November 05, 2021 Crusoe
In an effort to push forward the climate agenda as reliance on data and data centers increases, Crusoe energy has launched its new sustainable Data Center Services. According to the company, through utilizing its Digital Flare Mitigation technology, methane emissions can be reduced by 98%, and...
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November 05, 2021 Meta
Facebook says it plans to spend between $29 billion and $34 billion on capital investments in 2022. This is an increase from the social media giant’s $19 billion spend this year. Chief Financial Officer at Facebook, David Wehner, says the rise in expenditure was due to investments in servers,...
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November 05, 2021 eStruxture CAL-2
eStruxture has revealed its plans for a new data center facility in Calgary, Canada. The facility will be called CAL-2, and it will be located in Balzac, north of Alberta city. The facility will have 93,000 square feet of space with 30MW of capacity. eStruxture will also build the facility to...
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October 29, 2021 Meta
Social Media and advertising giant Facebook have rebranded its company name as ‘Meta.’ The company’s top social media website will retain its name as Facebook. Its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp will also keep their names. The company revealed that it would start trading under the stock...
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October 13, 2021 Meta
Facebook has acquired 212 hectares of land in Andrup in Esbjerg, Denmark, for DKK 277 million ($43 million). The Esbjerg municipal announced that Facebook could start planning and surveying the land for building a data center in the future. Mayor Jesper Frost Rasmussen of Esbjerg municipal was...
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October 07, 2021 Meta
Social media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram recently experienced a six-hour blackout, where users were unable to login, message, and peruse the platforms. But, users weren't the only ones whose access to the platform was interrupted. According to reports, tech giant Facebook also lost...
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September 24, 2021 Meta
The Uptime Institute recently released its 11th annual global data center survey, and unfortunately, the results were disappointing. The survey found that while there is a growing awareness of the need to pursue sustainability goals and create greener operations regarding data centers, most...
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August 20, 2021 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...
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May 27, 2021 Meta
A new study into the impacts of Facebook's renewable energy projects was recently released. The report, commissioned by Facebook, and conducted by RTI International, a nonprofit research institute, revealed the social media company's renewable energy efforts have had widespread positive economic...
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November 06, 2019 eStruxture Calgary CAL-1
eStruxture Data Centers has announced that it has won a new customer in its Calgary facility. The Calgary-based SaaS provider VEERUM is moving into eStruxture's facility in Calgary, Alberta. eStructure acquired the facility from Shaw in August. VEERUM specializes in asset visualization and...
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August 01, 2019 eStruxture Calgary CAL-1
eStruxture is expanding again and continues the trend of carrier colo sold to carrier-neutral operators. eStruxture claims this is the largest data center in calgary, but the jury is out. Rogers has a building in Airdrie just North of Calgary that is 85,000 sqft. eStuxture will also share the...
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March 06, 2019 Meta
Facebook plans to sell excess fiber on its owned long haul routes that interconnect Facebook data centers. As part of the plan, Facebook will allow local and regional network providers to acquire capacity. Fast Facts: Initially, Facebook is focused on the network connecting their data centers in...
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July 16, 2018 Hut 8: Medicine Hat, Alberta
Operational capacity increases by 150% in the City of Medicine Hat to a total of 40 BlockBoxesTORONTO, July 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hut 8 Mining Corp. (“Hut 8” or the “Company”) (TSXV:HUT) (OTCQX:HUTMF), one of the world’s largest public cryptocurrency mining companies by operating capacity,...
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