World Data Center News

Senators Revive a Legislation To Strengthen Federal Data Center Security

As institutions continue to consolidate their information repositories, a bipartisan group of senators has proposed legislation to strengthen government data centers' physical and electronic security against various threats. The Office of Management and Budget would be required to work with go...

March 28, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

nLighten to provide waste heat to City of Eschborn

Joining the swathe of data center operators pushing forward circular economy principles, nLighten recently signed a Letter of Intent with the City of Eschborn and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmBH (GIZ) to provide its data center waste-heat for reuse. The company...

March 27, 2023

Germany / Deutschland

Zeittec modular data center for Public Ministry of Mato Grosso in Brazil launches

In Campo Grande, western Brazil, a Zeittec-built modular data center has been launched. Spanning 72 sqm (775 sq ft) of usable space, with an area of 340 sqm (3,659 sq ft), the facility, for the Public Ministry of Mato Grosso, will provide the infrastructure for the daily work of around 2,500 u...

March 27, 2023

Brazil / Brasil

MoU in Zambia to lead to data center projects in the region

The Zambian Minister of Science and Technology recently announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Liquid Telecommunications, a digital infrastructure provider, to develop a commercialized data center, alongside several fiber projects in Zambia.The MoU is reportedly part...

March 27, 2023

Africa

ByteDance announces pledge for carbon neutral operations by 2030

ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, which historically, has been criticized for not “keeping up with its peers,” has announced its pledge to achieve carbon-neutral operations by 2030. The company has outlined that while it will seek to reduce its operational carbon footprint by 90%, it will rely o...

March 27, 2023

China

The Mexican Data Center Association Forecasts Investment of $8 Billion

Mexico's data center industry is poised to receive a significant boost, with the Mexican Association of Data Centers (MEXDC) announcing an $8 billion investment from major companies such as IBM, Oracle, and Equinix. The investment is expected to create over 20,000 jobs in the next few years...

March 27, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Mexico City / Ciudad de México

PG&E Power Failure Causes The Internet Archive Data Center to go Offline

After a power failure knocked down its data center, the Internet Archive's digital library was offline for many hours. Free public entry to backups of websites, software programs, games, music, movies, photos, and millions of books is offered by the California-based non-profit. The Bay Area ha...

March 26, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Web Werks-Iron Mountain JV announces launch of its first Bengaluru data center

Web Werks - Iron Mountain Data Centers (IMDC) Joint Venture has announced that it has launched its first data center on its campus in Bengaluru, India. Based in Whitefield, Bengaluru, the facility spans 80,000 square feet and is named the BLR-1. It is a Tier III-designed data center that can s...

March 26, 2023

Bengaluru (Bangalore)

CapitalOnline Data Service Buys data Center Builder Outside Beijing

A company planning to construct a 3,200-rack data center in Huaili County, China, has been purchased by Chinese cloud provider CapitalOnline Data Service. This week, the company bought Huailai Wisdom Cloud Port Technology's entire equity stake. The company just recently received authorization ...

March 24, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Beijing

Toshiba Will be Purchased by Japan Industrial Partners For $15 billion

Japan Industrial Partners Inc. (JIP), a Japanese investment firm, will take Toshiba private. Last week, the Japanese conglomerate revealed that TBJH Inc., an indirect subsidiary of JIP, would buy out all of the company's shares on the Tokyo and Nagoya Stock Exchanges and take the business priv...

March 24, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Japan

UK's Effectiveness IT Introduces a Range of Prefabricated Data Centers

EfficiencyIT, a UK data center company, has introduced its own line of prefabricated modular data centers. This week, the company unveiled ModularDC, a new line of adaptable, prefabricated data centers for on-premises, distributed IT, and edge computing settings that can be deployed in 12 t...

March 23, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Idaho Legislators Want Data Center Tax Benefits Limited Again

Idaho lawmakers are attempting to restrict the number of tax breaks new data center expansions can receive in the state. Last Monday, Bill 328 was introduced, and the House voted 59-9 to pass it. The Senate has now received the measure. The measure modifies the language in the state's urban re...

March 23, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Idaho

Nokia involved in ocean plastic prevention project

Nokia has outlined its involvement in a project to prevent ocean plastic pollution as part of The Ocean Cleanup project, which is a non-profit organisation that seeks to extract ocean plastic pollution through technological development. To help clear ocean plastic, the company has partnered wi...

March 22, 2023

Netherlands

HDC announced the launch of a new container data center in Hulhumale, the Maldives

The Housing Development Corporation (HDC) has launched a new containerized data center in Hulhumale, the Maldives, which is to be operated under its SmartCom brand. Although specific details about the container are yet to be shared, it reportedly features a redundant battery backup system whic...

March 22, 2023

South Asia

Samsung SDS has launches a new data center in South Korea

Samsung SDS has announced the opening of a new data center in South Korea. This new addition is part of wider plans to expand its cloud offering, and make Samsung Cloud Platform (SCP) available to all customers. Its new Dongtan IDC, spans six floors with four server rooms, and will focus on AI...

March 22, 2023

South Korea

Concerns over Northern Virginia diesel generators leads to DEQ revising its relaxation of generator restrictions

Residents in North Virginia had recently raised their concerns about the decision made by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to permit diesel generators to power data centers in the region. The DEQ announced that it would be looking into the permittance to preserve data center relia...

March 22, 2023

Northern Virginia

Nordic Data Center Company Glesys is purchased by Cube IM

European investment company Cube Infrastructure Management has purchased a controlling share in the Nordic data center company Glesys. The agreement's terms were kept confidential. The purchase was completed through the Cube Infrastructure Fund III with funding from the VIA Equity Fond III,...

March 22, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Nordics

Egyptian Government Halts Sale of Telecom Egypt Stake

Plans by the Egyptian government to sell a portion of the state-owned Telecom Egypt have been put on hold. According to Reuters, which cites people familiar with the situation, market factors are to blame for the suspension. It happened only a few weeks after rumors claimed that the Egyptian g...

March 22, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Africa

Seznam.cz launches new data center located outside Prague

Seznam.cz has launched a new data center outside Prague, in Benátky nad Jizerou, known as 'Nagoya'. The Czech Internet portal outlined that the facility spans around 1,200 square meters, with a capacity of 3MW across two data halls with 200 racks. Work began on construction in February 2022. ...

March 21, 2023

Prague

Akamai Technologies Will Purchase Ondat, a Cloud Storage Company

Akamai Technologies, an American provider of content delivery services, and Ondat, a provider of cloud storage, have signed a binding agreement. The transaction is anticipated to occur in the first quarter of 2023, and Akamai anticipates no major changes to its annual financial forecast. The a...

March 21, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

London

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