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Government data center in Jamaica receives $3.8million upgrade

A government data center in Jamaica known as the eGov Data Centre has received a J$600 million (US$3.8m) upgrade. Works relating to this upgrade began in 2020 and was managed by the Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU). Minister of Finance and the Public Service Dr. Nigel Clarke said of th...

March 05, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Caribbean

Telkom Indonesia consolidates Singapore data centers

Telkom Indonesia has consolidated its Singapore data centers under one umbrella unit ahead of a potential sale. The company wrote on LinkedIn that this marks a “significant milestone in our journey toward becoming a regional powerhouse in the data center industry,” “The rationale behind this ...

March 05, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Singapore

Boldyn Networks finalizes acquisition of Cellnex's private network business

Boldyn Networks has completed its acquisition of Cellnex's private network business for an undisclosed sum. This acquisition includes Edzcom, Cellnex’s Finnish subsidiary that specializes in private networks for industrial environments.“By bringing Cellnex's private networks business unit und...

March 04, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Finland

Grop acquired Definitive Intelligence to support newly formed unit

AI chip startup Groq has acquired Definitive Intelligence for an undisclosed sum to support its newly formed GroqCloud unit, which Definitive Intelligence co-founder and CEO Sunny Madra will lead. GroqCloud is a cloud platform that provides Groq hardware documentation, code samples, and on-de...

March 04, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

California

BW Digital acquires new land for data center in Batam, Indonesia

Cable operator and Citramas Group BW Digital this week announced that it has acquired a new land for data center construction and has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the ‘joint development of a carrier-neutral digital ecosystem’ in Batam’s Nongsa Digital Park (NDP), which Citram...

March 04, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Indonesia

Legrand acquires New Zealand cable management firm MSS

Legrand has acquired New Zealand cable management firm Mechanical Support Systems (MSS) which offers services including cable containment manufacturing, supply, installation, and design, as well as bespoke fabrication. This acquisition merges MSS’ cable management solutions with the acquiring ...

March 04, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

New Zealand

Iridium to support South Korean military with connectivity

Satellite provider Iridium has entered into an agreement with the Republic of Korea (ROK) Ministry of Defense (MOD) to provide connectivity for strategic use within the Republic of Korea's military operations. Iridium will provide the ROK Army with a range of services, including real-time pos...

March 01, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Abidjan

Leesburg Council vote in favor of rezoning for proposed data center

Town council officials in Leesburg, Virginia, announced this week that they have voted to approve a rezoning application that will allow data centers and additional industrial and research park uses on two parcels of vacant land to the south of Leesburg. Springfield East, LC, the applicant so...

March 01, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Virginia

Segro to develop new data centers after £900 million share issue

Property investor Segro has raised £900 million ($1.1 billion) in a share issue and intends to use this funds to develop its portfolio across the UK and Europe. The London-listed business had initially been hoping to raise £800 million ($1.01bn), but on Tuesday evening its directors said stron...

February 29, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

London

Axentec PLC unveils Tier IV-standard data center in Bangladesh

Robi Axiata subsidiary Axentec PLC has launched a Tier IV-standard data center called "Cypher", located in the Sheikh Hasina Software Technology Park in Jashore and spans 16,500 square feet. This prefabricated facility will offer 2N redundancy and fault-tolerant power backup systems for its t...

February 29, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Bangladesh

Kyivstar signs Rakuten Symphony Open RAN deal

Ukrainian telco Kyivstar has signed a new deal to procure and deploy Rakuten Symphony's Open RAN technology in its network. A letter of intent has been signed by the companies to show that Rakuten would be the preferred partner for Kyivstar's eventual 5G rollout. "I share the excitement of o...

February 28, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Ukraine

SK Telecom teams up with specialists for new AI liquid cooling Solution

Korean telco SK Telecom (SKT) is teaming up with liquid cooling specialist Iceotope and lubricant developer SK Enmove to design a new liquid cooling solution for AI data centers. The companies will collaborate to deploy precision liquid cooling (PLC) using SK Enmove’s thermal fluid at SKT’s A...

February 27, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

South Korea

Bridge DC plans further expansion in Malaysia

APAC operator Bridge Data Centres has revealed new plans for further expansion in Malaysia with a new facility in Cyberjaya. The ChinData subsidiary said the project will offer 87MW across three phases, with the first two phases involving the construction of a three-story data center. “We are ...

February 27, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Malaysia

Empyrion DC secures S$133 million green loan

Empyrion DC, a Singapore-based data center operator, has secured a green loan worth S$133 million (US$98 million) to refinance its SG1 Dodid data center in Singapore, with proceeds used to “support existing operations” at the 12.5MW facility. This financing was provided by the UOB bank. Mark ...

February 27, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Singapore

Modine to acquire Scott Springfield Manufacturing

Modine this week announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Calgary, Alberta-based manufacturer of air handling units (AHU), Scott Springfield Manufacturing. Modine mentioned that it will gain ‘immediate access to a highly complementary product portfolio and a blue-c...

February 27, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Canada

Demand for data center in Europe outstrips supply

Demand for colocation space in Europe’s data centers is outpacing supply despite an abundance of new facilities being built for customers accross the continent according to a new report. Kevin Restivo, head of European data center research at CBRE, said, “Hyperscalers have sought increasingly...

February 26, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Europe

Summit acquires managed services provider Deft

US cloud hosting firm Summit has acquired managed services provider Deft. Deft co-founders and principals Jordan Lowe, Daniel Brosk, and Eric Dynowski will join the Summit leadership team and retain a “significant ownership stake” in the business. Other terms of this deal have not been shared....

February 26, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

GTAA to develop Large Language Models Joint Venture this year

An announcement made earlier this week at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona, Spain revealed that the members of the Global Telco AI Alliance (GTAA) are to establish a joint venture later this year specifically aimed at developing Large Language Models (LLMs). "We want our customers...

February 26, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Spain

Security services firm Securitas Technologies plans to certify 10,000 data center professionals

Security services firm Securitas Technologies has revealed plans to train up and certify 10,000 workers as data center security and safety professionals. The company has also introduced certification to improve the skills of its security officers at its data centers. "The Certified Data Cente...

February 23, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Europe

Mapfre sells 10MW facility in Madrid

Spanish insurance firm Mapfre has sold its data center in Madrid. The company received advise on the sale-leaseback deal of its 10MW facility in Alcalá de Henares from CBRE’s Spanish unit. Paul Mortlock, senior director and head of European data center capital markets at CBRE, said, "CBRE's Eu...

February 23, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Madrid

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