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Africa Data Centres to double capacity in Johannesburg, South Africa to 100MW

Africa Data Centres

Africa Data Centres has revealed its plans to more than double its capacity in Johannesburg, South Africa. The company says its footprint in the region would be increased to 100MW. ADC currently has two campuses in Johannesburg which will have 20MW of capacity each upon full build-out. In addi...

NextDC to acquire a 20 percent stake in AUCloud

NEXTDC

NextDC has acquired a 20 percent stake in Australian cloud provider AUCloud. Sovereign Cloud Holdings is trading under the name AUCloud. It offers sovereign cloud services targeting defense intelligence, the Australian Government, and Critical National Industry customers. NextDC invested $1...

Data center development at US Antarctic base in pushed back to 2023

New Zealand

The development of a data center at the US Antarctic base has been stalled with completion now scheduled to be in 2023. The data center is situated in the McMurdo Station research and logistics base in Ross Island, New Zealand. It is about 1,360 kilometers (850 miles) north of the South Pol...

Microsoft announces opening of two new data centers in Wyoming

Hyperscale Data Center

Microsoft has announced the launch of two new data center facilities in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The facilities are located in Bison Business Park and the Cheyenne Business Parkway. The facilities will support Microsoft’s West Central US Azure region. VP of core operations for data centers at Micros...

Interxion: Foresting project underway in Palencia, Spain

InterXion

Interxion has announced that it is sponsoring an afforestation project in Palencia, Spain, as part of its sustainability efforts. This project with Reforestum will see the planting of trees in non-wooded areas spanning 24 hectares.Unlike reforestation which replenishes forest growth in areas ...

CyrusOne: Frankfurt expansion goes ahead

CyrusOne Frankfurt V

CyrusOne has announced that it is expanding its data center footprint with the purchase of land in Hanau, East of Frankfurt. The company's plans outline that the facility will have an incoming power of 90MW and a critical power capacity of 63MW, once complete, spanning 18,000 sqm.According to...

Microsoft expands in Sydney, Australia

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced its plans to expand in Sydney, Australia. The campus in Kemps Creek, according to AFR, will be worth $1.3 billion with a capacity of 190MW, spanning over 14.4 hectares. It is being built in a new industrial estate which is being developed by Frasers and Atlis Property ...

Microsoft tests its hydrogen fuel cell backup generator

Microsoft Azure

In Quincy, Washington, tech giant Microsoft has announced that it is teaming up with Caterpillar and Ballard Power Systems to test its hydrogen fuel cell backup generators in a move towards a more sustainable future. This project accompanies Microsoft’s other backup energy efforts, like the tr...

Zscaler goes green

Zscaler has announced that across its entire data center portfolio (150 data centers), as well as its offices, it has achieved 100% renewable energy. This has been accomplished by directly purchased renewable energy and renewable energy credits (RECs) from wind and solar farms.Looking forward,...

Grid vulnerability warnings in Texas

Texas

There are growing concerns around grid availability in Texas after the announcement that as much as 5,000MW of cryptocurrency load could be added to the grid by 2023. According to reports, operator Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) will oversee 3,000-5,000 MW added in addition to t...

AT&T and Microsoft launch Azure Edge Zone in Atlanta, Georgia

Microsoft Azure

Both AT&T and Microsoft have launched an Azure Edge zone in Atlanta, Georgia. Azure Edge zone is a type of infrastructure that provides 5-G connected cloud services from Edge facilities. The companies announced that they are launching the “Private Preview” of the Azure Edge zone. With this...

HostDime acquires land in Guadalajara, Mexico for expansion with Tier IV data center

HostDime

HostDime has announced that it is expanding its data center portfolio with the acquisition of a three-acre land parcel in Guadalajara, Mexico, where it plans to build HostDime Mexico's Tier IV facility. This facility will be the second of its kind in Mexico, spanning 70,000 sqft, with a capac...

Maxihost chooses Scala Data Center Brazil for data center expansion

Scala Data Centers

Scala Data Centers has announced its partnership with Maxihost, with the global bare metal cloud provider choosing Scala to help it expand the capacity of its MH1 São Paulo facility. According to Guilherme Soubihe Alberto, CEO of Maxihost, the company's MH1 facility is reaching capacity, and ...

Prime Data Centers expands at its Sacramento, California Campus

Prime Sacramento

Prime Data Centers has announced the development of its second data center at its Sacramento, California campus, based at the McClellan Park business complex. Its second facility will be based adjacent to its existing facility and will have 16MW of critical capacity, spanning 150,000 sqft. Mo...

Globe negotiating with STT GDC over forming a data center JW in the Philippines

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

Globe Telecom has revealed that it is in advance discussions with STT Telemedia Global Data Centres about forming a data center joint venture in the Philippines. The plan is to expand Globe Telecom’s Globe DC data center business in the Philippines. The company announced that the exclusive agr...

Cellnex buys Red Bee Media data center in the Netherlands

Netherlands

Cellnex has completed the acquisition of Der Bee Media’s Media Gateway data center in Hilversum in the Netherlands. The acquired facility is 15,000 square feet (1,400 square meters) in size. It provides connectivity and colocation for commercial and public broadcasters. It also provides servic...

Neom reveals plans for Oxagon floating industrial district that will house a data center

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s new Neom city has revealed plans to have a hyperscale data center on a floating industrial district. Neom is a development project with the aim to develop a large smart city on the Red Sea coast in the Saudi province of Tabuk. Crown Prince and Chairman of the Neom Company Boa...

Digital Realty opens new data center in Hong Kong

Digital Realty Kwai Chung HKG11

Digital Realty has announced the opening of a new data center in Hong Kong. The company first announced that it was constructing the facility in July 2020. The HKG11 facility is a 210,000 square feet (21,000 square meters) building with 24MW of capacity. In addition, the building has twelve fl...

Microsoft launches new availability zones in Hong Kong

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has expanded its presence in Hong Kong by launching new availability zones in its East Asia Azure cloud region in Hong Kong. Most Microsoft Azure regions tend to launch with three availability zones. These zones or locations are unique and physically separated to provide higher redun...

Microsoft launches Azure cloud region in Sweden

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has officially opened a new Azure cloud region in Sweden. The firm revealed that it has data centers in Sandviken, Gävle, and Staffanstorp. Microsoft first announced the region in November 2020 and it would be calling the combined Azure region Sweden Central. President of Microsof...