Data Center News

vXchnge secures big win at annual 2021 IT World

vXchnge

vXchnge recently took home gold at the 16th Annual 2021 IT World Awards. The colocation company was recognized for its data center infrastructure management and received a Gold Globe. On top of this, it was also awarded two Bronze awards for Business Intelligence and Analytics and IT Service ...

Norway's data centers to set up Norsk Datasenterindustri, a new industry body

Norway

In Norway, the data center industry has made a significant move to create Norsk Datasenterindustri, its new industry body, to enable it to fulfil its potential. The association will examine sustainability and digital sovereignty while also offering education opportunities and international mar...

Cologix acquires Zayo's Vancouver facility and announces Toronto expansion

Cologix VAN4

Cologix is branching out in Canada. It has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Zayo's 65,000 sq ft (6,000 sqm) interconnection facility in Vancouver. Cologix will add 4.2MW of capacity to the site.In addition to this, the company has also announced plans to ad...

NTT explains its German data center expansion plans

NTT

NTT has said that it would be expanding its German data centers by more than 40 percent. It would be doing this by adding over 323,000 square feet of IT space across existing locations in Germany. The Company currently has existing campuses in Frankfurt, Bonn, and Berlin.NTT has broken ground ...

Nvidia pledges over $100m for UK supercomputer as talks on its Arm acquisition reach regulators

Kao Data: Harlow KLON-01

Nvidia has announced that it is funneling over $100 million into its Cambridge-1 supercomputer, based at the Kao Data Campus in Harlow. This is $45 million more than its original pledge. This announcement came as the GPU company revealed their acquisition of Arm for $40 billion, which the comp...

BDx launches Phase One of its data center in Nanjing, China

BDx Nanjing

Hong Kong-based data center firm, Big Data Exchange (BDx), announced the launch of the first phase of its NKG Data Center Campus in Nanjing, China. The construction of the facility started early last year. The data center campus will have a 35MW capacity once completed. BDx announced that the ...

4iG acquires Israeli satellite operator, SpaceCom for $65 million

4iG has completed the acquisition of SpaceCom, a satellite operator, for $65 million. 4iG is a Hungarian IT firm specializing in software development, cybersecurity, data center, and cloud management offerings. SpaceCom, on the other hand, is an Israeli satellite firm. The president of 4iG, G...

Intermarket seeks approval for 100,000 square feet data center in Canada

Toronto

Intermarket Properties wants to build a data center in Cambridge, Canada. According to Canada Construct Connect, the Company is seeking approval for a 100,000 square feet data center. The proposed data center site is a 40 acre Waterloo Corporate Campus with mixed-use redevelopment that consist...

Data center plans discussed for NRG Power Plant in Dunkirk, New Yorksite

Buffalo

Discussions have begun around the transformation of the disused NRG Power Plant in Dunkirk, New York, into a new data center. The 76-acre site was operational from the 1950s to 2015 has been pinned as a potential location in a report by the City of Dunkirk and Chautauqua County. Dunkirk is nea...

Sabey secures $250 million refinancing deal for 375 Pearl Street

Sabey Intergate.Manhattan

Sabey has secured a $250 million refinancing deal for its office and data center at 375 Pearl Street, New York City. According to Commercial Observer, J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo will be providing a $220 million, 10-year, fixed-rate CMBS loan and a further $30 million mezzanine debt. Sabey ...

Panattoni and Pure DC to build 50MW data center in Borehamwood, London

Pure Data Centres Group

Panattoni, an industrial construction giant, will build a data center facility with Pure DC in Borehamwood, North London, UK. The decision was made after the Hertsmere Borough Council approved its application last week. The data center will be a 449,500 square feet (41,763 sqm) facility. ...

Microsoft intends to open four data centers in China by in 2022

Microsoft Azure

According to reports from Bloomberg, Microsoft is looking to add four new data centers in China by Q1 of 2022. The report states that Microsoft wants to expand its service across Asia and opening data centers in China is a step towards achieving that. Asides from that, the Company also intends...

Converge to build new a PHP 1 billion ($20.8 million) data center in Mandaue, Philippines

Converge ICT: Mandaue P1

Converge ICT Solutions is going to build a PHP 1 billion ($20.8 million) data center in Mandaue, Philippines. The new facility, named "P1", will be a six-story building with initial 300 racks. It will also have a customer contact center in the building. Converge ICT Solutions also said that th...

Amber Infrastructure Group acquires majority stake in iseek

iseek Communications

Amber Infrastructure Group has acquired the majority stake in iseek, an Australian data center Company. Amber Infrastructure Group is an investment management firm, while iseek offers cloud and connectivity services from five data centers in Australia. Acquiring the major stake in iseek shows ...

Equinix promises to cut emissions by 50 percent before 2030

Equinix

Equinix has promised that it would reduce its emissions by 50% before 2030. It would also be reducing emissions created by its electricity supply by 50% before 2030. This promise comes few days after Greenpeace criticized the Company for not having trustworthy timelines on the use of renewable...

DataBank completes the expansion of its PIT2 data center in Pittsburgh

DataBank Pittsburgh PIT2

DataBank has expanded its PIT2 data center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by adding 25,000 square feet of raised floor space to the facility. The company also added an extra 2.5MW capacity to the facility to bring its total floor space and capacity to 40,000 square feet and 4.5MW respectively. T...

50% of Digital Realty's global data center portfolio is now powered by green energy

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced in its third ESG report that half of its global data center portfolio is now powered by green energy. It did this by increasing the portfolio of its data centers being powered by renewable energy by 20% in 2020. Impressively, it also increased its energy consump...

Million square foot data center given the go-ahead in Haymarket, North Virginia

Northern Virginia

A one million square foot data center has been given the go-ahead just outside the town of Haymarket, following the Prince William Board of County Supervisors approving a rezoning and special use permit. Locals, however, have voiced their concerns that minority communities may be negatively i...

LOGOS and Pure Data Centers to build a 20MW data center in Indonesia

Pure Data Centres Group

LOGOS and Pure Data Centers are partnering to build a new data center in Jakarta, Indonesia. The data center will have 215,000 square feet of space with a 20MW capacity. LOGOS said the facility is already under construction and that it would be ready in the first quarter of 2022. LOGOS is ...

Tokyo Century partners with NTT for data center business in India

NTT

NTT and Tokyo Century are coming together to form a data center partnership in India. Tokyo Century is a finance company that specializes in equipment leasing, mobility and fleet management, and specialty financing centered on aviation and real estate. NTT, on the other hand, specializes in d...