World Data Center News

Lunar Digital begins upgrade of the Reynolds House data center

Lunar Digital began the planned multi-million-pound upgrade of the Reynolds House data center in Manchester, UK. The company started development works across all the data halls at the site, including full renovations of the C5 and C6 data halls to optimize power and cooling, the deployment of ...

January 19, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Manchester

General Atlantic to plans Actis acquisition

Growth equity firm General Atlantic has recently revealed plans to acquire sustainable infrastructure investor Actis. This deal will create an investment platform with about $96 billion in combined assets under management. Company head Torbjorn Caesar, who will continue to run the business, s...

January 18, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

DigitalOcean to now offer Nvidia H100 GPUs

Cloud provider DigitalOcean which is dedicated to small-to-medium businesses and startups, has added to its GPU-accelerated cloud computing platform with Nvidia chips. With this new upgrade, DigitalOcean's ability to offer cloud-based artificial intelligence, machine learning applications, and...

January 17, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Seagate to ship 30TB hard drives with HAMR tech

Seagate Technology recently announced that it will be shipping 30TB hard drives based on its heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology. The company expects to conclude full production by the end of March as hyperscale customers already have evaluation units and are planning to adopt i...

January 17, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Stonepeak invests $200 million into GTA

Investment fund Stonepeak has invested $200 million into Guam telecoms firm TeleGuam Holdings (GTA). Huntsman Family Investments and its affiliates (HFI) will continue to be the majority owner of GTA and operate the company which will divert the investment into developing additional cable land...

January 16, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

International feasibility study tests storing waste heat underground

A £2.6 million ($3.3m) international project will investigate storing waste heat from an Edinburgh University supercomputer in old mine workings, before using it to heat local homes. This study will examine the idea of storing hot water at 40oC in disused mines before using it for domestic hea...

January 15, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Octopus Energy invests in UK-based data center business

British renewable energy group Octopus Energy has invested £200 million in UK-based data center business Deep Green which specializes in siting small data centers near locations that need waste heat. Zoisa North-Bond, CEO of Octopus Energy Generation, said, "To tackle the energy crisis head-on...

January 15, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Edged Energy starts operations at Barcelona facility

Edged Energy has commenced operations at its facility in Barcelona, Spain, named ‘Merlin.” The company completed the construction of this facility with a critical load capacity of 16MW and uses 100 percent renewable energy in the fall of 2023. Bryant Farland, CEO of Edged Energy said, “We are ...

January 12, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Barcelona

Swiss Life Asset Managers acquires major stake in Telecom Infrastructure Partners

Investment firm Swiss Life Asset Managers this week entered an agreement with London-based InfraBridge, an infrastructure investment management division of DigitalBridge Group, to acquire a co-controlling equity stake in Telecom Infrastructure Partners (TIP). Gianfranco Saladino, head of value...

January 10, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

London

Telco Group Aire merges with Canary Islands telco Idecnet

Spanish telecoms firm Aire this week announced that it is acquiring Canary Islands telco Idecnet as it looks to consolidate its presence in the region. Raúl Aledo, CEO of Grupo Aire, said, “The arrival of Idecnet to Grupo Aire responds to our national and international growth strategy, which ...

January 10, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Spain

Sandbox AQ acquires Good Chemistry

Alphabet quantum spinout Sandbox AQ has acquired quantum and computational chemistry startup Good Chemistry. Neither of the companies disclosed the terms of this acquisition. However, the Wall Street Journal reported that the deal is worth $75 million and comprises of cash and stock. SandboxAQ...

January 10, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

T.Loop acquires 800 square meters facility in Stockholm

New Swedish operator T.Loop has acquired a 800 square meter data center located in the center of Stockholm, Sweden. Details about ths facility including the seller and the terms of the transaction have not been shared. However, the company noted that this facility will be modernized throughout...

January 09, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Stockholm

TierPoint acquires multi-megawatt facility in Texas

US colocation provider TierPoint this week announced that it has acquired a multi-megawatt data center in Fort Worth, Texas. This data center located at 13701 Independence Parkway is the company’s third in the Dallas-Forth Worth area. The colocation provider noted that this facility sitting o...

January 09, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Tierpoint Fort Worth

Three Ireland partners with Ericsson to launch 5G SA network

Three Ireland has partnered with Ericsson to launch a 5G Standalone network said to be the first in Ireland. Ericsson noted that this launch is initially available on a trial basis and will eventually be available to select corporate customers who will have the opportunity to test and trial it...

January 08, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Reserve Bank of Australia to relocate colocation facility

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) recently announced plans to decommission its head office data center in Sydney and relocate to a colocation facility. Moreso, other RBA data centers will get an all-new core infrastructure, and the Bank will migrate all of its applications and workloads to t...

January 08, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Australia

Stack Infrastructure to expand AI data center capabilities

Stack Infrastructure recently announced that it is expanding its AI data center capabilities with high-density racks to help support the growing requirements of machine learning workloads. Matt VanderZanden, chief operating officer of Stack Americas said, “Stack was built for the world’s large...

January 08, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Americas

New French operator raises €5 million for new facility

New French operator Phocea DC has raised €5 million to develop a new data center in Marseille from French venture firm Reflexion Capital. The planned facility will span 1,700 square meters and offer around 1.2MW with a PUE of 1.2. It will also feature two meet-me rooms, will look to reuse was...

January 08, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

France

CAT dismisses Motorola’a appeal against the CMA

The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has dismissed Motorola’s appeal against the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Motorola, in its appeal, had claimed that the CMA made errors in assessing competition in the relevant market and the profitability of the Airwave Network. However, the CM...

January 06, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Richard Hegberg appointed as Aspinity’s CEO

Analog machine learning chip developer Aspinity has announced Richard Hegberg as its new CEO to replace the company’s co-founder Tom Doyle, who has held the position of CEO for the previous seven years. Doyle will, however, remain as a board member and will become the company’s chief operating...

January 06, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Microchip Technology awarded $162 million in CHIPS Act funding

Microcontroller manufacturer Microchip Technology is set to receive $162 million in funding from the US CHIPS and Science Act to support an increase in the company’s production of microcontroller units (MCUs) and other technology in the country. Ganesh Moorthy, President and CEO of Microchip,...

January 06, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

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