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Read Edge Centres Completes Series A Funding, Plans Edge Facilities in Malaysia
Edge Centres Completes Series A Funding,  Plans Edge Facilities in Malaysia

Edge Centres Completes Series A Funding, Plans Edge Facilities in Malaysia

April 08, 2022 Edge Centres

Edge Centres has announced the close of a Series A funding round. It is now planning to deploy facilities in Malaysia and other parts of Asia Pacific (APAC). The Australian Edge data center company closed the AU$12 million (US$8.95m) Series A fundraise. The funding was led by Cloud Link Solutions...

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Read Macquarie Partnering With NTT To Further NTT's European & North American Expansion
Macquarie Partnering With NTT To Further NTT's European & North American Expansion

Macquarie Partnering With NTT To Further NTT's European & North American Expansion

April 05, 2022 NTT

NTT and Macquarie Asset Management are partnering up to invest in data centers. These firms announced that they had entered a strategic real estate partnership that covers NTT’s wholesale facilities across North America and Europe. The agreement will see Macquarie invest real estate capital with...

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Read NTT & QD.TEK Form JV To develop Data Center in Vietnam
NTT & QD.TEK Form JV To develop Data Center in Vietnam

NTT & QD.TEK Form JV To develop Data Center in Vietnam

March 31, 2022 NTT

NTT and QD.Tek are partnering up to build a data center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Both companies will form a joint venture called NTT Global Data Centers HCMC1 Limited Liability. The partnership will see the companies develop the new facility called Ho Chi Minh City 1 Data Center. The...

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Read Japanese bank Mizuho and Google Cloud Partner Up
Japanese bank Mizuho and Google Cloud Partner Up

Japanese bank Mizuho and Google Cloud Partner Up

March 25, 2022 Google

Google Cloud and Japanese super bank Mizuho Financial Group have signed a strategic partnership. The agreement will see the Japanese firm shift some of its services to the cloud. This move comes after the company experienced multiple serious outages in 2021. The group CEO and president of Mizuho,...

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Read Further controversy rises around project nimbus
Further controversy rises around project nimbus

Further controversy rises around project nimbus

March 23, 2022 Google

Controversy continues to envelop Project Nimbus, with fresh allegations made against Google in its handling of dissenting employees. Project Nimbus is a contract that both Google and Amazon (AWS) have with the Israeli government to provide its agencies with cloud services. Since its announcement,...

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Read Google Buys Mandiant for $5.4 billion
Google Buys Mandiant for $5.4 billion

Google Buys Mandiant for $5.4 billion

March 10, 2022 Google

Google has announced that it is acquiring Mandiant for $5.4 billion. This will be Google’s second-largest acquisition in history. Mandiant is a cybersecurity firm founded in 2004. The firm offers many threat detection and response services. Mandiant will also be joining Google Cloud upon the...

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Read NTT's bee project
NTT's bee project

NTT's bee project

February 25, 2022 NTT

On top of its Vienna 1 facility near Wienerberg, NTT is keeping bees. The company says that it decided to embark on this project based on the location of its facility, which is near a natural recreation area. Those on the team said that the project also allows the on-site team to “enjoy the...

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Read NTT strengthens its digital backbone in London with new data center
NTT strengthens its digital backbone in London with new data center

NTT strengthens its digital backbone in London with new data center

February 24, 2022 NTT

NTT has announced that in addition to opening its new data center, Hemel Hempstead 4, in London, it also intends to expand another of its facilities in the city. The company's newest facility opened in December 2021, with half of its capacity available. When fully built out beyond phase one, it...

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Read Data centers: AI, automation and robotics
Data centers: AI, automation and robotics

Data centers: AI, automation and robotics

February 24, 2022 NTT

Automation is slowly but surely gaining more of a presence in the data center industry. According to reports, 86% of companies in the industry are expecting to dedicate more of their budgets for data-center network automation over the next two years. As data demand skyrockets, AI and automation...

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Read Carbon Sense launched by Google
Carbon Sense launched by Google

Carbon Sense launched by Google

February 22, 2022 Google

Google Cloud has launched Carbon Sense, an updated version of its tool for reporting and reducing carbon emissions. This new suite features Carbon Footprint (launched last year), a tool that measures the carbon emissions of Google customers' cloud usage, and an expanded version of Active Assist,...

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Read Big tech greenwashing: A failure to deliver on sustainability pledges
Big tech greenwashing: A failure to deliver on sustainability pledges

Big tech greenwashing: A failure to deliver on sustainability pledges

February 11, 2022 Google

Nearly every day, it seems another tech company has made another big green pledge; however, according to the nonprofit NewClimate Institute, big tech's promises to deliver on sustainability are not leading to action. Lacking real substance, according to the report, even the companies that are...

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Read Google Has Still Not Acquired Land For Data Center in Sherburne County
Google Has Still Not Acquired Land For Data Center in Sherburne County

Google Has Still Not Acquired Land For Data Center in Sherburne County

February 10, 2022 Google

Google has still not started work on its proposed $600 million data center in Becker, Minnesota. The search engine giant announced plans for the data center in 2019, yet, the two companies involved said they hadn’t abandoned the project. At the time of the announcement, Google said it was mulling...

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Read Google's Council Bluffs data center complete
Google's Council Bluffs data center complete

Google's Council Bluffs data center complete

January 25, 2022 Google

Google's Council Bluffs data center is complete, it has announced. This means the giant's investment in the city has now reached $5 billion. Speaking about the company's investment in the area, Council Bluffs Mayor Matt Walsh said in a press release:​​ "Google's $5 billion of capital investment...

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Read Australia's Edge Centres acquires its local Edge rival DC Matrix
Australia's Edge Centres acquires its local Edge rival DC Matrix

Australia's Edge Centres acquires its local Edge rival DC Matrix

January 21, 2022 Edge Centres

Australia-based edge data center firm Edge Centres has completed the acquisition of its rival DC Matrix. DC Matrix is a local edge data center company based in Queensland. DC Matrix planned to roll out six facilities in Queensland before the acquisition. The CEO of Edge Centres, Jonathan Eaves,...

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Read Google buys 236 acres of land in Kansas City
Google buys 236 acres of land in Kansas City

Google buys 236 acres of land in Kansas City

December 27, 2021 Google

Google has completed the acquisition of hundreds of acres of lands in Kansas City’s Northland. The search engine giant plans to develop data centers at the site. According to Kansas City Business Journal, property records show that Google bought 236.4 acres of land to the north of Hunt Midwest....

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Read Johannesburg 1 to open in South Africa in April 2022
Johannesburg 1 to open in South Africa in April 2022

Johannesburg 1 to open in South Africa in April 2022

December 14, 2021 NTT

NTT has announced that it is “on track” to complete the turnkey data center development of its Johannesburg 1 Data Centre, located at Centralpoint Innovation District in Samrand, by early next year. The facility, developed by Growthpoint, includes 6,000sqm of IT space and features “high-end...

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Read Google Cloud to develop its Saudi Arabian data center in Dammam
Google Cloud to develop its Saudi Arabian data center in Dammam

Google Cloud to develop its Saudi Arabian data center in Dammam

December 03, 2021 Google

Google has revealed that it is developing its first cloud region in Saudi Arabia in Dammam. In addition, Google will be operating the data center in partnership with the world’s largest oil producer Saudi Aramco. The search engine giant will also open an office in Riyadh to support the facility...

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Read Google opens cloud region in Chile
Google opens cloud region in Chile

Google opens cloud region in Chile

December 02, 2021 Google

Google has opened its new cloud region in Santiago, Chile. The company first announced plans for the region in December 2020. The region is now Google’s second cloud region in South America as it opened one in São Paulo in 2017. Just like all Google’s regions, the Chile region has three...

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Read Google joins Ørsted's offshore wind project
Google joins Ørsted's offshore wind project

Google joins Ørsted's offshore wind project

December 01, 2021 Google

Google has announced that it has signed a 12-year power purchase agreement (PAA) with Ørsted, a Danish offshore wind developer. According to reports, Google will have access to 50 MW of Ørsted’s planned 900 MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 Offshore Wind Farm. This PPA is in line with Google’s goal to power...

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Read Globe negotiating with STT GDC over forming a data center JW in the Philippines
Globe negotiating with STT GDC over forming a data center JW in the Philippines

Globe negotiating with STT GDC over forming a data center JW in the Philippines

November 19, 2021 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

Globe Telecom has revealed that it is in advance discussions with STT Telemedia Global Data Centres about forming a data center joint venture in the Philippines. The plan is to expand Globe Telecom’s Globe DC data center business in the Philippines. The company announced that the exclusive...

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