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T-Mobile to connect autonomous shuttle service in Jacksonville, Florida

T-Mobile revealed earlier this week that it had paired with Miller Electric Company to connect a fully autonomous shuttle that transports visitors three miles along Jacksonville's waterfront.“5G connectivity provides the highest bandwidth and lowest latency communication between the AVs and th...

October 25, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Florida

PJM proposes to hasten grid connection for shovel-ready projects

Grid operator PJM has presented a proposal to permit “shovel-ready” energy projects an expedited route to interconnection to meet grid reliability needs. PJM, with a service area including Virginia and Ohio, has indicated it will provide stakeholders with a formal proposal early next month to ...

October 25, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Virginia

Sabey completes first data center consultation in Texas

Sabey Data Centers has announced the completion of the first 430,000-square-foot (39,950 sqm) building at its new campus in the Round Rock area of Austin. The SDC Austin campus will offer up to 84MW of critical power capacity across two buildings at full build-out. Building A is designed to su...

October 24, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Texas

Atalait to expand its data center in Metepec, Mexico

Mexican IT firm Atalait has announced plans to invest $100 million expanding the site, located in Mexico State. The initiative aims to double the capacity of the data center and significantly expand its offerings. Leonardo Rodríguez, vice chairman of Aktiva Capital and vice president of Atalai...

October 24, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

México

EuroHPC JU selects LuxProvide to host MeluXina-Q quantum computer

The European High-Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) has announced that LuxProvide in Luxembourg will host the initiative’s MeluXina-Q quantum computer. The system will be integrated with EuroHPC JU’s MeluXina supercomputer and will be made available to European members of th...

October 24, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Luxembourg

Hemlock Semiconductor secures direct funding under CHIPS Act

Chip firm Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC) has secured up to $325 million in proposed direct funding from the Department of Commerce under the CHIPS and Science Act. The funding is intended to shore up the production of semiconductor-grade polysilicon, a a highly pure form of silicon that is used i...

October 24, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Edged & Merlin launch new campus in Lisbon, Portugal

Real estate firm Merlin Properties and data center company Edged Energy this week announced the start of construction on the 180MW campus located in the Parque das Nações business district of Vila Franca de Xira. The campus will be constructed in phases with the first of five facilities expect...

October 23, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Portugal

V.tal launches Tecto data center subsidiary

Brazilian fiber firm V.tal has launched a new data center subsidiary. At the same time, the company has broken ground on a new facility in Fortaleza and acquired land in São Paulo for its first data center in the city.“The Tecto Data Centers brand was officially launched yesterday during an ev...

October 23, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Brazil / Brasil

CloudCoCo to sell IT services business to Aspire for £9.2m

Managed services provider CloudCoCo has announced plans to sell its IT services business to Aspire in a £9.2 million ($11.9m) deal that will help the company pay off its debts. The company, which is based in Leeds, UK, added it is in advanced discussions to sell Connect, its data center busine...

October 22, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Photonics startup Oriole Networks raises funds to scale technology

UK photonic networking startup Oriole Networks has raised $22 million to scale up its technology. The startup has raised the cash in a funding round led by VC group Plural, with existing investors UCL Technology Fund, XTX Ventures, Clean Growth Fund, and Dorilton Ventures all contributing.Orio...

October 22, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Area Group starts construction of Malaysian data center campus

Real estate private equity firm Area Group has begun constructing its 156-acre data center campus in Kedah, northern Malaysia. The firm has now officially purchased the land in a sale and purchase agreement for an undisclosed amount, and begun construction on the first 30-acre parcel of land....

October 21, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Malaysia

Aizo Group and Netrunner plan new data center in Malaysia

Aizo Group has announced plans to build a data center in Sarawak, Malaysia, with Netrunner Sdn Bhd, a special purpose vehicle focused on data center investment in Sarawak. The company will lead the technical development and design of the data center park, which is expected to meet Tier IV stan...

October 21, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Malaysia

Perennial Power and CEP Solar partner on renewable energy development in Virginia

Energy firm Perennial Power has partnered with CEP Solar in a collaboration that will prioritize solar and battery storage projects, with construction on the 1.5GW portfolio planned for late 2025.Perennial Power, part of the Sumitomo Group's renewable energy efforts, currently operates five pr...

October 19, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Virginia

Neste to supply Verne's Finnish data centers with HVO

Finnish oil refining firm Neste Oyj has signed an agreement with European data center firm Verne to supply renewable diesel to power the company's backup generators in Finland. The oil firm will deploy the renewable diesel at all of Verne’s Finnish data centers. Verne currently has three opera...

October 18, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Finland

Infinera approved for $93m in direct funding

The Department of Commerce has provisionally agreed to provide up to $93 million in direct funding to optical networking vendor Infinera which would support the construction of a new fab in San Jose, California, and a new advanced test and packaging facility in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.“We are ...

October 18, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Pennsylvania

Edgnex to develop new data center in Madrid, Spain

UAE data center firm Edgnex this week announced its expansion into Europe with the acquisition of land in Madrid. The site has been acquired from real estate private equity manager ActivumSG and will host a 40MW data center. Located in the Vicalvaro region, the 236,805 sq ft (22,000 sqm) facil...

October 18, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Spain

Harrison Street and fifteenfortyseven acquire data center in Hawaii

Investment firm Harrison Street and data center company fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty (1547) this week announced the acquisition of AlohaNAP, a carrier hotel data center located on the island of O‘ahu in Hawaii."AlohaNAP is a crucial hub for international data transmission, connect...

October 17, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Hawaii

UK fire suppression firm Alpine Fire has acquired DAS Fire

DAS Fire is a supplier of fire detection and suppression solutions for data centers. DAS Fire’s offerings include the design, installation, and maintenance of data center fire suppression systems. “This acquisition enables us to accelerate our diversification strategy into sectors that complem...

October 16, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Canada announces $362m funding for SREPs

The Canadian Ministry of Energy has announced up to CAD$500 million ($362.1m) in funding for its Smart Renewables and Electrification Pathways program (SREPs) Utility Support Stream. The program received nearly CAD$2.9 billion ($2.1bn) in the Canadian government's 2023 budget to support clean ...

October 16, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Canada

DataBank completes $2 billion equity

DataBank has completed a $2 billion equity raise led by Australian superannuation fund, AustralianSuper. AustralianSuper has committed $1.5bn in equity which will see it become a significant minority owner of DataBank and join the company's board of directors."We are delighted to have Australi...

October 15, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Australia

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