Global Data Center News

July 21, 2021

Kao Data becomes first data center company to use vegetable oil to fuel generators in the UK

KAO Data

Kao Data has announced a huge step towards its net-zero ambitions by switching from diesel to HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) fuel to fuel its backup generators at its Harlow campus. Koa Data is now the first data center company in the UK to make this change and has achieved this through its...

July 21, 2021

DigitalBridge in advanced talk with PCCW to buy its data centers

DigitalBridge

According to Bloomberg, DigitalBridge Group is in talks with Hong Kong tech firm PCCW to buy its data centers. DigitalBridge data center REIT used to be Colony Capital until it rebranded to form DigitalBridge in June 2020. The Company already has a large portfolio of data centers, but it is no...

July 21, 2021

Web Werks and CapitaLand sign MoUs to build data centers in Chennai, India

Ascendas Reit (CapitaLand)

Web Werks and CapitaLand have signed Memoranda of Understandings with the Tamil Nadu government in India to build data centers in Chennai. The MOU will see CapitaLand, a Singapore-based real estate firm, invest 1200 crore ($160.7 million) in a data center facility in Ambattur, west of Chenn...

July 21, 2021

Stro acquires office and data center building belonging to Bank of New York Mellon in New Jersey

BNY: 19 Vreeland Rd

Stro Companies has acquired an office and data center building owned by Bank of New York Mellon in Florham Park, New Jersey. It is reported that the Company acquired the buildings for $7.3 million. The acquired building also has 141,000 square feet of space. Jack Shulman, director of acquisiti...

July 21, 2021

Netrality Properties acquires Indy Telcom Center

Netrality Properties

Netrality Properties has completed the acquisition of Indianapolis-based carrier hotel provider, Indy Telcom Center. The deal involves Netrality acquiring a nine-acre campus on West Henry Street. Indy Telcom’s campus has 205,000 square feet of space spread across eleven buildings. The build...

July 21, 2021

Sophos sets its sights on expansion

Canada

As part of Sophos ongoing expansion, it has moved into Montreal, Canada, meaning the company now has a presence in the U.S., Germany, and Ireland, as well as Sydney, Australia and Tokyo, Japan. In a statement speaking about the rollout of these new data centers, the company said: "We're deligh...

July 21, 2021

Ark’s new data center shows commitment to a zero carbon future in the UK

Ark: Longcross

Ark Data Centres is pushing towards a carbon-neutral future with the announcement of its Longcross facility, located in Chertsey South West. Due to come online in 2023, it is designed to minimize carbon emissions and reduce waste and water consumption.According to Ark, its new facility will b...

July 21, 2021

Azrieli Group acquires Green Mountain

Green Mountain AS

Azrieli Group, an Israeli real estate firm, has acquired 100% of Green Mountain, a Norwegian data center Company. The acquisition cost Azrieli NIS 2.8 billion ($849.2m). Azrieli noted that the acquisition would be self-financed, and it will be through debt raising and through an unsecured l...

July 20, 2021

Amazon in negotiations to build data center in Ceará, Brazil

Amazon AWS

Amazon has announced that it is in negotiations with officials in Ceará, Brazil, to build a data center and a logistics warehouse in Maracanaú, in the region of Fortaleza. According to Diario do Nordeste, it is expected that an agreement with the state government will be closed in the sec...

July 20, 2021

Telkom Indonesia and Etisalat to develop $100m data center in Batam, Indonesia

etisalat and

According to Indonesia’s Coordinating Ministry for the Economy, Telkom Indonesia and Etisalat are joining forces to develop a new data center in northwest Indonesia. This announcement comes as the country undergoes a data center construction boom and is expected to reach a value of USD$ 3.07 b...

July 20, 2021

GDS plans 54MW hyperscale data center campus in Johor, Malaysia

Carrier-Neutral Data Center

GDS has announced plans to build a 22,500 sqm (242,200 sq ft), 54MW hyperscale data center campus in Johor, Malaysia. This move follows the firm acquiring land in the Nusajaya Tech Park, Johor. According to the company, it plans to complete the project's first phase in early 2024, with a capa...

July 19, 2021

Rack Centre doubles its Lagos data center campus capacity

Rack Centre Limited

Rack Centre has doubled the capacity of its data center campus in Lagos through expansion. With the expansion, the facility now has 1.5MW of capacity. The expansion also sees Rack Centre add 6,500 square feet of white space to the facility. Rack Centre is also looking to expand the facility...

July 16, 2021

Digital Realty and Brookfield team up to develop data centers in India

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it has entered into a 50/50 joint venture agreement with Brookfield Infrastructure to develop data centers in India. The brand name of the joint venture is BAM Digital Realty.Although precise details around the project are yet to be released, reports indicate...

July 16, 2021

Facebook's Eagle Mountain data center moves online

Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook has announced that its data center in Eagle Mountain, Utah is now up and running. Although officially serving traffic, the site is still under construction, with a view to span to 1.5 million square feet (140,000 sq m). At the peak of construction, the site employed a total of 1,250 ...

July 16, 2021

New data center for Macquarie Data Centres in Sydney

Macquarie Data Centres

Macquarie Data Centres has announced plans for a new data center in Sydney, Australia. Based at the Macquarie Park campus, the facility, 3 Super West, if it goes ahead, will have a capacity of 32MW. The company expects the data center to be completed by 2023 The construct...

July 16, 2021

Digital Realty is meeting green targets according to third annual ESG report

Digital Realty Trust

According to its latest ESG report, Digital Realty is meeting its sustainability targets in the push for carbon-neutrality. The company, as part of the Science-Based Target Initiative (SBTi), has committed to reducing its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 68% and Scope 3 emissions by 24% by 2030. It...

July 15, 2021

NTT reveals details of its 240 MW Phoenix data center campus

NTT Phoenix Campus

NTT has revealed plans for its new 240MW data center campus in Mesa, Arizona. It has also broken ground on the site. The facility is on a 102-acre site, and it is located on Elliot Road Technology Corridor, Mesa, Arizona. It will have a 240MW capacity and 1.5 million square feet of floor space...

July 15, 2021

IBM announces 21 sustainability goals

Kyndryl

IBM is one of the latest data center companies to commit itself to net-zero GHG emissions by 2030. In its most recent Environmental Report, the company set out twenty-one environmental sustainability goals and also outlined its involvement with the European Green Digital Coalition.As a foundin...

July 14, 2021

DataBank expands Its DFW3 Dallas Fort Worth data center

DataBank Plano DFW3

DataBank, a leading provider of enterprise-class colocation, connectivity, and managed services, just announced the expansion of its DFW3, Dallas Fort Worth Data Center. It is expanding to meet the increasing demand for mission-critical IT infrastructure in the Dallas Fort Worth market. Th...

July 14, 2021

Prime Data Centers announces new 9MW data center in Silicon Valley

Prime Santa Clara (Martin)

Prime Data Centers has announced that it is building a new 9MW data center on Martin Avenue in Santa Clara, California. With this new data center, it is expanding its presence in Silicon Valley as this is its second facility in Silicon Valley. Prime says it is strategically building the dat...

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Kao Data becomes first data center company to use vegetable oil to fuel generators in the UK

DigitalBridge in advanced talk with PCCW to buy its data centers

Web Werks and CapitaLand sign MoUs to build data centers in Chennai, India

Stro acquires office and data center building belonging to Bank of New York Mellon in New Jersey