Data Center News

BBVA completes data platform migration to AWS

Amazon AWS

 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) has successfully migrated its data platform to Amazon Web Services (AWS), covering its European and Uruguay operations. BBVA announced its plans to migrate to the cloud provider in February 2023, citing the need for high-performance computing (HPC) for s...

PowerHouse and Provident partner for data center campus in Texas

Texas

Data center firm PowerHouse has partnered with Provident Data Centers for the development of a 768-acre data center campus in Texas. Provident Data Centers is the data center arm of the Dallas-based real estate development firm Provident.“The demands on digital infrastructure are accelerating ...

Substrate AI plans 10MW data center outside Toledo

Spain

Spanish AI firm Substrate AI this week announced it aims to develop a 10MW facility on a 25,000 sqm (269,095 sq ft) site at the Torrehierro industrial estate in Talavera de la Reina that will host Nvidia GPU hardware, including NVL72 racks. The company will invest €100 million ($102.3m) in the...

Iron Mountain files to expand Manassas data center campus

Iron Mountain Data Center has filed for a permit to expand its Manassas data center campus in Prince William County, Virginia and is seeking a federal and state permit for a new data center on land west of Route 234 and east and north of Wellington Road in Prince William County.The new buildin...

Queen Mary University of London uses data center waste heat to warm buildings

Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) is using waste heat from its data center to warm buildings on its Mile End campus. Heat from the university’s Tier 2 data center is being repurposed to warm the Joseph Priestley Building, and supply the campus district heating network.Philippa Lloyd, vice...

Compass to develop new data center campus in Mississippi

Compass Datacenters

Compass Datacenters is to develop a new $10 billion data center campus in Mississippi. The $10 billion figure was the total investment value of the campus, including IT equipment by customers, rather than the company's individual investment figure. “We are looking forward to building our next ...

Mapping and location company Here signs 10-year $1bn deal with AWS

Amazon AWS

Mapping and location technology company Here has signed a 10-year deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to use its cloud computing infrastructure. Here will combine AWS technologies with its mapping solutions to help automakers develop location-sensitive technologies for their vehicles.“Location...

Deep Fission to supply Endeavour data centers with 2GW of nuclear energy

United States

Deep Fission, a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) developer, has partnered with Endeavour Energy, a US sustainable infrastructure developer, to develop and deploy its technology at scale. They have committed to co-developing 2GW of nuclear energy to supply Endeavour's global portfolio of dat...

AWS to invest around $11 billion in data centers in Georgia

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to invest around $11 billion in data centers in Georgia which will be used to support growing demand for cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and is expected to create at least 550 new jobs. "We are delighted to expand our infrastructure...

InterServer selects 365 Data Centers for New Jersey expansion

New Jersey

Web hosting and managed service provider InterServer has selected 365 Data Centers as its colocation provider as it looks into expanding its offering in the New Jersey market. 365 has 20 data centers across the US, including multiple New Jersey locations such as Carlstadt and Bridgewater, enab...

Mondelēz chooses AWS as primary cloud provider

Amazon AWS

Snack and confectionary company Mondelēz International has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its primary cloud provider and will move its entire ERP landscape to SAP RISE powered by AWS among others. The company hopes that the move will improve the security, agility, and reliability of its...

Swisscom seals Vodafone Italy acquisition

Italy

Swisscom has finalized its €8 billion ($8.33bn) acquisition of Vodafone Italy, noting that the acquisition is "a key step for Swisscom to achieve its strategic objective of profitable growth in Italy." Swisscom confirmed that the existing commercial brands Fastweb, Vodafone, and Ho Mobile will...

Vertical Bridge finalizes Verizon tower deal

DigitalBridge

Vertical Bridge has completed its $3.3 billion acquisition of more than 6,000 towers from Verizon. As part of the acquisition, Vertical Bridge, which is a subsidiary of digital infrastructure investor Digital Bridge, will lease, operate, and manage more than 6,300 wireless communications tower...

Microsoft to expand cloud offering in Luxembourg

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft is planning to expand its cloud computing services in Luxembourg through its Microsoft Belux (Belgium-Luxembourg) department. This will give Luxembourg-based customers access to Microsoft's cloud computing offerings while maintaining data sovereignty and reducing latency.In a report ...

Asda delays planned IT systems upgrade

United Kingdom

UK retailer Asda temporarily opted not to go ahead with its previously planned IT systems shift. The company had intended to introduce new systems at its smaller stores and a few larger stores over the December 7-9 period as part of the separation of its technology from Walmart.Asda is drawing...

DMO launches data center outside Münster, Germany

Germany / Deutschland

Datacenter Münster Osnabrück (DMO) last month broke ground on its debut facility at Münster Osnabrück Airport in Greven. The first phase of construction will see more than €8 million ($8.3m) invested in developing a 500 sqm (5,380 sq ft) facility with capacity for 140 racks at densities up to ...

Nokia completes sale of subsea cable unit ASN

France

Nokia has completed the sale of its subsea cable unit, Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN), to the French State and said the transaction has netted it around €350 million ($363m). Nokia noted that it retains a 20 percent shareholding in ASN, with board representation, to "ensure a smooth transiti...

Castleforge and Galaxy DC acquire data center site outside London

United Kingdom

UK private real estate investor Castleforge has acquired the Redhill Data Centre Campus in Redhill, south of London. Tthe 7.8-acre campus totals more than 160,000 sq ft (14,865 sqm) across three buildings and offers 26MW in total. The site reportedly has a development value of £100 million ($1...

GlobalFoundries and Quantum Motion team up for development of quantum processors

United Kingdom

Chipmaker GlobalFoundries (GF) and UK-based quantum computing company Quantum Motion have partnered to develop quantum processors based on a scalable silicon platform. The two companies said GF had manufactured a silicon chip designed by Quantum Motion that is “at least 100 times faster than t...

Telin and Citra Connect break ground in Indonesia

Indonesia

PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Telin) and PT Citranet Sarana Digital (Citra Connect) have broken ground on a cable landing station (CLS) in Nongsa, Indonesia which will form a key part of the Indonesia Cable Express (ICE) system.The ICE system comprises seven subsea cables and is p...