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March 22, 2022

APAC takes lead in data center growth, outperforming EMEA

Asia-Pacific (APAC)

According to a new report, the rate of data center market growth in the Asia Pacific region (APAC) now exceeds that in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA) as the two continue to "jostle for supremacy." The DC Byte Q4 2021 Data Center Report found that In 2021, the region increased...

March 22, 2022

Honda's fuel-cell system to power US HQ data center

United States

Honda has announced that it will be powering its US HQ data center in Torrance with a self-developed stationary fuel cell power station. The 1MW plant will be made from the same equipment utilized in its Clarity fuel cell-powered cars, providing the company with a zero-emission backup power so...

March 22, 2022

Sophos opens data center in India

India / Bhārata

Sophos has announced that its Mumbai-based data center is now open. Hosted by AWS, the facility is the company's third in the Asia Pacific and Japan region.Speaking about the facility, Sunil Sharma, managing director of sales for India and SAARC, Sophos said: "With massive digital transformati...

March 22, 2022

DataBank is Expanding SAN1 Data Center To Meet Demands

DataBank San Diego SAN1

DataBank has announced that it is expanding its SAN1 facility in San Diego, California. The data center is located at 12270 World Trade Drive. DataBank will be adding 3,700 square meters (40,000 square feet) of raised floor space to the facility. By so doing, SAN1 will have a total capacity of...

March 22, 2022

Digital Parks Africa Investing R500 million (US$33.7 million) in its Samrand campus in South Africa

South Africa

Digital Parks Africa is expanding its Samrand data center campus in Centurion, South Africa. The company is expanding the facility to reach 22MVA. The company announced that it would be investing up to R500 million (US$33.7 million) in expanding the facility. DPA is making the investment to me...

March 22, 2022

Report Shows Switch is Considering Sale of Its Business

Switch

According to Bloomberg, Switch Inc. is mulling over different strategic options, including a potential sale. Reports show that the firm is working with advisers to determine the best option. The company is currently valued at over $7 billion. Cowen analysts wrote to clients earlier in the m...

March 21, 2022

Pacific Asset Management and CPP Investments Are Teaming Up To Develop Hyperscale Data Center In Seoul

Seoul

Pacific Asset Management and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board have formed a joint venture for the sole purpose of developing a hyperscale data center in Seoul, South Korea. The two companies announced that they would be investing KRW 200 billion (US$164.4 million) to develop the largest ca...

March 21, 2022

Housing Minister Opposing Meta's Zeewolde Data Center Development

Hyperscale Data Center

Meta’s data center proposal in Zeewolde, the Netherlands, appears to have hit another roadblock. The current Minister of Housing of the Netherlands, Hugo de Jonge, has revealed that he plans to prevent the development of the facility. Although the Zeewolde council has approved the zoning chang...

March 21, 2022

Publix Wants To Develop a $40 Million Data Center in Florida

Miami

Publix has plans to develop a data center at a former FedEx building in Florida. According to reports, the Supermarket chain is looking to invest $40 million in the building located in Polk County, Florida. However, the details of the project aren’t concrete enough at this time, as Publix c...

March 21, 2022

Ark DC Looking To Develop a New Data Center in Corsham, Wiltshire

Ark Data Centres (UK)

Ark Data Centres plans to develop a new data center at its Corsham campus in Wiltshire. The data center firm filed an application with the Wiltshire council for the new facility to be christened P5 South at its Spring Park campus close to Corsham. According to the application, Ark DC wants ...

March 18, 2022

Facebook's Meta to build $1 billion facility for the Metaverse

March 18, 2022

Is Microsoft set to move into Newport, Wales?

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft may be moving into Newport, Wales it has been announced. Reports are circulating that the giant has bought a one million square foot (92,900 sqm) factory in the area. Located next to Vantage's Newport campus, the factory was previously occupied by Quinn Radiators. Despite these circ...

March 18, 2022

CyrusOne joins the orchard initiative

CyrusOne

As more and more companies in the digital infrastructure sector realize the efforts required to change the trajectory of our planet’s path, more are joining different eco projects to contribute to the transformation. CyrusOne is one of these companies and has announced that it has joined Host ...

March 18, 2022

Microsoft announces new Finland cloud region that will help to decarbonize local heating systems

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced that it is building a new data center region in Finland, joining Fortum's project to heat local homes and businesses in the Helsinki metropolitan area, and help decarbonize heating systems. This is reportedly the world's largest data center heat recovery project.For ye...

March 18, 2022

Roswell City Council announces approval of Verizon data center expansion

Verizon Wireless

Roswell City Council has given Verizon’s Rowswell data center the go-ahead after it unanimously approved the company’s rezoning request. The company’s expansion plans seek to develop a 50,800 square foot (4,700 sqm) facility and office on the site, which is as of yet undeveloped.Although the c...

March 18, 2022

PLDT Breaks Ground on The Largest Data Center in The Philippines

ePLDT

PLDT has begun working on a new data center outside Manila, the Philippines. The Philippines telco revealed plans for the 100MW facility in Santa Rosa last month. It had a ceremony earlier in the week to celebrate the groundbreaking at the site. The ceremony was led by The President and CEO...

March 18, 2022

AWS To Invest £1.8 billion in The UK

Amazon AWS

AWS has announced its plans to invest up to £1.8 billion ($2.37bn) in the UK over the next two years. The funds will go into developing and operating data centers. Worthy of note is that the company did not reveal how it would specifically spend the funds. A blog post by the company said it...

March 18, 2022

Carrianna Group Sets Up Data Center in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Carrianna Group has announced the launch of a new data center in the Kwai Chang industrial area, Hong Kong. The Hong Kong property firm, Jun Gao Holdings Company Limited and Dr. Quentin Tsang jointly invested in the data center. The property has a gross floor area of 2,100 square meters (23,00...

March 18, 2022

Korbank's Data Center Development in Warsaw Delayed Due To Specification Change

Warsaw

Polish telecommunications company, Korbank has revealed that it won’t be completing the construction of its Wroclaw data center till later. The data center was scheduled to be completed this month, but the date has been shifted to June of this year. The delay is happening because Korbank wants...

March 18, 2022

Georgia Wants To Extend its Data Center Tax Exemptions Further

Georgia

Georgia is looking to extend its tax exemptions for data centers by another five years. Earlier in 2018, the US state introduced the current sales tax exemptions for data centers through HB 696. The bill provides tax exemptions if it meets certain job creation thresholds and investments over a...

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