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Read Bit Origin Enter Agreement To Develop a 75MW Cryptominine Data Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming
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Bit Origin Enter Agreement To Develop a 75MW Cryptominine Data Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming

June 16, 2022 Cheyenne

Bit Origin Limited has announced that it will be developing a cryptomine data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The company revealed that it had entered some agreements to invest up to $3m in a private crypto mining fund. The fund will then be used to develop a cryptomine with up to 75MW capacity in...

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Read Cloud at Work Opens New Data Center in Toronto
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Cloud at Work Opens New Data Center in Toronto

June 15, 2022 Toronto

Cloud at Work has announced the launch of a new data center in Toronto, Canada. The move sees the company expand into the Canadian market as it already has two world-class data centers in the US. According to Cloud at Work, the new facility will ensure that its customers in Canada have access to...

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Read Virginia's Culpeper County Could See Development of 765,000 Sq ft Data Center Campus
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Virginia's Culpeper County Could See Development of 765,000 Sq ft Data Center Campus

June 15, 2022 Virginia

The president of AttoTek, a software development firm, David Martin, has filed for rezoning in Culpeper County, Virginia. The filing details involve rezoning 88 acres of his property around Stevensburg Road and Brandy Road. Once approved, it can lead to over 700,000 square feet (65,000 square...

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Read 3data and Alias Group Form Partnership To Develop Data Center in Krasnodar, Russia
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3data and Alias Group Form Partnership To Develop Data Center in Krasnodar, Russia

June 15, 2022 Russia / Россия

Russian investment firm Alias Group and data center firm 3data will develop a data center in Krasnodar, Russia. The data center firm revealed that the data center would come online towards the end of next year. It will also use a franchise model with Alias Group. The Krasnodar territory is in the...

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Read Open Access Data Centres (OADC) Announces Nine More Edge Facilities in South Africa
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Open Access Data Centres (OADC) Announces Nine More Edge Facilities in South Africa

June 15, 2022 South Africa

Open Access Data Centres (OADC) is looking to launch nine Edge data centers across South Africa. The company announced that it would deploy Edge facilities in East London, Paarl, New Germany, Pietermaritzburg, Beaufort West, Mount Edgecombe, Kimberley, George, and Brits in a few months. Upon...

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Read Material and labor shortages in the data center
Material and labor shortages in the data center

Material and labor shortages in the data center

June 14, 2022 San Francisco Bay Area

As the need for data grows and grows, demand for data center construction is as strong as ever, however, the boom is being hampered by a number of factors, including supply and labor shortages, and price hikes. In a recent report named 'Data center market conditions update - Q1, 2022,'...

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Read New legislation to enable UK financial watchdog to visit and regulate cloud data centers and other "critical third parties"
New legislation to enable UK financial watchdog to visit and regulate cloud data centers and other "critical third parties"

New legislation to enable UK financial watchdog to visit and regulate cloud data centers and other "critical third parties"

June 14, 2022 United Kingdom

HM Treasury has published a policy paper which is proposing a new regulatory framework, whereby the Bank of England (BoE) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) would have powers to visit and regulate the cloud sector. The ministry outlined that currently, over 65% of UK banking and insurance...

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Read Dutch Government Decide Not To Sell Zeewolde Land To Meta
Dutch Government Decide Not To Sell Zeewolde Land To Meta

Dutch Government Decide Not To Sell Zeewolde Land To Meta

June 14, 2022 Hyperscale Data Center

The Dutch Government has revealed that it will not be selling the land in Zeewolde to Meta. Meta had initially earmarked the land to develop a massive data center. The Dutch Government partially owns the land in question. However, Meta hoped to reach an agreement to take over the land to develop...

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Read Gaw To Develop a 20MW Data Center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Gaw To Develop a 20MW Data Center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

June 14, 2022 Ho Chi Minh City

Gaw Capital Partners has announced that it will build a data center in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. The Hong Kong real estate firm revealed that it acquired 65,200 square feet (6,056 square meters) of greenfield land at the Saigon Hi-Tech Park. Gaw Capital Partners is looking to develop a facility with...

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Read Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants
Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants

Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants

June 13, 2022 New York

The New York Legislature has passed a landmark bill to ban cryptocurrency data centers that use fossil fuels to power their operations, in an effort to reduce statewide emissions by 85% by 2050. Specifically, the bill will impose a two-year moratorium on these activities, however, Governor Kathy...

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Read Denmark: Telenor and Telia sign solar PPA
Denmark: Telenor and Telia sign solar PPA

Denmark: Telenor and Telia sign solar PPA

June 13, 2022 Denmark

Telenor and Telia have teamed up with Better Energy in Denmark to sign a PPA, which will lead to the development of a new solar park. Together the telcos will be able to access 125GWh of green energy per year over the next 10 years. According to reports, the park's energy production will be...

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Read Agility CMS launches new EU data center
Agility CMS launches new EU data center

Agility CMS launches new EU data center

June 13, 2022 Europe

Agility CMS has announced that it has launched a new EU data center in an effort to improve the speed of content management access, and provide localized support for its customers in both Europe and the UK. This move also comes after a year in which sales doubled and is accompanied by the growth...

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Read Mapletree Industrial Trust Announces Sale of Michigan Data Center
Mapletree Industrial Trust Announces Sale of Michigan Data Center

Mapletree Industrial Trust Announces Sale of Michigan Data Center

June 13, 2022 Mapletree: 19675 W Ten Mile

Mapletree Industrial Trust (MIT) has announced the sale of its data center located at 19675 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield, Michigan, to its tenant. The data center sits on 121,100 square feet (11,250 square meters) of land. In addition, the four-story facility has up to 52,940 square feet (4,900...

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Read Schneider Electric research reveals "sustainability action gap" in data centres
Schneider Electric research reveals "sustainability action gap" in data centres

Schneider Electric research reveals "sustainability action gap" in data centres

June 10, 2022 France

Schneider Electric recently commissioned three independent research studies which sought to understand better the maturity of sustainability initiatives within both IT and data center organizations, and where the two industries are currently situated with regards to achieving a net zero vision....

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Read Work begins on Africell data center
Work begins on Africell data center

Work begins on Africell data center

June 10, 2022 Africa

In Freetown, Sierra Leone, construction has commenced on Africell’s data center, and a groundbreaking ceremony was recently held in the country’s capital to mark the occasion. According to the company, this facility will become the “center of the Africell network” in Sierra Leone, where it will...

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Read Meta Adding Two More Buildings To Its Huntsville Facility in Alabama
Meta Adding Two More Buildings To Its Huntsville Facility in Alabama

Meta Adding Two More Buildings To Its Huntsville Facility in Alabama

June 10, 2022 Hyperscale Data Center

Meta has announced that it is expanding its Huntsville facility in Alabama. The company revealed that it is adding two new buildings to the data center to allow the data center buildings to span 3.5 million square feet of space. According to Meta, its investment in the facility will exceed $1.5...

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Read Apple's Hopes of Developing Its Athenry Data Center Dashed
Apple's Hopes of Developing Its Athenry  Data Center Dashed

Apple's Hopes of Developing Its Athenry Data Center Dashed

June 10, 2022 Hyperscale Data Center

Ireland’s High Court has rescinded a decision to allow more time for Apple to develop a data center in Athenry, Galway County. Earlier in 2021, the Galway County Council extended Apple’s planning permission for a data center development in the county. This extension happened at a time when Apple...

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Read iM Critical Opens Data Center in Miami
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iM Critical Opens Data Center in Miami

June 10, 2022 Miami

iM Critical has announced the opening of its new data center in Miami, Florida. The 9,290 square meter (100,000 square foot) data center building offers 5MW capacity and more than 5,575 square meters (60,000 square feet) of colocation space. The CEO of iM Critical, Michael Roark, said the Miami...

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Read T4's South Island Data Center's Location Chosen
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T4's South Island Data Center's Location Chosen

June 10, 2022 New Zealand

T4 Group has announced that it would house its planned Tier IV facility in New Zealand’s South Island at a hotel in Invercargill. The hotel will also use the data center’s waste heat. T4 first announced plans for the data center in March 2022. The company revealed that it would invest $30 million...

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Read Neterra Opens SDC 2 in Sofia, Bulgaria
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Neterra Opens SDC 2 in Sofia, Bulgaria

June 10, 2022 Bulgaria

Telecommunication company, Neterra, has launched a new data center in Sofia, Bulgaria. The new data center is called Sofia Data Center 2 (SDC 2). SDC 2 is located next to Neterra’s existing SDC 1 data center. Neterra first announced plans for SDC 2 in April 2021. The data center is housed in a...

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