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Read EdgeConneX contests the Dublin data center denial
EdgeConneX contests the Dublin data center denial

EdgeConneX contests the Dublin data center denial

August 22, 2023 EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX Ireland has appealed to An Bord Pleanála against South Dublin County Council's decision to deny its proposed data center. The company intended to construct two adjacent data centers on its Dublin Campus in Ballmakaily, Lucan, Dublin, on Newcastle Road. Two single-story data centers...

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Read 45 Sprint switch facilities to be converted into colo data centers by Cogent
45 Sprint switch facilities to be converted into colo data centers by Cogent

45 Sprint switch facilities to be converted into colo data centers by Cogent

August 22, 2023 Cogent Communications

Cogent Communications intends to transform the former Sprint switching plant real estate footprint acquired from T-Mobile into a substantial colocation data center portfolio. T-Mobile announced in September 2022 that it had agreed to sell its Wireline business to Cogent for a symbolic $1, with...

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Read Google will invest $350 million to expand data center in Iowa
Google will invest $350 million to expand data center in Iowa

Google will invest $350 million to expand data center in Iowa

August 09, 2023 Google

The Council Bluffs data center, located on the Nebraska/Iowa border, will be expanded by Google for $350 million. Plans for a data center in Council Bluffs were first made public in 2007. Google announced expansion plans in 2012 and 2015 and has since spent approximately $5 billion on the...

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Read Lumen, a US telco, loses $8.74bn due to non-cash impairment
Lumen, a US telco, loses $8.74bn due to non-cash impairment

Lumen, a US telco, loses $8.74bn due to non-cash impairment

August 03, 2023 Lumen Technologies

In the second quarter, Lumen Technologies reported a loss of $8.74 billion, a significant decrease from the $344 million profit in the same quarter last year. The company, formerly CenturyLink Enterprise, has lost more than 66 percent of its value this year, reducing its market capitalization to...

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Read Google data center initiatives postponed, but increases in AI compute expenditure made
Google data center initiatives postponed, but increases in AI compute expenditure made

Google data center initiatives postponed, but increases in AI compute expenditure made

July 28, 2023 Google

Alphabet reported quarterly sales of $74.6 billion, an increase of 7% from the same period last year. Profits increased by 15% to $18.4 billion. While advertising sales drove the majority of the company's development, cloud sales increased by 28 % to $8 billion. Google Cloud reported its...

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Read Google’s Water Consumption in Data Centers Soars by 20%
Google’s Water Consumption in Data Centers Soars by 20%

Google’s Water Consumption in Data Centers Soars by 20%

July 27, 2023 Google

The 2023 Google environmental report shows a considerable increase in data center water consumption. The company consumed an astounding 5.6 billion gallons of water in 2022, of which 5.2 billion were used solely for data centers. Compared to the previous year, this is 20% higher. Large data...

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Read Google's data center plans in Uruguay spark outrage as country faces water crisis
Google's data center plans in Uruguay spark outrage as country faces water crisis

Google's data center plans in Uruguay spark outrage as country faces water crisis

July 21, 2023 Google

Uruguay is currently battling a water crisis, facing its worst drought in more than 70 years. The country has now experienced years of low rainfall, something which is likely to only continue as climate change exacerbates the issue. However, it's not just the result of climate change, according...

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Read EdgeConneX announces deployment of AWS Direct Connect in Phoenix data center
EdgeConneX announces deployment of  AWS Direct Connect in Phoenix data center

EdgeConneX announces deployment of AWS Direct Connect in Phoenix data center

July 19, 2023 EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX has announced the deployment of AWS Direct Connect with both 10Gbps and 100Gbps capability at the Phoenix Edge Data Center (PHX01). The company shared that this will enable customers to establish direct edge cloud on-ramps. This, it shared, can reportedly reduce costs, improve...

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Read Google breaks ground on Mesa data center campus
Google breaks ground on Mesa data center campus

Google breaks ground on Mesa data center campus

July 14, 2023 Google

Google has announced that it has begun work on a new data center in the Mesa area of Phoenix, Arizona. A $1 billion project, the facility will span 750,000 square feet (70,000 sqm) once fully built out. Previously known as "Redhawk," the project's first 288,530 sq ft (26,805 sqm) phase is due to...

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Read Google submits plans for a three-building data center facility in Belgium
Google submits plans for a three-building data center facility in Belgium

Google submits plans for a three-building data center facility in Belgium

July 10, 2023 Google

Initially announced by the mayor of Farciennes, Hugues Bayet, the search and cloud company intends to construct three facilities in the Ecopôle business park in Wallonia. The campus will encompass 570,500 square feet. The project will begin construction by the end of the year and be completed in...

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Read 365 Data Centers Planned Tampa Campus Expansion
365 Data Centers Planned Tampa Campus Expansion

365 Data Centers Planned Tampa Campus Expansion

June 20, 2023 365 Data Centers

365 Data Centers is constructing an additional data center space at its Tampa, Florida, site. The Tampa Internet Exchange and 25 carriers are housed in the Franklin Exchange building at 655 North Franklin Street, the campus location. The company's current market footprint will double due to the...

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Read Japan Data Facility Purchased by Mapletree Industrial Trust
Japan Data Facility Purchased by Mapletree Industrial Trust

Japan Data Facility Purchased by Mapletree Industrial Trust

May 26, 2023 Mapletree Redwood Data Centre Trust

The acquisition of a data center in Osaka, Japan, signifies Mapletree Industrial Trust's entrance into the Japanese data center market. This week, the manager of Mapletree Industrial Trust (MIT), Mapletree Industrial Trust Management Ltd., announced the purchase of a recently constructed data...

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Read Racial Harassment at Google Data Center Construction Site Cost Whiting-Turner $1.2m
Racial Harassment at Google Data Center Construction Site Cost Whiting-Turner $1.2m

Racial Harassment at Google Data Center Construction Site Cost Whiting-Turner $1.2m

May 08, 2023 Google

The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against the construction company Whiting-Turner alleging racial harassment and retaliation against former Black employees. The lawsuit centered on the company's role as the general contractor for the Google data center's...

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Read Google Will Build Two Additional Data Centers in Ohio
Google Will Build Two Additional Data Centers in Ohio

Google Will Build Two Additional Data Centers in Ohio

May 05, 2023 Google

Google and state officials announced on Wednesday that the company intends to construct two additional data centers in Ohio to support its artificial intelligence equipment and other tools. According to officials, with one data center already operational in the Columbus area, Google's total...

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Read Google Downtime Due to Paris Global Switch Data Center Fire Caused by Water Leak
Google Downtime Due to Paris Global Switch Data Center Fire Caused by Water Leak

Google Downtime Due to Paris Global Switch Data Center Fire Caused by Water Leak

April 28, 2023 Google

The Paris data center of Global Switch caught fire, bringing down Google services in Europe. According to a post to the French Network Operators Group, the fire seems to have been started by a cooling system water pump malfunction that caused water to leak into the battery room, sparking the...

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Read Google signs new PPA with EDPR
Google signs new PPA with EDPR

Google signs new PPA with EDPR

April 25, 2023 Google

Google has announced that it has signed a new Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), EDPR NA Distributed Generation (EDPR NA DG), for solar energy in the US. This deal is reportedly the largest-ever corporate sponsorship for distributed generation signed between two companies in the US. Over 80...

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Read Google merges DeepMind and Brain
Google merges DeepMind and Brain

Google merges DeepMind and Brain

April 25, 2023 Google

Google has announced a merger between its DeepMind subsidiary and Google Research's Brain division, dubbed 'Google DeepMind, as it pursues its big AI push. Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai outlined that this move will "significantly accelerate" the company's AI progress. This move may come...

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Read EdgeConneX Increases the Size of Its Israeli Data Centers
EdgeConneX Increases the Size of Its Israeli Data Centers

EdgeConneX Increases the Size of Its Israeli Data Centers

April 25, 2023 EdgeConneX

The construction of a new facility in Rishon will allow EdgeConneX, an innovator in global Hyperlocal to Hyperscale Data Center Solutions, to increase its data center impact in Israel. The new data center will meet the region's growing demand from hyperscalers, cloud service providers, and...

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Read Google signs 10-year wind deal with Eneco
Google signs 10-year wind deal with Eneco

Google signs 10-year wind deal with Eneco

April 19, 2023 Google

Google has announced that it has signed a new 10-year PPA with Eneco, a Dutch utility company, for 0.5TW/h of power, with a capacity of 153MW across the lifespan of the deal. The two wind farms the energy will be sourced from are the Fryslân offshore wind farm and the Kroningswind onshore wind...

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Read Google signs wind PPA with Luminus in Belgium
Google signs wind PPA with Luminus in Belgium

Google signs wind PPA with Luminus in Belgium

April 13, 2023 Google

Google has signed a new Power Purchase Agreement (PPAs) with Luminus to source wind energy in Belgium. The 12-year deal will see the tech giant acquire 23.8MW of energy from the Belgium energy company, sourced from four new onshore wind projects. According to Google, the PPA in Belgium will keep...

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