Data Center News

Read UK regulators approves Microsoft's acquisition of $68.7bn Activision Blizzard acquisition
UK regulators approves Microsoft's acquisition of $68.7bn Activision Blizzard acquisition

UK regulators approves Microsoft's acquisition of $68.7bn Activision Blizzard acquisition

October 18, 2023 Microsoft Azure

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has finally approved Microsoft's proposed acquisition of famous video games publisher Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion. This comes after an initial blockage of the deal over concerns relating to the impact of this acquisition on competition in...

Read more
Read Microsoft plans new DC region in Aragon, Spain
Microsoft plans new DC region in Aragon, Spain

Microsoft plans new DC region in Aragon, Spain

October 16, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft recently revealed plans to build a new data center campus in Aragon, in the northeastern region of Spain. The company is yet to share details about this development. However, local press have reported that Microsoft plans to develop three sites around Zaragoza; A 63-acre site in the...

Read more
Read Lumen sells CND customers to Akamai as it shuts down the business
Lumen sells CND customers to Akamai as it shuts down the business

Lumen sells CND customers to Akamai as it shuts down the business

October 16, 2023 Lumen Technologies

Lumen announced that it’s Content Delivery Network (CDN) business will be shut down and it has sold its customer contracts to Akamai. Both companies will undergo a transition services agreement for 90 days before Lumen completes its shut down. "We are deep into our transformation of Lumen and...

Read more
Read Digital Realty and Dutch college launches demonstration data center to teach students
Digital Realty and Dutch college launches demonstration data center to teach students

Digital Realty and Dutch college launches demonstration data center to teach students

October 13, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has partnered with a Dutch vocational college in Amsterdam to launch a new demo data center to teach students data center skills. Students from the Cloud & Infrastructure Technician course opened the demo data center at MBO College Zuidoost this week. Melissa Scholten, senior...

Read more
Read Microsoft to build data center in Welsh factory
Microsoft to build data center in Welsh factory

Microsoft to build data center in Welsh factory

October 09, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Global technology giant Microsoft revealed plans to develop a new data center campus in Newport Wales. In a post on its website, the company wrote, “Microsoft will be applying for planning permission for a data center in Newport, Wales. We are preparing a planning application for the site in the...

Read more
Read Microsoft replaces diesel power with battery energy system at Swedish data center
Microsoft replaces diesel power with battery energy system at Swedish data center

Microsoft replaces diesel power with battery energy system at Swedish data center

October 09, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has replaced the criticized diesel backup generators used at a Swedish data center with a battery energy storage system (BESS). The BESS system supplied in June provides 16MWh of storage and black start capability to guarantee instant recovery of the power grid, all without greenhouse...

Read more
Read Digital Realty expands footprint in Zagreb, Croatia
Digital Realty expands footprint in Zagreb, Croatia

Digital Realty expands footprint in Zagreb, Croatia

October 06, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Global cloud provider Digital Realty announced its acquisition of a land parcel in Zagreb, Croatia for the construction of a new data center campus as it plans to expand its footprints in Southeast Europe. This plot of land, located close to its existing data center campus can support up to 30...

Read more
Read Carbon Streaming Corp. signs carbon capture agreement with Microsoft
Carbon Streaming Corp. signs carbon capture agreement with Microsoft

Carbon Streaming Corp. signs carbon capture agreement with Microsoft

October 02, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Carbon Streaming Corporation announced it had signed an agreement to provide Microsoft with biochar carbon removal credits from the Waverly Biochar project in Waverly, Virginia. The company noted that the Biochar project would deliver Microsoft up to 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide removal...

Read more
Read Microsoft to extend DC footprint to Naas, Ireland
Microsoft to extend DC footprint to Naas, Ireland

Microsoft to extend DC footprint to Naas, Ireland

September 25, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft recently commenced plans to develop plans for a new Irish data center campus near Jigginstwon in Naas. Following reports by Kildare Nationalist, Microsoft has begun consultations with authorities for the proposed development of one of the two sites marked for DC usage in the Council’s...

Read more
Read DigitalBridge completes DataBank recapitalization
DigitalBridge completes DataBank recapitalization

DigitalBridge completes DataBank recapitalization

September 22, 2023 DataBank

DigitalBridge Group recently revealed the completion of DataBank's recapitalization. The Group announced that DigitalBridge received an additional funding of $219 million, bringing the total costs of the recapitalization to $2.2 billion. This completed recapitalization will bring about a...

Read more
Read EdgeConneX Gets $403.8Million to Develop its Jakarta Data Centers
EdgeConneX Gets $403.8Million to Develop its Jakarta Data Centers

EdgeConneX Gets $403.8Million to Develop its Jakarta Data Centers

September 18, 2023 EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX, a provider of Hyperscale Data Center Solutions, revealed a $ 403,8 million contract in Sustainability-Linked Senior Facilities to expedite its growth strategy and green initiatives for its Jakarta, Indonesia, data center footprint. This transaction, according to EdgeConneX, will...

Read more
Read Sabey plans to construct Umatilla Data Center Facility
Sabey plans to construct Umatilla Data Center Facility

Sabey plans to construct Umatilla Data Center Facility

September 15, 2023 Sabey Data Centers

Sabey Data Centers, an industry leader in designing, constructing, and operating multi-tenant data centers, has announced its expansion into Umatilla, Oregon. Sabey has acquired 60 acres to construct an ultramodern 100+ MW data center campus. SDC Umatilla will feature award-winning,...

Read more
Read EdgeConneX secures $403.8m sustainability-linked financing for Indonesia data center
EdgeConneX secures $403.8m sustainability-linked financing for Indonesia data center

EdgeConneX secures $403.8m sustainability-linked financing for Indonesia data center

September 14, 2023 EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX has shared that it has secured $403.8 million in sustainability-linked financing (SLF). This loan is for its 120MW data center campus development in Jakarta, Indonesia.The deal leverages EdgeConneX's Sustainability Strategy and will reportedly use offshore US dollar borrowing. It...

Read more
Read EdgeConneX to build 200MW Cyberjaya facility in Malaysia
EdgeConneX to build 200MW Cyberjaya facility in Malaysia

EdgeConneX to build 200MW Cyberjaya facility in Malaysia

September 11, 2023 EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX continues to grow its APAC operations by adding three facilities in Malaysia, located in and around Kuala Lumpur. Business Today and Edge Malaysia report that EdgeConneX signed a sales and purchase contract with Cyberview earlier this month to acquire a 12.14-hectare tract of land in...

Read more
Read Digital Realty to expand in Italy
Digital Realty to expand in Italy

Digital Realty to expand in Italy

September 07, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it's expanding into the Italian market with a new Tier IV-quality data center, named ROM1. This announcement comes following the acquisition and pre-development planning of land in Rome. The facility will sit on a 22-hectare site, with construction set to...

Read more
Read Digital Realty will construct a data center in Rome
Digital Realty will construct a data center in Rome

Digital Realty will construct a data center in Rome

September 07, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty plans to extend its operations into Italy and has already purchased land in Rome, the country's capital. Following the purchase of land in Rome and the subsequent pre-development planning for it, the company announced its entry into the Italian market last week. The ROM1 data...

Read more
Read EdgeConneX files to build a 1 million square foot data center facility in Mesa, Arizona
EdgeConneX files to build a 1 million square foot data center facility in Mesa, Arizona

EdgeConneX files to build a 1 million square foot data center facility in Mesa, Arizona

September 05, 2023 EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX plans to establish a new data center facility in Phoenix, Arizona, to expand its presence there. According to BizJournal, the company has applied for Mesa's administrative and design reviews to construct a multi-phased campus near Elliot Road and Loop 202. EdgeConneX wants to build a...

Read more
Read Old Verizon office and data center in Pittsburgh for sale/lease
Old Verizon office and data center in Pittsburgh for sale/lease

Old Verizon office and data center in Pittsburgh for sale/lease

August 29, 2023 Verizon Enterprise

Verizon's former Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania office and data center is available for purchase or lease. It has been put up for sale or lease by Colliers and Sampson Morris Group at 5400 Campbells Run Road. The 10-acre, 1959-built office and data facility features 130,000 rentable square feet and is...

Read more
Read Microsoft creates Petronas HPC AI infrastructure
Microsoft creates Petronas HPC AI infrastructure

Microsoft creates Petronas HPC AI infrastructure

August 22, 2023 Microsoft Azure

The digital arm of the Malaysian energy company Petronas, Petronas Digital, has inked a contract with Microsoft to develop a high-performance computing (HPC) artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure platform. The organization will use the platform to perform AI and machine learning to look...

Read more
Read EdgeConneX contests the Dublin data center denial
EdgeConneX contests the Dublin data center denial

EdgeConneX contests the Dublin data center denial

August 22, 2023 EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX Ireland has appealed to An Bord Pleanála against South Dublin County Council's decision to deny its proposed data center. The company intended to construct two adjacent data centers on its Dublin Campus in Ballmakaily, Lucan, Dublin, on Newcastle Road. Two single-story data centers...

Read more

Ready to Level up Your
Data Center Strategy?