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IHS Towers to sell stake in Kuwait tower unit

IHS Towers has announced a deal to sell its 70 percent stake in IHS Kuwait Limited to Zain Group, with the telco taking back ownership of towers it previously sold. According to IHS, the terms of the transaction reflect an enterprise value of $230 million for the IHS Kuwait portfolio and inclu...

December 05, 2024

Asia-Pacific (APAC)

T.Loop appoints Helena Fagraeus Lundström as CEO

Swedish Edge data center firm T.Loop has appointed Helena Fagraeus Lundström as its new CEO. Lundström was most recently at solar developer Solkompaniet, where she was chief strategy office and then business unit director for land development. Prior to that, she had held roles at Swedish boat ...

December 04, 2024

Sweden

Vnet to set up data center investment fund with Dajia

Chinese data center operator Vnet is setting up a data center investment fund with Chinese insurance company Dajia. The fund will be jointly operated by Vnet and Dajia subsidiary Dajia Investment Holding Company and will make its first investment in Vnet’s Taicang IDC campus in the Jiangsu pro...

December 03, 2024

China

Indiana Michigan Power agrees grid connection deal large load customers

Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) has reached an agreement with the Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, Amazon Data Services, Google, Microsoft, and the Data Center Coalition outlining the terms for connecting new large loads to the Indiana grid.A...

November 30, 2024

Michigan

Core Scientific to upgrade Texas data center

Core Scientific plans to refurbish its data center in Denton, Texas, turning it from a crypto facility into an AI site, spending as much as $6.1 billion on the new campus, the Denton City Council said, with a planned launch in 2027. As part of the deal, the City of Denton will lease 78.85 acr...

November 29, 2024

Texas

Qareeb Data Centres and Gcore sign MoU in Middle East

Gcore and Qareeb Data Centres have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for digital infrastructure in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Gcore's artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, and Edge products will be integrated with Qareeb's data center platform, as part of plans to meet growing...

November 29, 2024

Middle East

Telenor Sweden CEO to step down at end of year

Telenor Sweden CEO Bjørn Ivar Moen has announced he will step down as CEO at the end of this year, and the hunt for a successor has already begun, as confirmed by the company in a statement. "All good things eventually come to an end," said Moen on LinkedIn this week. "Today, we announced that...

November 28, 2024

Sweden

Portus plans Luxembourg data center expansion

European operator Portus Data Centers this week announced the expansion of its facility in the Grand Duchy with a further 1,350 sqm of white space and additional capacity that will take the site to 3.4MW. The company is also rebranding the unit, previously known as European Data Hub (EDH), to ...

November 28, 2024

Luxembourg

DataBox takes over Digital Realty's cloud service in Croatia

Croatian cloud solutions and data center provider DataBox has taken over Digital Realty's cloud services in the country. This move will enable Digital Realty to "realign" its offering in Croatia and focus on acting as an infrastructure provider instead of a cloud service provider in the countr...

November 27, 2024

Croatia

Kairos gets construction permits for Hermes Two Demonstration Plant

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued construction permits to Kairos Power for its Hermes Two Demonstration Plant at the Heritage Center Industrial Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The plant will also host a proposed single 35MW Hermes One Test Reactor, a non-nuclear engineering test...

November 26, 2024

Tennessee

HMC Capital launches DigiCo REIT

Australia’s HMC Capital has launched its new digital infrastructure investment vehicle, having raised AU$153 million ($100m) more than anticipated in its initial public offering (IPO), and says it is in talks to buy three additional hyperscale data centers in the US.David Di Pilla, HMC Capital...

November 26, 2024

Australia

AP&T completes SeaLink South subsea cable

Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T) has completed the SeaLink South subsea cable a year ahead of schedule. AP&T said the project will expand and improve connectivity in Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago region.Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski said: “After hearing from Alaskans, stren...

November 25, 2024

United States

DirecTV terminates offer to acquire EchoStar

DirecTV has terminated its offer to acquire EchoStar's satellite television business stating its failure to gain approval from Dish bondholders as a reason for termination. The proposed $1 sale to DirecTV would have included the sale of Dish's DBS pay-TV business as well as Dish and Sling TV, ...

November 25, 2024

United States

Civo launches second UK cloud region

Cloud computing company Civo has launched a second cloud region in the UK with sustainability-focused data centre provider Deep Green, which is also set to launch another data centre that will heat a local swimming pool located at the York Stadium Leisure Complex. Civo's newest cloud region, k...

November 25, 2024

United Kingdom

CPP partners with Pacific AMC for South Korea data center

Pension fund Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) this week announced a KRW 1 trillion (US$711 million) joint venture with Pacific Asset Management Company (Pacific AMC) to develop carrier-neutral hyperscale data centers in South Korea.“The demand for data centers in Asia Pac...

November 23, 2024

South Korea

Rakuten to deploy Ampere Arm CPUs across data centers

Japan's Rakuten Group is set to deploy Ampere hardware across its data centers. The company is expanding its partnership with Ampere Computing to reduce the power consumption of artificial intelligence (AI) computing.Hironori Yoshida, executive officer and vice director of the cloud platform s...

November 23, 2024

Japan

Boldyn Network and Verizon deploy small cells at Texas

Boldyn Network has partnered with Verizon Wireless to install millimeter wave 5G small cells at Fort Cavazos US Army base in Texas. The company notes that the small cells will "enhance coverage and speeds" for the more than 60,000 soldiers and family members living on base.“This project is abo...

November 22, 2024

Texas

Michigan extends data center tax breaks

Legislators in the Michigan House of Representatives have approved extended tax breaks for data centers in a move aimed at attracting business from the hyperscalers. It was approved 64-45 in a vote led by the Democrats, but with support from many Republican lawmakers.Rep. Joey Andrews, who spo...

November 21, 2024

Michigan

France Télévisions selects Thésée Datacenter for cloud migration

France Télévisions, Radio France, France Médias Monde, and TV5 Monde have partnered with Thésée Datacenter to assist with their transition to cloud solutions.The migration aims to make the media companies more resilient against the risks of cyber attacks, reduce the environmental impact of bro...

November 21, 2024

France

RackNerd expands offerings to Dublin, Ireland

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) provider RackNerd has expanded its offering to Dublin, Ireland and will be offering its IaaS from the Digital Realty DU10 data center located in Dublin, Ireland."Our expansion into Dublin represents a strategic response to the growing demand for high-performa...

November 21, 2024

Dublin

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