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Read Microsoft Plans to Build a Data Facility and Cloud Region in Saudi Arabia
Microsoft Plans to Build a Data Facility and Cloud Region in Saudi Arabia

Microsoft Plans to Build a Data Facility and Cloud Region in Saudi Arabia

February 07, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft will construct a new Azure cloud region and data center in Saudi Arabia. This week, the company revealed plans to build a new cloud data facility in Saudi Arabia. The news was made at the Riyadh conference LEAP 2023. Microsoft stated that the new cloud region will provide...

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Read NTT Third Building at its Vienna Data Center Comes Online
NTT Third Building at its Vienna Data Center Comes Online

NTT Third Building at its Vienna Data Center Comes Online

February 06, 2023 NTT Vienna

NTT has opened a brand-new facility on its Vienna, Austria data center campus. The extension, which was announced in October 2021, increases the site's size to 92,500 square feet and its capacity to 15.2 megawatts. In 2015, NTT purchased the Austrian data center when it purchased German firm...

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Read Digital Realty explores biofuel for backup energy in Spain
Digital Realty explores biofuel for backup energy in Spain

Digital Realty explores biofuel for backup energy in Spain

January 31, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is the latest data center company to explore the use of biofuel for backup energy. Through partnering with Spanish energy company Repsol, the company has announced the first data center to switch out fossil fuels for biofuel is its MAD3 facility in Spain, which offers 5.8MW of...

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Read Microsoft expands in Des Moines, Iowa
Microsoft expands in Des Moines, Iowa

Microsoft expands in Des Moines, Iowa

January 31, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced that it is expanding in Iowa, following the issuing of a permit, valued at $255 million for a data center at 5855 SW Kerry St. As per the permit, the facility will span 250,000 sq ft. Described as the DSM 12 Buildout and located in West Des Moines, the SW Kerry Street site...

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Read Digital Realty joins forces with Mainova for district heating scheme in Frankfurt
Digital Realty joins forces with Mainova for district heating scheme in Frankfurt

Digital Realty joins forces with Mainova for district heating scheme in Frankfurt

January 24, 2023 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty and Mainova AG have signed a letter of intent for a joint project to explore a potential waste heat project in Frankfurt, which could heat approximately 3,600 households. In partnership, the data center firm, and German energy firm are conducting a feasibility study to decipher...

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Read Microsoft forms cloud agreement with Suncorp
Microsoft forms cloud agreement with Suncorp

Microsoft forms cloud agreement with Suncorp

January 19, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Suncorp Group and Microsoft have announced a three-year agreement, which will witness Suncorp increase its cloud footprint in Microsoft Azure while it winds down on-premise data centers. Suncorp has outlined its intentions to migrate 90% of workloads to the cloud by the end of this year. Its...

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Read NTT to expand in Texas
NTT to expand in Texas

NTT to expand in Texas

January 18, 2023 NTT

NTT has announced that it is expanding in Texas with the addition of a new data center, dubbed ‘TX3 Data Center’. According to the company, the development will span 230,000 sq ft (21,350 sqm) and include a two-story office alongside the data center. The development has been filed with the Texas...

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Read Historic black cemetery erased for Microsoft data center development
Historic black cemetery erased for Microsoft data center development

Historic black cemetery erased for Microsoft data center development

January 10, 2023 Microsoft Azure

Following an extensive investigation by ProPublica, it has been found that Microsoft and local officials in rural Virginia helped erase a historic black cemetery by downplaying its cultural significance in order to pursue data center development. Back in 2014, when the giant was looking to expand...

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Read AtlasEdge To Develop Two Data Centers in Manchester, UK
AtlasEdge To Develop Two Data Centers in Manchester, UK

AtlasEdge To Develop Two Data Centers in Manchester, UK

December 16, 2022 AtlasEdge

AtlasEdge has announced its plan to build two data centers in Manchester, UK. The company secured permission for two data center buildings in Salford, Manchester. This will be the company’s first development since it was established in 2021. AtlasEdge filed for the buildings in May 2022 and got...

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Read Microsoft plans gas plant at Dublin Campus over energy constraint concerns
Microsoft plans gas plant at Dublin Campus over energy constraint concerns

Microsoft plans gas plant at Dublin Campus over energy constraint concerns

December 12, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced plans to build an 'unprecedentedly large-scale gas power plant' at its Grange Castle site, an upcoming data center development, due to its concerns about Ireland's energy grid constraints. According to the giant, plans are to build a 170 MW on-site power plant alongside 21...

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Read Digital Realty’s Lamda Hellix Developing Fourth Data Center in Athens, Greece
Digital Realty’s Lamda Hellix Developing Fourth Data Center in Athens, Greece

Digital Realty’s Lamda Hellix Developing Fourth Data Center in Athens, Greece

December 09, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty's Greek data center unit Lamda Helix has announced plans to develop its fourth data center in Athens, Greece. The company's data center campus currently has two carrier-neutral data centers with a total capacity of 22 MW. It is also developing two more on the site. Lamda Helix...

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Read T4 Group Signs Partnership With NTT New Zealand
T4 Group Signs Partnership With NTT New Zealand

T4 Group Signs Partnership With NTT New Zealand

December 08, 2022 NTT

T4 Group and NTT Ltd have signed an agreement that will see the former provide data center infrastructure for the latter. T4 Group is a colocation provider with data centers in Auckland and Whangarei, New Zealand. It also has a third facility under development on New Zealand’s South Island. The...

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Read Microsoft To Develop a $400m Data Center in Stone Ridge, Virginia
Microsoft To Develop a $400m Data Center in Stone Ridge, Virginia

Microsoft To Develop a $400m Data Center in Stone Ridge, Virginia

December 06, 2022 Microsoft Azure

According to BizJournal, Microsoft has plans to develop a new data center in Loudoun County, Virginia. The publication cited the Loudoun County records for its information. Microsoft’s plan is to develop a $400 million facility on a 67-acre land it owns in the Arcola Business Park. The IAD11 data...

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Read Digital Realty Announces $350 Million Note Offering
Digital Realty Announces $350 Million Note Offering

Digital Realty Announces $350 Million Note Offering

December 02, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it is offering a $350 million note to the public. In addition, its Digital Core Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), listed in Singapore, will buy a stake in a Digital Realty-owned data center in Germany. The company noted that it is priced an underwritten PO of...

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Read Microsoft files to build two data centers in San Jose, California
Microsoft files to build two data centers in San Jose, California

Microsoft files to build two data centers in San Jose, California

November 24, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has filed to build two new data centers at a site in San Jose, California, it has been reported. The proposal details plans for two-building on a 632,000-square-foot campus on 22 vacant acres near the intersection of Orchard Parkway and Component Drive. These two new additions have been...

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Read Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland
Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland

Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland

November 24, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed CPPAs with Statkraft, Energia Group, and Power Capital Renewable Energy, for 900MW to cover its data center operations in Ireland and 28% of Ireland's renewable energy target for 2030. By 2025, the giant expects to power 100% of its Irish facilities with renewable energy....

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Read Microsoft To Invest $1 Billion on Four Data Centers in North Carolina
Microsoft To Invest $1 Billion on Four Data Centers in North Carolina

Microsoft To Invest $1 Billion on Four Data Centers in North Carolina

November 13, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has promised to invest a minimum of $1 billion in developing four data centers in North Carolina’s Catawba County. The company plans to spread the investment over the next 10 years. According to county officials, Microsoft will invest in the data centers in Maiden, Hickory, and Conover....

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Read Microsoft signs wind PPA with Potentia and Greengate
Microsoft signs wind PPA with Potentia and Greengate

Microsoft signs wind PPA with Potentia and Greengate

November 10, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has entered into a 15-year power-purchase agreement with Potentia Renewables Inc. (Potentia) and Greengate Power Corporation's (Greengate) Paintearth Wind Project LP. As per the PPA, Microsoft will procure wind energy from the 198MW Paintearth Wind Project in Paintearth County, Alberta....

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Read Microsoft files for another Virginia campus
Microsoft files for another Virginia campus

Microsoft files for another Virginia campus

October 28, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has reportedly filed to build another data center campus in Clarksville, Virginia, with the US Army Corps Of Engineers’ Norfolk District. As per the application, the company is looking to develop on a 259.1-acre parcel of land at the Lakeside Commerce Park, at Commerce Drive in Southern...

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Read NTT expands its data center footprint in South Africa
NTT expands its data center footprint in South Africa

NTT expands its data center footprint in South Africa

October 27, 2022 NTT

NTT has announced the opening of a new data center in Johannesburg, South Africa. Named the Johannesburg 1 Data Center, this new 12 MW facility will cover 6,000 sqm of IT space when fully built out, introduced to meet growing digital demand. Research shows that Africa is currently in the midst of...

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