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ManageEngine plans data center in Brazil

ManageEngine is reportedly considering establishing a data center in Brazil. It plans to have the facility operational by either late this year or early next, near its Santa Catarina or São Paulo offices. According to the company, regulatory barriers and import tax mean that a lack of local da...

April 17, 2023

Brazil / Brasil

Indian Data Centre Industry Poised for Strong Growth Per JLL Report

India's data center industry is expected to drive demand for real estate spanning over 9.1 million square feet by 2025, according to a report by JLL India. The report revealed that the data center industry in India has already seen investments of $977 million, with a current supply of 7.5 mill...

April 17, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

India / Bhārata

Asia-Pacific Data Center Power Market to Reach $5.34 Billion by 2027

The Asia-Pacific data center power market is projected to grow significantly in the coming years, driven by the increasing demand for cloud-based services, big data analytics, and the Internet of Things (IoT). The market is expected to reach a value of $100,625.1 million over 2023-2032. Accord...

April 17, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Asia-Pacific (APAC)

Colombian Data Centers Acquired by I-Squared Capital to Strengthen Portfolio in Growing Latin American Market

I-Squared Capital, a global infrastructure investment group, has bought two data centers in Colombia from the Colombian telecoms operator UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones. The data centers were formerly owned by UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones. I-Squared Capital will now have a larger footprint in Latin ...

April 14, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Colombia

Big data center development & hydrogen fuel hub on the way to Surry County, North Virginia

A first-of-its-kind combination data center and hydrogen fuel hub is on its way to Surry County, North Virginia, it has been announced. Middleburg-based Green Energy Partners LLC is leading the project, which is called the Surry Green Energy Center (SGEC) and comes after GEP secured 641 acres ...

April 13, 2023

Northern Virginia

Cirion plans data centers in Chile, Peru and Brazil

Cirion has outlined its plans to develop three data centers in Chile, Peru and Brazil in 2023, as it continues its growth in Latin America. Specifically, the three facilities will be located in Santiago's Quilicura district, Macropolis in Lurín in Peru, and Cotia in São Paulo. Together the thr...

April 13, 2023

Brazil / Brasil

Cloud Computing Adoption Drives Growth of India's Data Center Market

India's data center construction market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 14.76% from 2022-2028, according to a report by Arizton. Adopting advanced technological solutions such as IoT, big data, and AI drives demand cloud services across various industries. Major cloud service providers in Ind...

April 13, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

India / Bhārata

iXAfrica to Expand Services as Lion Investment Bidco Acquires Majority Stake

Lion Investment Bidco, a subsidiary of a private equity firm, has acquired a majority stake in iXAfrica, a data center operator in Kenya. The transaction was completed for an undisclosed amount and marks Bidco's entry into the data center industry. XAfrica was founded in 2018 and operates data...

April 13, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Africa

Optical Networks confirms data center plans and rebrands

Optical Networks has announced that it is rebranding as Win Empresas. This pursuit of a commercial restructuring, is aimed at bolstering its presence in the corporate telecoms market through enhancing association with Win, its telecoms arm. Further to this, it restated its intentions to open t...

April 12, 2023

Peru

Panattoni: €300m data center on the way to Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia

Together with the Parc de l'Alba Consortium (comprising Catalan Land Institute -INCASÒL- and the Cerdanyola del Vallès City Council), Panattoni has announced plans to develop the largest ever data center campus in Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, following the purchase of a 60,000 sqm plot of...

April 12, 2023

Spain

Varonis opens Australia data center in line with national data sovereignty rules

Varonis has announced that it has opened its first data center in Australia to support Varonis' customers and to better demonstrate compliance with national data sovereignty rules, a regulatory trend which is on the rise.Varonis outlined that in light of a wave of ransomware attacks on Austral...

April 12, 2023

Australia

Liquid Intelligent Technologies Will Provide Zambia With a Brand-new Data Center

To accelerate the country's digital transformation, the Zambian government has partnered with Liquid Intelligent Technologies to establish a new data center. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) stating this was signed by both sides. This is a positive move since the data center will also handl...

April 12, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Africa

Scientists at NTU Singapore invent data center cooling spray

When it comes to data center cooling, everyone's on the hunt for the latest innovative, efficient tech; and at Singapore's Nanyang Technical University (NTU), its research team is working on the latest solution. The group proposes cooling servers by spraying chips with fluid; dielectric fluid,...

April 11, 2023

Singapore

5.5 million sq ft data center park proposed in Stafford County, Virginia

In Stafford County, Stafford Technology LC, a company affiliated with US real estate firm Peterson, has outlined plans to develop a 5.5 million sq ft data center park. In order to accommodate the 25-building data center campus, the company is seeking to rezone 524 acres in the Falmouth Electio...

April 11, 2023

Northern Virginia

Nigerian President Unveils Kano's Tier 4 Data Center

President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated the 41-terabyte countrywide tier-4 Data Center in Kano on Monday. During the ceremony, Prof. Ali Isa Pantami, Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, stated that the data center was the first of its kind in northern Nigeria and the finest in the co...

April 10, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Nigeria

Norwegian Authorities Increases Its Oversight of Data Center

The Norwegian government is making preparations to strengthen national supervision over data centers through proposed rules in the country's electronic communications law. All Norwegian data center operators will be required to register and provide details of their activities under the propose...

April 10, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Norway

Green building regulations and data center sustainability in India

In India, an increased focus on green buildings, from a regulatory perspective, is pegged to give rise to more sustainable data centers being built in the country. Experts have outlined that the publishing of recommendations on by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), in November o...

April 07, 2023

India / Bhārata

Spark New Zealand announces new data center strategy

Spark New Zealand has outlined it will inject between $156 million to $189m into data center expansion, as part of a new three-year strategy. As part of this strategy, it will also work on new technologies, in order to open up new commercialisation opportunities across its core markets of mobi...

April 07, 2023

New Zealand

Community And Business Groups Challenge Loudoun Data Center Emissions Permit

This spring and summer, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is mulling over a proposal enabling data facilities in Loudoun County to draw power more routinely from on-site disaster diesel generators. The proposal aims to alleviate pressure on the transmission system, which transpo...

April 07, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Northern Virginia

Direct Line Global triples presence at Ashburn Crossing, Virginia

Direct Line Global has announced that it has signed the lease for a 17,040-square-foot research and development space within Ashburn Crossing, an 80-acre business park in Ashburn, Virginia. Through this move, the company has tripled its presence in the area. Speaking about this expansion, Vern...

April 06, 2023

Ashburn: Data Center Alley

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