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Read Engineering Firm Woolpert acquires Greenbox Architecture
Engineering Firm Woolpert acquires Greenbox Architecture

Engineering Firm Woolpert acquires Greenbox Architecture

October 10, 2024 Sydney

Engineering and architecture consulting firm Woolpert has acquired Greenbox Architecture. The Sydney-based architectural firm has specialized in data center, commercial, and residential architecture in the APAC region since 2009.“By joining a tech-driven company like Woolpert, we will be able to...

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Read Edged unveils new data center in New Albany, Ohio
Edged unveils new data center in New Albany, Ohio

Edged unveils new data center in New Albany, Ohio

August 14, 2024 Ohio

Data center firm Edged Energy has officially announced plans for a new data center located at 6525 New Albany Road East, the 206,000 sq ft (19,140 sqm) facility will offer 24MW across two stories. Construction is underway and expected to be completed in July 2025. “We are on a mission to build...

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Read Atturra expands sovereign cloud in NextDC Sydney data center
Atturra expands sovereign cloud in NextDC Sydney data center

Atturra expands sovereign cloud in NextDC Sydney data center

August 05, 2024 Sydney

Australian advisory and IT solutions provider Atturra is expanding its sovereign cloud capacity with a new deployment in NextDC's S3 data center in Sydney, helping the company to meet growing demand from clients for cloud computing and storage capacity. The solutions provider will commence its...

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Read Heimdall Power raises $25m in new funding round
Heimdall Power raises $25m in new funding round

Heimdall Power raises $25m in new funding round

July 19, 2024 Norway

Power grid optimization specialist Heimdall Power has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round to scale up production of its “Magic Ball” sensors which it claims can help grid operators access up to 40 percent of additional transmission capacity in existing power lines. These neuron sensors...

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Read ADNOC partners with e& for private 5G wireless networks
ADNOC partners with e& for private 5G wireless networks

ADNOC partners with e& for private 5G wireless networks

July 06, 2024 Abu Dhabi

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has paired with telco e& to build a private 5G wireless network that spans 11,000 square kilometers which will be the largest private 5G wireless network ever built in the energy industry.“This landmark project with e& is a milestone step in...

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Read BGO invests €350 million into Norway's Bulk
BGO invests €350 million into Norway's Bulk

BGO invests €350 million into Norway's Bulk

June 07, 2024 Norway

Real estate investment management firm BentallGreenOak has invested another €350 million ($380m) into Nordic data center operator Bulk which will be used to ‘accelerate Bulk’s growth plans.’“The latest investment by BGO will fuel our ambitions to shift the gravity for global and European large...

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Read Georgia governor vetoes bill to pause data center tax breaks after it had passed both houses
Georgia governor vetoes bill to pause data center tax breaks after it had passed both houses

Georgia governor vetoes bill to pause data center tax breaks after it had passed both houses

May 11, 2024 Georgia

Gov. Brian Kemp this week decided to veto HB 1192, a bill that would pause tax breaks for data centers in Georgia after it had passed both houses.In a statement explaining the veto, Governor Kemp said the state extended data center exemptions to 2031 just two years ago, with projects starting in...

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Read New GPU cloud firm offering access to AMD GPUs launches
New GPU cloud firm offering access to AMD GPUs launches

New GPU cloud firm offering access to AMD GPUs launches

May 08, 2024 Norway

A new GPU cloud provider Nscale which relies on AMD hardware has announced its official launch and is now offering services based on AMD’s Instinct MI300X GPU accelerators from a cryptomining firm and sister company Arkon Energy’s data center in Glomfjord, Norway. “Over the coming years, AI will...

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Read Hydrogen demonstration facility launches in Austin, Texas
Hydrogen demonstration facility launches in Austin, Texas

Hydrogen demonstration facility launches in Austin, Texas

April 29, 2024 Austin

A hydrogen demonstration facility has launched in Austin, Texas and will help provide power to the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) data center via a fuel cell. The project – located at the University of Texas (UT) J.J. Pickle Research Campus in Austin – is a collaboration between GTI...

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Read Georgia Power increases capacity to meet data center demand
Georgia Power increases capacity to meet data center demand

Georgia Power increases capacity to meet data center demand

April 17, 2024 Georgia

Electric utility Georgia Power (GP) has received approval from the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) to increase its generation capacity with both fossil fuels and renewable energy to meet power demand from data centers. This agreement will also allow Georgia Power to contract generation...

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Read Los Alamos Lab unveils Venado supercomputer
Los Alamos Lab unveils Venado supercomputer

Los Alamos Lab unveils Venado supercomputer

April 16, 2024 New Mexico

The Venado supercomputer has been launched at Los Alamos National Laboratory. This is a system which consists of 2,560 direct, liquid-cooled Nvidia Grace Hopper Superchips; 920 Nvidia Grace CPU Superchips, each of which contains 144 Arm cores; and is networked with HPE Slingshot 11 interconnect....

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Read WSI selects CDC Data Centres for digital tower deployment
WSI selects CDC Data Centres for digital tower deployment

WSI selects CDC Data Centres for digital tower deployment

March 15, 2024 Sydney

Western Sydney International Airport (WSI) has selected CDC Data Centres for its digital tower deployment. WSI will be one of the first in Australia to run a digital air traffic control tower and has partnered with CDC, Frequentis Australasia, and Airservices to develop the system. WSI will...

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Read WSI selects CDC Data Centres for digital tower deployment
WSI selects CDC Data Centres for digital tower deployment

WSI selects CDC Data Centres for digital tower deployment

March 12, 2024 Sydney

Western Sydney International Airport (WSI) has selected CDC Data Centres for its digital tower deployment. WSI will be one of the first in Australia to run a digital air traffic control tower and has partnered with CDC, Frequentis Australasia, and Airservices to develop the system. WSI will...

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Read Expedient unveils new facility in Columbus, Ohio
Expedient unveils new facility in Columbus, Ohio

Expedient unveils new facility in Columbus, Ohio

February 15, 2024 Ohio

Expedient this week announced that it has launched services from a data center in Columbus, Ohio, previously operated by an insurance firm and has added a former Nationwide data center near Columbus to its portfolio. This facility located at 281 E. Powell Road in Lewis Center township, the...

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Read Diraq secures $15 million in a Series 2-A funding round
Diraq secures $15 million in a Series 2-A funding round

Diraq secures $15 million in a Series 2-A funding round

February 14, 2024 Sydney

Quantum computing startup Diraq has raised $15 million in a Series 2-A funding round led by specialist investor Quantonation, a venture capital fund dedicated to quantum technologies, with participation from Higgins Family Investments and the University of New South Wales, Sydney. This latest...

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Read Ohio firefighters killed in a tower maintenance accident
Ohio firefighters killed in a tower maintenance accident

Ohio firefighters killed in a tower maintenance accident

November 29, 2023 Ohio

Concord-Green fire chief Ralph Stegbauer and fire captain Jeffery Skaggs have both passed away while carrying out tower maintenance outside their firehouse in Ohio. Both firefighters were working on the Fayette County, Ohio tower when the mechanical lift they were in overturned. This accident led...

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Read Mira Aerospace successfully completes 5G trial from the stratosphere
Mira Aerospace successfully completes 5G trial from the stratosphere

Mira Aerospace successfully completes 5G trial from the stratosphere

October 31, 2023 Abu Dhabi

High altitude pseudo satellite (HAPS) firm Mira Aerospace has successfully conducted a 5G connectivity trial from the stratosphere - which ranges from 4-12 miles (6-20 km) above the Earth's surface to around 31 miles (50km). Mira said in an announcement last week, “Our team is excited to announce...

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Read ‘Fortune 200 tech company’ looks to build $750m campus in northern Ohio
‘Fortune 200 tech company’ looks to build $750m campus in northern Ohio

‘Fortune 200 tech company’ looks to build $750m campus in northern Ohio

October 04, 2023 Ohio

An unnamed Fortune 200 tech company plans to build a $750 million data center campus on about 750 acres between Perrysburg and Bowling Green in northern Ohio. This company is also undergoing deals and negotiations through a shell company, Liames LLC. Middleton Township trustees discussed plans...

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Read A data facility near Detroit in Michigan up for sale
A data facility near Detroit in Michigan up for sale

A data facility near Detroit in Michigan up for sale

September 14, 2023 Detroit

A data center outside of Detroit, Michigan, is available for purchase. Lee & Associates, a real estate agency, has listed 21420 Melrose in Southfield, Oakland County, as available. The 1986-built, 15,956-square-foot property is available for $1.34m. “This building is extremely well maintained...

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Read Northern Ohio will see the construction of a 600-acre data center
Northern Ohio will see the construction of a 600-acre data center

Northern Ohio will see the construction of a 600-acre data center

September 01, 2023 Ohio

A data center construction is proposed for the northern Ohio region outside Toledo. The Blade reports that preparations are underway to locate a data center on hundreds of acres in Middleton Township, west of Interstate 75 and near the intersection of State Routes 582 and 25. Details regarding...

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