Global Data Center News

June 27, 2022

Consortium of STT, YTL, and Linde to explore hydrogen power in Singapore

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

STT GDC, YTL and industrial gas supplier Linde have announced they have signed an agreement to work on a hydrogen energy proof of concept in an effort to enhance Singapore's sustainability efforts as it pushes toward its future goal of becoming a digital hub. So far, the country has been some...

June 27, 2022

Renewable energy credits (RECs) and greenwashing

Canada

New research shows that while an increasing number of companies are making ambitious and climate promises and claiming they’re powered by renewable energy, many of their pledges are often exaggerated as a result of an over-reliance on Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). RECs are received by ...

June 27, 2022

Prologis Takes Over NTT's 2300 W. Plano Parkway Site

NTT 2300 W Plano

According to Dallas Morning News, Prologis is looking to develop an industrial warehouse park on a site at 2300 W. Plano Parkway occupied by NTT for an office complex and data center. The company plans to develop a 64-acre, eight-building warehouse which will span 92,900 square meters (1 mi...

June 26, 2022

Groton Town Places Moratorium on Large Data Centers

Connecticut

Groton Town in Connecticut has placed a one-year moratorium on the development of large data centers pending when it enacts its data center industry regulation. According to CT Examiner, the Groton Planning and Zoning Commission voted to place a moratorium on large data centers. The new rule w...

June 24, 2022

VP of Ghana Opens Tier IV Onix Data Center in Accra

Accra

The Vice President of Ghana, Mahamudu Bawumia, has opened a 12MW data center in Accra, Ghana. The data center was developed to Tier IV standards. The data center was constructed by Onix. Onix is also claiming that the facility is the only African-based carrier-neutral co-location data center n...

June 24, 2022

Keppel DC REIT Buys Two Data Centers in China For $206m

Keppel Data Center REIT

Keppel DC REIT has announced the acquisition of two data centers in China. The Singaporean data center REIT entered into an agreement with Guangdong Bluesea Data Development Co. Ltd. to acquire two facilities in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province. The deal is worth RMB 1,380.6 million (~US$206m)....

June 24, 2022

FMC GlobalSat Closes Acquisition of Santander Teleport in Spain

Spain

FMC Globalsat has acquired Santander Teleport, located in Spain. The Santander Teleport was formed as a joint venture between MTN Satellite Communications and Erzia in 2010. It spans over 9,290 square meters (100,000 square feet) and operates up to 30 antennas. These antennas range from 3 t...

June 24, 2022

H5 Acquires 505 Marquette

H5 Albuquerque

H5 Data Centers has acquired 505 Marquette in downtown Albuquerque. The building is a carrier hotel from which H5 DC currently operates a data center. The 225,000-square-feet building is a critical interconnection point for New Mexico. This is because it has 20 on-site communications carrie...

June 24, 2022

DartPoints Is Expanding its Data Center in Greenville, South Carolina

DartPoints

DartPoints has announced that it is expanding its facility in Greenville, South Carolina. The company is upgrading the facility’s electrical systems and adding more capacity to the data center. According to DartPoints, the expansion will help local businesses. DartPoints will be upgrading i...

June 23, 2022

PubMatic announces its global data centers are now fully powered by renewable energy

California

PubMatic has reportedly achieved 100% renewable energy across all of its data centers globally, including in California, New Jersey, London, Amsterdam, and Singapore. Sourced from wind and solar power, this achievement is a significant one for the company, whose energy usage is 90% composed of...

June 23, 2022

Sustainable financing for EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX has announced that it has secured $1.7 billion in sustainability-linked debt financing, including the company's first-ever Asset-Backed Securitization (ABS) and multi-currency term loan (ESG Term Loan). The company will reportedly use this to finance its growth and keep up with eve...

June 23, 2022

Microsoft teams up with Eaton to enhance sustainability

Microsoft Azure

Eaton has announced that it will expand its collaboration with Microsoft as part of a new strategic agreement between the two to address major industry developments, including "digital transformation, sustainability and the energy transition." According to the companies, a key feature of the p...

June 23, 2022

Green Mountain releases first sustainability report

Green Mountain AS

Green Mountain has come forward with its first sustainability report, which focused on seven ESG areas: energy, greenhouse gas emissions, waste, water, biodiversity, social responsibility, and governance. Some of the highlights noted in the report included that all of its data centers now ope...

June 23, 2022

Google Breaks Ground on Its $300m Ohio Data Center

Google

Google has broken ground on a new facility in Columbus, Ohio. The site for the new data center was previously used for a snake oil farm. Last year, the company first revealed plans for the 14,000 square meters (150,000 square foot) data center. According to the company, the facility will cost ...

June 23, 2022

Layer 9 Plans 64MW Data Center in Mexico

Mexico City / Ciudad de México

Layer 9 Data Centers has completed a Series A investment round. The company is also planning to develop a 64MW data center in Mexico from the fund raised. However, it didn’t reveal the amount it raised. The Series A investment was led by a consortium of top-shots in the industry. Layer 9 DC...

June 23, 2022

Aligned To Develop a 100MW Facility in Salt Lake City, Utah

Aligned

Aligned has announced that it is developing a new data center in Salt Lake, Utah. The data center will be called SLC-03, and it will be developed on its campus in West Jordan, Utah. The development will see Aligned add over 100MW capacity to the West Jordan campus. When this happens, it wil...

June 23, 2022

Quantum Loophole Starts Development on its 1GW Campus in Maryland

Quantum Loophole

Quantum Loophole has broken ground on its 1GW data center campus. The company started working on the critical infrastructure part of the site. The work it started covers power distribution, underground fiber distribution ducts, water and sewer pump stations and piping, roads and entryways, amo...

June 23, 2022

Google Acquires Land in Finland For Possible Data Center Development

Google

Google has acquired 50 hectares of land in Hamina, Finland, for €4.3 million ($4.5m). The land is also located next to the company’s existing sea-cooled data center. The existing data center was acquired from Stora Enso, a Finnish paper company in 2009. It also opened the data center in 201...

June 23, 2022

Netrality Expands Its St. Louis Data Center

210 N Tucker (Netrality) St Louis Carrier Hotel

Netrality Data Centers has completed the expansion of its St Louis data center in Missouri. The facility is located at 210 North Tucker. Netrality added two new data halls with 1.2MW capacity across 1,077 square meters (11,600 square feet) of space. Netrality DC’s Chief Revenue Officer, A...

June 22, 2022

Boston Properties Sells Virginia-95 Business Park To Finmarc For $127.5m

Virginia

Finmarc Management Inc. has completed the acquisition of the Virginia-95 Business Park from Boston Properties Inc. The property consists of data center buildings and industrial buildings. The purchase price is $127.5 million. The 740,000 square feet properties feature 11 buildings that compris...

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Data Centre Developer Sues New Jersey Town for $300m

Consortium of STT, YTL, and Linde to explore hydrogen power in Singapore

Renewable energy credits (RECs) and greenwashing

Prologis Takes Over NTT's 2300 W. Plano Parkway Site

Groton Town Places Moratorium on Large Data Centers

VP of Ghana Opens Tier IV Onix Data Center in Accra

Keppel DC REIT Buys Two Data Centers in China For $206m