Weekly Data Centre News - 02/09/22
Andy Davis
Creator of Data Centre Club: Are you in? | Data Centre Recruitment | Host of Inside Data Centre Podcast | Writer Weekly Data Centre News
Weekly Update! After a week off last week we are back with two weeks worth of data centre news.. It is a long one!
What has happened this week? (and last week..)
EMEA
DAMAC is said to be exploring $1bn worth of investment opportunities in Germany. Read here.
Google has confirmed that the land it plans to build a data center on in Bissen, Luxembourg, has been reclassified for data center use. Read here.
A number of the leading tech/cloud organisations have paused data centre developments in Dublin. Read here.
The Iberian peninsula is set to add 1.2GW of new data centre power before the end of this decade. Read here.
Principal Real Estate has acquired an AtlasEdge-leased data center in Barcelona, Spain. Read here.
Global Switch has reportedly selected the shortlist of bidders vying to acquire the company. Read here.
ISG have been awarded a data centre project in Slough, UK. Read here.
Microsoft are looking for a new site to develop a data centre in Southern Sweden. Read here.
DataVita are to expand scotland's largest data centre with an ￡8m investment. Read here.
Africa Data Centres announced that it has broken ground on the expansion of its Samrand facility in Johannesburg, from 10MW to 40MW of IT load. Read here.
Microsoft opened first global data center region in Qatar. Read here.
APAC
Bridge Data Centres has acquired WHA Mega Logistic Centers’ data center in Samut Prakan, Thailand. Read here.
AdaniConneX is planning to build 1,000 MW Data Centers by 2032. Read here.
Edge Centres have commenced work on first Edge facility in Thailand. Read here.
NextDC bounces back to $9.1 million profit. Read here.
Macquarie Telecom Group Revenues Exceeds $300 Million as Data Centre Business Grows. Read here.
Australia based Goodman announced they have opened a 400MW Data Centre campus in Hong Kong. Read here.
DigitalBridge and Equinix have been shortlisted into a final round of talks for the data center business of Malaysia’s Time Dotcom Bhd. Read here.
Equinix has announced that it has completed the second phase expansion of its ME2 International Business Exchange data centre in Melbourne. Read here.
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North America
CloudHQ has broken ground on a new 1.5 million sq ft data center campus in Mount Prospect, Illinois. Read here.
Cologix announced its second investment in the Columbus Region with a more than $150 million expansion to its existing campus, pending local approvals. Read here.
Skybox & Prologis have acquired 220 acres outside Austin for data center campus. Read here.
AWS has filed plans to develop a 900,000 sq ft (83,600 sqm) data center campus in Bristow, Northern Virginia. Read here.
CloudHQ is looking to develop a 180MW data center in Chaska, outside Minneapolis, Minnesota. Read here.
Vantage Data Centres filed plans to develop a second data center campus in Loudoun County, Virginia. Read here.
DBT Development Group is planning a new 1million sq ft data center campus in the New Albany area of Columbus, Ohio. Read here.
1547 CSR planning 2 million sq ft, 150MW campus outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Read here.
Subsea Cloud has announced three underwater data center projects. Read here.
Other interesting articles
Will cloud kill the data centre? Read here.
Underwater data centre in the Pacific could be running by end of year. Read here.
Navigating the Path to Data Center Sustainability. Read here.
Cambodia? Data Center? Here’s Why. Read here.
Why And How Oil Impacts The Data Center Industry. Read here.
Inside Data Centre Podcast
Two episodes to catch up on..
Philip Low talks data centre events and the new transactional event in Antibes. Listen here.
Marc Garner of Schneider Electric shares how they are focussed on leading from the front in the sustainability challenge. Listen here.
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Have a great week!
Area Sales Manager at Altron Modular | Supporting the Middle East & North Africa Community with their needs for Modular & Fast Deployable Data Centers
2 年Thank you, Andy
ACMA & ICT Trainer & Assessor. BICSI Data Center & Installation Courses Certified Trainer. ICT Industry Presenter/Trainer/Consultant/Advisor/Designer/Installer of ICT Systems & Infrastructure.
2 年Thanks Andy. I was waiting. Now I have my Saturday morning read however by the looks of it I think Saturday and Sunday morning. Well done on a great update after a week away. A lot of work mate and I speak for many by saying thank you and it is appreciated!