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Ascenty is the latest signatory of the UN Global Compact (Organization of United Nations) in Brazil, it has been announced. The Global Compact is a voluntary initiative that launched back in 2000 which encourages companies to adopt and promote ten universally accepted principles on human righ...

PowerHouse anticipates that the 265,000-square-foot building will be occupied by tenants in July, with complete construction scheduled for completion in October. Nonetheless, there is a pervasive power issue. Buddy Rizer, head of Loudoun County Economic Development, stated that each project ha...

A relatively modest fire broke out at an AdaniConneX data center that was still under construction in Noida, India. The fire was quickly put out after the incident, which occurred on Tuesday at 11:20 p.m. local time and was caused by welding work being performed at the site. Nobody was hurt in...

Since its founding in 2021, Exa Infrastructure has spent $42.5 million in digital infrastructure for the Iberian Peninsula, Spain. Sixty-two miles of Barcelona's metro network have been upgraded, linking various data centers, including those owned by Interxion, Equinix, Edge Energy, and EdgeCo...

The Mega Gateway, SUNeVision's seventh data center, has opened in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong. The hyperscale data center is a component of SUNeVision's Mega Campus and is carrier- and cloud-neutral. The newest building on the campus, located at 1 Ma Kok Street in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, has a 20MW cap...

Microsoft is the latest company to invest in the potential of carbon capture, with the recent announcement that it will buy "carbon removal credits" from CarbonCapture. The company is the owner of Project Bison, which is a direct air capture (DAC) plant in Wyoming, set to open next year. The ...

QScale has announced that it has partnered with Énergir Development for waste heat recovery at the Q01 Campus currently under construction in Lévis, Quebec, Canada. It aims to become one of the largest waste heat recovery providers of its kind in the region. QScale will reportedly supply free...

GDS has announced that it has signed a supplemental agreement with Malaysia-based utility firm Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) to power its data center campus in Malaysia. Through the Electricity Supply Agreement (ESA), the company's Nusajaya Tech Park Phase 1 Data Centers will start operations ...

Keepit has announced it has achieved 100% renewable energy across its data centers located in the Americas and EMEA; it currently operates ten data centers across the U.S., Canada, Germany, the UK, and Denmark. The energy sources that will be utilized come under local renewable energy guarante...

EdgeConneX has announced that it has successfully executed $3.3 billion in “innovative” sustainability-linked financing, which it said will enable the development of critical digital infrastructure to support customers' global data center requirements. For this, JGlobal awarded the company wi...

A massive fire at a Maxnod-run data center forced the closure of the French facility and seriously damaged the infrastructure. No casualties have been reported; however, it is believed that one firefighter suffered just minor injuries. According to the local government Ain, the Saint-Trivie...

Actis and Nabiax, a European data center provider owned by Asterion Industrial Partners and Telefónica, have agreed for Actis to purchase 11 data centers spread across six countries in South America and the US. Actis will take complete ownership of the data centers upon settlement. Actis will ...

The electrical and mechanical equipment of a defunct Yahoo! data center at the Confluence Technology Center (CTC) in Washington state has been removed. The power stations, coolers, and switchgear were taken out of the Wenatchee, Chelan County facility by the commissioners of the Chelan Douglas...

Du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), has announced the opening of ​​two new data centers, Kizad Abu Dhabi and DSO Dubai. These facilities have been built to expand its nationwide data center footprint and create better infrastructure for local businesses.According to...

Kio, a Latin American provider of data centers, has purchased a facility in Colombia. This week, the business controlled by I Squared Capital said that it had purchased a property in the nation's capital, Bogota. The details of the agreement and the name of the company that owned it weren't di...

The introduction of Tesla in Mexico and the pursuit of automation will exert pressure not just on the automobile sector but also on Data Centers and telecom networks. The electrification of automobiles will need the construction of a higher number of chargers. With the use of data centers, inf...

Following an agreement with King Hussein Business Park, Dubai property firm Damac (previously Edgnex) has announced its plans to build a new data center in Amman, Jordan. Specific details regarding the project have not yet been shared, although they are expected to follow shortly. ...

Omantel has signed a partnership deal with Wingu Group's Djibouti Data Centre with the aim of expanding into the African market. Further, through the deal, Djibouti will: Pursue new wholesale partnerships with operators and hyperscalers, Enhance the utilization of connectivity between Oman and...

The Green Grid (TGG) recently announced the launch of its updated tool, which it says will boost data center power consumption by 50%. Total Cost of Ownership Calculation Tool – dubbed tggTCO, reportedly enables the analysis of different liquid cooling methods' impact on a data center's financ...

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...