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Read Vision Net Completes The Acquisition of iConnect Montana
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Vision Net Completes The Acquisition of iConnect Montana

May 22, 2022 United States

Vision Net has announced the acquisition of iConnect Montana. The telecommunications solution provider revealed earlier in the week that it closed the transaction for an undisclosed fee. Both companies will now operate under the Vision Net brand and name. iConnect was founded in 1999 by Northern...

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Read EirGrid halts up to 30 potential data centers
EirGrid halts up to 30 potential data centers

EirGrid halts up to 30 potential data centers

May 22, 2022 Republic of Ireland

The pressure on the Irish power supply is starting to bite, as state-owned grid manager EirGrid announces that it has stopped talks with dozens of data center companies and halted plans for up to 30 data centers. Currently, there are some 70 data centers in the State, which have become a huge...

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Read Atmos Energy and its natural gas-powered fuel cell
Atmos Energy and its natural gas-powered fuel cell

Atmos Energy and its natural gas-powered fuel cell

May 20, 2022 Texas

Atmos Energy has announced that it has installed a 460-kilowatt natural gas powered-fuel cell at its corporate data center, located in Dallas, Texas. According to the company, the fuel cell will be powered by methane-derived natural gas, which will be captured at landfills and livestock farms,...

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Read Selectel To Develop a 20MW Facility in Moscow, Russia
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Selectel To Develop a 20MW Facility in Moscow, Russia

May 20, 2022 Moscow / Москва́

Selectel will be developing a data center in Moscow, Russia. The data center firm will span 48,400 square feet (4,500 square meters) while also offering 20MW in capacity. The data center will be called Yurlovsky, and it will have the capacity to house up to 2,000 racks. The data center is...

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Read Green innovations: Algae and sunlight power computing
Green innovations: Algae and sunlight power computing

Green innovations: Algae and sunlight power computing

May 19, 2022 United Kingdom

As the race towards more green tech solutions continues, researchers from the University of Cambridge have announced that they have been working on an interesting energy innovation that could, in the future, replace batteries in small off-grid Internet of Things devices. The device was found to...

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Read The bitcoin crackdown and the need for the industry to go green
The bitcoin crackdown and the need for the industry to go green

The bitcoin crackdown and the need for the industry to go green

May 19, 2022 United States

According to reports, the State of New York is seeking to implement a ban on new bitcoin mining operations in order to decrease its carbon footprint. The proposed bill would, if passed, place a two-year moratorium on cryptocurrency mining operations that use proof-of-work authentication methods...

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Read XL360 Opens First Data Center in Toulon, France
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XL360 Opens First Data Center in Toulon, France

May 19, 2022 France

A new company called XL360 has launched a new data center in Toulon, France. The 17,200 square feet (1,600) square meters data center has the capacity to hold 105 computer racks. The building will also be used as a coworking space. The data center is situated on the Boulevard du Commandant...

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Read Lincoln Property Company & Harrison Street Form JV To Develop 144MW Campus
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Lincoln Property Company & Harrison Street Form JV To Develop 144MW Campus

May 19, 2022 Ohio

Investment and real estate firms Harrison Street and Lincoln Property Company plan to develop an industrial campus and data center in New Albany, Ohio. Both companies have formed a joint venture for this purpose. The JV has purchased a 190-acre site to develop a multipurpose technology and...

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Read iM Critical Starts Work on its Pittsburgh Modular Edge Campus
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iM Critical Starts Work on its Pittsburgh Modular Edge Campus

May 18, 2022 Pittsburgh

iM Critical has begun constructing a modular Edge data center campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The data center campus will have three buildings when fully built out. It will also include EV charging stations and on-site solar power. iM Critical says the data center will support more than 35kW...

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Read 40-acres of Land Camro Data Park in Cambridgeshire On Sale and Lease For Data Center Development
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40-acres of Land Camro Data Park in Cambridgeshire On Sale and Lease For Data Center Development

May 17, 2022 United Kingdom

Per a Realla listing, developers are offering a 43-acre land for lease or sale for data center development in Cambridgeshire, UK. The Camro Data Park available is located in the Elean Business Park. According to confirmed reports, the Data Park has planning permission for 700,000 square feet...

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Read Alibaba Opens Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany
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Alibaba Opens Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany

May 17, 2022 Frankfurt

Alibaba has announced that it opened a data center in Frankfurt, Germany. The new data center is the company’s third facility in the country. According to the company, the new data center will help support the increasing needs for digital transformation from customers across the European...

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Read Optical Networks to develop two more data centers in Lima
Optical Networks to develop two more data centers in Lima

Optical Networks to develop two more data centers in Lima

May 16, 2022 Peru

Optical Networks has announced that it is to develop two additional data centers in Lima, in response to the growing demand for business services. The first of the two is already under construction and, according to the company, will be operational by the end of 2022. Speaking to BNAmericas,...

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Read New York Internet To Take Over Space at 60 Hudson After Equinix's Lease Ends
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New York Internet To Take Over Space at 60 Hudson After Equinix's Lease Ends

May 16, 2022 60 Hudson Street

According to a newsletter from Christian Koch’s Foundations, New York Internet (NYI) will be taking over a space in 60 Hudson Street carrier hotel currently occupied by Equinix. Equinix announced in May 2021 that it would be exiting some of its leased data centers in the US. One of those...

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Read AirTrunk Scales Up In Japan With Announcement Of Second Tokyo Hyperscale Data Centre
AirTrunk Scales Up In Japan With Announcement Of Second Tokyo Hyperscale Data Centre

AirTrunk Scales Up In Japan With Announcement Of Second Tokyo Hyperscale Data Centre

May 16, 2022 AirTrunk Tokyo TOK2

TOK2 increases AirTrunk’s capacity to over 410MW in Japan and 1.2GW across Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ). Asia-Pacific and Japan (APJ) hyperscale data centre specialist, AirTrunk is strengthening its presence in Japan, announcing plans to build a new 110+ megawatt (MW) hyperscale data centre in...

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Read AboutBit: Another cryptomine to be built at a fossil fuel plant
AboutBit: Another cryptomine to be built at a fossil fuel plant

AboutBit: Another cryptomine to be built at a fossil fuel plant

May 13, 2022 United States

AboutBit, a blockchain firm founded in 2020, which has been called an 'earth-friendly' crypto-mining company, has announced that it's planning to build a 115MW cryptomine data center in Merom, Indiana, adjacent to the Merom Generating Station in Sullivan County. The firm has purchased 115MW of...

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Read AyalaLand and FLOW partner for data center development
AyalaLand and FLOW partner for data center development

AyalaLand and FLOW partner for data center development

May 13, 2022 Philippines

AyalaLand Logistics Holdings Corp (ALLHC) has announced that it has partnered up with FLOW Digital Infrastructure through a framework agreement to develop carrier-neutral data centers in the Philippines. According to the two companies, the first stage of the rollout will deliver a 4.5MW-capacity...

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Read Alibaba Launches First Data Center in Bangkok Thailand
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Alibaba Launches First Data Center in Bangkok Thailand

May 13, 2022 Bangkok / Krung Thep

Alibaba Cloud opened its first data center in Bangkok, Thailand. The company first announced the facility in October 2021. It, however, had an opening ceremony for the new data center this week. Alibaba Cloud Intelligence’s country manager for Thailand, Tyler Qiu, said data protection and...

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Read Element Critical Expands Its Houston One Facility
Element Critical Expands Its Houston One Facility

Element Critical Expands Its Houston One Facility

May 12, 2022 Element Critical Houston One

Element Critical has announced that it has expanded its Houston One data center. The expansion comes one year after it acquired the facility. The expansion sees the company add two new data halls to the data center building located at 22000 Franz Rd in Katy. The expansion also saw Element...

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Read 1547 CRS Expands Its Orangeburg Facility in New York
1547 CRS Expands Its Orangeburg Facility in New York

1547 CRS Expands Its Orangeburg Facility in New York

May 12, 2022 1547 1 Ramland

Fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty (1547) has announced the expansion of its data center located in Orangeburg, New York. The expansion sees 1547 add a new data hall to the facility, making available 2MW of capacity and an extra 16,800 square feet of white space. Before the expansion, the...

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Read Application for 277-acres of data center development filed in Nokesville
Application for 277-acres of data center development filed in Nokesville

Application for 277-acres of data center development filed in Nokesville

May 11, 2022 Northern Virginia

According to a report by Inside NoVa, an application has been filed in Nokesville, in Virginia’s Prince William County, for 277-acres of data center development. The application, submitted by the House family, seeks to change their property designation from an agricultural estate to a...

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