May 25, 2021 | Posted by Eric Bell | Adam MAD Alcala
Adam, a data center Company in Spain, announced that it would be opening a new data center in Madrid, Spain's capital. The new facility will be Adam’s third and will be situated in the Tecnoalcala Technology Park. The facility will be built in phases, and the first phase will have 3,500 squar...
May 24, 2021 | Posted by Eric Bell | Microsoft Amsterdam
After facing backlash from the resident of the Hollands-Kroon province, Netherlands, that its data center in the region could cause a shortage of drinking water, Microsoft has announced that it would now be using rainwater. Microsoft promised on TV that it would be using rainwater to cool its ...
May 24, 2021 | Posted by Eric Bell | China
Hainan Port’s investment Company, Hainan Xintou, announced that it would launch its commercial undersea data center. The data center will run in 100 airtight pressure vessels on the sea bed close to China’s Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant. Beijing Highlander, a marine specialist, tested the pro...
May 24, 2021 | Posted by MadalineDunn | Paris
While a data center on the moon may seem outlandish now, soon it could very much be a reality, that’s according to NASA and ASI, the Italian space agency. As part of the NASA Artemis Moon program, ASI has teamed up with Thales Alenia Space (TAS) to study design concepts to support a facility b...
May 24, 2021 | Posted by Eric Bell | Compute North: West Texas
New Data Center to House Approximately 73,000 of Marathon’s Bitcoin Miners, Transitioning the Company’s Mining Operations to 70% Carbon NeutralLAS VEGAS, May 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the news release issued under the same headline earlier today by Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ...
May 24, 2021 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | MainOne MDX-i
MainOne, a Nigerian Telco, has announced its plans to expand its data centers across West Africa. The Company plans to double its storage capacity over the next two years. The data center capacity will increase from 700 racks to 900 racks next year. It also plans to expand its racks by 300 ...
May 24, 2021 | Posted by Eric Bell | 3S Katowice
3S Group has announced it is building a new data center in Katowice, Poland. Its largest data center on the complex yet, the DC3 facility will span 2,200 sq m (23,600 sq ft), built next to its DC1 and DC2 facilities.Based in Southern Poland, the addition of the new data center brings the grou...
May 24, 2021 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Etisalat Kalba
Etisalat just announced its new data center in the city of Kalba, northeast of the country. The data center named SmartHub Kalba, scheduled to open in Q1 of 2022, is Etisalat’s third wholesale data center as it opened two facilities in 2020. Besides, the Kaba facility is built to Tier III stan...
May 24, 2021 | Posted by Eric Bell | Garanti BBVA Bank Technology Campus
Garanti BBVA has announced that its data center has become one of the sixteen data centers in the world to be awarded Tier IV Gold Certification in Operational Sustainability from the Uptime Institute.Commenting on receiving the award, Ilker Kuruoz, Executive Vice President of Engineering and ...
May 24, 2021 | Posted by Eric Bell | BDx Singapore SIN1
Big Data Exchange has completed an upgrade to its SIN1 data center Facility in Paya Lebar, Singapore. The Company also plans to increase capacity before the year runs out. The completed upgrade sees the Company add 2MW capacity to the SIN1 facility. Big Data Exchange will also add four more f...
May 21, 2021 | Posted by Eric Bell | HostDime
After a several delays, HostDime has announced that it has broken ground on its new 95,000 sqft data center in Eatonville. The development was subject to delays as a result of the pandemic, according to the company.The facility will be built on land which hasn’t seen development in nearly 100 ...
May 21, 2021 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | AtlasEdge
Liberty Global, a leading Telecoms Company and Digital Colony, a top investment firm focusing on digital infrastructure, has announced that they have joined forces to create AtlasEdge Data Centers, a European Edge data center business. The joint venture will see them operating over 100 Edge da...
May 20, 2021 | Posted by Eric Bell | North America
Yondr Group has announced a major $2 billion expansion plan to deliver data infrastructures spanning across the US, Canada, Central, and South America as part of its global scaling strategy. By 2024, the group plans to deliver data centers across five continents. Yondr Group has appointed Éann...
May 20, 2021 | Posted by Eric Bell | NTT
Is space the new edge? NTT is planning to develop a data center in space. NTT will be working with SKY Perfect Holdings, a Japanese satellite company, to develop the project. Plans are in place for trials to start in 2022, launch in 2025, and for operations to begin in 2026. The orbiting data ...
May 20, 2021 | Posted by Eric Bell | Microsoft Hoffman Estates 1
Microsoft just gained approval from Hoffman Estates village board members to build a data center outside of Chicago, Illinois. The approved data center building is one of the two planned buildings at the 53-acre site. A 250,000 square feet building would be erected at the first phase while the...
May 20, 2021 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
OneWeb has announced an essential distribution partnership in Canada with Rock Networks. With this deal, OneWeb will use its Low Earth Orbit in conjunction with Rock Network’s state-of-the-art devices to bring reliable and robust connectivity to Canada’s national defense and security protocol...
May 20, 2021 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
Alpha Federal has won a contract valued at $20 million to deliver data center services to the US Geological Survey Agency. The contract is expected to run for five years. It also includes a one-year base period and four one-year options. Alpha Federal will be hosting the US Geological Survey ...
May 20, 2021 | Posted by Eric Bell | Digital Realty Trust
SAN FRANCISCO, May. 20, 2021 -- Digital Realty (NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions, announced today its Brazilian subsidiary, Stellar Participações Ltda., has completed the previously announced acquisition of Ascenty, the leading data...
May 20, 2021 | Posted by Eric Bell | GDS Services Ltd
GDS Holding has significantly expanded its footprint in China after commencing construction on five different facilities in its first quarter, with a view for further expansion.The company has closed two data center acquisitions in Beijing 15 and Tianjin 1. BJ15 brings over 19,000 sq m (204,00...
May 20, 2021 | Posted by Eric Bell | Facebook Gallatin TN
The Tennessee Valley Authority has just announced a deal with RWE Renewables and Facebook to build a 150MW solar facility near Millington TN. The solar facility will provide Facebook with 110MW of energy for its data centers in Gallatin, Tennessee, and across the Tennessee Valley. The solar f...