February 25, 2022 Philippines
PLDT has announced that it is to build a 100MW data center in Santa Rosa, in the Philippines. This will be its 11th data center, named Vitro Sta. Rosa, and will be built on a five-hectare plot, making it the country's largest facility to date. Designed to be Tier III certified and Tier IV ready...
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February 24, 2022 United Kingdom
An incinerator-powered data center could be heading to Reading, the UK, it has been announced. J Mould, a local demolition, decontamination, and recycling contracting firm, is proposing this innovative build to the tune of £80 million ($108m). If it goes ahead, the project will be built on a...
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February 24, 2022 North America
In early February, the America Competes Act passed through the House (222-210 along party lines). The much-debated and somewhat controversial Act contains provisions relating to data centers, supercomputers, and quantum computing. Several sub-sections have been added to Section 304 of the...
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February 24, 2022 Crypto Mining Data Center
Bitfury Group has announced the launch of a new crypto mining data center in Sarnia, Canada. The 28MW data center will begin operations with 16MW of capacity before the end of February. It will also add 12MW of capacity by the end of May. The company noted that the facility could be expanded to...
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February 24, 2022 Sydney
According to ITNews, Fortius has listed its data center at 549 Harris Street, Sydney, Australia, for sale through JLL and CBRE. The data center is currently being occupied by Optus. Optus’ lease on the data center will expire in 2024 with no further option for expansion. This is a 60,300 square...
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February 23, 2022 Colorado (CO)
Energy Field Security (EFS) has revealed plans to build an Edge data center in Delta, Colorado. The Edge data center will help serve local healthcare and medical providers. EFS announced that it would be building the data center on a seven-acre site which is located to the north of Delta Health...
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February 22, 2022 China
China has announced that it has approved a large-scale project to build eight national integrated computing hubs with ten data center clusters. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and three other central departments (the Cyberspace Administration of China, the Ministry of...
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February 22, 2022 Northern Virginia
Recently, a committee of the Board of Supervisors argued that data centers should be prevented from being built on the Route 7 corridor in northeastern Loudoun County. Already the area is home to 25 million square feet of data centers, with data center development booming in recent years, a boom...
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February 22, 2022 Latin America (LATAM)
According to Expansion, Asterion Industrial Partners wants to sell its data centers in Latin America. Interestingly, the investment firm bought the facilities from Telefonica in 2019. The report has it that the company has contacted the services of Investment bank Greenhill & Co. to raise...
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February 21, 2022 United States
According to experts, there is an emerging trend towards more crypto data centers being built in the US as a result of other markets introducing bans. China banned cryptocurrency last year, and Russia, in January, proposed a ban, too. That's not all - Sweden is also seeking to ban mining in the...
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February 21, 2022 Europe
In its "European PPA Market Outlook 2022" report, Pexapark outlined that change is afoot regarding the way in which data center operators purchase renewable energy. The energy price volatility of 2021 will reportedly have a long-term impact on PPA deals, with larger consumers buying up big...
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February 21, 2022 Japan
GLP has revealed its plans to enter the Japanese data center market. The company is looking to develop data centers with up to 900MW of capacity over the next five years in the market. In addition, it will also invest up to $12 billion to bring facilities to live. By so doing, the Singapore-based...
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February 18, 2022 Ukraine
As more and more reports circulate that Russia is on the precipice of invading Ukraine, with no sign of withdrawal, those within the data center and digital infrastructure industry are discussing what it means for the sector. Omdia has outlined that potential conflict poses a threat to the...
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February 18, 2022 Estonia
Greenergy Data Centers OÜ has announced that it opened its first data center in Estonia. The three-story facility spans 156,000 square feet (14,500 square meters) in the Saue Parish near Tallinn. Upon full build-out, the data center will have three buildings with a total capacity of 31.5MW....
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February 18, 2022 YCO: Batangas
YCO Cloud Centers has revealed that it is developing a 12MW data center in Batangas, the Philippines. The company is building this facility in the Light Industry and Science Park IV in Batangas. The data center called YCO Manila Digital will be housed in a two-story building. It will also span...
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February 18, 2022 CENTRA: 340 Cumberland (PMW01)
Deep Edge Realty has announced the acquisition of a carrier hotel in Portland, Maine. The property is at 340 Cumberland Avenue. The selling company is Northland Enterprises. None of the companies revealed the terms of the transaction. The CEO and founder of Deep Edge Realty, Martin Hannigan, said...
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February 17, 2022 Philippines
In light of Singapore announcing that going forward, it will be more selective about the data center projects it accepts, experts forecast that the Philippines will likely absorb some of the data center demand from Singapore. In a recent briefing paper, Santos-Knight Frank (SKF) Occupier...
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February 17, 2022 Hyperscale Data Center
Meta is continuing its expansion as it moves into Kuna, Idaho, with a 960,000 sqft facility. The giant is injecting $800 million into the project and intends to break ground on the facility in September 2022, which is expected to continue through to 2025. The facility will be the largest of its...
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February 17, 2022 Iron Mountain: Bengaluru
Web Werks has announced its plans to build a new data center in Bengaluru (Bangalore). The company outlined that the first phase of the building project will be completed by the fourth quarter of 2022. In its final form, it will offer 110,000 sqft of colocation space and 20 MVA of gross power...
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February 15, 2022 South Asia
The government of Pakistan has announced that it has opened a new data center in Islamabad, namely the National Information Technology Board (NITB) (NITB Staging Environment). Federal Minister for Information and Technology, Syed Amin ul Haq, inaugurated the PKR. 330 million ($1.88m) facility,...
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