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Read Singapore authorities to begin taking applications for new data centers
Singapore authorities to begin taking applications for new data centers

Singapore authorities to begin taking applications for new data centers

July 22, 2022 Singapore

Singapore has announced the end of its data center moratorium and is now accepting new applications for facilities, following Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Economic Development Board's (EDB) pilot scheme launch. The moratorium was originally put in place back in 2019 due to...

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Read Loudoun County is updating its guidelines for future data center development
Loudoun County is updating its guidelines for future data center development

Loudoun County is updating its guidelines for future data center development

July 22, 2022 Northern Virginia

Loudoun County, which currently has more data centers than anywhere else in the world, is reportedly updating its guidelines around the development of future data centers in response to the incredible industry growth at work in the area and opposition from locals over noise pollution and data...

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Read Stack Acquires Land in Portland For Expansion
Stack Acquires Land in Portland For Expansion

Stack Acquires Land in Portland For Expansion

July 22, 2022 STACK: POR03A

Stack Infrastructure is expanding in the Hillsboro area of Portland, Oregon, after acquiring more land in the area. The company announced that it is expanding its Portland data center campus to 200MW with the land acquisition. Upon full build-out, the company’s total capacity in Portland will...

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Read Abortion surveillance: Tech giants prepare for "legal chaos" from abortion data subpoenas
Abortion surveillance: Tech giants prepare for "legal chaos" from abortion data subpoenas

Abortion surveillance: Tech giants prepare for "legal chaos" from abortion data subpoenas

July 20, 2022 United States

On June 24th, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade, ruling that there is no constitutional right to abortion in the US. Called a "tragic error" by President Joe Biden, the ruling means that individual states can now decide on the legality of abortions, and it's estimated that around half...

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Read Crypto and fossil fuels
Crypto and fossil fuels

Crypto and fossil fuels

July 20, 2022 United States

Some have argued that cryptocurrency has the potential to pave the way for more renewable energy developments, spurring on growth. This has been met with skepticism from critics, who have said that while it might be a renewable energy catalyst, considering the huge amount of energy sucked up by...

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Read Big tech and hyperscalers show concern for economic slowdown
Big tech and hyperscalers show concern for economic slowdown

Big tech and hyperscalers show concern for economic slowdown

July 20, 2022 United States

Recently, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said that the outlook for the global economy has "darkened significantly" in recent months, as a global recession looks increasingly likely. This is sending shockwaves across the world, and even big tech companies are wavering in the shadow of economic...

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Read Berkshire Partners To Acquire 49% Stake in MedOne for $215 million
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Berkshire Partners To Acquire 49% Stake in MedOne for $215 million

July 20, 2022 Israel

Berkshire Partners is moving to acquire a 49 percent stake in MedOne, an Israeli data center company. The US private investment company is leading a coalition of companies to make the acquisition possible. MedOne currently operates more than 270,000 square feet (25,000 square meters) of data...

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Read All-time high global temperatures: Data centers under microscope
All-time high global temperatures: Data centers under microscope

All-time high global temperatures: Data centers under microscope

July 19, 2022 United States

As the US's Lake Mead, the country's largest reservoir, reaches 'dead pool' levels and the Southwest experiences a record drought, the incredible amount of water guzzled by data centers is increasingly being put under the microscope. Despite a raft of sustainability pledges being made by big tech...

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Read PPA prices soar
PPA prices soar

PPA prices soar

July 18, 2022 Europe

According to a new report by LevelTen Energy, the prices of PPAs have shot up across Europe in the last year. The report outlined that Europe's solar and wind PPA prices increased by 16% in the second quarter of 2022 to €66,07 per MWh. Compared with statistics from last year, prices have...

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Read SiteGround announces it has opened a new data center in Spain
SiteGround announces it has opened a new data center in Spain

SiteGround announces it has opened a new data center in Spain

July 18, 2022 Madrid

Web hosting service, SiteGround, has announced that it has opened a new data center in Madrid, Spain, the seventh SiteGround data center to open around the world and the fourth in Europe. In addition to the new facility, the company also announced the expansion of its content delivery network in...

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Read TAAL & Lake Parime to deploy cryptomine at nuclear station
TAAL & Lake Parime to deploy cryptomine at nuclear station

TAAL & Lake Parime to deploy cryptomine at nuclear station

July 15, 2022 Ohio

TAAL and Lake Parime have announced their intention to deploy a new cryptomine facility by an unidentified nuclear power station in Ohio, following the signing of a hosting agreement between the two. Through the deal, 3,000 TAAL-owned S19J Pro bitcoin mining units, with a capacity of 10MW, will...

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Read Are ammonia-powered data centers the future?
Are ammonia-powered data centers the future?

Are ammonia-powered data centers the future?

July 15, 2022 Japan

As the race for more sustainable power options continues in the data center industry, a raft of alternatives have been proposed, from solar to green hydrogen. However, perhaps one option that few expected is ammonia, which is now being pegged as the next major renewable fuel. Joel Moser, CEO of...

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Read ERCOT requests Bitcoin miners switch off to reduce energy consumption in extreme heatwave
ERCOT requests Bitcoin miners switch off to reduce energy consumption in extreme heatwave

ERCOT requests Bitcoin miners switch off to reduce energy consumption in extreme heatwave

July 15, 2022 Texas

Texas is currently experiencing record temperatures, with the state hitting triple figures last week. Waco, for example, reached 108F, beating the 104F high set a century ago back in 1917. Last month, for instance, over a third of those in the US were urged to stay inside. This news comes as...

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Read DataBank Finally Completes ATL3 Expansion
DataBank Finally Completes ATL3 Expansion

DataBank Finally Completes ATL3 Expansion

July 15, 2022 DataBank Atlanta ATL3

DataBank has announced the completion of its ATL3 data center in Atlanta, Georgia. The data center company first started expanding the facility in 2021. It has now added over 2,050 square meters (22,000 square feet) of data center space to the facility to bring its white space capacity to 4,090...

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Read StratCap Completes Acquisition of Data Center in Jacksonville, Florida For Undisclosed Fee
StratCap Completes Acquisition of Data Center in Jacksonville, Florida For Undisclosed Fee

StratCap Completes Acquisition of Data Center in Jacksonville, Florida For Undisclosed Fee

July 13, 2022 Jacksonville

StratCap has announced the acquisition of a data center in Jacksonville, Florida. The company revealed that its data center real estate division, StratCap Data Centers bought a triple net leased data center for an undisclosed fee. The facility spans 2,400 square meters (25,600 square feet) and is...

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Read Nubes To Launch Tier III Data Center in Moscow
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Nubes To Launch Tier III Data Center in Moscow

July 13, 2022 Moscow / Москва́

Russian IT company Nubes has announced that it is developing a Tier III standard data center in Moscow, Russia. The data center is scheduled to be in operation in Q4 2022. The data center will be located in the Biryulyovo Vostochnoye district of Moscow. It is also designed to accommodate 282...

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Read Merlin breaks ground on Bilbao, Spain data center
Merlin breaks ground on Bilbao, Spain data center

Merlin breaks ground on Bilbao, Spain data center

July 12, 2022 Spain

Merlin Properties has announced that it is soon to break ground on its first data center located near Bilbao, Spain. The Iberian real estate company reportedly laid its first stone at the Arasur data center, based near Vitoria, last week. This announcement is part of an almost €600 million...

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Read Niagara Falls data center debate
Niagara Falls data center debate

Niagara Falls data center debate

July 11, 2022 New York

As reported by Baxtel at the end of June, Niagara Falls is being targeted as the site of a $1.5 billion technology and data center by New York City developer Howard Milstein and his partners, while the city launches a legal effort to create a new public park. While developers claim that the data...

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Read Zscaler announces launch of co-located data centers in Canberra and Auckland
Zscaler announces launch of co-located data centers in Canberra and Auckland

Zscaler announces launch of co-located data centers in Canberra and Auckland

July 11, 2022 Auckland

Zscaler has announced that it has launched a new co-located data center in Canberra and a second co-located data center in Auckland, in a bid to offer both public and private sector enterprises in Australia and New Zealand "greater resilience" in support of their "zero trust cybersecurity...

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Read Black Mountain Energy & Highwire's fracked gas mining proposal called a "parasitic project"
Black Mountain Energy & Highwire's fracked gas mining proposal called a "parasitic project"

Black Mountain Energy & Highwire's fracked gas mining proposal called a "parasitic project"

July 08, 2022 Australia

American fracking company Black Mountain's announcement that it will partner with crypto mining firm Highwire to use fracked gas from its planned Valhalla exploration project in Kimberley to power cryptocurrency mining has been met with significant opposition. According to Black Mountain, it has...

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