Global Data Center News

August 10, 2022

Several Companies Including QTS, DAMAC, Prime DC, and Pure Looking To Expand into Spain

Spain

Many US data center firms and developers are looking to enter the Spanish data center market. They are looking to develop or acquire the facilities in the country. According to Cinco Dias, Blackstone – through QTS, Prime DC, Pure, and DAMAC are exploring options to buy land and build data cent...

August 10, 2022

Huawei to finalize data center location in Saudi Arabia

Huawei Cloud

Huawei is reportedly set to finalize its data center location in Saudi Arabia, the giant’s second in the Middle East, following the establishment of a first in Abu Dhabi. In a statement, Frank Dai, President of Huawei Cloud M.E, said: “We are in the final stages of the Saudi decision — the ...

August 10, 2022

Microsoft's hydrogen fuel test successful

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced that its hydrogen fuel cell tests have been successful. The giant recently trialed the energy source for its backup generators to support its data center, in what has been called a “moon landing” moment for the data center industry. Microsoft director of data center re...

August 10, 2022

New York Internet Doubles Its Data Center Presence By Taking Over Equinix's Space at 60 Hudson Street

Equinix New York NY8

New York Internet has announced the takeover of space at the Hudson Street carrier hotel. Equinix formerly occupied the space. NYI is an infrastructure and managed services provider. It also had a presence at the building before expanding to Equinix's former space. The deal is a result of a...

August 10, 2022

Google experiences widespread outage

Google

This week, Google was down after experiencing an outage that impacted systems worldwide. As reported by DCD, this outage occurred shortly after an explosion at Google’s data center in Iowa - however, currently, it is unknown whether the two are related. According to Down Detector, the ou...

August 09, 2022

Segro applies to build new data center park in Slough, UK

London: Slough

Segro has announced that it has applied to build a new data center park, near Slough, UK. Details outline that the park will span 65,000 sqm (700,000 sq ft) and be located within the Thorney Business Park in Iver. According to the planning statement, the proposed building (DC1) is also accompa...

August 09, 2022

Chindata and Vertiv make big claims about waterless 'X-Cooling' technology

Chindata Group

Chindata and Vertiv have announced what they're calling x-cooling, the "world's first waterless cooling technology," which they say enables data centers to operate without consuming any water, working at a WUE (water usage effectiveness) of zero. The announcement of the technology was reported...

August 09, 2022

Eirgrid energy decision domino effect: Dataplex enters voluntary liquidation

DataPlex Group

As covered by DCD, Dataplex has gone into voluntary liquidation, which it said is due to the company having to wait 12 months for grid power approval from Eirgrid, only to be declined. The company had planned to develop brownfield projects, which would have seen the retrofitting of existing st...

August 09, 2022

PAG Real Estate's Flow To Acquire DXN

DXN Limited

PAG Real Estate’s new data center investment platform flow has acquired Australian data center company DXN. DXN currently operates three data centers in Australia. It has a 46,800 square feet (4,351 square meters) data center with 5.5MW capacity in Sydney. Its second data center is located in ...

August 08, 2022

Keppel & Salim Group to launch 50MW data center in Bogor, Indonesia

IndoKeppel Data Centre 1 (IKDC 1)

Keppel & Salim Group have announced the launch of a new data center, a two-story facility, named IKDC1 in Bogor City, Indonesia. According to reports, the facility will be developed over three phases in a seven-hectare data center campus, with a capacity of 50MW. The company has outlined t...

August 08, 2022

Frankfurt: Plans for environmental data center zoning updated

Frankfurt

Frankfurt recently announced an updated plan for commercial developments in the city, which will place a limitation on cloud and colocation data center buildings. This comes as a response to concerns around their land and energy usage. Alongside this announcement, the city also outlined its in...

August 08, 2022

DCI Data Centers plans 20MW data center in Canberra, Australia

DCI Data Centers

DCI Data Centers (DCI) has announced that it has secured land and power for a 20MW data center in Jerrabomba, Australia. Named CBRO1, the facility is set to go online in 2024. The data center, according to the company, will run on a separate grid and use ‘environmentally efficient technologies...

August 08, 2022

Deutsche Telekom signs 150MW PPA

Germany / Deutschland

Deutsche Telekom has announced that it has signed a 150MW PPA with Statkraft and Power & Air Solutions, which will provide the company with energy from between 2023 to 2028. According to Statkraft, this deal means that 16 of its own wind farms that no longer receive EEG subsidies will cont...

August 05, 2022

US reports billions in savings following data center closures & announces the newly proposed FDCEA

United States

According to the US government, through the Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative (FDCOI), which saw the closure of 6,000 data centers, $5.8 billion was saved over the course of 12 years. This is announcement coincides with the newly proposed Federal Data Center Enhancement Act of 2022, ...

August 05, 2022

Data centers' environmental impact to be monitored by Arcep

France

Arcep, the French government telecom regulator, has announced that it will start measuring the greenhouse gas emissions emitted from data centers, alongside the volume of water and where that water is sourced from. This comes following the enactment of the Chaize Act, which awarded the regulat...

August 05, 2022

TierPoint announces completion of new data center in St. Louis, Missouri

TierPoint

TierPoint has announced that its St. Louis data center in Missouri, which was announced back in September 2021, is complete. The facility, spanning 23,000 sqft (2,100 sqm), is a Tier III-quality facility that offers 14,500 sq ft (1,350 sqm) of production or raised floor space.The facility saw...

August 04, 2022

NTT announces sixth data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia

NTT

NTT has announced plans for a sixth data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, which according to Malaysian Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong, is being built to accommodate its “expanding business in the region. Siong said in a Facebook post, “It’s also very encouraging to note that the pla...

August 04, 2022

Empyrion DC expands in South Korea

Empyrion Digital

Empyrion DC has announced that it’s expanding its data center footprint with the addition of a new 10-story data center located in Seoul, South Korea. The facility will have a capacity of 40MW, and the company plans to inject as much as $400 million into the project and launch it in 2024. Spe...

August 04, 2022

Prince William County officials grant rezoning request for four million sqft data center campus in Bristow

Northern Virginia

The ever-expanding data center hub in Prince William County is to see another addition, after Prince William County Officials voted 6-1 to grant a rezoning request for a planned four million sqft data center campus in Bristow. The data center developer is Stanley Martin, which, according to re...

August 04, 2022

365 Data Centers To Acquire Major Stake in Sungard US for $52.5m

365 Data Centers

365 Data Centers is looking to acquire the major stake in Sungard's US networking and colocation business. Earlier in the year, Sungard US, Canadian, and UK operations filed for bankruptcy. The company also sold most of its UK operations to MSP Redcentric and UK telecommunication company Daisy...

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Several Companies Including QTS, DAMAC, Prime DC, and Pure Looking To Expand into Spain

Huawei to finalize data center location in Saudi Arabia

Microsoft's hydrogen fuel test successful