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NEXTDC announces AWS availability at S2 data center

NextDC has announced the availability of AWS Direct Connect in the NextDC S2 Sydney data center, the fourth to host AWS Direct Connect (Canberra (C1), Melbourne (M1), and Perth (P1)). According to the company, within the NextDC S2 data center, customers can choose 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, and new hig...

February 11, 2022

NextDC Sydney S2

Avaio and Adam Real Estate Form JV For Hyperscale Data Center Development in Quebec, Canada

Adam Real Estate and Avaio have come together to form a new hyperscale joint venture in Quebec, Canada. The joint venture will be called Gatineau Data Hub (GDH) to develop a new, sustainable, hyperscale facility in Gatineau, Quebec. Gatineau is located to the north of Ottawa. The partnership w...

February 10, 2022

Quebec City

Dutch government outlines its position on hyperscale data centers

The newly formed Dutch government has announced that going forward, it will impose environmental controls on hyperscale data centers, which it said is in response to protests around Facebook’s proposed 166 hectare hyperscale data center in Zeewolde. The proposal received an outcry of oppos...

February 10, 2022

Netherlands

Plaza Realty Files For Rezoning of Land For a 1 million sq ft Data Center in Prince William County

The development of a large-scale data center in Prince William County, Virginia, is being proposed by developers. Developers submitted plans to have a site at 14854 Dumfries Road to the west of Dale City and the east of the Northern Virginia county be rezoned. They want to develop a 1 million ...

February 09, 2022

Northern Virginia

New state data center for Springfield's east side

The State of Illinois has announced the purchase of 9.4 acres of land at the Dirksen Business Park in the 2900 block of Dotmar Drive, which will be home to a new data center. The $80.5 million facility will be run by the state Department of Innovation and Technology and will reportedly enable ...

February 08, 2022

Illinois

QTS Planning To Expand Its Piscataway data center in New Jersey

Plans are in place for QTS to expand its Piscataway facility in New Jersey. My Central Jersey reports that the company has filed for preliminary and final site plan approval to develop a two-story building to the data center campus at 101 Possumtown Road. By so doing, QTS plans to add up to 45...

February 08, 2022

QTS Piscataway

BNP Paribas Real Estate launches UK data center team

BNP Paribas Real Estate has announced that it has launched a new data center team in the UK, with Michael Umfreville as the lead. It will be responsible for leasing and land acquisitions. This launch is reportedly in response to REITs, institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds and infr...

February 08, 2022

United Kingdom

QST to Develop 300MW of Data Centers in Partnership With The Saudi Government

Quantum Switch Tamasuk (QST) has revealed plans to develop data centers with up to 300MW capacity for the Saudi Arabian government. The goal is to entice hyperscale customers to come into the country to host public sector data. Interestingly, it has already broken ground on two data centers. Q...

February 08, 2022

Saudi Arabia

Hotwon Group Plans To Raise $300 million To Fund Expansion

According to Bloomberg, Hotwon Group is looking to raise up to $300 million in funding. The Chinese data center developer hopes to use the money raised to expand its footprint across the country. Once successful, Hotwon’s valuation will increase to $1.5 billion. Reports also show that the comp...

February 08, 2022

China

Equinix Opens New $90 million Data Center In Munich

Equinix has announced the opening of a new facility in Ascheim, outside Munich, Germany. The company unveiled the opening of the International Business Exchange (IBX) called MU4. Equinix invested $90 million in the development of MU4’s first phase. The facility offers over 24,200 square feet (...

February 07, 2022

Equinix Munich MU4

Kao Data opens 16MW data center in Slough, UK

Kao Data has announced that it has opened a new data center in Slough, UK. The UK data center operator revealed that it opened the 16MW facility to the west of London. The data center will match the operational blueprint and design of Kao’s Harlow campus. In addition, it will also provide a PU...

February 07, 2022

Kao Data Slough

Neom Reveals More Details For Planned Hyperscale Data Centers In New City

Earlier in the week, Neom announced more details surrounding the development of data centers it planned in the new city of Neom, Saudi Arabia. The firm said it would be developing the data centers in partnership with Ezdihar Advanced Company for Information Technology (EzdiTek). In addition...

February 04, 2022

Saudi Arabia

Singapore and Silicon Valley tie second place in data center rankings

According to Cushman & Wakefield's 2022 Global Data Center Market Comparison report, Singapore now ties with the US's Silicon Valley in its league table of the top data center markets. This means that Singapore is now the top market for data centers in Asia-Pacific, beating Hong Kong (6th ...

February 03, 2022

Singapore

ColoHouse Opens 3rd Data Hall in Miami

ColoHouse has announced that it has opened a third data hall at its Miami, Florida data center. The new hall will provide more than 500kW of power at the facility. It will also add 550 square meters (6,000 square feet) of space to the location. The new hall is called MIA3, while the two pre...

February 03, 2022

ColoHouse Miami

Amazon Acquires Three Office Properties in Loudoun County

According to Biz Journal, Amazon Data Services Inc. has acquired three office properties in Sterling, Virginia. The buildings acquired are located at 46020. 46010, and 46000 Manekin Plaza. The Loudoun County deed records show that Amazon paid over $21 million for the properties. According t...

February 03, 2022

Northern Virginia

Continent 8 Technologies Launches a Data Center in Puerto Rico

Continent 8 Technologies has announced the opening of a data center in Puerto Rico. The firm offers hosting and data center solutions to online gambling and betting companies. Continent 8 did not reveal the details of the data center. The company’s general manager for Latin America, Gabriel Sz...

February 02, 2022

Puerto Rico

Unoccupied Data Center in Hauppauge, NY, sells for $21m

An unoccupied data center in Hauppauge, New York, has been acquired for $21 million. According to Newsday, Link Logistics, a subsidiary of Blackstone, bought the property. Link Logistics plans to tear down the building and redevelop it as a Class A distribution center. The data center sits on ...

February 02, 2022

New York

India To Classify Data Centers as 'Infrastructure,' - More Development Expected

It is great news for data center companies, and investors in India as the country's government says it will classify data centers as infrastructure assets starting April 1, 2022. The development will help ensure that data center companies get better access to funds through loans or investments...

February 02, 2022

India / Bhārata

Prince William data center proposal moves ahead

The much-debated data center proposal located near Haymarket, Virginia, has made progress despite the Prince William County Planning Commission being unable to agree on a recommendation for the facility. The motion to recommend approval ended in a tie of 4:4, sending the proposal to the Board ...

February 02, 2022

Northern Virginia

What the FCC's decision on China Unicom Americas means for data centers

The Federal Communications Commission has revoked China Unicom Americas’ operating license, citing national security risks, it has been announced. The vote was won 4-0, which means that within 60 days of the order’s publication, the company must cease all domestic interstate and international ...

February 01, 2022

United States

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