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Andra cuts energy use by switching to Pure Storage

France's nuclear waste agency, Andra, has cut down its energy usage and cooling costs by as much as 20 percent through the switch by moving from old HPE equipment to Pure Storage hardware.According to Olivier Tardy, head of infrastructure operations in the department of the CIO at Andra, the a...

June 12, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

France

BlackRock acquires majority stake in Mainova WebHouse.

German energy firm the Mainova Group this week announced it had sold 50.1 percent of its shares in Mainova WebHouse GmbH to a fund managed by BlackRock's Diversified Infrastructure Team in a deal that would open up new growth potential for data centers in Frankfurt and the Rhine-Main region.“M...

June 11, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Germany / Deutschland

BGO invests €350 million into Norway's Bulk

Real estate investment management firm BentallGreenOak has invested another €350 million ($380m) into Nordic data center operator Bulk which will be used to ‘accelerate Bulk’s growth plans.’“The latest investment by BGO will fuel our ambitions to shift the gravity for global and European large...

June 07, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Norway

Canadian government to make $12m investment for supercomputer

The federal and provincial governments of Canada has announced plans to invest CA$16.4m (US$12m) in Arbutus Research Cloud; the largest cloud computing site for academic research in Canada, for its supercomputer infrastructure.“Cloud computing accelerates the speed of research and streamlines ...

June 06, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Canada

Quantum computing company Orca secures US customer

Montana State University (MSU) has purchased two PT-1 quantum photonics systems, an investment that was funded by the US Air Force as part of a $115 million Applied Quantum Core grant.“By having a working system that has all the modularity you would like, it means we don't have to buy a new qu...

June 06, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Quantum computing company Quantinuum launches new quantum computer

Quantum computing company Quantinuum announced the launch of the H2-1, a quantum computer with 56 trapped-ion qubits. This marks the upgrade of the company’s flagship System Model H2 quantum computer from 32 to 56 qubits.“We’re extending our lead in the race towards fault-tolerant quantum comp...

June 06, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

DDC ITS lands $50 million mainframe contract

Services firm DDC IT Services has been awarded a $50 million mainframe by the US Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Mainframe Line of Business (LOB), marking the second won by DDC ITS in the last year following the Mainframe East contract.“We are honored that DISA has once again entrust...

June 05, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Ooredoo Group names Sunita Bottse as the CEO of Mena Digital Hub

Qatari telco Ooredoo Group has named Sunita Bottse as the CEO of Mena Digital Hub, its newly established carrier-neutral data center branch, set up to provide colocation services to hyperscalers in the Middle East region.“Sunita’s appointment marks an exciting milestone in our journey to trans...

June 05, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Qatar

Zella DC partners with Laser Light to deploy micro-data center pods

Micro-data center firm Zella DC is partnering with network firm Laser Light to deploy its pods across Australia and globally. Laser Light will be deploying a number of Zella modules to host its networking services as Laser Light and Halo are looking to create a global networking platform – a ...

June 05, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Australia

Compass Datacenters launches new program for frontline construction supervisors

Compass Datacenters has launched a new program for its frontline construction supervisors which aims to encourage, support, and maximize the project insight of frontline supervisors.“No one has more influence on construction site safety than Frontline supervisors. They have the exceptional abi...

June 05, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

DataNovaX pitches Northern Texas as a potential hub for new facilities

DataNovaX, a new build-to-suit (BTS) data center provider, this week announced it is pitching Northern Texas as a potential hub for new facilities and is accepting clients at Pioneer Park in Wichita Falls.Ahmed Abdelghani, DataNovaX CEO, said: "This area offers a wealth of resources and busine...

June 04, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Texas

Iron Mountain signs solar energy deal with InRange in UK

Iron Mountain has signed a new energy deal to procure solar power from rooftop solar sites in the UK which InRange which will supply 5MW annually to offset Iron Mountain’s LON-1 facility, aggregated from locally generated rooftop solar power from commercial and industrial buildings.“In our pur...

June 04, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Eaton invests in European data center power module firm

Power management company Eaton announced it has completed a “significant strategic investment” in NordicEPOD AS, which designs and assembles standardized power modules for data centers in the Nordic region.“We are delighted to be partnering with Eaton. Their global reach and commitment to Nord...

June 04, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Europe

BT's new CEO Allison Kirkby calls for telecoms infrastructure improvement

BT's new CEO Allison Kirkby this week called for the UK to improve its existing telecoms infrastructure. Kirkby, who joined the company earlier this year from Swedish telco Telia, also said that the Nordics is "way ahead" of the UK in telecoms infrastructure."What I would say is Scandinavia is...

June 04, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Sweden

UEM Sunrise and Logos team up for a data center campus in Johor, Malaysia

Real estate firms UEM Sunrise and Logos are partnering for a data center campus in Johor, Malaysia. According to a new announcement, both companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Logos Infrastructure Holdco Pte Ltd to exclusively explore the opportunity in developing a ...

June 03, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Malaysia

Manx Telecom unveils dedicated data center division

Isle of Man telecom’s group Manx Telecom has launched a dedicated data center division with the aim to meet "the increasing demand from businesses across the UK offering secure and reliable data storage solutions within the UK Customs Zone.”Stephen Kane, director of commercial strategy at Man...

June 03, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Cayman Islands reveals plans for new subsea cable

The Cayman Islands government has revealed plans to deploy a new subsea cable. Ranulf Scarbrough, who leads the Cayman Islands Submarine Cable Modernisation Project for the Cayman Islands Government, presented the self-governing British Overseas Territory’s plans at the Subsea Networks EMEA co...

June 03, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Colombia

French telco group Iliad to invest in OpCore data center unit

French telco group Iliad has revealed plans to invest billions of Euros into its OpCore data center unit as it aims to expand that business unit over the next decade. The company plans to invest €2.5 billion in organic developments, supported by Iliad and a future financial partner and has al...

June 01, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

France

30-meter 4G telecom tower destroyed in Mullumbimby, Australia

A 30-meter 4G telecom tower in Mullumbimby, Australia owned by telco Optus, was destroyed on May 18. The New South Wales Police estimating that this destruction most likely caused by vandals occurred “sometime between 12am and 8pm."Tweed-Byron Police District Inspector Matt Woods said they r...

May 31, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Australia

US Gov't outlines governmental guidelines for carbon offsets.

The United States government in a May 28 document has outlined "voluntary principles" that US participants should "embrace" when it comes to carbon offsets.The document notes that: "Widespread confidence in the integrity of credited emissions reductions and removals is critical for voluntary c...

May 29, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

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