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Read Edge Centres to Launch Edge Facility in Aon Center, Los Angeles
Edge Centres to Launch Edge Facility in Aon Center, Los Angeles

Edge Centres to Launch Edge Facility in Aon Center, Los Angeles

October 13, 2022 Edge Centres

Edge Centres is looking to deploy an Edge data center in an office skyscraper in Los Angeles, California. The company announced on its LinkedIn page: "Work is underway in Los Angeles on EC101. Located at 707 Wilshire Blvd Los Angeles, EC101 will serve as Edge Centres' core location on the west...

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Read Google is Leasing a 464,000 Square Feet Data Center in Noida, India
Google is Leasing a 464,000 Square Feet Data Center in Noida, India

Google is Leasing a 464,000 Square Feet Data Center in Noida, India

October 13, 2022 Google

Per information privy to CRE Matrix, a real estate data analytics firm, Google has leased a 43,100 square meter (464,000 square feet) data center in Noida, India from Adani. The lease is to run for ten years and it will start with an annual rate of Rs130.98 crore ($16m). The agreement has already...

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Read Google to open its first data center in Japan
Google to open its first data center in Japan

Google to open its first data center in Japan

October 10, 2022 Google

Google is opening its first data center in Japan, it has announced. To be located in Inzai City, Chiba, the facility is part of the company's $730 million infrastructure fund that will continue through 2024 and is set to open by 2023. The data center, the company's third data center in Asia,...

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Read Google announces location of its Berlin cloud region
Google announces location of its Berlin cloud region

Google announces location of its Berlin cloud region

October 04, 2022 Google

Google is reportedly close to buying a 30-hectare plot for its upcoming Berlin Google Cloud region in Germany having already signed corresponding preliminary contracts. According to reports by Maerkische Allgemeine, the site that it has chosen is in the Schenkendorf area of Mittenwalde,...

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Read NTT to build new 30MW data center in Kansai region of Japan
NTT to build new 30MW data center in Kansai region of Japan

NTT to build new 30MW data center in Kansai region of Japan

September 30, 2022 NTT

NTT is building a new 30MW data center in the Kansai region of Japan, it has been announced. The facility, which is being constructed in Soraku-gun, Kyoto Prefecture, will be a four-story, seismic-isolated structure. The building will supply a total of 30 MW for IT load (starting at 6 MW and...

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Read NTT announces launch of its Cyberjaya 6 Malaysian data center
NTT announces launch of its Cyberjaya 6 Malaysian data center

NTT announces launch of its Cyberjaya 6 Malaysian data center

September 08, 2022 NTT

NTT has announced that it has begun construction on its Cyberjaya 6 data center in Malaysia, with an initial investment of more than $50 million. Set to cater to hyperscalers and high-end enterprises, the facility, when combined with the company's CBJ5 data center, will have a capacity of 22MW....

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Read Google Gets Land in Bissen, Luxemburg Reclassified For Potential $1B Data Center
Google Gets Land in Bissen, Luxemburg Reclassified For Potential $1B Data Center

Google Gets Land in Bissen, Luxemburg Reclassified For Potential $1B Data Center

September 01, 2022 Google

Google has announced that its land in Bissen, Luxemburg, has finally been reclassified for data center use. The company confirmed that construction can now begin on the land, which is planned for a €1 billion ($1bn) data center. Once completed, this will be one of the most significant...

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Read Google Announces The Launch of its Third Facility in Singapore
Google Announces The Launch of its Third Facility in Singapore

Google Announces The Launch of its Third Facility in Singapore

August 29, 2022 Google

Search engineer giant Google has announced opening of a new data center in Singapore. The company said in a statement: "We announced our first data center in Singapore in 2011, our second in 2015, and we recently hit another important milestone - with our third data center facility completed and...

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Read Edge Centres Developing Edge Data Center in Thailand
Edge Centres Developing Edge Data Center in Thailand

Edge Centres Developing Edge Data Center in Thailand

August 29, 2022 Edge Centres

Edge Centres has announced expansion into Thailand. The company said it is developing three locations in the country and work has started on the first one. The Australian Edge data center firm will deploy the EC61 Chiang Mai site first. EC62 Phuket and EC63 Khon Kaen will also follow in quick...

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Read STT GDC opens third building at Singapore Defu campus as moratorium comes to a close
STT GDC opens third building at Singapore Defu campus as moratorium comes to a close

STT GDC opens third building at Singapore Defu campus as moratorium comes to a close

August 18, 2022 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has announced that it has opened its third building at its Singapore Defu campus in the east of the city-state. The facility, first announced back in April 2021, is a seven-story building with an IT load capacity of 15MW and spanning 156,000 square feet...

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Read Google To Launch Cloud Regions in New Zealand, Thailand, and Malaysia
Google To Launch Cloud Regions in New Zealand, Thailand, and Malaysia

Google To Launch Cloud Regions in New Zealand, Thailand, and Malaysia

August 17, 2022 Google

Google has announced its plans to launch three Cloud regions in the APAC region. The company plans to launch these regions in New Zealand, Thailand, and Malaysia. Although its competitors like Microsoft Azure and AWS already have projects in the works in Malaysia and New Zealand, it is the first...

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Read Google experiences widespread outage
Google experiences widespread outage

Google experiences widespread outage

August 10, 2022 Google

This week, Google was down after experiencing an outage that impacted systems worldwide. As reported by DCD, this outage occurred shortly after an explosion at Google’s data center in Iowa - however, currently, it is unknown whether the two are related. According to Down Detector, the outage...

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Read NTT announces sixth data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia
NTT announces sixth data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia

NTT announces sixth data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia

August 04, 2022 NTT

NTT has announced plans for a sixth data center in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, which according to Malaysian Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong, is being built to accommodate its “expanding business in the region. Siong said in a Facebook post, “It’s also very encouraging to note that the...

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Read UK data center operators battle the heat with hosepipes, while Google and Oracle face service disruption
UK data center operators battle the heat with hosepipes, while Google and Oracle face service disruption

UK data center operators battle the heat with hosepipes, while Google and Oracle face service disruption

July 20, 2022 Google

The UK’s heatwave pushed temperatures to a record-breaking 40C this week, causing transport delays and service disruptions. To battle the heat, some data center operators have been using hose pipes to cool their facilities. According to a report by Bloomberg, staff in London have been spraying...

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Read Google and Microsoft invest in FlexiDAO carbon tracking software
Google and Microsoft invest in FlexiDAO carbon tracking software

Google and Microsoft invest in FlexiDAO carbon tracking software

July 08, 2022 Google

Tech giants, Google and Microsoft, have announced that they've invested in the carbon accounting startup FlexiDAO, which has now raised €6.1 million for its service that monitors the renewable energy that companies buy and the associated carbon emissions hour-by-hour and 24/7. While both Google...

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Read Google's data plans in Saudi Arabia: Lives at risk
Google's data plans in Saudi Arabia: Lives at risk

Google's data plans in Saudi Arabia: Lives at risk

June 28, 2022 Google

Back in December 2020, Google announced that it had signed an agreement with state-owned oil producer Saudi Aramco to set up a Google Cloud region in Saudi Arabia and offer Enterprise Cloud services. From the outset, this was a controversial move. Saudi Arabia is notorious for its human rights...

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Read Consortium of STT, YTL, and Linde to explore hydrogen power in Singapore
Consortium of STT, YTL, and Linde to explore hydrogen power in Singapore

Consortium of STT, YTL, and Linde to explore hydrogen power in Singapore

June 27, 2022 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

STT GDC, YTL and industrial gas supplier Linde have announced they have signed an agreement to work on a hydrogen energy proof of concept in an effort to enhance Singapore's sustainability efforts as it pushes toward its future goal of becoming a digital hub. So far, the country has been somewhat...

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Read Google Breaks Ground on Its $300m Ohio Data Center
Google Breaks Ground on Its $300m Ohio Data Center

Google Breaks Ground on Its $300m Ohio Data Center

June 23, 2022 Google

Google has broken ground on a new facility in Columbus, Ohio. The site for the new data center was previously used for a snake oil farm. Last year, the company first revealed plans for the 14,000 square meters (150,000 square foot) data center. According to the company, the facility will cost...

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Read Google Acquires Land in Finland For Possible Data Center Development
Google Acquires Land in Finland For Possible Data Center Development

Google Acquires Land in Finland For Possible Data Center Development

June 23, 2022 Google

Google has acquired 50 hectares of land in Hamina, Finland, for €4.3 million ($4.5m). The land is also located next to the company’s existing sea-cooled data center. The existing data center was acquired from Stora Enso, a Finnish paper company in 2009. It also opened the data center in 2011....

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Read Google opens Milan, Italy, region in partnership with TIM
Google opens Milan, Italy, region in partnership with TIM

Google opens Milan, Italy, region in partnership with TIM

June 21, 2022 Google

Google has announced it has opened a cloud region, in Milan, Italy, in partnership with TIM, namely the Europe-west8 region, its first in this region, following both AWS and Microsoft doing the same. According to the giant, it will bring on a second in Turin, which will happen over the next few...

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