Read Singtel and Nscale announce partnership to accelerate GPU capacity
Singtel and Nscale announce partnership to accelerate GPU capacity
September 05, 2024

Singtel and Nscale announce partnership to accelerate GPU capacity

Europe

 Singaporean telco Singtel has formed a strategic partnership with AI cloud provider Nscale to accelerate GPU capacity across Europe and Southeast Asia. This partnership dubbed GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS), will see Nscale receive access to Singtel’s Nvidia H100 GPU capacity in Southeast Asia thr...

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Read Stellium to deploy Submer immersion cooling at Newcastle data center
Stellium to deploy Submer immersion cooling at Newcastle data center
September 04, 2024

Stellium to deploy Submer immersion cooling at Newcastle data center

United Kingdom

 UK colo firm Stellium Datacenters this week announced a collaboration with immersion cooling firm Submer and petrochemical/immersion cooling fluid supplier ExxonMobil as it plans to develop Submer’s immersion cooling technology at its data center campus in Newcastle. Under the agreement, Subm...

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Read RBA selects NTT for new IT infrastructure
RBA selects NTT for new IT infrastructure
September 04, 2024

RBA selects NTT for new IT infrastructure

Australia

 The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has selected NTT Australia for the 'design and implementation' of its new IT infrastructure. This contract worth AU$12.7 million is part of RBA's CoreMod program, an effort that was revealed at the end of 2023.  While this "design and implementation phase" ...

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Read Thai telco True to take legal actions against mobile tower thieves
Thai telco True to take legal actions against mobile tower thieves
September 03, 2024

Thai telco True to take legal actions against mobile tower thieves

Thailand / Prathet Thai

 Thai telco True Corporation has confirmed it's taking legal action against thieves stealing mobile tower equipment from its sites. The company has appointed a legal firm to collaborate with the police on all cases, including thefts of lithium batteries, cables, and base station equipment acro...

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Read IndiGo airline completes cloud migration process
IndiGo airline completes cloud migration process
September 03, 2024

IndiGo airline completes cloud migration process

India / Bhārata

Indian airline IndiGo has completed its cloud migration program, shifting all of its workloads to the cloud in less than 18 months. It is using advanced cloud technologies including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analytics to support its services.  Neetan Chopra, IndiGo's ...

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Read Gold Fields migrates to AWS
Gold Fields migrates to AWS
September 03, 2024

Gold Fields migrates to AWS

Amazon AWS

Mining company Gold Fields revealed at the recent AWS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa that it has migrated its SAP and treasury systems to Amazon Web Services. Gold Fields has been able to adopt advanced analytics, machine learning (ML), and generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabil...

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Read Zettabyte proposes new AI data center in Taiwan
Zettabyte proposes new AI data center in Taiwan
September 01, 2024

Zettabyte proposes new AI data center in Taiwan

Taiwan

Zettabyte, which describes itself as “Asia's leading AI data center software and systems technology provider" has announced a strategic partnership with Wistron Corporation, a technology service provider, to build Taiwan's first hyperscale AI data center.  Kenneth Chung-Hou Tai, chairman of Ze...

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Read Data center firms announce $5bn data center JV for CoreWeave
Data center firms announce $5bn data center JV for CoreWeave
September 01, 2024

Data center firms announce $5bn data center JV for CoreWeave

Chirisa Investments

Data center firms Chirisa and PowerHouse are partnering with asset manager Blue Owl for a multi-billion-dollar joint venture to build data centers for AI cloud firm CoreWeave.  The agreement is intended as the first stage of a partnership with capacity to deploy up to $5 billion of capital for...

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Read CoreSite seeks tax rebate for Denver data center
CoreSite seeks tax rebate for Denver data center
September 01, 2024

CoreSite seeks tax rebate for Denver data center

Denver

American Towner-owned company CoreSite is planning to “rehabilitate and activate” an abandoned industrial site in Denver as part of a proposed tax agreement. The data center campus will span 600,000 square feet and create up to 75 new trades and technology-oriented jobs, according to a present...

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Read ESR completes construction work of its data center in Osaka, Japan
ESR completes construction work of its data center in Osaka, Japan
August 31, 2024

ESR completes construction work of its data center in Osaka, Japan

Japan

ESR, an APAC real estate firm this week announced that it has successfully completed the core and shell of its Cosmosquare OS1 data center project in Nanko Kita. The facility will be ready for service in May 2025 and once fitted out, it will provide 25MW of capacity.  At full build-out, the $2...

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Read DOE's advisory board proposes ways to combat AI data center power challenges
DOE's advisory board proposes ways to combat  AI data center power challenges
August 31, 2024

DOE's advisory board proposes ways to combat AI data center power challenges

United States

 The US Department of Energy's advisory board has proposed ways to combat the growing challenge of AI data center power use and its impact on the grid. The  board suggested building an AI data center for national labs, academia, and industry "to collaborate in development and assessment of alg...

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Read Grupo ClickIP launches data center in Manaus
Grupo ClickIP launches data center in Manaus
August 31, 2024

Grupo ClickIP launches data center in Manaus

Brazil / Brasil

Brazil’s Grupo ClickIP this week launched a new facility in Manaus is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas and launched a new data center unit.  The company said it invested more than R$20 million ($3.59m) in the project, reportedly the first of its kind in the area....

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Read Tract announces new gigawatt-scale data center park in Phoenix, Arizona
Tract announces new gigawatt-scale data center park in Phoenix, Arizona
August 31, 2024

Tract announces new gigawatt-scale data center park in Phoenix, Arizona

Arizona

Tract, a developer of master-planned data center parks, this week announced its acquisition of a 2,069-acre land parcel in the Buckeye area of Maricopa County. This park could potentially see up to 20 million square feet of data center space developed across as many as 40 individual data cente...

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Read STT GDC to pilot AI data center cooling control system
STT GDC to pilot AI data center cooling control system
August 31, 2024

STT GDC to pilot AI data center cooling control system

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has annunced plans to pilot an artificial intelligence-based autonomous control system for cooling.   Daniel Pointon, group CTO at STT GDC, said: “Combining our expertise in delivering AI-ready data centers across major economic hubs with Phaidra’s in...

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Read T5 Data Centers acquires land outside Atlanta for a new data center campus
T5 Data Centers acquires land outside Atlanta for a new data center campus
August 31, 2024

T5 Data Centers acquires land outside Atlanta for a new data center campus

T5 Data Centers

T5 Data Centers this week announced plans to expand its Atlanta footprint with the development of a new data center campus in South Fulton County known as ATL IV. The company has already acquired land outside Atlanta, Georgia, a 91-acre site in Palmetto already zoned for data center use and re...

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Read NTT acquires land in Johor for new data center
NTT acquires land in Johor for new data center
August 31, 2024

NTT acquires land in Johor for new data center

NTT Data

NTT this week revealed that it has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Tropicana Firstwide Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tropicana Corporation Berhad for the purchase of freehold land in Gelang Patah, Johor Bahru.  The 68.457-acre plot was acquired for a cash consideration ...

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Read euNetworks closes €2.1 billion equity recapitalization
euNetworks closes €2.1 billion equity recapitalization
August 31, 2024

euNetworks closes €2.1 billion equity recapitalization

Canada

Fiber firm euNetworks has closed on a €2.1 billion equity recapitalization led by a Stonepeak-managed vehicle anchored by Mercer and Aware Super. This funding received direct investments from the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO) and APG Asset Management. In a statement, euNe...

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Read CoreWeave to deploy new Nvidia clusters in Sweden
CoreWeave to deploy new Nvidia clusters in Sweden
August 30, 2024

CoreWeave to deploy new Nvidia clusters in Sweden

Sweden

GPU cloud firm CoreWeave and Swedish colocation provider EcoDataCenter this week announced a partnership to host “one of Europe’s first large-scale Nvidia Blackwell clusters” in Sweden.  CoreWeave aims to deploy thousands of Blackwell GPUs to help meet demand for large-scale AI infrastructure ...

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Read Scala DC acquires stake in two wind farms in Brazil
Scala DC acquires stake in two wind farms in Brazil
August 30, 2024

Scala DC acquires stake in two wind farms in Brazil

Scala Data Centers

 Scala Data Centers has announced the largest agreement for the supply of renewable energy in Latin America with Serena which is set to come into effect in January 2025. "The agreement with Scala Data Centers reinforces how Serena is prepared to offer energy and infrastructure for high-perform...

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Read Major power outage across Venezuela brings country offline
Major power outage across Venezuela brings country offline
August 30, 2024

Major power outage across Venezuela brings country offline

Venezuela

 A huge power outage in Venezuela has brought a significant portion of the country offline and Minister of Communications and Information, Freddy Ñañez, claimed that the outage was due to intentional sabotage. A similar, smaller outage was blamed on saboteurs three days ago.  "Live network dat...

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