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Read Keppel DC REIT acquires data center in Netherlands
Keppel DC REIT acquires data center in Netherlands

Keppel DC REIT acquires data center in Netherlands

September 06, 2021 Keppel Eindhoven Campus

Keppel Data Center REIT has acquired a data center in the Netherlands. The data center firm acquired 100% of the property, which has two data center buildings in De Hurk business Park, Eindhoven. Keppel paid €37.2 million ($44.1m) to a fund affiliated with MCAP Global Finance (UK) for the...

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Read Digital 9 acquires Verne Global as it strives for sustainability
Digital 9 acquires Verne Global as it strives for sustainability

Digital 9 acquires Verne Global as it strives for sustainability

September 06, 2021 Verne: Keflavik Campus

Verne Global, which operates a 100% renewable powered data center campus in Iceland, has been acquired by Digital 9, following an investment of £231m (€271m). The purchase of the 40-acre, 24MW campus, is a first for Digital 9, being the only deal to involve a data center operator to date....

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Read Interxion opens PAR12 on the East side of Paris
Interxion opens PAR12 on the East side of Paris

Interxion opens PAR12 on the East side of Paris

September 03, 2021 Digital Realty: PAR12 Ferrières-en-Brie

Interxion has announced the opening of its new data center outside Paris, France. Besides, the data center is also the Company’s 12th in the French capital region. The PAR12 facility is located 30km to the east of Paris in Ferrières-en-Brie. It has up to 12MW of IT capacity. It also has over 6427...

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Read €1 billion (US$1.18bn) Horizeo project to produce green hydrogen and a data center
€1 billion (US$1.18bn) Horizeo project to produce green hydrogen and a data center

€1 billion (US$1.18bn) Horizeo project to produce green hydrogen and a data center

August 31, 2021 France

Horizeo, a 1GW solar project from Engie and Neoen, is open for public debate in France. Proposed for Saucats in Gironde, in the Nouvell-Aquitaine region, the project is estimated at €1 billion (US$1.18bn), spanning 1,000 hectares (2,471 acres). Commencing 9 September and running until 9 January...

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Read The Shannon LNG project undermines climate goals in Ireland, say critics
The Shannon LNG project undermines climate goals in Ireland, say critics

The Shannon LNG project undermines climate goals in Ireland, say critics

August 25, 2021 Northern Ireland

With the upcoming COP26 meeting in Glasgow, there is an increasing focus on outlining net-zero pledges and a push towards sustainability targets. Of course, Ireland is included here and is currently seeing two climate bills pass through the Assembly. One seeks net-zero by 2045, and the other is...

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Read NTT to expand its Zurich 1 data center
NTT to expand its Zurich 1 data center

NTT to expand its Zurich 1 data center

August 18, 2021 NTT Zurich 1

According to Zuercher Unterlaender, NTT has broken ground for expanding its Zurich 1 data center in Rümlang, Switzerland. The facility currently has 70,000 square feet (6,500 sqm) of space, and the expansion will see the Company add a new building B to the site. This new building will give the...

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Read Extinction Rebellion fights against €1.2bn data center expansion in Ennis
Extinction Rebellion fights against €1.2bn data center expansion in Ennis

Extinction Rebellion fights against €1.2bn data center expansion in Ennis

August 13, 2021 Art DC: Ennis Campus

Art Data Centres is facing backlash from climate protests over its plans to expand facility proposals in Clare, Ireland. The Ennis data center was first proposed back in 2019, at which point it was estimated to be a €450 million project. This has now jumped massively to €1.2 billion, encompassing...

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Read Galway County Council approves five-year planning extension for Apple Athenry data center
Galway County Council approves five-year planning extension for Apple Athenry data center

Galway County Council approves five-year planning extension for Apple Athenry data center

August 12, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

Ireland’s Galway County Council has granted Apple a five-year planning permission extension for its Athenry data center. The facility had been canceled since 2019, but Apple applied to extend the site’s planning permission till November 2026. Apple first purchased the site in 2014 for $15...

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Read Interxion to expand its data center footprint in Düsseldorf by leasing additional 12,000 sqm
Interxion to expand its data center footprint in Düsseldorf by leasing additional 12,000 sqm

Interxion to expand its data center footprint in Düsseldorf by leasing additional 12,000 sqm

August 11, 2021 Digital Realty: Düsseldorf

Interxion is leasing 12,000 sqm (129,000 square feet) in Düsseldorf to expand its data center capacity in the city. The Company has been occupying the property on In der Steele 27-43 in west Germany for 20 years, and it is leasing more space there to expand its data centers. The owner of the...

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Read Norwegian updates sustainability strategy for data centers
Norwegian updates sustainability strategy for data centers

Norwegian updates sustainability strategy for data centers

August 11, 2021 Norway

The Norwegian government recently updated its sustainability strategy for all data centers in the country in its "Norwegian data centers - sustainable, digital power centers" report. This strategy, it hopes, will project Norway as the world's most sustainable data center nation. Launched by Linda...

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Read CyrusOne buys land for 21MW data center in Madrid, Spain
CyrusOne buys land for 21MW data center in Madrid, Spain

CyrusOne buys land for 21MW data center in Madrid, Spain

August 05, 2021 CyrusOne Madrid I

CyrusOne, a data center REIT, acquired five acres of land in Madrid, Spain, to build a new data center. The Company’s recent earnings report showed that it acquired this land in Alcobendas, Madrid. CyrusOne also revealed earlier in the week that it acquired the land to build a new data center....

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Read Green Mountain doubles the capacity of its DC3-Oslo facility
Green Mountain doubles the capacity of its DC3-Oslo facility

Green Mountain doubles the capacity of its DC3-Oslo facility

August 05, 2021 Green Mountain OSL1-Enebakk

Green Mountain has announced that it has expanded its DC3-Oslo facility in Norway. Green Mountain just acquired the 4MW facility, and it has doubled its capacity by adding another 4MW capacity to the site. Aside from that, it also added a new backup generator set to the facility. The CEO of Green...

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Read DATEV acquires q.beyond's Nuremberg data center
DATEV acquires q.beyond's Nuremberg data center

DATEV acquires q.beyond's Nuremberg data center

August 05, 2021 DATEV: Am Tower 5

DATEV has acquired q.beyond’s Nuremberg data center. Earlier in June, q.beyond (formerly QSC) initially announced its intention to sell its colocation business in June 2021. It operates three data centers in Nuremberg and Munich through its wholly-owned subsidiary, IP Exchange GmbH. The Nuremberg...

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Read KPN agrees €1 billion ($1.176bn) sustainability-linked credit facility
KPN agrees €1 billion ($1.176bn) sustainability-linked credit facility

KPN agrees €1 billion ($1.176bn) sustainability-linked credit facility

August 04, 2021 Netherlands

Dutch telco KPN has agreed to a €1 billion ($1.176bn) sustainability-linked loan. The loan is linked with some sustainability performance in the next few years. The credit facility will be linked to three sustainability objectives. The first one is reducing its energy consumption, the second,...

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Read Victorian swimming bathhouse in Manchester gets a digital transformation
Victorian swimming bathhouse in Manchester gets a digital transformation

Victorian swimming bathhouse in Manchester gets a digital transformation

July 29, 2021 Manchester

Ashton Old Baths, a Victorian bathhouse in Manchester, has undergone a significant transformation into a council data center, and a tech hub spanning over 10,000 sq ft of office and coworking space. The historic Grade II-listed building, which first opened in 1870, is now in phase two of...

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Read New report makes big data center recommendations for UK government
New report makes big data center recommendations for UK government

New report makes big data center recommendations for UK government

July 29, 2021 United Kingdom

A new independent government report into the efficiency of UK government spending suggests that the UK government should introduce a central registry of all its data centers. According to the report, this recommendation comes in an effort to ensure “every pound is spent effectively and...

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Read Merlin Properties to invest €100m ($118m) in its Barcelona data center
Merlin Properties to invest €100m ($118m) in its Barcelona data center

Merlin Properties to invest €100m ($118m) in its Barcelona data center

July 22, 2021 Merlin Barcelona

Merlin Properties will be having its first data center facility in Barcelona, Spain. The facility will have a capacity of 24MW. In April, Merlin Properties first announced that it would be developing four data center sites in Portugal and Spain. The announcement stated that the Company would be...

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Read Irish Water must insist data centres use technology to reduce energy usage and preserve water supply, say politicians
Irish Water must insist data centres use technology to reduce energy usage and preserve water supply, say politicians

Irish Water must insist data centres use technology to reduce energy usage and preserve water supply, say politicians

July 22, 2021 Northern Ireland

Irish Water is reportedly under pressure to insist existing data centers in Ireland should upgrade to more efficient cooling systems in an effort to reduce their environmental impact and draining effect on water and energy. According to reports, the cooling systems employed at data centers across...

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Read Ark’s new data center shows commitment to a zero carbon future in the UK
Ark’s new data center shows commitment to a zero carbon future in the UK

Ark’s new data center shows commitment to a zero carbon future in the UK

July 21, 2021 Ark: Longcross

Ark Data Centres is pushing towards a carbon-neutral future with the announcement of its Longcross facility, located in Chertsey South West. Due to come online in 2023, it is designed to minimize carbon emissions and reduce waste and water consumption. According to Ark, its new facility will be...

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Read TikTok's Irish data center campus to be at Echelon Clondalkin
TikTok's Irish data center campus to be at Echelon Clondalkin

TikTok's Irish data center campus to be at Echelon Clondalkin

July 13, 2021 Echelon Clondalkin

According to The Sunday Business Post, TikTok plans to lease space at the Echelon data center campus in Clondalkin for its new Irish data center. According to the different sources of the Sunday Business Post, TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, will use the Clondalkin campus as its main...

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