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Read Vantage Investing CAD$900 in Canada Expansion Spree
Vantage Investing CAD$900 in Canada Expansion Spree

Vantage Investing CAD$900 in Canada Expansion Spree

March 18, 2022 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has announced that it is expanding its operations in Canada with significant developments. The company is looking to expand its existing facilities in Quebec and Montreal while developing a new campus in Montreal. It will be investing CAD$900 million (US$713m) in the...

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Read Equinix Is Acquiring Four Data Centers In Chile and Peru From Entel For $705 million
Equinix Is Acquiring Four Data Centers In Chile and Peru From Entel For $705 million

Equinix Is Acquiring Four Data Centers In Chile and Peru From Entel For $705 million

March 18, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has acquired four data centers belonging to Entel in Peru and Chile for $705 million. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of the year. Per the deal, Equinix will take over one data center in Lima, Peru, and three facilities in Santiago, Chile. Under the terms of 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 Vantage begins work on the second phase of its Frankfurt-Offenbach campus
Vantage begins work on the second phase of its Frankfurt-Offenbach campus

Vantage begins work on the second phase of its Frankfurt-Offenbach campus

February 24, 2022 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage is commencing the second phase of development at its 55MW EU campus (FRA1) in Frankfurt, Germany. Located in Offenbach, this second phase will see the construction of a 16MW capacity, 13,000 square meters (140,000 square feet) facility, which will be operational in the first half of 2024....

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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 Digital Realty/Brookfield JV Buys Land for $30.8m in Chennai, India
Digital Realty/Brookfield JV Buys Land for $30.8m in Chennai, India

Digital Realty/Brookfield JV Buys Land for $30.8m in Chennai, India

February 21, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

According to India’s Economic Times. Digital Realty and Brookfield Asset Management’s joint venture in India has secured the purchase of 10 acres of land in Chennai. The companies acquired the land for over Rs 230 crore (~$30.8m). It is to be used for the development of a data center. One of the...

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Read What is Waukee saying about Apple's data center?
What is Waukee saying about Apple's data center?

What is Waukee saying about Apple's data center?

February 14, 2022 Apple

Following the recent green light given by local planning officials on Apple’s Iowa development, a number of business people and leaders in the area have voiced their thoughts on what the development will mean for the area. Mayor Courtney Clarke outlined that in the first phase of development...

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Read Apple's planned data center in Waukee goes before commission
Apple's planned data center in Waukee goes before commission

Apple's planned data center in Waukee goes before commission

February 08, 2022 Apple

It has been five years since Apple announced its $1.3 billion data center in Waukee, Iowa; however, it is finally going before the city's planning commission on Today. At the time of announcing the facility, Tim Cook, CEO of apple, said the data center would help "drive Apple's future," but since...

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Read Equinix unveils new sustainability initiatives
Equinix unveils new sustainability initiatives

Equinix unveils new sustainability initiatives

February 03, 2022 Equinix

Equinix recently opened its Co-Innovation Facility (CIF) based near Washington, DC, which will be home to a number of trials focusing on the development of sustainable data center tech. At the facility, the company will partner with Bloom Energy, ZutaCore, Virtual Power Systems (VPS), and Natron...

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Read Equinix Partners With GIC For another $525m Joint Venture
Equinix Partners With GIC For another $525m Joint Venture

Equinix Partners With GIC For another $525m Joint Venture

January 27, 2022 Equinix

Equinix is making strategic partnerships as it announced that it had formed another joint venture with GIC. The data center company and the Singapore sovereign wealth fund aim to develop hyperscale facilities in South Korea. The companies announced the $525 million joint venture details earlier...

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Read Equinix pushes ahead with green energy deal
Equinix pushes ahead with green energy deal

Equinix pushes ahead with green energy deal

January 12, 2022 Equinix

Equinix has signed a green energy deal it has announced. By penning a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Neoen and Prokon, Equinix will be provided with 85% of the energy produced by the 35MW Björkliden wind farm in the municipality of Närpes, in the western region of Ostrobothnia. This...

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Read Growth ahead for Colt Data Centre Services
Growth ahead for Colt Data Centre Services

Growth ahead for Colt Data Centre Services

January 11, 2022 Colt Data Centre Services

There is growth ahead for Colt Data Centre Services (DCS), as it announces the acquisition of ten parcels of land across Europe and APAC for the development of greenfield hyperscale data centres, including in London, Frankfurt, Paris and Japan. These parcels of land will see the company's...

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Read Digital Realty acquires 55% of Teraco and enters South Africa
Digital Realty acquires 55% of Teraco and enters South Africa

Digital Realty acquires 55% of Teraco and enters South Africa

January 07, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has bought the majority stake in Teraco. The data center giant announced the acquisition of the South African data center company from a consortium of investors, including Permira and Berkshire Partners. The deal sees Teraco valued at about $3.5 billion. The transaction sees...

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Read TAOP to expand its Hong Kong Data Center
TAOP to expand its Hong Kong Data Center

TAOP to expand its Hong Kong Data Center

January 06, 2022 Hong Kong

Taoping Inc (TOAP) has announced that it is expanding its Taoping G Cloud Hong Kong Data Center (the "Center") in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong. The expansion is expected to be completed by the end of January 2022. The facility, built in May 2021, will have an estimated total hash rate of 700GH/s, and its...

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Read San Jose data center site to be transformed by big developer
San Jose data center site to be transformed by big developer

San Jose data center site to be transformed by big developer

December 17, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it has sold its San Jose data center to developer Hines. Documents filed on December 15 with the Santa Clara County Recorder's Office outline that Hines paid just under $60 million ($59.6 million) for the complex. The building spans 179,800 sqft; meanwhile, the...

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Read Telstra expands Ashburn footprint
Telstra expands Ashburn footprint

Telstra expands Ashburn footprint

December 16, 2021 Telstra

Telstra is expanding its footprint at its primary data center in Ashburn, Virginia. Its DC21 facility is managed by Equinix, and according to the company, this expansion will be almost triple the size of the facility now. Telstra says that the expansion at Ashburn, also “adds extra layers of...

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Read Equinix partners with Nasdaq
Equinix partners with Nasdaq

Equinix partners with Nasdaq

December 16, 2021 Equinix

Equinix has formed a multi-year partnership with Nasdaq, Inc, which will help the company scale its NY11 data center in Carteret, New Jersey. This will also support the build-out of Nasdaq's cloud infrastructure. Tal Cohen, Executive Vice President, Head of North American Markets at Nasdaq, said...

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Read Vantage Data Centers breaks ground on two additional campuses
Vantage Data Centers breaks ground on two additional campuses

Vantage Data Centers breaks ground on two additional campuses

December 15, 2021 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has announced that it has broken ground on additional campuses in two of its existing strategic EMEA markets in both Frankfurt and Berlin. The Berlin campus will have 32MW of critical IT capacity and is due to be operational in the summer of 2022. Meanwhile, the Frankfurt...

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Read New European Clean Hydrogen Partnership announced
New European Clean Hydrogen Partnership announced

New European Clean Hydrogen Partnership announced

December 15, 2021 Equinix

The European Clean Hydrogen Partnership has announced its €2.5 million EcoEdge PrimePower project (E2P2). The tech consortium making up the partnership includes Equinix, InfraPrime, RISE, Snam, SolidPower, TEC4FUELS and Vertiv. Together, they will pursue the development of low-carbon fuel cells,...

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