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Read Telehouse, a subsidiary of KDDI, buys Allied Properties' data center holdings for $1 billion
Telehouse, a subsidiary of KDDI, buys Allied Properties' data center holdings for $1 billion

Telehouse, a subsidiary of KDDI, buys Allied Properties' data center holdings for $1 billion

June 22, 2023 Telehouse

Telehouse has entered the Canadian market with the acquisition of three data centers. KDDI, the parent company of the data center company, announced this week that it had acquired three data centers and the associated assets in Toronto, Canada, from Allied Properties REIT. KDDI paid $1.02 billion...

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Read Scaleway of Iliad will turn its data center unit into a separate entity, Opcore
Scaleway of Iliad will turn its data center unit into a separate entity, Opcore

Scaleway of Iliad will turn its data center unit into a separate entity, Opcore

June 21, 2023 OpCore

The French cloud and data center organization Scaleway separates its data center division into a separate businesses. President and former CEO of Scaleway, Arnaud de Bermingham, announced on Linkedin that he would oversee the new 46-person unit. In response to a commentator's inquiry about...

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Read External construction work on Digital Realty’s latest Frankfurt data center now complete
External construction work on Digital Realty’s latest Frankfurt data center now complete

External construction work on Digital Realty’s latest Frankfurt data center now complete

June 14, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty’s new data center, FRA33 facility in Hattersheim, Frankfurt, Germany, has now been completed, it has been announced. The new facility will reportedly offer 40MW of IT capacity spanning 16,000 square meters (172,222 sq ft) of white space. The construction firm that worked on the...

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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 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 Digital Realty designs data center on Marseille sugar silo site
Digital Realty designs data center on Marseille sugar silo site

Digital Realty designs data center on Marseille sugar silo site

June 09, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty will construct a new data center on the site of an ancient sugar silo at the Port of Marseille-Fos, having won a bid to acquire and develop the land. The new MRS5 facility will reportedly encompass approximately 107,640 square feet and will be operational by the end of 2025....

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Read Digital Realty gets $1.1 billion, sells Texas and Illinois data facilities
Digital Realty gets $1.1 billion, sells Texas and Illinois data facilities

Digital Realty gets $1.1 billion, sells Texas and Illinois data facilities

June 07, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty, a US data center company, has had an eventful week raising money and selling data centers. The company announced that it had raised over $1 billion through the sale of shares, with the money going to be used for expansion and debt reduction. Digital is selling the vast majority...

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Read CloudHQ purchases over 120 acres in San Antonio, Texas.
CloudHQ purchases over 120 acres in San Antonio, Texas.

CloudHQ purchases over 120 acres in San Antonio, Texas.

June 07, 2023 CloudHQ

CloudHQ has purchased land in San Antonio, Texas, to construct a data center campus. The company has acquired nearly 123 acres of land in the Texas Research Park, just down the street from Microsoft's Bexar County facilities. The University of Texas System sold CloudHQ the land bounded by Lambda...

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Read Equinix to open its third International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Dubai
Equinix to open its third International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Dubai

Equinix to open its third International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Dubai

May 31, 2023 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it is opening its third International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Dubai, which, at full build-out, will offer 1,800 cabinets of capacity across two phases or a total footprint of 12,000 square meters (135,000 square feet). The facility will support the...

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Read Telehouse Presents Data Facility in Bangkok
Telehouse Presents Data Facility in Bangkok

Telehouse Presents Data Facility in Bangkok

May 30, 2023 Telehouse

Telehouse opened its first data center in Thailand in Bangkok. The company owned by KDDI recently conducted a grand opening ceremony for the new Rama 9 location in Bangkok. The 97,000-square-foot facility with a capacity of 9.5MVA was announced in January 2022. The business reported investing $74...

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Read Data4 launches Polish data center campus
Data4 launches Polish data center campus

Data4 launches Polish data center campus

May 27, 2023 DATA4 Group

Data4 has announced the launch of its new data center campus outside Warsaw in Poland. The Polish facility, at full build-out, will offer 60MW across 15,000 sqm. Data4's new data center, located in Jawczyce near Warsaw, was first announced back in July 2021 and has seen a total investment of PLN...

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Read Digital Realty Plans to Construct a Thirteen-story Data Center in Los Angeles
Digital Realty Plans to Construct a Thirteen-story Data Center in Los Angeles

Digital Realty Plans to Construct a Thirteen-story Data Center in Los Angeles

May 26, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has applied to construct a new data center in Los Angeles, California. The company has applied to construct a thirteen-story data center at 727 S Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. The prospective applicant is GIP 7th Street LLC, a well-known subsidiary of Digital Realty. At...

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Read PowerHouse Data Centers signs lease agreement with CyrusOne for ABX-1 Data Center Powered Shell
PowerHouse Data Centers signs lease agreement with CyrusOne for ABX-1 Data Center Powered Shell

PowerHouse Data Centers signs lease agreement with CyrusOne for ABX-1 Data Center Powered Shell

May 23, 2023 CyrusOne

Earlier this month, PowerHouse Data Centers announced a 30-year lease agreement with CyrusOne, for a spec-built data center, ABX-1, located in Ashburn, Virginia. The company shared that substantial completion of the data center, a two-story, 265,000 SF powered shell, is scheduled for October....

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Read CyrusOne announces new Japan data center venture with Kansai Electric Power Company
CyrusOne announces new Japan data center venture with Kansai Electric Power Company

CyrusOne announces new Japan data center venture with Kansai Electric Power Company

May 23, 2023 CyrusOne

CyrusOne has announced its partnership with Japanese energy firm Kansai Electric Power Company, Inc. (KEPCO) for the development of new data centers across Japan. The 50:50 joint venture, called CyrusOne KEP, will see at least one trillion yen ($7 billion) invested in the project over the next...

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Read Penta Infra expands Copenhagen Facility, Links to District Heating System
Penta Infra expands Copenhagen Facility, Links to District Heating System

Penta Infra expands Copenhagen Facility, Links to District Heating System

May 22, 2023 Penta Infra

Penta Infra has finished an expansion initiative at its Copenhagen, Denmark, data center. Penta, an Amsterdam-based private equity fund specializing in European data centers with operations in the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Denmark, was established in 2015. Through a new financing...

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Read Itel Invests $20 million in Etix Everywhere JV in Bangkok
Itel Invests $20 million in Etix Everywhere JV in Bangkok

Itel Invests $20 million in Etix Everywhere JV in Bangkok

May 19, 2023 Etix Everywhere

Interlink Telecom (Itel) of Thailand has declared its intention to invest in its data center partnership with Etix Everywhere. In conjunction with Australian firm Edge Centres, the company has also recently debuted an Edge facility. The Bangkok Post reports that Intel revealed plans to invest $20...

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Read NTT Will Invest $11b Over Five Years in Data Centers
NTT Will Invest $11b Over Five Years in Data Centers

NTT Will Invest $11b Over Five Years in Data Centers

May 19, 2023 NTT

Over the next five years, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) intends to invest $59 billion in data centers, AI, and other "growth areas." At least $11 billion will be allocated to expanding or modernizing its data centers. The digital industry, which includes AI and robotics, receives at least...

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Read Digital Realty Sets Up Direct Liquid Cooling at Paris "HPC-capable" Data Center
Digital Realty Sets Up Direct Liquid Cooling at Paris "HPC-capable" Data Center

Digital Realty Sets Up Direct Liquid Cooling at Paris "HPC-capable" Data Center

May 12, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Direct liquid cooling (DLC) capabilities have been implemented at Digital Realty's La Courneuve data center in Paris, France. According to the company, its new facility is capable of high-performance computing (HPC). Fabrice Coquio, SVP and managing director – France at Digital Realty stated that...

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Read Equinix signs 150MW PPA in Spain
Equinix signs 150MW PPA in Spain

Equinix signs 150MW PPA in Spain

May 09, 2023 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it has inked a ten-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Sonnedix. The deal will see the colocation provider source energy from three PV plants in the Castilla-La Mancha region of Spain. The three plants are pegged to be operational by the end of 2024; collectively,...

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Read €725 million sustainable-linked credit facility for AtlasEdge
€725 million sustainable-linked credit facility for AtlasEdge

€725 million sustainable-linked credit facility for AtlasEdge

May 01, 2023 AtlasEdge

AtlasEdge has announced that it has secured a new €725 million ($800m) sustainability-linked credit facility, which will be tied to targets focused on efficiency and renewable energy usage. According to the company, the financing package consists of €525 million in committed debt financing and an...

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