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China approves ten data center clusters

China has announced that it has approved a large-scale project to build eight national integrated computing hubs with ten data center clusters. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and three other central departments (the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of Ind...

February 22, 2022

China

Loudoun Board: Data center development could be curtailed

Recently, a committee of the Board of Supervisors argued that data centers should be prevented from being built on the Route 7 corridor in northeastern Loudoun County. Already the area is home to 25 million square feet of data centers, with data center development booming in recent years, a bo...

February 22, 2022

Northern Virginia

Asterion Mulling Over Sale Of Its Latin American Data Centers

According to Expansion, Asterion Industrial Partners wants to sell its data centers in Latin America. Interestingly, the investment firm bought the facilities from Telefonica in 2019. The report has it that the company has contacted the services of Investment bank Greenhill & Co. to rai...

February 22, 2022

Latin America (LATAM)

International crypto bans lead to more data center builds in the US

According to experts, there is an emerging trend towards more crypto data centers being built in the US as a result of other markets introducing bans. China banned cryptocurrency last year, and Russia, in January, proposed a ban, too. That's not all - Sweden is also seeking to ban mining in th...

February 21, 2022

United States

Pexapark forecasts changes to PPA

In its "European PPA Market Outlook 2022" report, Pexapark outlined that change is afoot regarding the way in which data center operators purchase renewable energy. The energy price volatility of 2021 will reportedly have a long-term impact on PPA deals, with larger consumers buying up big off...

February 21, 2022

Europe

GLP To Invest $12b in Developing Data Centers in Japan

GLP has revealed its plans to enter the Japanese data center market. The company is looking to develop data centers with up to 900MW of capacity over the next five years in the market. In addition, it will also invest up to $12 billion to bring facilities to live. By so doing, the Singapore...

February 21, 2022

Japan

Russia, Ukraine and data centers

As more and more reports circulate that Russia is on the precipice of invading Ukraine, with no sign of withdrawal, those within the data center and digital infrastructure industry are discussing what it means for the sector. Omdia has outlined that potential conflict poses a threat to the ind...

February 18, 2022

Ukraine

Greenergy Opens a Data Center in Estonia

Greenergy Data Centers OÜ has announced that it opened its first data center in Estonia. The three-story facility spans 156,000 square feet (14,500 square meters) in the Saue Parish near Tallinn. Upon full build-out, the data center will have three buildings with a total capacity of 31.5MW. Gr...

February 18, 2022

Estonia

Cloud Centers to Develop a 12MW Facility in The Philippines

YCO Cloud Centers has revealed that it is developing a 12MW data center in Batangas, the Philippines. The company is building this facility in the Light Industry and Science Park IV in Batangas. The data center called YCO Manila Digital will be housed in a two-story building. It will also s...

February 18, 2022

YCO: Batangas

Deep Edge Realty Acquires a Carrier Hotel in Portland, Maine

Deep Edge Realty has announced the acquisition of a carrier hotel in Portland, Maine. The property is at 340 Cumberland Avenue. The selling company is Northland Enterprises. None of the companies revealed the terms of the transaction. The CEO and founder of Deep Edge Realty, Martin Hannigan...

February 18, 2022

CENTRA: 340 Cumberland (PMW01)

Will the Philippines absorb demand from Singapore?

In light of Singapore announcing that going forward, it will be more selective about the data center projects it accepts, experts forecast that the Philippines will likely absorb some of the data center demand from Singapore. In a recent briefing paper, Santos-Knight Frank (SKF) Occupier Solut...

February 17, 2022

Philippines

Meta moves into Kuna, Idaho

Meta is continuing its expansion as it moves into Kuna, Idaho, with a 960,000 sqft facility. The giant is injecting $800 million into the project and intends to break ground on the facility in September 2022, which is expected to continue through to 2025. The facility will be the largest of it...

February 17, 2022

Meta: Kuna Idaho

Web Werks moves into Bengaluru, India

Web Werks has announced its plans to build a new data center in Bengaluru (Bangalore). The company outlined that the first phase of the building project will be completed by the fourth quarter of 2022. In its final form, it will offer 110,000 sqft of colocation space and 20 MVA of gross power ...

February 17, 2022

Iron Mountain: Bengaluru

New data center heading to Islamabad

The government of Pakistan has announced that it has opened a new data center in Islamabad, namely the National Information Technology Board (NITB) (NITB Staging Environment). Federal Minister for Information and Technology, Syed Amin ul Haq, inaugurated the PKR. 330 million ($1.88m) facility,...

February 15, 2022

South Asia

Acronis launches its first cloud data center in Nigeria

Acronis has announced that it has launched its first cloud data center in Lagos, Nigeria. This move is part of a larger expansion plan that will see the company grow with the deployment of 111 new centers. It is also part of its Acronis Global/Local Initiative. This initiative reportedly inclu...

February 15, 2022

Nigeria

STC Launches New Data Center in Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia

STC has announced the launch of its new data center in Qassim, Saudi Arabia. The Saudi telco’s new data center measures approximately 12,000 square meters. It was also inaugurated by the Governor of Qassim Region, Prince Faisal bin Mishaal bin Saud. STC posted on Twitter that it was happy that...

February 15, 2022

Saudi Arabia

Data centers planned for Muskogee and near Oktaha

Two data centers are reportedly on their way to Muskogee County; it has been announced. YZY Capital Holdings, LLC, is the New York-based private equity firm behind the project and has announced that it will inject $100 million into the construction and operation of the centers on the 136.5-acr...

February 14, 2022

Oklahoma

Data centers and the nuclear option

With the UN chief recently declaring that it's "code red for humanity," it has never been more clear that immediate action is required on the part of governments and industry leaders to make big sustainability changes. Of course, the data center and digital infrastructure industries have caugh...

February 14, 2022

Europe

What India's new government policy means for the data center industry

The Indian government is introducing new policies that will encourage data center growth in the country, it has been announced. This policy announcement comes as leaders strive to make the country a hub for the world’s growing data traffic. In the government’s 2022 budget, provisions have been...

February 14, 2022

India / Bhārata

GLP Wants To Raise $500 million to fund Chinese expansion

According to Bloomberg, GLP Pte is mulling over raising up to $500 million to expand its data center footprint in China. The Singapore-based investment manager wants to raise funds from investors in exchange for a minority stake in the firm. GLP Pte’s data center business is valued at up to $5...

February 13, 2022

China

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