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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December 10, 2021 Equinix
Equinix has announced that its PE3 data center in Perth, Australia, has launched, the third IBX facility in the city. According to reports, the first phase of the project provides a capacity of 700 cabinets spanning 1,830 sqm (38,600 sqtf), following an investment of US$54 million (A$71.7...
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December 09, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has unveiled new availability zones in its Indian Central Azure cloud region. Usually, Azure regions launch with three availability zones. These zones are physically separated to provide higher redundancy, availability, and disaster recovery protection. However, there are cases where...
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December 07, 2021 Equinix
Equinix has announced that it is acquiring West Africa’s data center company MainOne for $320 million. The acquisition sees Equinix expand its operations into Africa for the first time. Funke Opeke founded MainOne in 2010 through its MDXi brand. The company has three data centers in operation in...
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December 06, 2021 Vantage Data Centers
Vantage Data Centers and its lead investor, Digital Bridge Group, have announced the acquisition of PCCW Ltd.’s data center business. The acquisition sees Vantage DC’s portfolio to include 100MW of existing and expansion capacity across many facilities in Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong. Besides, the...
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December 02, 2021 EdgeConneX
EdgeConnex has announced that it is to enter the Belgian market with the construction of a data center campus near Brussels in Ternat. The first facility will comprise 4 data halls supporting over 20MW of capacity. According to the company, the site is expected to be ready in the first quarter of...
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November 30, 2021 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty is partnering with Coolest DC to develop high-efficiency thermal management solutions for the industry following a pilot program supported by Temasek Foundation. The initial pilot scheme sought to improve energy consumption by data centers and enhance efficiency and had deployed:...
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November 25, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has announced plans for an Azure data center region in Belgium. However, it didn’t share details of where the region will be or when it plans to develop it. Yet, just like Microsoft’s other regions, the Belgium Azure region will include three availability zones to enable better...
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November 25, 2021 STACK: MIL01A
Supernap Italia has announced the opening of its second data center on its Siziano campus in Milan, Italy. The new data center has two independent data halls. With this, the facility now has 1 million square feet of space (100,000 square meters) and 40MW of capacity. CEO of Supernap Italia,...
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November 25, 2021 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty has announced that it has "amended, extended, and upsized" its existing global revolving credit facility from $2.35 billion to $3.0 billion, which now feature a sustainability-linked pricing component. Moreover, the pricing will be "subject to adjustment" based on performance...
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November 22, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has announced its plans to expand in Sydney, Australia. The campus in Kemps Creek, according to AFR, will be worth $1.3 billion with a capacity of 190MW, spanning over 14.4 hectares. It is being built in a new industrial estate which is being developed by Frasers and Atlis Property...
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November 22, 2021 Microsoft Azure
In Quincy, Washington, tech giant Microsoft has announced that it is teaming up with Caterpillar and Ballard Power Systems to test its hydrogen fuel cell backup generators in a move towards a more sustainable future. This project accompanies Microsoft’s other backup energy efforts, like the...
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November 22, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Both AT&T and Microsoft have launched an Azure Edge zone in Atlanta, Georgia. Azure Edge zone is a type of infrastructure that provides 5-G connected cloud services from Edge facilities. The companies announced that they are launching the “Private Preview” of the Azure Edge zone. With this,...
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November 18, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has expanded its presence in Hong Kong by launching new availability zones in its East Asia Azure cloud region in Hong Kong. Most Microsoft Azure regions tend to launch with three availability zones. These zones or locations are unique and physically separated to provide higher...
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November 18, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has officially opened a new Azure cloud region in Sweden. The firm revealed that it has data centers in Sandviken, Gävle, and Staffanstorp. Microsoft first announced the region in November 2020 and it would be calling the combined Azure region Sweden Central. President of Microsoft,...
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November 16, 2021 CyrusOne
Investment firm KKR, alongside Global Infrastructure Partners, has completed the acquisition of CyrusOne for $15 billion. CyrusOne owns and operates up to 50 data centers worldwide. Co-founder and interim President and CEO of CyrusOne, Dave Ferdman, commented that CyrusOne had built one of the...
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November 16, 2021 CyrusOne
American Tower has completed the acquisition of CoreSite for $10.1 billion. According to American Tower, the acquisition of CoreSite will help transform its mobile computing business. Coresite operates up to 25 data centers in the United States. CEO of American Tower, Tom Bartlett, said American...
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November 05, 2021 Vantage Data Centers
Vantage Data Centers has announced that it has raised $530 million in securitized notes. The funds it raised would be used to refinance Vantage DC’s Variable Funding Note (VFN) facility. VFN was used to facilitate the purchase of CA22. Vantage Stabilized Data Centers, a joint venture Vantage DC...
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November 04, 2021 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has announced a new agreement with energy firm AES, whereby AES will provide the tech giant with renewable energy for all of its data centers in Virginia. This energy will be sourced 576MW of contracted renewable assets. These assets include wind and solar. This agreement aligns with...
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November 02, 2021 CloudHQ
According to multiple reports, CloudHQ plans to build a 240MW data center campus in Lisses, France. The US data center firm wants to develop two data center buildings with 710,000 square feet (66,000 square meters) which will consist of 24 data halls each. The facility will be located in the...
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