bn from AustralianSuper

Vantage Data Centers EMEA receives $1.6 bn from AustralianSuper

September 11, 2023 Vantage Data Centers

AustralianSuper has made an investment in Vantage Data Centers' EMEA operations. Last week, the company announced it would invest $1.6 billion to acquire a "significant minority stake" in Vantage Data Centers Europe, Middle East, and Africa (Vantage EMEA), backed by DigitalBridge. The pension...

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Read EdgeConneX to build 200MW Cyberjaya facility in Malaysia
EdgeConneX to build 200MW Cyberjaya facility in Malaysia

EdgeConneX to build 200MW Cyberjaya facility in Malaysia

September 11, 2023 EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX continues to grow its APAC operations by adding three facilities in Malaysia, located in and around Kuala Lumpur. Business Today and Edge Malaysia report that EdgeConneX signed a sales and purchase contract with Cyberview earlier this month to acquire a 12.14-hectare tract of land in...

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Read EdgeConneX files to build a 1 million square foot data center facility in Mesa, Arizona
EdgeConneX files to build a 1 million square foot data center facility in Mesa, Arizona

EdgeConneX files to build a 1 million square foot data center facility in Mesa, Arizona

September 05, 2023 EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX plans to establish a new data center facility in Phoenix, Arizona, to expand its presence there. According to BizJournal, the company has applied for Mesa's administrative and design reviews to construct a multi-phased campus near Elliot Road and Loop 202. EdgeConneX wants to build a...

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Read Vantage purchases two parcels of land in San Antonio, Texas
Vantage purchases two parcels of land in San Antonio, Texas

Vantage purchases two parcels of land in San Antonio, Texas

September 04, 2023 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has made its first land purchases in Texas, both in San Antonio. The San Antonio Report reads, based on public records from Bexar County, that Vantage has acquired 89 acres of land in San Antonio spread across two separate parcels. On August 9, the firm purchased 31 acres at...

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Read Microsoft creates Petronas HPC AI infrastructure
Microsoft creates Petronas HPC AI infrastructure

Microsoft creates Petronas HPC AI infrastructure

August 22, 2023 Microsoft Azure

The digital arm of the Malaysian energy company Petronas, Petronas Digital, has inked a contract with Microsoft to develop a high-performance computing (HPC) artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure platform. The organization will use the platform to perform AI and machine learning to look...

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Read Vantage outlines a data center facility in Atlanta, Georgia
Vantage outlines a data center facility in Atlanta, Georgia

Vantage outlines a data center facility in Atlanta, Georgia

August 22, 2023 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers intends to construct a new campus in the Atlanta, Georgia, district of Douglas County. Vantage plans to construct nearly 1.7 million square feet of data center floor space through three buildings in Douglasville, according to a filing with the state under the Developments of...

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Read EdgeConneX contests the Dublin data center denial
EdgeConneX contests the Dublin data center denial

EdgeConneX contests the Dublin data center denial

August 22, 2023 EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX Ireland has appealed to An Bord Pleanála against South Dublin County Council's decision to deny its proposed data center. The company intended to construct two adjacent data centers on its Dublin Campus in Ballmakaily, Lucan, Dublin, on Newcastle Road. Two single-story data centers...

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Read Principal buys Amsterdam logistics site for 42MW Switch DC data center
Principal buys Amsterdam logistics site for 42MW Switch DC data center

Principal buys Amsterdam logistics site for 42MW Switch DC data center

August 16, 2023 Switch Datacenters Amsterdam BV

Principal Asset Management has purchased a Dutch logistics facility that will be converted into a data center. This week, the company announced the acquisition of a logistics facility for the Principal European Data Centre Fund I. The terms were not disclosed. The acquired facility in the...

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Read Equinix will construct a $42 million data center in Mumbai, India
Equinix will construct a $42 million data center in Mumbai, India

Equinix will construct a $42 million data center in Mumbai, India

August 10, 2023 Equinix

Equinix will invest $42 million in a new data center in Mumbai, India. The MB4 data center is anticipated to be operational by the end of the fourth quarter 2023. The MB4 data center is in the Kalwa Industrial Area, approximately 9 miles from the company's two other IBX data centers in Mumbai....

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Read OVHcloud is looking to acquire Gridscale
OVHcloud is looking to acquire Gridscale

OVHcloud is looking to acquire Gridscale

August 08, 2023 OVH Group

Gridscale, an industry leader in hyper-converged infrastructure, and OVHcloud are in exclusive takeover talks. The deal, which won't affect the fiscal year 2023 and will help OVHcloud with its Edge computing goals, is anticipated to close at the start of 2024. There has been no disclosure of the...

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Read Microsoft has submitted plans to construct two data centers in San Jose, California
Microsoft has submitted plans to construct two data centers in San Jose, California

Microsoft has submitted plans to construct two data centers in San Jose, California

August 03, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has applied to construct two data centers in San Jose, California. On August 17, the San Jose Council Planning Division will convene to discuss Microsoft's plans for a 65-acre site at 1657 Alviso-Milpitas Road. The company seeks permission to remove 79 trees to construct two...

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Read Microsoft increases data center and AI compute capex
Microsoft increases data center and AI compute capex

Microsoft increases data center and AI compute capex

July 28, 2023 Microsoft Azure

This past quarter, Microsoft's capital expenditures increased to $10.7 billion as the company reported spending significantly on data centers, computing, and networking. The company announced that spending would increase each quarter throughout fiscal 2024, already higher than the $7.8bn capital...

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Read KPMG will invest $2 billion with Microsoft in AI and cloud services
KPMG will invest $2 billion with Microsoft in AI and cloud services

KPMG will invest $2 billion with Microsoft in AI and cloud services

July 28, 2023 Microsoft Azure

KPMG plans to invest $2 billion over the next five years in artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services in partnership with Microsoft. The global expansion of the 'Big Four' accounting firm's relationship with Microsoft is anticipated to generate up to $12 billion in revenue over the next...

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Read Microsoft intends to invest $230 million in an additional data center in San Antonio, Texas
Microsoft intends to invest $230 million in an additional data center in San Antonio, Texas

Microsoft intends to invest $230 million in an additional data center in San Antonio, Texas

July 28, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft intends to construct another data center in the San Antonio, Texas, region. The corporation stated in applications with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, initially reported by the San Antonio Business Journal, that the project would cost $230 million. The company intends...

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Read Orange installs over 200 solar panels on data center in Timișoara, Romania
Orange installs over 200 solar panels on data center in Timișoara, Romania

Orange installs over 200 solar panels on data center in Timișoara, Romania

July 26, 2023 Orange

Orange has installed over 200 solar panels at its Timișoara, Romania data center, it has announced. This is in addition to deployments at its data center in Constanța and Braşov, taking the total to 650 solar panels that are installed and operational. The deployment will reportedly bring 100kW of...

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Read Microsoft pushes forward with data center projects in Brazil
Microsoft pushes forward with data center projects in Brazil

Microsoft pushes forward with data center projects in Brazil

July 26, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has shared its plans for further expansion in Brazil, with a new data center in the Campinas area of São Paulo state, Brazil. Located in Hortolândia, details on the facility obtained by BNAmericas, reveal the giant’s plans for the installation of a data center on greenfield land with 39...

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