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Acronis has announced that it is launching its first cloud data center in India. The facility in Mumbai is being launched with partners Compuage India, Ingram Micro and Crayon Software Experts India. This new data center is one of 111 new facilities that the company is launching globally. It w...

Through the partnership, the telecommunications conglomerate will integrate its connectivity into data centers in Tukwila and Quincy, which will give businesses a private connection to regional Sabey data centers. According to Comcast, the move will help businesses in the local area provide be...

3D Pioneer Systems-DPSM just acquired Host Group of Companies Pty Lt for $2.6 million. Host Group operates a data center on Brandl Street, Eight Mile Plains, Brisbane. Besides, the facility has a capacity of 125 cabinets, and it can be upgraded to 200 cabinets. Also, the data center offers clo...

MainOne, a Nigerian telco firm, just opened its new data center in Appolonia City, outside Accra, Ghana. The Company first announced the construction of the data center in 2019. It is a 100-rack facility, and MDXi, MainOne’s subsidiary, would manage it. Interestingly, the facility is also Tier...

Rostelecom is merging its two data center business units, Rostelecom-DPC and DataLine, into one. It will be forming a new Company called DPC technology Center. The Company said the merger would see the new Company combine its experience in managing data centers.In a statement issued by the Co...

vXchnge recently took home gold at the 16th Annual 2021 IT World Awards. The colocation company was recognized for its data center infrastructure management and received a Gold Globe. On top of this, it was also awarded two Bronze awards for Business Intelligence and Analytics and IT Service ...

The Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, a movement launched in January 2021 to tackle data centers' environmental impact, has made big moves this week. Cloud and datacenter giants in the movement have taken 19 proposals to the European Union (EU), which outline their "ambitious targets" to make ...

Oracle has pledged to power its global operations, including its cloud and facilities with 100% green energy by 2025. Initially, the Company promised to run its cloud facilities alone with 100% green energy by 2025. However, it is planning to include all its global operations now. Oracle claim...

Amazon has overtaken Google as the largest corporate buyer of green energy in the United States. It also holds the title of being the largest renewable energy buyer in Europe. This comes after the Company announced its fourteen new green energy projects in the Us, Spain, Finland, and Canada.Wi...

The Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, a movement launched in January 2021 to tackle data centers' environmental impact, has made big moves this week. Cloud and datacenter giants in the movement have taken 19 proposals to the European Union (EU), which outline their "ambitious targets" to make ...

Nvidia has announced that it is funneling over $100 million into its Cambridge-1 supercomputer, based at the Kao Data Campus in Harlow. This is $45 million more than its original pledge. This announcement came as the GPU company revealed their acquisition of Arm for $40 billion, which the comp...

In Norway, the data center industry has made a significant move to create Norsk Datasenterindustri, its new industry body, to enable it to fulfil its potential. The association will examine sustainability and digital sovereignty while also offering education opportunities and international mar...

Cologix is branching out in Canada. It has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Zayo's 65,000 sq ft (6,000 sqm) interconnection facility in Vancouver. Cologix will add 4.2MW of capacity to the site.In addition to this, the company has also announced plans to ad...

NTT has said that it would be expanding its German data centers by more than 40 percent. It would be doing this by adding over 323,000 square feet of IT space across existing locations in Germany. The Company currently has existing campuses in Frankfurt, Bonn, and Berlin.NTT has broken ground ...

Hong Kong-based data center firm, Big Data Exchange (BDx), announced the launch of the first phase of its NKG Data Center Campus in Nanjing, China. The construction of the facility started early last year. The data center campus will have a 35MW capacity once completed. BDx announced that the ...

Discussions have begun around the transformation of the disused NRG Power Plant in Dunkirk, New York, into a new data center. The 76-acre site was operational from the 1950s to 2015 has been pinned as a potential location in a report by the City of Dunkirk and Chautauqua County. Dunkirk is nea...

Sabey has secured a $250 million refinancing deal for its office and data center at 375 Pearl Street, New York City. According to Commercial Observer, J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo will be providing a $220 million, 10-year, fixed-rate CMBS loan and a further $30 million mezzanine debt. Sabey ...

Panattoni, an industrial construction giant, will build a data center facility with Pure DC in Borehamwood, North London, UK. The decision was made after the Hertsmere Borough Council approved its application last week. The data center will be a 449,500 square feet (41,763 sqm) facility. ...