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Read AWS planning new data center under name 'Project Echidna,' in West Sydney, Australia
AWS  planning new data center under name 'Project Echidna,' in West Sydney, Australia

AWS planning new data center under name 'Project Echidna,' in West Sydney, Australia

June 27, 2023 Amazon AWS

AWS is planning a new data center in Sydney, Australia. Located in west Sydney, under the program name Project Echidna, the facility will see an investment of AU$300 million (US$200m). Built across two stories, the facility will offer 35.2MW of capacity on 9,225 sqm (99,300 sq ft), and is located...

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Read Amazon will allocate $7.8 billion to construct more central Ohio facilities
Amazon will allocate $7.8 billion to construct more central Ohio facilities

Amazon will allocate $7.8 billion to construct more central Ohio facilities

June 27, 2023 Amazon AWS

According to a news release from Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Amazon intends to invest approximately $8 billion over six years in growing its data center business in central Ohio. Per a press release on Monday, the $7.8 billion initiative marks the second-largest private sector investment in Ohio's...

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Read NTT files for planning permission in Gainesville, Virginia for 336MW campus
NTT files for planning permission in Gainesville, Virginia for 336MW campus

NTT files for planning permission in Gainesville, Virginia for 336MW campus

June 26, 2023 NTT

In Prince William County, NTT has filed for permission for a joint Federal and State permit from the Norfolk District of the US Army Corps of Engineers for a 336MW data center campus. The permit application, NTT VA10, outlines the project is named Grove at Gainesville and includes plans to build...

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Read AdaniConneX gets $213 mn capital for data center assets
AdaniConneX gets $213 mn capital for data center assets

AdaniConneX gets $213 mn capital for data center assets

June 26, 2023 AdaniConneX

AdaniConneX, an equal partnership between data center provider EdgeConneX with ports-to-power conglomerate Adani Enterprises Ltd, announced on Friday that it had secured a $213 million senior debt facility with input from international banks to fund its 67 MW of under-construction data centers in...

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Read Bridge Data Centres develops its data center in MRANTI Park, Malaysia
Bridge Data Centres develops its data center in MRANTI Park, Malaysia

Bridge Data Centres develops its data center in MRANTI Park, Malaysia

June 26, 2023 Bridge Data Centres

Bridge Data Centres (BDC), a prominent provider of data center solutions in the Asia Pacific region, has announced plans to expand its hyperscale data center campus, MY03, in Kuala Lumpur's MRANTI Park. This expansion offers 48MW of IT power to Malaysian and Asia-Pacific hyperscalers and...

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Read STT GDC establishes Jakarta data facility in Indonesia
STT GDC establishes Jakarta data facility in Indonesia

STT GDC establishes Jakarta data facility in Indonesia

June 26, 2023 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has officially inaugurated its first data center facility in Indonesia. The company revealed the launch of STT Jakarta 1 in Bekasi, west of Jakarta, one week ago. The first structure offers 19.5MW across 198,850 square feet. The completed campus will...

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Read STT Invests in AI Hosting company Firmus Technologies to Set the Pace in APAC
STT Invests in AI Hosting company Firmus Technologies to Set the Pace in APAC

STT Invests in AI Hosting company Firmus Technologies to Set the Pace in APAC

June 23, 2023 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC), a data centre provider based in APAC, has invested in Firmus Technologies and plans to collaborate to introduce a GPU-focused Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) named Sustainable Metal Cloud (SMC). Set to debut in Singapore, this service is tailored for...

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Read Old Mutual announces closure of data centers and migrates to AWS
Old Mutual announces closure of data centers and migrates to AWS

Old Mutual announces closure of data centers and migrates to AWS

June 22, 2023 Amazon AWS

Old Mutual Limited has announced that it has closed all of its on-premise data centers and moved its entire IT infrastructure to AWS. The company shared that through this move, it has been able to reduce downtime by 50 per cent. According to Old Mutual, which has been a customer of AWS since...

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Read Sobrato sells Equinix-leased Silicon Valley data facility to Invesco for $86 million
Sobrato sells Equinix-leased Silicon Valley data facility to Invesco for $86 million

Sobrato sells Equinix-leased Silicon Valley data facility to Invesco for $86 million

June 22, 2023 Equinix

Invesco has purchased a data center in San Jose, California, run by Equinix. Mercury News reports that the Sobrato Organization recently sold 1735 Lundy Avenue in San Jose to Invesco Real Estate for $86.3 million, citing documents from Santa Clara County. The single-story building encompasses...

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Read ST Telemedia opens STT Jakarta 1 data center
ST Telemedia opens STT Jakarta 1 data center

ST Telemedia opens STT Jakarta 1 data center

June 21, 2023 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres has announced the launch of its STT Jakarta 1. This facility is the first building to be completed at the company's data center campus, which is being developed with Triputra Group and global investment company Temasek via a JV. At full build-out, the campus will...

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Read STT GDC Philippines will increase the capacity of three data centers
STT GDC Philippines will increase the capacity of three data centers

STT GDC Philippines will increase the capacity of three data centers

June 21, 2023 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

Globe Telecom announced on Tuesday that its joint venture with Ayala Corporation and Singapore-based ST Telemedia Global Data Centers would increase its capacity by 5.2MW by the end of the third quarter of this year. The expansion of ST Telemedia Global Data Centers Philippines (STT GDC...

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Read Sify to expand data center capacity in response to increasing demand
Sify to expand data center capacity in response to increasing demand

Sify to expand data center capacity in response to increasing demand

June 19, 2023 Sify Technologies

Sify has announced that it is expanding its data center capacity, outlining that it will add around 350 MW over the next few years. Already the company already has 11 facilities located in Chennai, Mumbai, Noida, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Kolkata, together totaling 100 MW. However, now, in...

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Read NTT and Prestige to develop 100MW data center in Bangalore
NTT and Prestige to develop 100MW data center in Bangalore

NTT and Prestige to develop 100MW data center in Bangalore

June 13, 2023 NTT

NTT has announced that it has partnered with Prestige Group for a new 100 MW data center in Bangalore, India. The deal will see the company develop a one million square feet area spread across multiple buildings and constructed in three phases. According to the companies, the first building is...

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Read More data center proposals in Spotsylvania; AWS files for four rezoning requests for data centers
More data center proposals in Spotsylvania; AWS files for four rezoning requests for data centers

More data center proposals in Spotsylvania; AWS files for four rezoning requests for data centers

June 13, 2023 Amazon AWS

More data centers are set to arrive in Spotsylvania County, as applications continue to pile up. Amazon is one of the key drivers here, planning four new data center campuses in Virginia's Spotsylvania and Caroline Counties, equating to more than 10 million square feet of development. Amazon has...

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Read Equinix to open its first data center in Kuala Lumpur in 2024
Equinix to open its first data center in Kuala Lumpur in 2024

Equinix to open its first data center in Kuala Lumpur in 2024

June 12, 2023 Equinix

Equinix is expanding its data center footprint in Malaysia, with plans for a new data center in Kuala Lumpur called KL1, which, the company said, will provide greater digital infrastructure capacity in the country. The new facility, which follows the company's announcement of JH1 in Johor, will...

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Read SES will offer satellite connectivity for the AWS modular data facility
SES will offer satellite connectivity for the AWS modular data facility

SES will offer satellite connectivity for the AWS modular data facility

June 12, 2023 Amazon AWS

SES released a satellite connectivity solution for Department of Defense (DoD) clients using the new modular data center product from Amazon Web Services (AWS). This week, SES Space & Defense, a wholly-owned division of SES, announced that satellite-powered network connectivity is now...

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Read Princeton Digital Group (PDG) signs PCA with Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL)
Princeton Digital Group (PDG) signs PCA with Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL)

Princeton Digital Group (PDG) signs PCA with Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL)

June 09, 2023 Mumbai

Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has signed a 25-year power consumption agreement (PCA) with Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL) to procure solar energy in India. The deal will see the data center firm receive power generated by a solar project located in Nanded district, Maharashtra. This...

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Read Iron Mountain and Web Werks invest $170m in Navi Mumbai data facility
Iron Mountain and Web Werks invest $170m in Navi Mumbai data facility

Iron Mountain and Web Werks invest $170m in Navi Mumbai data facility

June 09, 2023 Iron Mountain

Web Werks and Iron Mountain plan to invest 170 million dollars in a data facility in Navi Mumbai, India. The envisioned facility, Mumbai-3, will have a 32MW capacity and be constructed to Tier III specifications. The JV already owns a five-acre parcel to develop the data center, which is...

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Read Digital Edge begins construction on Tokyo data facility
Digital Edge begins construction on Tokyo data facility

Digital Edge begins construction on Tokyo data facility

June 07, 2023 Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge has begun constructing its data center in downtown Tokyo, Japan. A few days ago the company announced on LinkedIn that the building of its TYO7 site had officially begun. The Singapore-based business revealed plans for a new facility in March 2023. The facility will be situated at...

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Read AWS' data center chief Chris Vonderhaar makes abrupt departure
AWS' data center chief Chris Vonderhaar makes abrupt departure

AWS' data center chief Chris Vonderhaar makes abrupt departure

June 02, 2023 Amazon AWS

Chris Vonderhaar, head of data center design, planning, construction, and operation, has made an abrupt departure from AWS. This announcement comes as AWS continues to invest in its data center footprint, pegged to invest $35 billion alone on new data centers in Virginia by 2040. AWS has also...

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