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Raxio chooses Master Power to build multiple data centers in Africa

Raxio Group

Raxio Group has appointed South Africa-based Master Power Technologies to help develop its data centers. Master Power Technologies is a private company founded in 1999 which provides data center and turnkey power solutions across Africa. Master Power will help design, supply, install and co...

QTS shareholders finally approve $10bn Blackstone acquisition

QTS Data Centers

The shareholders of QTS Realty Trust have finally approved the Company’s acquisition by Blackstone. The deal is expected to be close before the end of August. The two companies first agreed on a deal in June. However, there was a 40-day period in which QTS was given to look for alternative off...

Swindon Borough Council approves Amazon data center on former Hewlett-Packard (HP) data center site

Amazon AWS

According to authentic published documents, the Swindon Borough Council has approved Amazon Web Services’ application to build a data center on a site that Hewlett-Packard (HP) used to occupy. The application was lodged in April 2021. It shows that a new 27MW four-hall facility will be buil...

Legal action launched against EngineNode data center in County Meath over environmental concerns

EngineNode

A High Court challenge has been launched against An Bord Pleanala over its decision to give EngineNode's data center the green light in County Meath, Ireland. Planning permission for the 180MW data center campus was granted back in July, despite a wave of opposition from locals and environment...

The Shannon LNG project undermines climate goals in Ireland, say critics

Northern Ireland

With the upcoming COP26 meeting in Glasgow, there is an increasing focus on outlining net-zero pledges and a push towards sustainability targets. Of course, Ireland is included here and is currently seeing two climate bills pass through the Assembly. One seeks net-zero by 2045, and the other i...

Digital Realty files application for data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has filed for permission to build data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland. According to Digital Realty’s application, the Company wants 10-year permission to build two data center buildings called DUB15 and DUB16 close to its existing facilities in Clondalkin. These buildings wil...

Vital Energi joins new energy business park and data center project in Yorkshire

Vital Energi, a UK renewable energy firm, is the latest investor to join the £200 million ($274.4m) energy park development in East Riding, Yorkshire, UK. The park will span a 212-acres and feature energy generation, battery storage, substation office and startup space, education center. A Tie...

Wyoming Hyperscale White Box teams up with Lumen Technologies to create sustainable data centers

Prometheus Hyperscale

Wyoming Hyperscale White Box has teamed up with Lumen Technologies to create sustainable data centers. Wyoming Hyperscale plans to launch its first development site in Aspen, Wyoming, in early 2022, with the help of Lumen, which will provide "accessible, clean, and reliable" technology solutio...

Princeton Digital Group to build a $150m data center in Jakarta, Indonesia

Princeton Digital Group

Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has announced that it is investing $150 million to build a data center in Indonesia. The facility (Jakarta Cibitung- JC2) will have 22MW of power, and it will be built in the same campus that hosts PDG’s JC1 data center. Upon completion, the facility can still ...

Equinix files application for data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland

Equinix

Equinix filed for permission to build a data center in Profile Park, Clondalkin, Ireland. The Company filed for permission to build a three-story data center in July. It is going to call the facility DB8. The facility will be built within a 2.65 hectare of land. The facility will also have ...

The projects leading the research into data center cooling

Europe

In the data center industry, there is an increasing emphasis placed on developing data center cooling innovation. With good reason, too, as research shows that a 1 MW data center that uses traditional cooling can guzzle 25 million litres of water each year, which is unsustainable. Moreover, co...

Indian data center boom to see industry capacity double by 2023

India / Bhārata

India's data center industry is growing at a rapid rate following a rise in digitalisation and the "ambitious growth plans of data centre operators." As a result, the market is anticipated to double by 2023, reaching over 1,000 MW, that's according to JLL's 'H1 2021 India Data Center Market Up...

Dropbox data centers meet sustainability goes through achieving 100% renewable energy

In its effort to drive towards a greener future, DropBox has announced that it has already reached some of its sustainability goals. It has achieved this in part by fuelling all its data centers with 100% renewable energy.Commenting on this milestone, Bart Volkmer, Chief Legal Officer at Dropb...

NTT to build data center campus in Mesa

NTT

NTT has announced that following the opening of data centers in Chicago, Ill., Hillsboro, Ore., and Santa Clara, Calif.; it is building its seventh data center campus in Mesa. Estimated to open in early 2022, the 102-acre campus will contain seven data centers, with a total of 240 megawatts (...

Sophos brings Sydney data center online

Amazon AWS

Sophos has announced that its Australian data center, hosted by AWS, has gone online, the first of two openings in the Asia Pacific region in 2021. The second is scheduled for opening in Japan in September. This data center will provide local capacity to meet the growing demand for Sophos Cent...

vXchnge sells its Austin data center to Element Critical

Element Critical Austin

According to multiple reports, vXchange has sold its Austin, Texas data center to Element Critical. The data center has a 104,000 square feet space, and it is located in the middle of an 18-acre campus. Besides, the facility also has the capacity to expand to up to 26MW of power. The sale o...

PRP is selling off its office properties to focus on data centers and industrial properties

Real estate investment firm PRP is selling its office properties to focus on data center and industrial assets. According to reports, the firm has finalized deals to sell its office properties in Austin, Virginia, and Arlington. Negotiations are also underway for its office properties in Gaith...

Embratel to invest $9 million in 15 edge data centers across Brazil

Embratel

Embratel has announced its plans to expand across Brazil with 15 Edge data centers. Work will commence on the first three data centers this year, while construction on the other 12 will continue in 2022. The company expects to invest 50mn reais (US$9.2mn) in these projects.The facilities will ...

Facebook pledges a "water-positive" future by 2030

Meta

As the climate crisis reaches breaking point and the number of water-stressed regions across the US increase, Facebook, whose data centers consume huge amounts of water in areas plagued by water scarcity, has promised to reverse its environmental impact.According to Sylvia Lee, Facebook’s sust...

Cologix releases its first ESG report

Cologix

Cologix recently released its first Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report. Within the report, the hyperscale company made a number of commitments, including a pledge to improve its energy efficiencies and harness renewable energy options "where available." Currently, Cologix powe...