Data Center News

UK government launches National Quantum Computing Centre in Harwell

United Kingdom

The UK government has announced the opening of the National Quantum Computing Centre (NQCC) in Harwell, UK. The 4,000 sqm (43,056 sq ft) facility will house 12 quantum computers and will provide industry, academia, and other sectors with open access to quantum computing platforms. It forms par...

KKR signs partnership contract with ECP

KKR has signed a $50 billion strategic partnership with American investment firm Energy Capital Partners (ECP), which will focus on accelerating data centre, power generation, and transmission infrastructure development to support the expansion of artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computi...

Indiana advocacy group calls for state data center moratorium

Indiana

Indiana consumer and environmental advocacy organization Citizens Action Coalition (CAC) has called for a pause on new hyperscale data center development in the state. The group this week called on the Indiana General Assembly to enact a moratorium on new hyperscale data centers used to power ...

ParTec partners with HDRZ research lab for petaflops AI supercomputer

Germany / Deutschland

German modular supercomputing company ParTec has partnered with the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HDRZ) research lab to jointly develop and operate an AI supercomputer. No information has been provided about the system’s hardware but in a statement, the two companies said it will be on...

Equinix to invest in two data centers in Bangkok, Thailand

Equinix

Equinix this week announced an intention to invest approximately $500 million in Thailand in phases over the next ten years, including the recent acquisition of land in Bangkok for approximately $34m. The newly acquired land in the Bangna area of Bangkok will be used to establish two Equinix I...

Indian companies order thousands of Nvidia chips

Several companies in India have made significant orders for Nvidia chips. Among those firms are Reliance Industries, Tech Mahindra, Tata Communications, and Yotta Data Services. As reported by TechCrunch, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has revealed a slew of partnerships with Indian firms to deploy i...

Citigroup signs multi-year contract with Google Cloud

Google

American investment banking and financial services firm Citi has signed a multi-year contract with Google Cloud to use its cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) offerings. The agreement will see Citi migrate several workloads and applications to Google Cloud, and use Google Cloud's ...

CoreWeave to convert New Jersey lab building into data center

New Jersey

CoreWeave is expanding its data center footprint in New Jersey. According to local press, the company has signed a long-term lease with an Onyx Equities and Machine Investment Group partnership for the entirety of building 11 at The Northeast Science & Technology Center (NEST) in Kenilwort...

FCC rules in favor of AT&T's FirstNet over 4.9 GHz spectrum usage

AT&T

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to transfer control of a chunk of the 4.9 GHz spectrum band to FirstNet, which operates a network for first responders that AT&T uses. The FCC voted 4-0 in favor of handing the spectrum to FirstNet. Commissioner Anna Gomez did not parti...

OVHcloud names Benjamin Revcolevschi as CEO

OVH Group

European cloud and data center firm OVHcloud has appointed Benjamin Revcolevschi as CEO, breaking the news during its FY 2024 results this week, saying Michel Paulin resigned from his positions as director and CEO during a 23 October meeting. Revcolevschi joined OVH in May 2024 as deputy chief...

Vertiv posts third-quarter revenues of $2.07 billion, beats analyst expectations.

Digital infrastructure power and cooling company Vertiv posted third-quarter revenues of $2.07 billion, above analyst expectations which was 19 percent higher than the same time last year, while operating profit was $372 million, up 48 percent. However, the company said that it expected to ear...

Northern Data to divest Peak Mining crypto mining business

Northern Data Group confirmed on October 21 that it is considering dropping the crypto side of its business to focus more on its artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) solutions. The company notes that its Q3 2024 financial results saw strong sequential growth in its...

Vodafone amongst others complete 5G mmWave trials in UK

United Kingdom

Vodafone, Qualcomm, and Ericsson have completed 5G Millimeter wave (mmWave) trials in the UK. In an announcement, carrier Vodafone said the two trials had been a success. Two trials were carried out, including one in Newbury, which used full spectrum bandwidth (800 MHz of mmWave spectrum)."Whi...

Global Switch to sell Australia data center business

Australia

Global Switch has agreed to sell its Australian assets to investment manager HMC Capital for AU$2.12 billion (US$1.41bn). This deal for Global Switch Australia Holdings (GSAH) will provide Global Switch with capital to grow other parts of its business, the company said on Thursday morning. The...

T-Mobile to connect autonomous shuttle service in Jacksonville, Florida

Florida

T-Mobile revealed earlier this week that it had paired with Miller Electric Company to connect a fully autonomous shuttle that transports visitors three miles along Jacksonville's waterfront.“5G connectivity provides the highest bandwidth and lowest latency communication between the AVs and th...

PJM proposes to hasten grid connection for shovel-ready projects

Virginia

Grid operator PJM has presented a proposal to permit “shovel-ready” energy projects an expedited route to interconnection to meet grid reliability needs. PJM, with a service area including Virginia and Ohio, has indicated it will provide stakeholders with a formal proposal early next month to ...

VP and head of platform Amit Zavery to leave Google

Google

The vice president, general manager, and head of platform at Google Cloud is set to depart after spending the last five and a half years at Google, joining from Oracle Cloud along with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian. "The decision to leave Google is one of the toughest I’ve ever made," Zavery ...

BT begins operations at self-powered mobile site in UK

BT Global Services

British multinational telecommunications company BT has commenced operations at its first self-powered mobile site in Shropshire, UK which provides 4G and 5G connectivity to EE customers living, working, and traveling in the area.The site was selected following an environmental assessment that...

Deep Atomic unveils data center specific SMR

Small modular reactor (SMR) startup Deep Atomic has announced plans to introduce a new SMR specifically for the data center market dubbed MK60. It is a light water SMR with a generation capacity of 60MW of electricity and 60MW of cooling capacity through an integrated data center centric desig...

Macquarie Data Centres secures debt refinancing

Macquarie Data Centres

The owner of Australia’s Macquarie Data Centres has secured additional financing to fund further development as Macquarie Technology Group Limited announced the successful signing of a debt refinancing to support its data center expansion. Following the recently signed  facility agreement, the...