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Read EdgeConneX contests the Dublin data center denial
EdgeConneX contests the Dublin data center denial

EdgeConneX contests the Dublin data center denial

August 22, 2023 EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX Ireland has appealed to An Bord Pleanála against South Dublin County Council's decision to deny its proposed data center. The company intended to construct two adjacent data centers on its Dublin Campus in Ballmakaily, Lucan, Dublin, on Newcastle Road. Two single-story data centers...

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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 OVHcloud is looking to acquire Gridscale
OVHcloud is looking to acquire Gridscale

OVHcloud is looking to acquire Gridscale

August 08, 2023 OVH Group

Gridscale, an industry leader in hyper-converged infrastructure, and OVHcloud are in exclusive takeover talks. The deal, which won't affect the fiscal year 2023 and will help OVHcloud with its Edge computing goals, is anticipated to close at the start of 2024. There has been no disclosure of the...

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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 Stack Infrastructure concludes its second $250 million debt financing of 2023
Stack Infrastructure concludes its second $250 million debt financing of 2023

Stack Infrastructure concludes its second $250 million debt financing of 2023

August 02, 2023 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

$250 million in securitized notes have been issued as part of Stack Infrastructure's second round of structured debt financing for 2023. The funding round began a month ago with an initial goal of raising $100 million, which has since more than doubled. Since 2019, Stack has raised $2.3 billion...

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Read Blackstone and QTS to build data centers worth $8bn for "once in a generation" AI growth
Blackstone and QTS to build data centers worth $8bn for "once in a generation" AI growth

Blackstone and QTS to build data centers worth $8bn for "once in a generation" AI growth

August 01, 2023 QTS Data Centers

The premier property fund of Blackstone, valued at $68 billion, is selling assets and preparing to invest billions in data centers. According to the Financial Times, Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, or Breit, intends to invest $8 billion in the construction of new data centers through its...

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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 QTS acquires 400 acres in South Carolina's York County
QTS acquires 400 acres in South Carolina's York County

QTS acquires 400 acres in South Carolina's York County

July 27, 2023 QTS Data Centers

A new campus for its data centers is being built by QTS on 400 acres of land in York County, South Carolina. Citing York County real estate documents, BizJournal reports that two entities linked with QTS Realty Trust LLC have acquired nearly 400 acres off S.C. Highway 274 for more than $11.2...

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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 Stack Infrastructure intends to raise $100 million in secured notes
Stack Infrastructure intends to raise $100 million in secured notes

Stack Infrastructure intends to raise $100 million in secured notes

July 26, 2023 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure seeks to raise $100 million by issuing securitized notes. After raising $250 million in March, this will be Stack's second fundraising round this year and sixth overall. It will begin on July 24. The notes have received an A-2 rating from S&P Global. This is presently set...

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Read Compass will soon buy Sears' 2.4 million-square-foot Chicago facility
Compass will soon  buy Sears' 2.4 million-square-foot Chicago facility

Compass will soon buy Sears' 2.4 million-square-foot Chicago facility

July 21, 2023 Compass Datacenters

Compass Datacenters, which was recently taken over, is planning to purchase a former Sears office complex in Chicago, Illinois, presumably for a new data center campus. The data center constructor and operator are "poised" to acquire the Sears site in the Hoffman Estates neighborhood, as first...

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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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Read EdgeConneX announces deployment of AWS Direct Connect in Phoenix data center
EdgeConneX announces deployment of  AWS Direct Connect in Phoenix data center

EdgeConneX announces deployment of AWS Direct Connect in Phoenix data center

July 19, 2023 EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX has announced the deployment of AWS Direct Connect with both 10Gbps and 100Gbps capability at the Phoenix Edge Data Center (PHX01). The company shared that this will enable customers to establish direct edge cloud on-ramps. This, it shared, can reportedly reduce costs, improve...

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Read GI Partners acquires the majority stake in 2 Chicago data centers from Digital Realty
GI Partners acquires the majority stake in 2 Chicago data centers from Digital Realty

GI Partners acquires the majority stake in 2 Chicago data centers from Digital Realty

July 18, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

GI Partners has acquired a majority stake in two data centers in Chicago, Illinois, from Digital Realty. This week, the business announced that it had formed a joint venture with GI Partners to sell a 65 percent stake in two stabilized hyper-scale data center facilities and their associated...

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