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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...

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 (...

SpaceDC has announced that it is launching a new 72MW data center campus in Cainta, part of Greater Manila, Philippines. Named MNL1, the campus will span 43,000 sqm with 12 four-story buildings and four data halls. In total, there will be 48 data halls, delivering up to 1,500kW of power each. ...

DICE has announced that it is significantly expanding its data center footprint with the addition of six new facilities outside of the US and Canada, which will serve the markets in Latin America, Europe, Asia, and expanded footprints in North America. In addition to this, reports indicate tha...

Bharti Airtel is expanding its renewable energy offerings with the commissioning of a 21 MW solar power plant in Bhuldana, Maharashtra. According to the company, this solar power energy will be used by Nxtra's data centers, and projections are that the solar-powered unit will reduce 25,517 ton...

AtNorth has revealed that it is mulling over locations for a potential 50MW data center campus. It also hopes to decide before the end of Q1 2022. The CEO of AtNorth, Eyjólfur Magnús Kristinsson, discussed the company’s plans in an interview with He said Stockholm is the company’s first invest...

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) has revealed its plans to separate its data center business into a new subsidiary. The company says it will be transferring its international points of presence assets, international submarine cables, and data centers to the new wholly-owned subsidiary. The new comp...

Meta, formerly known as Facebook, has released its Q4 2021 financial reports. The report shows that the social media giant has spent $5.5 billion on capital expenditure in Q4 2021. The investment was in servers, office facilities, data centers, and network infrastructure. The company has inves...

According to Biz Journal, Strategic Datasphere has completed the acquisition of a data center in Alpharetta, Georgia, for $80 million. The 165,000 square feet (15,300 square meters) facility is leased to E*Trade. This is Datasphere’s first acquisition since it was recently formed. The CEO o...

AtlasEdge Data Centers has announced the acquisition of a data center in Leeds, UK. It bought Cornelius House from Leeds Data Centre LLP. The facility is the largest purpose-built data center in the whole of Yorkshire city. The 11,000 square feet (1,020 square meters) facility has been in o...

DataBank has announced the acquisition of a data center it was leasing in Denver, Colorado. The company plans to develop a new data center campus at the DEN2 facility. The data center is located at 6900 South Peoria Street, Colorado. DataBank did not reveal the details of the transaction. A...

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 ...

Amazon’s data center unit, Amazon Data Services Inc, may be looking to expand its data center footprint in Loudoun County following the purchase of three buildings in Sterling, Virginia. The office buildings are located at 46000, 46010 and 46020 Manekin Plaza, and the deal closed for a total o...

Equinix recently opened its Co-Innovation Facility (CIF) based near Washington, DC, which will be home to a number of trials focusing on the development of sustainable data center tech. At the facility, the company will partner with Bloom Energy, ZutaCore, Virtual Power Systems (VPS), and Natr...

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...

Huawei has announced big plans in Saudi Arabia, with the launch of a newcloud region and the signing of a deal to build data centers with telco STC. While further details around the giant’s cloud region, its location and specifications are yet to be released, the announcement was made by rotat...

DataBank has announced the creation of its Centennial Campus by purchasing following the purchase of the data center it leased in the Centennial municipality in Colorado. This purchase will enable the company to expand onto the adjacent plot, which will be home to its DEN5 data center. Sp...