World Data Center News

Equinix Opens New $90 million Data Center In Munich

Equinix has announced the opening of a new facility in Ascheim, outside Munich, Germany. The company unveiled the opening of the International Business Exchange (IBX) called MU4. Equinix invested $90 million in the development of MU4’s first phase. The facility offers over 24,200 square feet (...

February 07, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Equinix Munich MU4

Kao Data opens 16MW data center in Slough, UK

Kao Data has announced that it has opened a new data center in Slough, UK. The UK data center operator revealed that it opened the 16MW facility to the west of London. The data center will match the operational blueprint and design of Kao’s Harlow campus. In addition, it will also provide a PU...

February 07, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Kao Data Slough

Neom Reveals More Details For Planned Hyperscale Data Centers In New City

Earlier in the week, Neom announced more details surrounding the development of data centers it planned in the new city of Neom, Saudi Arabia. The firm said it would be developing the data centers in partnership with Ezdihar Advanced Company for Information Technology (EzdiTek). In addition...

February 04, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Saudi Arabia

Singapore and Silicon Valley tie second place in data center rankings

According to Cushman & Wakefield's 2022 Global Data Center Market Comparison report, Singapore now ties with the US's Silicon Valley in its league table of the top data center markets. This means that Singapore is now the top market for data centers in Asia-Pacific, beating Hong Kong (6th ...

February 03, 2022

Singapore

ColoHouse Opens 3rd Data Hall in Miami

ColoHouse has announced that it has opened a third data hall at its Miami, Florida data center. The new hall will provide more than 500kW of power at the facility. It will also add 550 square meters (6,000 square feet) of space to the location. The new hall is called MIA3, while the two pre...

February 03, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

ColoHouse Miami

Amazon Acquires Three Office Properties in Loudoun County

According to Biz Journal, Amazon Data Services Inc. has acquired three office properties in Sterling, Virginia. The buildings acquired are located at 46020. 46010, and 46000 Manekin Plaza. The Loudoun County deed records show that Amazon paid over $21 million for the properties. According t...

February 03, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Northern Virginia

Continent 8 Technologies Launches a Data Center in Puerto Rico

Continent 8 Technologies has announced the opening of a data center in Puerto Rico. The firm offers hosting and data center solutions to online gambling and betting companies. Continent 8 did not reveal the details of the data center. The company’s general manager for Latin America, Gabriel Sz...

February 02, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Puerto Rico

Unoccupied Data Center in Hauppauge, NY, sells for $21m

An unoccupied data center in Hauppauge, New York, has been acquired for $21 million. According to Newsday, Link Logistics, a subsidiary of Blackstone, bought the property. Link Logistics plans to tear down the building and redevelop it as a Class A distribution center. The data center sits on ...

February 02, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

New York

India To Classify Data Centers as 'Infrastructure,' - More Development Expected

It is great news for data center companies, and investors in India as the country's government says it will classify data centers as infrastructure assets starting April 1, 2022. The development will help ensure that data center companies get better access to funds through loans or investments...

February 02, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

India / Bhārata

Prince William data center proposal moves ahead

The much-debated data center proposal located near Haymarket, Virginia, has made progress despite the Prince William County Planning Commission being unable to agree on a recommendation for the facility. The motion to recommend approval ended in a tie of 4:4, sending the proposal to the Board ...

February 02, 2022

Northern Virginia

What the FCC's decision on China Unicom Americas means for data centers

The Federal Communications Commission has revoked China Unicom Americas’ operating license, citing national security risks, it has been announced. The vote was won 4-0, which means that within 60 days of the order’s publication, the company must cease all domestic interstate and international ...

February 01, 2022

United States

IDA CEO makes announcement on Dublin data centers

IDA Ireland Irish Development Agency (IDA) has announced that looking ahead, it is “unlikely” that any new data centres will be built in Dublin or along the east coast. However, Martin Shanahan, the head of the state’s development agency, has said it will build data centers if they are require...

January 31, 2022

Dublin

Equinix Is Closing Its MA2 Facility in Manchester

Equinix has announced that it will be closing its MA2 facility in Manchester, UK. The data center says it will no longer operate the facility when the lease on the property expires in June 2023. According to Equinix, the data center does not meet its evaluation criteria anymore. Besides, th...

January 31, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Equinix Manchester MA2

Huge data center on the way for Williston, North Dakota

A huge data center is on its way to Williston, North Dakota. Atlas Power Data Center is the $1.9 billion project which will be built by Montana-based FX Solutions and owned and operated by Atlas Power. The first phase of the project is expected to be completed by 2024. Governor D...

January 28, 2022

North Dakota

Data4 Breaks Ground On Its €250m ($278m) Data Center Campus In Poland

Data4 has announced that it has broken ground on its first data center campus in Poland. The French data center company announced earlier in July last year that it would invest up to €200 million ($237m) in developing the data center campus in Warsaw, Poland. The company has now confirmed that...

January 28, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Data4: Warsaw 1

Meta/Facebook is Expanding Its Gallatin Data Center Campus

Facebook, now known as Meta, has plans to expand its Gallatin facility in Tennessee. Biz Journal was the first to report that the social media giant wants to construct another data center building at the Gallatin campus. The city council has also approved the plans for the development this ...

January 28, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Facebook Gallatin TN

CloudHQ's Cloud Capital Buys COPT's Manassas Data Center For $222m

Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT) has announced that it sold a data center in Manassas, Virginia, for $222.5 million. The buying firm is CloudHQ’s investment arm. COPT revealed that it sold the DC-6 facility to Cloud Capital, CloudHQ’s affiliate company. The data center is a two-stor...

January 27, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

CloudHQ Manassas Hornbaker

€5 billion ($5.67bn), 360MW data center campus coming to Madrid, Spain

Great news for Spain as plans for a 360MW data center campus in Madrid, Spain, is underway. The data center will be developed on a 700-hectare site, and investment is expected to reach up to €5 billion ($5.67bn). The Digital Valley project is to be a ‘reference model’ for sustainability in dat...

January 26, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Madrid

ServerChoice Adds New data hall to Its Stevenage, UK Facility

UK data center company ServerChoice has announced the expansion of its facility in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The company added a new data hall which hosts 47 racks. In addition, the new hall uses hot aisle containment that ensures greater efficiency. In addition, the racks are backed up by a d...

January 26, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Etix Everywhere Acquires a 67% Stake In Thailand’s Genesis Data Centers

EtixEverywhere has announced that it has bought the majority interest in Genesis data center. The company revealed that it acquired a 67 percent stake in the Thai data center. The cost of the investment is pegged around AU$15.2 million (US$10.8m). Genesis operates a data center in Bang Chalong...

January 26, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Bangkok / Krung Thep

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