Data Center News

Microsoft granted 'Tolerance decision' for construction of its Holland Kroon data center

Microsoft Azure

Permission has been granted to Microsoft to resume construction work on its Hollands Kroon data center in the Netherlands. But it would be doing so at its own risk. The Hollands Kroon municipality, through the North Sea Cana Area Environment Agency, has allowed Microsoft to continue work on it...

Offaly could be home to a new data center

Northern Ireland

It has been rumoured that a new data center could be on its way to Offaly, Ireland. ​​A senior official of Offaly County Council hinted at this last week at Offaly when discussing renewable energy targets. Andrew Murray, a senior planner, commented the data center industry could potentially ta...

Colt outlines 2030 carbon neutral goals for a greener future

Colt Data Centre Services

Colt Group is the latest tech company to announce its green goals. It has outlined 2030 as its deadline to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across all its operations. Its goals have been informed by comprehensive, science-based emissions reduction targets, which were approved by the Science-B...

Salim Group to invest $500 million in developing data centers in Indonesia

Indonesia

According to reports, an Indonesian conglomerate, Salim Group, wants to venture into data center development in the country. Per Bloomberg, Salim Group has plans to invest up to $500 million in developing these data centers. The Company is seeking a financial arrangement with banks to fund the...

VueNow InfoTech to build seven data centers in Bulgaria

Bulgaria

An Indian data center firm with the name VueNow Infotech has plans to build data centers in Bulgaria. VueNow Infotech signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to build up to seven data centers in the country. It will also be spending up to $12 million in the process. The Company will build a...

Great Grey Investments buys unfinished Westpoort data center in Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Great Grey Investment has acquired the uncompleted Westpoort Data Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The data center was bought from Caransa Group. Although the terms of the deal were not revealed, Tikehu Capital provided financing to Great Grey Investments and Westpoort Datacenter through ...

Facebook's Huntsville data center goes online

Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook's Huntsville data center is finally online, following delays caused by Covid-19. First announced back in 2018, the facility, which saw an investment of $1 billion, spans 2.5 million sqft and is also powered by renewable energy, with 227 megawatts of solar energy added to the Alabama e...

AEW close to selling 1 million sq ft office park in Slough to unnamed data center developer

Yondr Group

According to multiple reports, Real estate firm AEW is close to selling a 1 million square feet (92,000 square meters) office park to an unidentified data center firm. AEW will be selling the Bath Road Central office campus for a fee of around £420 million ($579.5m). The real estate firm fi...

What's ahead for West China's Guian New District?

China

Guian New District's Big Data Development Service Center, has announced that China's Guian New District has 15 large and super-large data centers either underway or planned for future construction. By 2025, the project is expected to exceed 100 billion Yuan; however, in just the first quarter ...

CleanSpark Joins teams up with Partnership Gwinnett

Cleanspark has announced its partnership with Partnership Gwinnett, which will see an expected capital and human investments of nearly $145 million over the next five years at CleanSpark's data center in Norcross, Georgia. The facility is forecast to be operational by the end of 2021.Speaking ...

New data center firm DāSTOR has launched in the US

DāSTOR

A new data center firm with the name DāSTOR has launched in the US by acquiring four data centers across Delaware and Pennsylvania. The former president of colocation at Crown Castle, Kevin Mulqueen, founded the Company. It acquired two facilities in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. It also acqu...

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors approves zoning of 196-acre of land for data center use in Gainesville, Northern Virginia

Northern Virginia

196-acres of land has been rezoned for data center purposes in Gainesville, Northern Virginia. This is after the Prince William Board of County Supervisors voted that a 196-acre land off Linton Hall Road should be zoned for data center use. A 1 million square feet data center campus will also ...

Iron Mountain files to expand its data center campus in Virginia campus

Iron Mountain VA-1

Iron Mountain is reportedly expanding its Virginia data center campus. According to Inside Nova, a firm with the name KH Data Capital Development is applying to revise the condition of the industrial zoning on its 37-acre property off Wellington Road, which is between Manassas and Gainesvil...

GI Partners completes the acquisition of LightEdge

GI Partners

GI Partners has completed the acquisition of Des Moines-based colocation provider LightEdge. LightEdge operates seven data centers in Kansas City, Des Moines, Raleigh, Austin, and Omaha. Anschutz Corporation has owned the majority of the firm since 2018. CEO of LightEdge, Jim Masterson, sai...

ColoHouse acquires Lume Cloud

ColoHouse

ColoHouse has completed the acquisition of Lume Cloud. Lume Cloud is a managed cloud services provider that provides workspace and cloud solutions. It also offers colocation services out of multiple multi-tenant facilities around the world. CEO of Lume Cloud, Kyle Verzello, said the acquisitio...

What does the US $1 trillion Infrastructure Bill mean for the data center industry?

North America

There’s a lot of discussion around what the new bipartisan Infrastructure Bill means for the data center industry, and many are anticipating significant changes on the horizon.The bill, which is currently passing through Congress, would lend a hand to the industry’s decarbonization efforts, wi...

Turkcell inaugurates new data center in Tekirdağ, Turkey

Turkcell

Turkcell recently inaugurated its new LEED Gold and Uptime Tier III-certified data center based in the Kapaklı district of Tekirdağ, Turkey. The facility has seen a $295 million investment and spans ​​37,277 sqm (400,000 sq ft) with 7,238 sqm (78,000 sq ft) of white space. Named the 'European...

DigitalBridge announces partnership with ImpactData to target underserved communities

DigitalBridge

DigitalBridge has announced it has formed a partnership with ImpactData, to deliver a network of edge data centers built on an "inclusion-based delivery model." According to the company's press release, this model will enable enterprises to "leverage their data for good", advancing student le...

A commitment to a greener future: AirTrunk converts $1.545bn in sustainability linked loans

AirTrunk

AirTrunk has announced it has converted its corporate loan facilities of over AU$2.1 billion (US$1.545bn) into a Sustainability Linked Loan (SLL). The tech company is the latest to join the wave of data center companies pursuing these kinds of loans, alongside Aligned, KPN, and Nabiax.As per ...

Google data center in Bnei Zion, Israel faces protest from locals

Google

Residents of Bnei Zion, Israel, are protesting against the construction of Google’s data center in the town. The locals have petitioned the Lod District Court to revoke the approval for the data center. The residents are worried over the health and environmental impact of the center project...