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Read NTT Data Center Agreement Extended by Eight Years by Alabama Pension Agency
NTT Data Center Agreement Extended by Eight Years by Alabama Pension Agency

NTT Data Center Agreement Extended by Eight Years by Alabama Pension Agency

April 07, 2023 NTT

The Retirement Systems of Alabama has renewed NTT's contract with them until 2033. NTT Data will manage the data center for the state pension agency for an extra eight years as part of the arrangement. The contract's worth wasn't shared. The downtown Montgomery data center has 300 racks and a...

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Read Equinix expands footprint in Canada
Equinix expands footprint in Canada

Equinix expands footprint in Canada

April 06, 2023 Equinix

Equinix has announced plans for a facility in Montreal, Canada. Known as MT2, the new facility is projected to be operational in the second half of 2023. In the first phase of the project, the facility will offer 500 racks from Q3, phase two, meanwhile, will add a further 500 racks by the fourth...

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Read Vantage Creates a New Investment Group in EMEA
Vantage Creates a New Investment Group in EMEA

Vantage Creates a New Investment Group in EMEA

April 06, 2023 Vantage Data Centers

With the formation of a new investment partnership, Vantage Data Centers has added new investors to its roster along with DigitalBridge. This week, the company disclosed that it has signed a legally binding agreement to establish an investment partnership with a group of investors, including...

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Read Equinix to expand Infomart building in Dallas, Texas
Equinix to expand Infomart building in Dallas, Texas

Equinix to expand Infomart building in Dallas, Texas

April 03, 2023 Equinix

After acquiring the Infomart building in Dallas, Texas in 2018, Equinix has announced that it is expanding the property. This expansion will see $180 million injected into the 1990 N. Stemmons Freeway property. The addition will involve the company adding more than 211,000 square feet (19,600 sq...

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Read NTT's Network Down in Japan, Affecting Telecom Operations
NTT's Network Down in Japan, Affecting Telecom Operations

NTT's Network Down in Japan, Affecting Telecom Operations

April 03, 2023 NTT

On April 3, NTT East and NTT West, subsidiaries of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT), were impacted by a network outage in Japan. NTT had a significant network outage that morning at about 7:10 local time, according to reports from regional media outlets, albeit the impacted services have...

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Read Landowners sue City of Chicago over blocked sale for Equinix expansion
Landowners sue City of Chicago over blocked sale for Equinix expansion

Landowners sue City of Chicago over blocked sale for Equinix expansion

March 27, 2023 Equinix

Landowners in Chicago are suing the city over the blocked sale of their property to Equinix, a data center company. The landowners allege that the city's actions were unconstitutional and violated their property rights. Equinix had planned to build a data center on the site at 2545 South Martin...

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Read Thailand's Bangkok Will Get a New Data Center From NTT
Thailand's Bangkok Will Get a New Data Center From NTT

Thailand's Bangkok Will Get a New Data Center From NTT

March 23, 2023 NTT

NTT will construct a new data center in Thailand. The company revealed this week that it will spend $90 million through NTT Global Data Centers to build a 12MW, 43,000 sq ft facility in Bangkok. The second half of 2024 will see the start of operations at the next data center, BKK3, which will be...

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Read Equinix announces new sustainability initiative to share waste heat in Paris
Equinix announces new sustainability initiative to share waste heat in Paris

Equinix announces new sustainability initiative to share waste heat in Paris

March 17, 2023 Equinix

Equinix, in another move in alignment with its sustainability goals, has announced the opening of a rooftop urban farm at its PA10 data center in Paris, France. Promoting circular economy principles, the company will use its servers' waste heat to heat the greenhouse, which was built by Reid...

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Read Stack offers backup generator power to Swiss confederation's Winter Reserve
 Stack offers  backup generator power to Swiss confederation's Winter Reserve

Stack offers backup generator power to Swiss confederation's Winter Reserve

March 17, 2023 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has signed up for the Swiss Winter Reserve Plan, through which it will provide its supplemental power capacity to the Swiss energy reserve, in line with the Federal Council's ordinance. The ordinance includes measures to prevent winter power shortages and will run until April...

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Read Stack Raises $250m From securitized Notes
Stack Raises $250m From securitized Notes

Stack Raises $250m From securitized Notes

March 17, 2023 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

The data center company Stack has completed its most recent structured debt fundraising round. The company revealed the sale of $250 million in securitized notes last week. The price of the notes is a 5.900 percent fixed rate coupon. The firm said it has now raised $2.1 billion in notes through...

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Read Digital Edge expands in Tokyo
Digital Edge expands in Tokyo

Digital Edge expands in Tokyo

March 16, 2023 Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge has announced its plans for a new data center in Tokyo, Japan, having entered into a partnership with real estate developer Hulic. Through this partnership, it has created a joint venture, DEH1 Co., Ltd for the development, known as the 'Kobunacho Project,' it will develop its TYO7...

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Read Colt plans new Mumbai data center campus
Colt plans new Mumbai data center campus

Colt plans new Mumbai data center campus

March 16, 2023 Colt Data Centre Services

Colt has announced plans to expand in India, with a new data center campus in Navi Mumbai. The campus is pegged to include ten buildings, with a total of 40 data halls, and 40,000 sqm of data center white space spanning a 62,000 sqm site. Further, the company outlined that the campus will have a...

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Read Another sustainability-linked loan secured by AirTrunk
Another sustainability-linked loan secured by AirTrunk

Another sustainability-linked loan secured by AirTrunk

March 15, 2023 AirTrunk

AirTrunk has announced that it has secured a new AU$ 650 million (US$432.5m) Sustainability Linked Loan (SLL) in Japan. This latest addition, it has outlined, means that all debt platforms are now linked to sustainability targets; a total of AU$ 5 billion (US$3.3bn) in Environmental, Social, and...

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Read Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) opens Osaka Keihanna data center
Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) opens Osaka Keihanna data center

Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) opens Osaka Keihanna data center

March 14, 2023 Colt Data Centre Services

Colt has launched its ​​45MW facility, located in the Keihanna area of Osaka, following the company first announcing the project in 2021. According to the company, already, 75% of the data center is committed. Spanning 42,000 sqm (452,000 sq ft), Niclas Sanfridsson, CEO of Colt DCS, said that the...

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Read DigitalBridge Selling Vantage Data Centers Minority Interest
DigitalBridge Selling Vantage Data Centers Minority Interest

DigitalBridge Selling Vantage Data Centers Minority Interest

March 09, 2023 Vantage Data Centers

Inquiries are being made by DigitalBridge Group about selling a small portion of Vantage Data Centers. The CEO of DigitalBridge, Marc Ganzi, stated on the company's most recent quarterly results call that it wanted to raise more money while also focusing on the deconsolidation more of its...

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Read Exa And Colt Will Update The Channel Tunnel Route's Fiber Equipment
Exa And Colt Will Update The Channel Tunnel Route's Fiber Equipment

Exa And Colt Will Update The Channel Tunnel Route's Fiber Equipment

March 09, 2023 Colt Data Centre Services

Fiber infrastructure along the Channel Tunnel, which connects England and France, will be upgraded by Exa Infrastructure and Colt Technical Services. To provide clients with a cutting-edge G.652D cable route from London to Paris, the two telecom infrastructure providers will collaborate to update...

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Read Stack Infrastructure Will Raise $250 Million to Expand Its Data Center
Stack Infrastructure Will Raise $250 Million to Expand Its Data Center

Stack Infrastructure Will Raise $250 Million to Expand Its Data Center

March 08, 2023 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure plans to seek $250 million for data center expansion. The Stack Infrastructure Issuer will provide the funding, 2023-1, through the securitization of income connected to lease obligations and electrical capacity at 8 wholesale data centers in seven U.S. states. S&P Global...

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Read Colt Data Centre Services' new London 4 data center in Hayes to have sustainability focus
Colt Data Centre Services' new London 4 data center in Hayes to have sustainability focus

Colt Data Centre Services' new London 4 data center in Hayes to have sustainability focus

March 06, 2023 Colt Data Centre Services

Colt Data Centre Services has announced that it has broken ground on its new London 4 campus, located in Hayes. The company has outlined that the site will include two five-story buildings with a combined capacity of 57 MW, containing 18 data center halls across 30,000 sqm (322,900 sq ft). The...

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Read KDDI Switches Its Online Payment Software to Oracle Database
KDDI Switches Its Online Payment Software to Oracle Database

KDDI Switches Its Online Payment Software to Oracle Database

March 03, 2023 KDDI

KDDI, a Japanese telecom company, has a partnership with Oracle and will use the database of the technology company for its online payment brand. For disaster recovery, it has also implemented Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The company that runs the "au" mobile phone service in Japan, KDDI,...

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Read Digital Edge 10MW green data center ready for service
Digital Edge 10MW green data center ready for service

Digital Edge 10MW green data center ready for service

March 02, 2023 Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge has announced that its first Philippines facility, located in Binan Laguna, Manila, is ready for service, and will offer 10 MW of capacity with 2,200 cabinets. Named the Narra 1 data center, it will provide colocation and interconnection services to the region and is a joint project...

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