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Read CyrusOne proposes seventh data center in Frankfurt
CyrusOne proposes seventh data center in Frankfurt

CyrusOne proposes seventh data center in Frankfurt

September 08, 2023 CyrusOne

CyrusOne is required to construct a new data center in Frankfurt, Germany. Last week, the company unveiled plans for its seventh data center facility in Frankfurt, designated FRA7 and situated on a 678,125-square-foot plot in the Frankfurt Westside business park. The development will include two...

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Read Digital Realty to expand in Italy
Digital Realty to expand in Italy

Digital Realty to expand in Italy

September 07, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it's expanding into the Italian market with a new Tier IV-quality data center, named ROM1. This announcement comes following the acquisition and pre-development planning of land in Rome. The facility will sit on a 22-hectare site, with construction set to...

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Read Digital Realty will construct a data center in Rome
Digital Realty will construct a data center in Rome

Digital Realty will construct a data center in Rome

September 07, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty plans to extend its operations into Italy and has already purchased land in Rome, the country's capital. Following the purchase of land in Rome and the subsequent pre-development planning for it, the company announced its entry into the Italian market last week. The ROM1 data...

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Read Virtus to build 300MW data facility outside Berlin
Virtus to build 300MW data facility outside Berlin

Virtus to build 300MW data facility outside Berlin

September 05, 2023 VIRTUS Data Centres Ltd

Virtus Data Centers plans to construct a new 300MW campus outside Berlin in Germany. This week, the company, a division of STT GDC, announced the Wustermark Megacampus in Brandenberg, west of the capital. The first phase of the campus in the municipality of Wustermark will encompass 3.7 million...

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Read Clark provides NTT with a data center in Ashburn, Virginia
Clark provides NTT with a data center in Ashburn, Virginia

Clark provides NTT with a data center in Ashburn, Virginia

August 31, 2023 NTT

NTT's Ashburn, Virginia, data center has been delivered by the construction company Clark. This week, Clark Construction Group revealed the notable finalization of the first phase of the VA6 Data Center in Loudoun County, Virginia. The project, which began in May 2022, was completed on time for...

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Read CyrusOne launches new AI-specific built-to-suit data center design
CyrusOne launches new AI-specific built-to-suit data center design

CyrusOne launches new AI-specific built-to-suit data center design

August 30, 2023 CyrusOne

CyrusOne has announced the launch of an AI-specific built-to-suit data center design, which it says has been developed specifically to address the “rapidly growing needs of AI applications and services.”The company notes that the Intelliscale data center is built on an ultra-high-density...

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Read NTT data centers in India becomes 100% booked
NTT data centers in India becomes 100% booked

NTT data centers in India becomes 100% booked

August 28, 2023 NTT

The entire capacity of NTT's data center campuses currently under construction in Kolkata, Noida, Chennai, and other areas of Maharashtra has been pre-booked. NTT Data's Senior Vice President of Global Delivery, Ravi Kumar, stated. The Japanese conglomerate revealed plans to invest $2 billion in...

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Read CyrusOne requests approval for a Dublin data center
CyrusOne requests approval for a Dublin data center

CyrusOne requests approval for a Dublin data center

August 23, 2023 CyrusOne

CyrusOne has applied to the South Dublin County Council for permission to construct a new data center in the Grange Castle Business Park in the Irish capital. The application, submitted on July 14, calls for the demolition of a one-story home called "Erganagh" and the erection of a three-story...

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Read Microsoft creates Petronas HPC AI infrastructure
Microsoft creates Petronas HPC AI infrastructure

Microsoft creates Petronas HPC AI infrastructure

August 22, 2023 Microsoft Azure

The digital arm of the Malaysian energy company Petronas, Petronas Digital, has inked a contract with Microsoft to develop a high-performance computing (HPC) artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure platform. The organization will use the platform to perform AI and machine learning to look...

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Read Equinix will construct a $42 million data center in Mumbai, India
Equinix will construct a $42 million data center in Mumbai, India

Equinix will construct a $42 million data center in Mumbai, India

August 10, 2023 Equinix

Equinix will invest $42 million in a new data center in Mumbai, India. The MB4 data center is anticipated to be operational by the end of the fourth quarter 2023. The MB4 data center is in the Kalwa Industrial Area, approximately 9 miles from the company's two other IBX data centers in Mumbai....

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Read Digital Realty unveils high-density colocation solu with 70kW racks in 28 markets
Digital Realty unveils high-density colocation solu with 70kW racks in 28 markets

Digital Realty unveils high-density colocation solu with 70kW racks in 28 markets

August 08, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty, a global leader in the data center industry, has introduced a high-density colocation service in 28 markets across North America, EMEA, and Asia Pacific. The new service supports up to 70 kilowatts per rack of computing power. Digital stated that the increased rack densities were...

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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 Microsoft has submitted plans to construct two data centers in San Jose, California
Microsoft has submitted plans to construct two data centers in San Jose, California

Microsoft has submitted plans to construct two data centers in San Jose, California

August 03, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has applied to construct two data centers in San Jose, California. On August 17, the San Jose Council Planning Division will convene to discuss Microsoft's plans for a 65-acre site at 1657 Alviso-Milpitas Road. The company seeks permission to remove 79 trees to construct two...

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Read Microsoft increases data center and AI compute capex
Microsoft increases data center and AI compute capex

Microsoft increases data center and AI compute capex

July 28, 2023 Microsoft Azure

This past quarter, Microsoft's capital expenditures increased to $10.7 billion as the company reported spending significantly on data centers, computing, and networking. The company announced that spending would increase each quarter throughout fiscal 2024, already higher than the $7.8bn capital...

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Read Digital Realty sells TPG Real Estate 80% of Northern Virginia data centers stake for $1.3bn
Digital Realty sells TPG Real Estate 80% of Northern Virginia data centers stake for $1.3bn

Digital Realty sells TPG Real Estate 80% of Northern Virginia data centers stake for $1.3bn

July 28, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

TPG Real Estate now owns 80% of three Digital Realty data centers in the US state of Virginia's Northern Virginia. Digital will continue to oversee the daily operations of the joint venture's facilities. The data center business aims to utilize the $1.3 billion in proceeds from the transaction to...

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Read KPMG will invest $2 billion with Microsoft in AI and cloud services
KPMG will invest $2 billion with Microsoft in AI and cloud services

KPMG will invest $2 billion with Microsoft in AI and cloud services

July 28, 2023 Microsoft Azure

KPMG plans to invest $2 billion over the next five years in artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud services in partnership with Microsoft. The global expansion of the 'Big Four' accounting firm's relationship with Microsoft is anticipated to generate up to $12 billion in revenue over the next...

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Read Microsoft intends to invest $230 million in an additional data center in San Antonio, Texas
Microsoft intends to invest $230 million in an additional data center in San Antonio, Texas

Microsoft intends to invest $230 million in an additional data center in San Antonio, Texas

July 28, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft intends to construct another data center in the San Antonio, Texas, region. The corporation stated in applications with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, initially reported by the San Antonio Business Journal, that the project would cost $230 million. The company intends...

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Read Microsoft pushes forward with data center projects in Brazil
Microsoft pushes forward with data center projects in Brazil

Microsoft pushes forward with data center projects in Brazil

July 26, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has shared its plans for further expansion in Brazil, with a new data center in the Campinas area of São Paulo state, Brazil. Located in Hortolândia, details on the facility obtained by BNAmericas, reveal the giant’s plans for the installation of a data center on greenfield land with 39...

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Read Reliance joins Brookfield and Digital Realty's Indian data center JV
Reliance joins Brookfield and Digital Realty's Indian data center JV

Reliance joins Brookfield and Digital Realty's Indian data center JV

July 26, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Reliance Industries, the largest business group in India, revealed that it would join Mercury Holdings SG Pte, the current joint venture between Brookfield Infrastructure and Digital Realty, to construct data centers in India. By acquiring a 33,33 % stake in the existing JV, Reliance Industries...

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Read Microsoft was permitted to operate its Dublin data center on gas
Microsoft was permitted to operate its Dublin data center on gas

Microsoft was permitted to operate its Dublin data center on gas

July 20, 2023 Microsoft Azure

According to reports, Microsoft has been granted permission to construct a 170MW gas power facility for its Dublin data center expansion. As per a report from Business Post, the cloud giant applied in December to construct a gas power facility for its $1 billion Dublin data center campus...

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