Data Center News

Nick Clegg steps down as Meta's president of global affairs

United States

Sir Nick Clegg has stepped down as Meta’s president of global affairs, announcing his departure on a post on Meta’s Facebook platform after almost seven years.In a post confirming his departure, Clegg said it was “the right time for me to move on.” "My time at the company coincided with a sign...

IBM and GlobalFoundries end legal dispute

Kyndryl

IBM and GlobalFoundries (GF) have reached a settlement in their long-running legal dispute which saw both companies claim breach of contract and misuse of trade secrets and intellectual property. The two companies said the undisclosed settlement resolves “all litigation matters” and would allo...

Veon X Starlink sign satellite connectivity agreement

Ukraine

Veon's Ukrainian subsidiary Kyivstar has signed an agreement with SpaceX's Starlink that will deliver direct-to-cell satellite connectivity in Ukraine. In an announcement last week, Kyivstar said it expects to launch Starlink's direct-to-cell services with SMS and OTT messaging functionality i...

Schneider Electric picks Nirupa Chander to lead data center power team

Asia-Pacific (APAC)

Schneider Electric has appointed energy industry veteran Nirupa Chander to head up its data centre power business across several markets across the Middle East and Asia. She has taken on the role of senior vice president, secure power and data centers, international operations, at the power te...

GDS rebrands international unit to DayOne

China

Chinese data center firm GDS has changed its name and officially launched as an independent company as of January 1, following the recent completion of a series B funding round. Established in 2022, what was then GDS International was founded to hold GDS Holding’s data center assets and operat...

Digital Edge raises $1.6 billion expansion funds

Digital Edge DC

APAC data center firm Digital Edge has raised more than $1.6 billion in new capital to fund its ongoing expansion plans through a combination of equity and debt financing; this included approximately $640 million of equity investment from both existing and new investors, as well as $1 billion ...

Eni switches on new HPC6 supercomputer

Italy

Italian energy company Eni switched on its new HPC6 supercomputer on Christmas Day: a 477.9 petaflops system which ranked fifth on the latest edition of the Top500 list of most powerful supercomputers.HPC6 is an HPE Cray EX235a system powered by AMD 3rd generation Epyc CPUs, around 14,000 AMD ...

World Wide Technology to buy ITSP Softchoice

Canada

Canadian IT services provider Softchoice is set to be acquired by digital infrastructure provider World Wide Technology (WWT). The all-cash deal will see St. Louis-based WWT pay CA$24.50 per share to acquire Softchoice. The deal has been approved by the Softchoice board, and will now require t...

$17bn data center campus proposed in Atlanta, Georgia

Georgia

A 13-building data center campus costing $17 billion has been proposed for Atlanta, Georgia. The campus would be built on 832 acres of land near the city of Newnan, 45 miles south of Atlanta in Coweta County. The site is adjacent to Welcome Sargent Road and Wagers Mill Road.Each of the data ha...

Rigetti unveils 84-qubit Ankaa-3 quantum computer

Quantum computing company Rigetti launched its 84-qubit Ankaa-3 system in late December 2024, stating that its new flagship system features an “extensive hardware redesign that enables superior performance.”This includes a new cryogenic hardware design to reduce the amount of metal at the refr...

Bit Digital acquires Montreal site for data center

United States

US data center developer and crypto firm Bit Digital has acquired the site for a build-to-suit 5MW data center expansion project in Montreal, Canada.The company initially used cash on hand to fund the acquisition and is working to obtain mortgage financing to cover the site's acquisition and s...

Akamai to end CDN services in China

China

US-based cloud computing and Content Delivery Network (CDN) company Akamai plans to end its CDN in China, ending services in the country on June 30, 2026, the company said in a letter to customers. After this point, any remaining content requests will be automatically served from neighboring c...

Global Switch confirms search for co-investor

Sydney

Global Switch recently announced that the sale of its Sydney data center business to HMC Capital had closed, and has officially confirmed previous reports it was seeking external investment for its London campus.“As part of its financing strategy to drive future growth, Global Switch has also ...

Meta signs long-term PPA in Texas

Texas

Meta has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with US-based renewable energy company Longroad Energy to purchase 100 percent of the output of the 300MWac (400MWdc) '1000 Mile' solar project in Yoakum County, Texas."The renewable energy from this project will support our data cente...

Biden Admin considers fast tracking data center development

 The Biden Administration is drafting a plan to enable the construction of data centers and electrical power plants on federally owned land. A B&E report  the government is trying to write up a plan before Biden's term ends on January 20. That plan could involve relaxing environmental rest...

Samsung’s advanced chip packaging VP Lin Jun-Cheng resigns

Samsung Electronics’ VP for advanced packaging technology has left the company. Lin Jun-Cheng also confirmed his resignation, posting on LinkedIn that he was leaving “due to the end of my two-year contract.” Jun-Cheng joined the company in March 2023 having previously worked at TSMC for almost...

Digital Core REIT seeks new tenant for Virginia data center

Virginia

Digital Core REIT is looking for a new tenant for one of its data centers in Northern Virginia, as the current occupant of the data center, located at 8217 Linton Hall Road in Bristow, Prince William County, has decided to not exercise its option to extend its lease on the property, the proper...

Penta Infra gets pension fund PGGM

Penta Infra

 PGGM, which invests on behalf of Dutch pension fund PFZW, has acquired a 49 percent stake in the European data center provider from Photon Capital, an investor that has been involved with Penta Infra since its inception.Bob Sprengers, CEO at Penta Infra, said: "We are proud to welcome PGGM as...

Phoenix to clamp down on data centers

Phoenix

The city of Phoenix in Arizona is set to clamp down on data centers. The City Council has approved a series of changes to better regulate data center growth in the city, including regulating locations and external design specifications.The vote, which took place on December 10, targeted standa...

Cellnex completes €800m Austrian tower exit

Austria

Cellnex has completed the sale of its Austrian unit to a consortium comprised of Vauban Infrastructure Partners, EDF Invest, and MEAG for €803 million ($834m), bringing an end to Cellnex's presence in Austria after it entered the market in 2021, when it snapped up CK Hutchison's sites in the c...