Data Center News

Raxio announces $170 million sustainability-linked debt facility

Raxio Group

Raxio has announced that it has secured up to $170 million in sustainability-linked debt, as part of a multiple-tranche sustainability-linked debt facility. Through Proparco and the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, the fina...

Final approval: Microsoft's $1 billion data center receives green light in Racine County

Microsoft Azure

In Racine County, Microsoft's $1 billion data center campus in Wisconsin has been given the go-ahead by The Racine County Board of Supervisors after initially receiving Village Board approval. As per the deal, the tech giant will begin the first phase of construction by July 2026, with the sec...

Google signs 10-year wind deal with Eneco

Google

Google has announced that it has signed a new 10-year PPA with Eneco, a Dutch utility company, for 0.5TW/h of power, with a capacity of 153MW across the lifespan of the deal. The two wind farms the energy will be sourced from are the Fryslân offshore wind farm and the Kroningswind onshore win...

Zeittec-built intelligence data center launches in Brazil

Brazil / Brasil

In Brazil, Agência Brasileira de Inteligência, ABIN, Brazil’s intelligence agency has announced the launch of a new Zeittec-built modular data center. Designed to Tier III standards, the facility reportedly has extremely high security in order to perform its function to protect confidential da...

NetActuate adds new Kansas City, Missouri data center location

NetActuate

NetActuate has announced that it is expanding its footprint in the Midwest, with the addition of a new data center in Kansas City, Missouri, which is considered to be one of the fastest-growing tech hubs in the US. NetActuate has outlined that the new data center features redundant power and ...

Key Point and Rostelecom Partner to Build New Data Center on Sakhalin Island

Russia / Россия

Key Point and Rostelecom are teaming up to build a new data center on Sakhalin Island, off the east coast of Russia, north of Japan. In September 2022, Key Point signed an agreement with Sakhalin Oblast Governor Valery Igorevich to construct a data center in the Sakhalin Region, without provid...

Glenside Data Centre in Adelaide, Australia, Catches Fire

Adelaide

A fire has started at the Glenside Data Centre in Adelaide, Australia. Among other government services, the event led to the failure of South Australia's state hospitals' electronic medical records system. The primary data center for the state government is located in Glenside. The electrical ...

Ericsson Partners with Canadian Government to Invest $351M in 5G and 6G Research and Development

Canada

A five-year agreement between the Canadian government and the Swedish vendor Ericsson will see more than $351 million invested in two research and development facilities in Ottawa, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec. To enhance mobile networks, the investment will concentrate on 5G Advanced, 6G, Cl...

Empyrion DC Secures Funding for Gangnam Data Centre Construction in Seoul

Empyrion Digital

A syndicated loan has been obtained by Empyrion DC, a portfolio business of Seraya Partners, from KEB Hana Bank, Hana Capital Co Ltd, and the National Credit Union Federation of Korea to fund the development of the Gangnam Data Centre (GDC) in Seoul, South Korea. The funding from the loan w...

Skybox Datacenters Plans to Build a 100 Acre Data Center Campus in Lancaster, Texas

Skybox Datacenters

Skybox's data center in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, a co-development with Prologis, is located on the site of a former industrial complex. Bandera Ventures and Skybox Datacenters, both based in Dallas, intend to construct a multi-building data center complex in Lancaster, Texas. The proposed ...

Panama to Boost Connectivity with Two New Submarine Cables and Digital Gateway Project

Americas

Panama, the most connected nation in Central America with six submarine cables, is set to become even more connected. Two new systems, the Carnival Submarine-Network (CSN-1) and Caribbean Expresses, are being constructed and scheduled to be operational by 2025 and 2026, respectively. These new...

Intel Shifts Focus to High-Margin Businesses, Exits Prebuilt Server System Market with MiTAC Sale

Intel

Intel has announced that it will be exiting the prebuilt server system business due to its low-margin profitability. The Data Center Solutions Group (DSG) will be sold to MiTAC, an edge-to-cloud IT solutions provider and a long-standing ODM partner of DSG. MiTAC will have the right to manufact...

Malaysia's Supportive Pro-Business Policies Attract Global Data Center Players

Malaysia

Malaysia is emerging as an important hub for data centers in Asia, with pro-business policies aimed at attracting and retaining investors, according to RHB Investment Bank Bhd. The research house cited the government's commitment to accelerate digital adoption and a new investment policy unvei...

Floating data center park in Singapore to go ahead after gaining regulatory approval

Singapore

Keppel Data Centres has announced that its floating data center park in Singapore has received approval and will proceed. Located at the Loyang Offshore Supply Base operated by Toll Group, the facility was originally proposed back in 2019, which came after a significant investment in Californi...

New study highlights significant AI water consumption

Colorado (CO)

Data centers are already known for guzzling enormous amounts of water, so as AI enters its "gold rush" era, how will it affect water consumption? Well, a new study by researchers from the Universities of Colorado Riverside and Texas Arlington found that training large AI models like OpenAI's C...

DataBank to expand one of its Seattle, Washington facilities

DataBank

DataBank has announced it is expanding one of its Seattle, Washington facilities. The company plans to increase the floor space to 27,900 square feet (2,590 sqm) and up the available critical IT power to 3MW.“We decided to expand our footprint in the Seattle area based on how fast its digital...

Microsoft eyes expansion in Chicago, Illinois

Microsoft Azure

Following news that Microsoft has acquired over 30 more acres of land in Chicago, Illinois, it is believed that the giant will be expanding its data center presence in the region. The land, purchased for $41.5 million, is reportedly set to house two 207,000-square-foot (19,230 sqm) data center...

AMD Introduces New Data Center Processor Tailored For Video Processing

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. debuted the Alveo MA35D, a new data center accelerator, last week. The Alveo MA35D will enable enterprises like streaming providers to handle video more efficiently. The MA35D is the replacement for a product formerly known as the Alveo U30. It can process four time...

Brookfield Secures A $3.8B Piece Of The European Data Center Market

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners

The infrastructure division of Brookfield has entered the European data center market with the acquisition of a 31-center platform. The transaction, with a reported value of $3.8 billion, occurs as global capital focuses on development opportunities in the European data center market. Accordin...

Knight Frank Launches Southeast Asia Data Centre Index for Potential Hotspots

Real estate consultancy firm Knight Frank has launched the Southeast Asia Data Centre Opportunity Index. The Index ranks six markets in the region according to factors that impact their potential to become data center hotspots. The six markets included in the Index are Singapore, Indonesia, Ma...