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In a bid to catch up with competitors Microsoft Azure and Google, AWS has announced the launch of a new free carbon tracker tool for customers. This tool, ​​the 'Customer Carbon Footprint Tool' comes as part of its commitment to The Climate Pledge and will enable its cloud customers to track, ...

The IPCC'S most recent report on climate change has once again warned that our ecosystem is at a crisis point, and without significant and real action, the situation will only worsen. Coinciding with the release of the IPCC report, QTS and Sabey announced they have joined the DOE's Better Clim...

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...

CoreSite has announced that it has gotten approval from Santa Clara’s Planning Commission for the development of a 200,000 square foot (18,500 square meters) 34MW data center in Silicon Valley. The facility is located at 2905 Stender Way. Coresite only got the approval after going through d...

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...

Zayo Group has announced that it entered into a binding agreement to acquire Education Networks of America (ENA). ENA provides security services and managed connectivity to E-Rate-funded school districts. Zayo and ENA are now in the pole position to provide library, education, public sector, a...

PLDT is making great strides in its decision to dispose of its tower portfolio. The company's CEO, Alfredo Panlilio, has revealed that PLDT has received great offers from companies, with six firms now in a bid to trump the other. Panlilio did not reveal the potential buyers. He, however, noted...

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...

DataBank has announced that it has completed and closed the acquisition of four data centers from CyrusOne. The data centers are all located in Houston, Texas. The deal was also worth $670 million. DataBank sees over 300,000 square feet of raised-floor data center capacity through the acquisit...

According to CoStar, Amazon has leased a new purpose-built data center under construction in California's East Bay area. The data center is at the upcoming Hayward Exchange @92 industrial complex in Hayward. Hines owns the property, and it started work on the site's redevelopment in May 2021. ...

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...

In Northern Virginia, tensions are running high as locals continue to express their opposition to QTS’s proposals for a new data center campus in Prince William County. Although previously locals cited a number of reasons for opposition, including environmental concerns and a desire to preserv...

TierPoint has announced that Argo Infrastructure Partners has invested $500 million into its business. The move sees Argo Infrastructure Partners become the largest single equity investor in the firm. TierPoint will use the net proceeds from the transaction to expand the company and provide...

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...

Tencent has announced its plans to become carbon neutral by 2030. It is the latest to join the global movement pushing towards a more sustainable future. By the end of the decade, it has pledged carbon neutrality across its operations and throughout its supply chain, powering its operations e...