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BCX partners with Alibaba to launch cloud products in Johannesburg, South Africa

Telkom subsidiary BCX, in partnership with Alibaba Cloud, officially launched its Africa Local Public (ALP) Cloud service from two Johannesburg-based data centers last week. Both companies entered a partnership that grants BCX exclusive rights to distribute Alibaba Cloud’s products and service...

October 13, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Johannesburg

Fortune 100 company proposes 12-building DC campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana

An unnamed Fortune 100 company is planning a new 772-acre data center campus between Fort Wayne and New Haven to the east in Allen County. The application for this project, dubbed ‘Project Zodiac,” is for a new facility bound by East Tillman Road, Adams Center Road, and railroad tracks. Wane....

October 12, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Indiana

Meta signs $189 million solar energy PPAs in Ireland

Global social media firm Meta has signed two Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with Irish renewables developer Highfield Solar to get solar energy in Ireland. These PPAs, valued at $189.8 million, will support the company's operations in Ireland, including a data center campus in Clonee, County...

October 12, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Europe

Lonestar to transmit US Declaration of Independence to Lunar-based mini data center and back

Lonestar Data Holdings recently revealed its plans to transmit the US Declaration of Independence to the lunar surface as the first document in history to be stored digitally on the Moon. This is a test of its lunar data centers concept for Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS).This mission, ...

October 11, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

6Estates launches Nvidia DGX BasePOD for AI offerings

Singaporean large language model provider 6Estates recently launched an Nvidia DGX BasePOD based on Nvidia GCX H100 systems to develop its AI offerings. The company will use this BasePOD for its "Model Solutions" offering, which provides users with personalized large language models. The clust...

October 11, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Singapore

CGI unveils digital twin platform CGI DataTwin360

CGI recently announced the launch of its new digital twin platform dubbed the CGI DataTwin360, which creates virtualized models of companies' hosting platforms. This twin platform helps users understand and reduce the carbon footprint of hosting platforms by providing real-time data and carbon...

October 10, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Brazilian regulator Anatel offer incentives to speed up shutdown of legacy networks

Brazilian telecoms regulator Anatel (Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicacoes) has revealed plans to hasten the shutdown of its 2G and 3G networks. The company plans to issue subsidies to customers from equipment vendors to end users to speed up the transition from old 2G and 3G networks into the ...

October 10, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Brazil / Brasil

Smith County data center to get $2million renovation

Smith County, Texas is giving its data center at 200 E. Ferguson Street, Texas, the Smith County Annex a $2 million upgrade. This upgrade scheduled to begin on November 1, 2023, is expected to be completed by December 20, 2024.The mission for this upgrade is focused on enhancing the IT infras...

October 09, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Texas

DLF to invest in Noida data center and IT park expansion

India's DLF has revealed plans to invest Rs 3,400 crore in its DLF Techpark and data centers in Noida, India. This park, located in Sector 143 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, spans over 25 acres as over 1.2 million square feet of housing, IT blocks, and data center space have been constructed on it s...

October 09, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

India / Bhārata

Peruvian technology company Canvia launches third data center in Lima

Peruvian technology services company Canvia has launched a third data center in San Isidro, Lima, aligning with its plan to grow 18% this year. This new campus, designed to meet local needs in the short term and international demand in the long run, guarantees a 99.98% annual availability. Can...

October 06, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Peru

Korean Firm Solis-IDC plans Billion Dollar investment in India

South Korean firm Solis-IDC recently announced plans to construct a cutting-edge data center in India. Global Forum for Policy and Strategy (GFPS) will facilitate negotiations and representation on behalf of Solis in the Indian market as it looks to invest $2 billion in the country. The compan...

October 06, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

South Korea

CND company Akamai to launch new cloud regions globally

Cloud company Akamai Technologies announced seven new core compute regions on September 27, 2023. These regions in the Netherlands, Indonesia, the US, Italy, Japan, and Brazil will open over the next two months. Akamai noted that the locations in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Jakarta, Indonesia; Los...

October 05, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Massachusetts

IonQ unveils two rack-mounted quantum solutions

A leading quantum computing firm, IonQ has announced plans for two rack-mounted solutions that introduce quantum capabilities to existing infrastructures: IonQ Forte Enterprise and IonQ Tempo. These solutions are mainly to help businesses leverage the power of quantum directly from their own d...

October 04, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Maryland

French authorities raid Nvidia offices raided amid cloud competition inquiry

France's competition authority raided Nvidia's French offices on September 27, 2023, as part of a general inquiry of French antitrust authorities into the cloud computing sector. According to the Wall Street Journal, which first broke the news, the Autorité de la concurrence only said the inve...

October 04, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

France

‘Fortune 200 tech company’ looks to build $750m campus in northern Ohio

An unnamed Fortune 200 tech company plans to build a $750 million data center campus on about 750 acres between Perrysburg and Bowling Green in northern Ohio. This company is also undergoing deals and negotiations through a shell company, Liames LLC.Middleton Township trustees discussed plans ...

October 04, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Ohio

Slovak Telecom begins slated 3G shutdown

Slovak Telecom, owned by Deutsche Telekom, begins a phased 3G shutdown today, switching off services in Zlate Moravce and Zarnovica districts ahead of a gradual region-by-region closure. The Slovakian operator expects to complete its 3G shutdown by the end of the year. Slovak Telecom intends ...

October 03, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Europe

South Korean Internet company Kakao completes DC construction

South Korean internet company Kakao has revealed that its first in-house data center, Kakao Data Center Ansan, is now completed and is ready for full-scale operation in the first quarter of 2024. The center partially opened in 2021 but officially completed construction on September 26, 2023. I...

October 03, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

South Korea

Vacant data center in Blair, Nebraska up for sale

Cushman & Wakefield has listed a data center for sale at 256 E. Grant Street in Blair. The asking price for this facility outside Omaha, Nebraska, is listed as $1.76 million on the site and $1.5 million in the sales brochure.The 7,564 sq ft (700 sqm) facility was built on six acres in Wash...

October 03, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Nebraska

Globe Telecom bags $263m loan for network rollout

Philippines telco Globe has secured a $263 million loan with the Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company to finance its network upgrading and debt refinancing. In a press statement, the company had invested $660 million in Capex in the first half of this year. This investment was noted to be 25 ...

October 02, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Philippines

Webel to construct new DC in West Bengal, India

West Bengal Electronics Industry Development Corporation Limited (Webel) is considering a new data center in Siliguri, the Indian state of West Bengal. This new data center will be Webel’s third facility focused on promoting the IT and electronics industries in the Indian state. A senior offi...

October 02, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

India / Bhārata

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