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Read Vantage is expanding into Johannesburg, South Africa
Vantage is expanding into Johannesburg, South Africa

Vantage is expanding into Johannesburg, South Africa

October 13, 2021 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers is expanding into Africa by breaking ground on a new 80MW campus in Johannesburg, South Africa. The campus will be developed in phases, with the first 16MW phase scheduled to be completed in 2022. The new facility is located in Waterfall City in Johannesburg. Also, the campus...

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Read Stack Infrastructure: Hyperscale data center goes online in Silicon Valley
Stack Infrastructure: Hyperscale data center goes online in Silicon Valley

Stack Infrastructure: Hyperscale data center goes online in Silicon Valley

October 12, 2021 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure’s latest data center facility in Silicon Valley (SVY02) is now live and is adjacent to the company’s existing SVY01 facility at its Silicon Valley Campus. This 3-story, 240,000 sqft facility brings 32MW of capacity to the region and is powered entirely by 100% renewable...

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Read Google and Thales Partner to form French sovereign cloud service
Google and Thales Partner to form French sovereign cloud service

Google and Thales Partner to form French sovereign cloud service

October 08, 2021 Google

Google and Thales have announced a new Joint Venture that will offer a sovereign cloud service in France. The companies announced that they would develop a sovereign hyperscale cloud offering for France. The new company aims to provide cloud services to local private and public companies that...

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Read Google to move into Eagle Mountain, Utah?
Google to move into Eagle Mountain, Utah?

Google to move into Eagle Mountain, Utah?

October 05, 2021 Google

Google has reportedly purchased 300 acres in Eagle Mountain, Utah, which could potentially be home to a new data center. Google already has offices in the region, in Salt Lake City and Provo. The plot of land is located in the south on Pony Express Parkway, near Facebook’s 1.5 million-square-foot...

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Read Equinix opens FR8 data center in Frankfurt
Equinix opens FR8 data center in Frankfurt

Equinix opens FR8 data center in Frankfurt

October 01, 2021 Equinix Frankfurt FR8

Equinix has announced the opening of its new data center facility in Frankfurt, Germany. The facility is located to the west of Frankfurt, and it would be known as FR8. The facility's first phase has 51,600 square feet (4,800 square meters) of colocation space available. Equinix also revealed...

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Read Google announces expansion plans in The Dallas, Oregon
Google announces expansion plans in The Dallas, Oregon

Google announces expansion plans in The Dallas, Oregon

September 29, 2021 Google

According to Oregon Live, Google plans to build more data centers in The Dalles, in Oregon’s Wasco County. The report shows that the search engine giant wants to build two more data centers in The Dalles. It is also looking to get access to more water and tax breaks. Google will be building one...

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Read CyrusOne exploring the sale of its company
CyrusOne exploring the sale of its company

CyrusOne exploring the sale of its company

September 29, 2021 CyrusOne

According to Reuters, CyrusOne is considering the sale of its business. It is said to be exploring some strategic changes that might include a sale. CyrusOne is a real estate investment trust that has a market cap of up to $9 billion. The Company is exploring its options with investment bank...

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Read BentallGreenOak completes the acquisition of two Canadian IBM data centers in sale-leaseback deals
BentallGreenOak completes the acquisition of two Canadian IBM data centers in sale-leaseback deals

BentallGreenOak completes the acquisition of two Canadian IBM data centers in sale-leaseback deals

September 28, 2021 Kyndryl

A Canadian property manager called BentallGreenOak has acquired two IBM data centers in Canada in sale-leaseback transactions. BGO announced that it bought the two facilities. One of the facilities it acquired is in Montreal, while the other is in Markham. The facility in Montreal is at 275 Viger...

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Read Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers
Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers

Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers

September 27, 2021 Equinix

Much has been said about how data centers adversely affect the environment. However, more data centers have begun to become 'Greener.' Besides, in order to leave a better environmental footprint, many data center companies are now spending more on green energy. Investors and data center financers...

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Read Yondr's green energy projects to fuel data centers
Yondr's green energy projects to fuel data centers

Yondr's green energy projects to fuel data centers

September 27, 2021 Yondr Group

Yondr has announced that to deliver on its sustainability goals; it is developing a wide range of renewable energy projects that will fuel its data centers. This is promising considering that the company is massively expanding its data center footprint across the US, Latin America and Canada, to...

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Read Menlo Equities acquires four Digital Realty data centers in Silicon Valley
Menlo Equities acquires four Digital Realty data centers in Silicon Valley

Menlo Equities acquires four Digital Realty data centers in Silicon Valley

September 24, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Menlo Equities has completed the acquisition of four Digital Realty data centers in Silicon Valley. The firm acquired the facilities for a combined $108.8 million. First, it acquired a facility at 4650 Old Ironside Drive in Santa Clara for $35.8 million. The facility has 124,400 square feet of...

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Read AEW close to selling 1 million sq ft office park in Slough to unnamed data center developer
AEW close to selling 1 million sq ft office park in Slough to unnamed data center developer

AEW close to selling 1 million sq ft office park in Slough to unnamed data center developer

September 17, 2021 Yondr Group

According to multiple reports, Real estate firm AEW is close to selling a 1 million square feet (92,000 square meters) office park to an unidentified data center firm. AEW will be selling the Bath Road Central office campus for a fee of around £420 million ($579.5m). The real estate firm first...

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Read Colt outlines 2030 carbon neutral goals for a greener future
Colt outlines 2030 carbon neutral goals for a greener future

Colt outlines 2030 carbon neutral goals for a greener future

September 17, 2021 Colt Data Centre Services

Colt Group is the latest tech company to announce its green goals. It has outlined 2030 as its deadline to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across all its operations. Its goals have been informed by comprehensive, science-based emissions reduction targets, which were approved by the...

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Read Google data center in Bnei Zion, Israel faces protest from locals
Google data center in Bnei Zion, Israel faces protest from locals

Google data center in Bnei Zion, Israel faces protest from locals

September 14, 2021 Google

Residents of Bnei Zion, Israel, are protesting against the construction of Google’s data center in the town. The locals have petitioned the Lod District Court to revoke the approval for the data center. The residents are worried over the health and environmental impact of the center project....

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Read Vantage Data Centers enters Asia-Pacific region by acquiring Agile Data Centers and PCCW’s data center business
Vantage Data Centers enters Asia-Pacific region by acquiring Agile Data Centers and PCCW’s data center business

Vantage Data Centers enters Asia-Pacific region by acquiring Agile Data Centers and PCCW’s data center business

September 10, 2021 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has announced that it is expanding into the Asia-Pacific Market by acquiring Agile Data Centers and PCCW’s data center portfolio. The primary stakeholder of Vantage Data Centers, DigitalBridge Investment Management, and other existing investors of Vantage DC have contributed...

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Read NorthC to use Nokia’s Region Connect Ring to link its ten data centers
NorthC to use Nokia’s Region Connect Ring to link its ten data centers

NorthC to use Nokia’s Region Connect Ring to link its ten data centers

September 09, 2021 NorthC Datacenters

NorthC has announced that Nokia provided an IP over a fiber network to link its 10 data centers in the Netherlands to offer one virtual facility to all its customers. NorthC is the biggest native colocation provider in the Netherlands, and it would be using Nokia’s Region Connect Ring to support...

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Read Ireland's data center boom continues as Vantage files application to build two facilities near Dublin
Ireland's data center boom continues as Vantage files application to build two facilities near Dublin

Ireland's data center boom continues as Vantage files application to build two facilities near Dublin

September 08, 2021 Vantage Data Centers

Ireland's data center boom shows no signs of slowing, as Vantage Data Centers signs an application to build its first two data centers in the country, just outside of Dublin. Its initial application outlines plans for two facilities with a gross floor area of 40,589 sqm on an 8.7-hectare plot....

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Read CyrusOne awarded for net water positive efforts
CyrusOne awarded for net water positive efforts

CyrusOne awarded for net water positive efforts

September 08, 2021 CyrusOne

CyrusOne's commitment was recently recognized by The Environment + Energy Leader Awards program, which awarded the company with the Top Project of the Year Award. The program highlights products and services that provide companies with environmental and energy benefits. CyrusOne secured the...

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Read Google plans to invest €1 billion ($1.18bn) in Frankfurt and Berlin
Google plans to invest €1 billion ($1.18bn) in Frankfurt and Berlin

Google plans to invest €1 billion ($1.18bn) in Frankfurt and Berlin

September 02, 2021 Google

Google is looking to expand its data center operations in Germany with €1 billion ($1.18bn) worth of investments. The tech giant announced that it would launch a new region in Berlin-Brandenburg. It would also expand its Cloud Region in Frankfurt in a new facility in Hanau. The Company revealed...

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Read NTT plans to grow its data center footprint by 20% in the next 18 months
NTT plans to grow its data center footprint by 20% in the next 18 months

NTT plans to grow its data center footprint by 20% in the next 18 months

September 02, 2021 NTT

NTT ltd has announced it plans to increase its data center footprint in the next 18 months by 20%. The Company would be expanding some of its existing data centers and adding 300MW of capacity and 600,000 sqm (6.5 million square feet) of space within 18months. This expansion will be in 20...

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