Read Singapore government and Facebook back $S17m project for sustainable tropical data centers
Singapore government and Facebook back $S17m project for sustainable tropical data centers
June 16, 2021

Singapore government and Facebook back $S17m project for sustainable tropical data centers

Singapore

It has been announced that social media giant Facebook and the Singapore government are joining forces to fund a $17 million (S$23m) project to address the need to boost the number of sustainable data centers built in tropical climates. The programme is also being funded by Singapore's Nationa...

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Read Lincoln Rackhouse sells T-Mobile Everglades data center for $25 million
June 16, 2021

Lincoln Rackhouse sells T-Mobile Everglades data center for $25 million

T-Mobile Everglades MSO

According to reports from BizJournal, Lincoln Rackhouse has completed the sale of T-Mobile’s Everglades MSO data center in Miami, Florida, for $26 million. USPP Sunrise DC LLC, managed by Principal Real Estate Investors is reportedly the buyer of the facility. The 45,571 square feet facility w...

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Read Deutsche Telekom opens twin data centers in the Netherlands
Deutsche Telekom opens twin data centers in the Netherlands
June 16, 2021

Deutsche Telekom opens twin data centers in the Netherlands

T-Systems International GmbH

German telecom firm, Deutsche Telecom just announced that it is opening two new data centers in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Company confirmed that the data centers have a combined floor space of 226,000 square feet. It also said that the two facilities would serve its Open Telekom Cloud of...

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Read LG Uplus building a $268 million data center in Anyang City, South Korea
LG Uplus building a $268 million data center in Anyang City, South Korea
June 15, 2021

LG Uplus building a $268 million data center in Anyang City, South Korea

LG Uplus Pyeongchon 2

LG Uplus, a South Korean telco, is building a new hyperscale data center. The new facility, named Pyeongchon 2 Center, would be located in Anyang City in Gyeonggi Province, south of Seoul. The specific location has not been released. The building will have 12 stories with a floor area of 435,4...

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Read Dutch province of Flevoland gives temporary data center moratorium the go-ahead
Dutch province of Flevoland gives temporary data center moratorium the go-ahead
June 15, 2021

Dutch province of Flevoland gives temporary data center moratorium the go-ahead

Netherlands

Flevoland, a province in the Netherlands, has joined the likes of Amsterdam, Haarlemmermeer and Singapore with the announcement of a moratorium on the building of new data centers for an undisclosed period of time. The temporary suspension was given the go-ahead after a vote of 30-9. The durat...

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Read Equinix partners with GIC to invest additional $3.9 billion in its Hyperscale Program
Equinix partners with GIC to invest additional $3.9 billion in its Hyperscale Program
June 15, 2021

Equinix partners with GIC to invest additional $3.9 billion in its Hyperscale Program

Equinix

Equinix has announced that it has signed agreements for additional joint ventures with GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, which will add $3.9 billion to expand its data center program.The agreements come in the form of limited liability partnerships with GIC. The close, which is expected...

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Read UK Brent Council plans to upgrade data center with £3.8 million ($5.3 million)
UK Brent Council plans to upgrade data center with £3.8 million ($5.3 million)
June 15, 2021

UK Brent Council plans to upgrade data center with £3.8 million ($5.3 million)

London

Brent Council, a governing body of a borough of London, just revealed its plan to spend £3.8 million ($5.3 million) to upgrade data centers over the next four years. The council says it is part of its plan to create a modern and robust IT system. The upgrades involve upgrading physical storage...

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Read LCL Acquires The ENGIE Solutions Data Center In Wallonia, Belgium
LCL Acquires The ENGIE Solutions Data Center In Wallonia, Belgium
June 15, 2021

LCL Acquires The ENGIE Solutions Data Center In Wallonia, Belgium

LCL Wallonia One

LCL data center Company has acquired ENGIE Solution’s data center in Gembloux. By doing so, the data center now becomes LCL’s first data center in Wallonia, Belgium. The acquisition of ENGIE Solutions’ data center in Gembloux includes the employees and the center’s solar park responsible for ...

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Read Microsoft launches new Azure region in Arizona
Microsoft launches new Azure region in Arizona
June 15, 2021

Microsoft launches new Azure region in Arizona

Hyperscale Data Center

Microsoft just launched its new Azure cloud region in Arizona. The region would be made up of three facilities or Availability Zones. Also, the zones will be sited in Goodyear, El Mirage, and outside Phoenix. Microsoft said the reason for choosing Arizona for the Azure cloud data center is bec...

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Read Inmark Asset Management Wants To Sell Woolworths Sydney HQ and data center
Inmark Asset Management Wants To Sell Woolworths Sydney HQ and data center
June 15, 2021

Inmark Asset Management Wants To Sell Woolworths Sydney HQ and data center

Woolworths

Inmark Asset Management wants to sell Woolworths’ headquarters in Sydney, Australia. It is looking for buyers for the 483,400 square feet site on 1 Woolworths Way, Bella Vista. The 9-hectare site includes three different office buildings that are linked with a foyer. Furthermore, you’ll also f...

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Read Digital Edge Expands into Indonesia with Strategic Investment in PT IndoInternet Tbk
Digital Edge Expands into Indonesia with Strategic Investment in PT IndoInternet Tbk
June 15, 2021

Digital Edge Expands into Indonesia with Strategic Investment in PT IndoInternet Tbk

Digital Edge: EDGE1

The partnership takes Digital Edge’s regional footprint to seven data centers across three countries Singapore – June 15, 2021 – Digital Edge (Singapore) Holdings Pte. Ltd. (“Digital Edge”) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Digital Edge (Hong Kong) Ltd., has acquired a control...

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Read Penta Infra acquires Sentia Denmark's Smedeland data center
Penta Infra acquires Sentia Denmark's Smedeland data center
June 14, 2021

Penta Infra acquires Sentia Denmark's Smedeland data center

Penta Infra: Glostrup

Penta Infra has announced its expansion into the Nordics by acquiring Sentia Denmark's data center in Smedeland, Glostrup.Jakob Høholdt, Managing Director of Sentia Denmark, explained that the move to form a partnership with Penta Infra is due to the operating data center's not being Sentia's...

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Read Australia Plans to Require Government Data To Be Stored In Australian Data Centers
June 14, 2021

Australia Plans to Require Government Data To Be Stored In Australian Data Centers

Australia

Plans are in place in Australia to require government data stored in data centers in Australia with adequate certifications. The Digital Transformation Agency manages the certifications of data centers under the new Hosting Strategy. Besides, any facility that wants to host government workload...

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Read Amazon's second data center in Drogheda, Ireland approved
Amazon's second data center in Drogheda, Ireland approved
June 14, 2021

Amazon's second data center in Drogheda, Ireland approved

Hyperscale Data Center

Amazon’s second data center in Drogheda, Ireland is going ahead after County Meath Council approved the two-story, 28,566 sqm (307,400 sq ft) facility to be built. Based at the Drogheda IDA Business & Technology Park, the facility will reportedly receive an investment of €350 million ($424...

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Read Amazon to open the AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region by 2023
Amazon to open the AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region by 2023
June 13, 2021

Amazon to open the AWS Israel (Tel Aviv) Region by 2023

Hyperscale Data Center

Amazon Web Services has announced that it would be opening its new data center region in Israel. Jeff Barr, the Chief Evangelist for AWS, said that plans for the new data center region are in place and that it would open in the first half of 2023. He further added that the region would have th...

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Read DigiPlex opens third data center at its Fetsund Campus
DigiPlex opens third data center at its Fetsund Campus
June 13, 2021

DigiPlex opens third data center at its Fetsund Campus

STACK OSL03C

DigiPlex has just opened its new data center in Norway. This is the Company’s third data center at its Fetsund Campus. With white space of 9,700 square feet and a 3MW capacity, this would bring the total floorspace at the Fetsund campus to 64,500 square feet. The campus’s total capacity is al...

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Read ClusterPower to develop first "hyperscale data center" in southern Romania
ClusterPower to develop first "hyperscale data center" in southern Romania
June 13, 2021

ClusterPower to develop first "hyperscale data center" in southern Romania

ClusterPower Craiova

ClusterPower, a Romanian cloud services startup, has announced that it is building the first hyperscale data center in southern Romania, based near Craiova. The center is to be the first of five planned on ​​25,427 sq m of company-owned land in Mischii, Dolj county. The campus, powered by natu...

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Read Virgin Media data center in Leeds for sale for £7 million
Virgin Media data center in Leeds for sale for £7 million
June 12, 2021

Virgin Media data center in Leeds for sale for £7 million

Virgin Media Leeds (Temple House)

Temple House in Leeds, Yorkshire, which houses a data center used by UK telco Virgin Media, is up for sale for £7 million ($9.9 million). The building spans 102,400 sq ft (9,500 sqm), with a combined 3.06 acres across two plots, 44,333 sq ft (4,100 sqm) of which is used by Virgin.Speaking abou...

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Read Comarch to build its first US data center in Mesa, Arizona
Comarch to build its first US data center in Mesa, Arizona
June 11, 2021

Comarch to build its first US data center in Mesa, Arizona

Comarch Mesa

Comarch has announced plans to build its first data center in the US, located in Mesa, Arizona. The Polish software firm has said that construction on the 32,000 sq ft (3,000 sqm) facility is due to commence this month, and will be its flagship building.The data center, which will see a $22 mi...

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Read Bit5ive and Manhattan Solar Partners plan a large Renewable Powered Crypto Mining Facility in Texas
Bit5ive and Manhattan Solar Partners plan a large Renewable Powered Crypto Mining Facility in Texas
June 11, 2021

Bit5ive and Manhattan Solar Partners plan a large Renewable Powered Crypto Mining Facility in Texas

Bit5ive

Manhattan Solar Partners, a joint venture between BIT5IVE LLC and GMine LLC, will be building the largest renewable energy data center in Texas. BIT5IVE LLC builds class A crypto mining centers while GMine explores the capabilities of using green energy in mining crypto. The new data centers b...

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