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Read YTL's solar-powered data center campus
YTL's solar-powered data center campus

YTL's solar-powered data center campus

May 11, 2022 Malaysia

YTL Power recently announced the development of a 500MW solar-powered data center campus in Johor, the first of its kind in Malaysia. 30km from Singapore, the data center park is based in the Iskandar region of Johor, where 275 acres of the site will be dedicated to data center development...

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Read Angola Cables' Monet Subsee Cable Expands To Flexential's Fort Lauderdale data center
Angola Cables' Monet Subsee Cable Expands To Flexential's Fort Lauderdale data center

Angola Cables' Monet Subsee Cable Expands To Flexential's Fort Lauderdale data center

May 11, 2022 Flexential Fort Lauderdale

Angola Cables has announced that its Monet subsea cable will be landing in Flexential’s Fort Lauderdale facility in Florida. The 6-fibre-pair/64Tbps+ Monet Cable runs 10556km from Boca Raton, Florida, to Santos and Fortaleza, Brazil. Google, Angola Cables (Angola), Algar Telecom (Brazil), and...

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Read Renewable energy and Grid Share's bitcoin mining data center
Renewable energy and Grid Share's bitcoin mining data center

Renewable energy and Grid Share's bitcoin mining data center

May 10, 2022 New Zealand

Grid Share has announced that it plans to launch a bitcoin mining data center in New Zealand's south island. The facility will be built next to a hydroelectric dam, the Pioneer Energy-owned Monowai Power Station, with whom Grid Share has partnered to supply energy. The 2MW facility will utilize...

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Read DC BLOX to Build New Cable Landing Station in Myrtle Beach, SC
DC BLOX to Build New Cable Landing Station in Myrtle Beach, SC

DC BLOX to Build New Cable Landing Station in Myrtle Beach, SC

May 10, 2022 DC BLOX Myrtle Beach

ATLANTA – May 10, 2022 –DC BLOX, a leading provider of secure, reliable, connected data centers across the Southeast, announces it is planning to build a new Cable Landing Station (CLS) in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The new CLS will anchor subsea cable systems connecting North America’s...

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Read OADC Launches First Data Center in South Africa, Plans 100 Edge Facilities Across The Country
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OADC Launches First Data Center in South Africa, Plans 100 Edge Facilities Across The Country

May 09, 2022 South Africa

Open Access Data Centres (OADC) has announced the opening of its first data center in South Africa. The company’s first data center is located in Durban, and it offers up to 23,700 square feet (2,200 square meters) of white space. It also offers 5MW of capacity. In addition, the Durban data...

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Read Standard Power To Develop 900MW Data Center at Pennsylvania Nuclear Power Station
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Standard Power To Develop 900MW Data Center at Pennsylvania Nuclear Power Station

May 09, 2022 Pennsylvania

Standard Power has announced that it is developing a massive data center in Pennsylvania. The blockchain company signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Energy Harbor Corp to develop a massive carbon-free facility at Energy Harbor’s Beaver Valley nuclear power plant. Per the agreement, the...

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Read Nasdaq Breaks Ground on Expansion at Equinix NY11 Data Center
Nasdaq Breaks Ground on Expansion at Equinix NY11 Data Center

Nasdaq Breaks Ground on Expansion at Equinix NY11 Data Center

May 09, 2022 Equinix Carteret NY11

Nasdaq Inc. has started expanding its data center presence at Equinix’s NY11 data center in Carteret, New Jersey. Nasdaq first announced last December that it was expanding its presence at the site to support its cloud infrastructure build-out. Equinix announced in a LinkedIn post that it was...

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Read Triple Double and Stonerock Capital Partners Acquire Two Properties in Miami Including a Cogent-occupied Facility
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Triple Double and Stonerock Capital Partners Acquire Two Properties in Miami Including a Cogent-occupied Facility

May 09, 2022 Miami

Stonerock Capital Partners and Triple Double have completed the acquisition of two properties in downtown Miami. The properties are located at 200 SE 1st Street and 44 W. Flagler Street. They paid $56.7 million for both properties. The 200 SE 1st property is a 12-story, 13,200 square meter...

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Read Atos to exit Russia
Atos to exit Russia

Atos to exit Russia

May 06, 2022 Russia / Россия

Atos has announced it has begun a managed exit from Russia but outlined that the process would require "significant planning" due to its business operations and staff in the country. In a statement on its site, the company said: "Atos condemns the war in Ukraine, and we stand shoulder to shoulder...

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Read Figures from the Central Statistics Office reveal huge energy consumption by data centers in Ireland
Figures from the Central Statistics Office reveal huge energy consumption by data centers in Ireland

Figures from the Central Statistics Office reveal huge energy consumption by data centers in Ireland

May 06, 2022 Republic of Ireland

New figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) have outlined that the energy consumption situation in Ireland is just as bad as groups such as An Taisce have warned. According to the Office's statistics, last year, data centers consumed more energy than rural homes. According to the...

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Read VueNow's ground blessing ceremony on Hamirpur data center site
VueNow's ground blessing ceremony on Hamirpur data center site

VueNow's ground blessing ceremony on Hamirpur data center site

May 06, 2022 India / Bhārata

Indian data center firm VueNow recently held a blessing ceremony to welcome in the development of its data center in Nadaun in the Hamirpur district of Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh Industries Minister Bikram Singh performed 'Bhoomi Pujan' in honor of Goddess Bhoomi and Vastu Purush. VueNoew...

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Read H5 To Expand Its Cleveland Data Center
H5 To Expand Its Cleveland Data Center

H5 To Expand Its Cleveland Data Center

May 06, 2022 H5 Cleveland Technology Center (CTC)

H5 is looking to expand its Cleveland facility in Ohio. The data center company filed with the Cleveland planning commission to expand its data center located at 1625 Rockwell Avenue. It also filed for a Façade change at the facility. Although the application didn’t reveal specifics of the...

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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 06, 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 Cisco launches Mumbai data center
Cisco launches Mumbai data center

Cisco launches Mumbai data center

May 05, 2022 Mumbai

Cisco's Duo has announced that it has launched its first data center in Mumbai , with the intention of providing its customers with enhanced cyber defense and data localization. This move is also part of a wider global expansion strategy. Information about the facility's specifications are yet to...

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Read Data center on the way to Didcot, Oxfordshire
Data center on the way to Didcot, Oxfordshire

Data center on the way to Didcot, Oxfordshire

May 05, 2022 United Kingdom

According to reports, Reef Group is planning to build a technology park and data center near Didcot, Oxfordshire. The proposed plans, which have the company seeking a Local Development Order (LDO), detail a 23-hectare site located in Appleford, on the northern edge of Didcot. Public consultation...

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Read O&G Industries To Develop a 32MW Facility in Beacon Falls, Connecticut
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O&G Industries To Develop a 32MW Facility in Beacon Falls, Connecticut

May 05, 2022 Connecticut

O&G Industries has announced that it plans to develop a 32MW data center in Beacon Falls, Connecticut. The construction firm is looking to develop the facility on a 47-acre site in Gruber Road, Railroad. The residents of Beacon Falls were receptive to the data center and approved the facility...

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Read Lonestar Data Holdings Inc. plans to a network of data centers on the Moon
Lonestar Data Holdings Inc. plans to a network of data centers on the Moon

Lonestar Data Holdings Inc. plans to a network of data centers on the Moon

May 04, 2022 United States

St. Petersburg-based Lonestar Data Holdings Inc. has announced its plan to build a network of data centers on the Moon. The venture capital-funded startup, is operating out of the Maritime and Defense Technology Hub, and in December, intends to send equipment related to the space project through...

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Read Riot Blockchain's 1GW cryptomining farm in Texas
Riot Blockchain's 1GW cryptomining farm in Texas

Riot Blockchain's 1GW cryptomining farm in Texas

May 03, 2022 Texas

Riot Blockchain Inc. has announced that it is going to build a new cryptomine data center in Texas, on a 265-acre site that will utilize 1GW of energy, with an initial capacity of 400MW. According to reports, if used at full capacity constantly, the facility would consume the same amount of...

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Read Aire Networks Opens New Data Center in The Malaga TechPark of Spain
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Aire Networks Opens New Data Center in The Malaga TechPark of Spain

May 03, 2022 Spain

Aire Networks has announced the opening of its new data center in Malaga, Spain. The new data center is located in the Malaga TechPark, and it cost the company spent €2.5 million ($2.6m) to develop. Aire Networks did not reveal the specifications of the data center. A statement from the company...

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Read Interxion data center to heat Vienna hospital
Interxion data center to heat Vienna hospital

Interxion data center to heat Vienna hospital

April 29, 2022 Digital Realty: Vienna

Interxion's Vienna data center campus is set to heat the nearby Floridsdorf Hospital, it has been announced. This will be facilitated by the Austrian government injecting €3.5 million ($3.7m) from environmental funds into the project, which will see the construction of an insulated pipe between...

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