World Data Center News

EcoDataCenter is Building a New Data Center at Its Falun Campus, Sweden

EcoDataCenter has announced that it is developing a new data center at its Falun campus, in Sweden. The company revealed that it would be investing up to SEK 1 billion ($102m) in the development of the new facility. The new facility will add 15MW to the campus. Worthy of note is that EcoDataCe...

March 11, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

EcoDataCenter Falun, Sweden

atNort's Data Center in Stockholm Finally Comes Online

atNorth has announced the launch of its first data center in Stockholm, Sweden. The Icelandic company revealed that its Kista data center is now up and running. According to atNorth, the facility is Sweden’s first data center designed for high-density workloads such as risk analysis, simula...

March 11, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

atNorth Stockholm SWE01

India's National Stock Exchange to relocate its data center

The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) has announced plans to relocate its primary data center out of its Mumbai headquarters at the Bandra Kurla. This announcement comes following allegations that the NSE's former head was embroiled in a colocation scam that began in 2015, and ended with ...

March 10, 2022

India / Bhārata

India's National Stock Exchange is Moving To a New Data Center

India’s largest stock exchange- The National Stock Exchange will be moving its primary data center from the Mumbai headquarters. The NSE move comes the organization’s former head was arrested over an alleged colocation scam. The scam involved him giving a broker privileged access to market dat...

March 10, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

India / Bhārata

NEC and SCSK are Forming a Data Center Joint Venture

Two Japanese firms are coming together to form a data center joint venture. NEC and IT firm SCSK Corporation revealed that they are partnering up to strengthen their network and data center business involvement. The JW will see the firms create SCSK NEC Data Center Management, ltd. The new ...

March 10, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Japan

Government building in Ontario, Canada to be transformed into a data center

The Norfolk County council building in Ontario, Canada, could be converted into a data center, it has been announced. The building recently sold for CA$725,000 (US$566,000) and spans 12,000 sq ft (1,100 sq ft) on under one acre. The announcement of the sale was originally made back in 2020, wi...

March 09, 2022

Canada

BitNile to expand the capacity of its Michigan data center

BitNile has announced plans to expand its data center in Michigan to reach a capacity of 300 MW. This decision to expand capacity comes as the company seeks to accommodate Bitcoin mining operations at the facility, enabling the operation of approximately 90,000 Bitcoin miners. This, according ...

March 09, 2022

Michigan

Empa begins research into data center waste heat

Swiss research body Empa has announced the launch of a new research project on data centers, namely ECO-Qube. The project is in response to the increasing demand for data and the growing prevalence of artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR) and the Internet of Things (IoT), which ...

March 08, 2022

Switzerland

Eastlink announces opening of network facility in Halifax, Canada

Eastlink has announced the opening of its new network data center in Halifax, Nova Scotia, following an investment of C$20 million (US$15.7m) and three years of construction. The facility spans 13,000 sqft (1,200 sqm). Speaking about the reason the company decided to build the new facility, Je...

March 07, 2022

Canada

Flexential Expanding Its Englewood Data Center in Denver

Flexential has announced its plans to expand the capacity of its Englewood data center in Denver, Colorado. The facility is located at 8636 S Peoria Street. Flexential says it will be adding 4.5MW capacity to the data center, bringing it to 11.25MW. The increase in capacity will be availabl...

March 04, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Flexential Englewood

Pioneer Point Partners Closes €575 million ($640.9m) Fund

Pioneer Point Partners LLP has announced that it closed its maiden institutional fund. The fund is worth €575 million ($640.9m). The fund exceeded the company’s initial target of €500 million ($557m). Pioneer Point Partners attracted investments from 15 North American and European institutiona...

March 04, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Plans are in the Works For a New Data Center in Beacon Falls, Connecticut

MyCitizenNews reports that O&G Industries is looking to develop a new data center in Beacon Falls, Connecticut. The Torrington-based construction firm already owns the 25 acres of land it plans to develop the facility on. Although the company didn’t reveal the plans for the data center, i...

March 04, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Connecticut

SWIFT's Switzerland data center and Russia

According to reports, a data center being used by the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), of which 11,000 banks from over 200 countries are linked to, is being guarded by police. This news that the local Thurgau cantonal police have set up a perimeter around th...

March 04, 2022

Switzerland

AWS Project Withdrawal Prompts Frederick County To Consider Amending Zoning Laws

Frederick County officials met this week to address a data center zoning law. They are looking to change a Maryland County’s zoning law to allow the development of data centers. This move happened after Amazon Web Services rescinded a project plan because of restrictive timelines. The official...

March 04, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Maryland

Development of Nautilus's Floating Data Center Back on Track

Nautilus Data Technologies has revealed that the construction of its floating data center in Limerick, Ireland is about to start. The company first announced plans for the data center two years ago after gaining approval. The data center construction was delayed due to the pandemic. However, d...

March 03, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Republic of Ireland

ST Telemedia Global Data Centers to partner with Ayala Group

The Ayala Group, with its telco arm Globe Telecom, has entered a partnership with ST Telemedia Global Data Centers (STT GCD), to construct and operate data center projects in the Philippines. The $350-million joint venture partnership will see STT GDC and the Ayala Group subscribe to new share...

March 03, 2022

Philippines

Kazakhstan continues its crackdown on illegal bitcoin mines

Kazakhstan is continuing its crackdown on illegal Bitcoin mines, and has shutt down over a dozen facilities amid power outages. Together, the Kazakh Ministry of Energy, the Committee for Nuclear and Energy Supervision, local police, and other state body representatives worked to identify the c...

March 02, 2022

Kazakhstan

Data center on the way for vacant Beacon Falls land?

According to reports, a local construction company in Beacon Falls, Torrington-based O&G Industries, is proposing plans to build a data center on vacant land in the town. The company's subdivision company, Data Center, is set to take the lead on the project, which will involve building the...

March 01, 2022

Connecticut

SC Capital Partners Launches Zeus Data center Plans Hyperscale Facility in Seoul

Singapore’s SC Capital Partners (SCCP) has announced the launch of a new data center firm. The real estate investment firm says it will be developing hyperscale facilities across Asia. Zeus Data Centers, backed by SCCP, launched its website and social media pages in the summer. Reports show...

March 01, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Seoul

NEDO announces fund for new green data center research

Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has announced that it will be funding projects pushing forward greener data centers with its Green Innovation Fund. A number of companies have been selected to work on the project. This includes Fujitsu, NEC Corporati...

March 01, 2022

Japan

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