Weekly Data Centre News - 04/08/23

Weekly Update! The original data centre news is back with another instalment. AI continues to hold the headlines with new investment flooding in across the globe. Exciting times ahead..

What has happened this week?

Europe

KKR’s GTR to build 16MW data center in Barcelona, Spain. Read here.

Finnish telco Elisa has successfully deployed its first fully automated edge data centre. Read here.

The cost of Ireland’s new government data center has continued to climb, reaching €80 million. Read here.

Colt DCS completed the fit out at the 25MW Frankfurt Data Centre. Read here.

atNorth reported 44% YOY revenue growth. Read here.

The UK data center market size is expected to reach a value of $10.18 billion by 2028. Read here.

Middle East & Africa

Africa’s data centre boom. Read here.

The African island of Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) has received a loan to develop two new data centers. Read here.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched a new cloud region in Israel. Read here.

APAC

Data sovereignty push boosting demand for digital infrastructure, says NTT. Read here.

APAC real estate firm ESR has secured a Sustainability-Linked Loan (SLL) to develop a data center in Hong Kong. Read here.

STT Global Data Centers secured Tier III Certification of Design Documents for Phase 1 of its first data centre facility STT Jakarta 1. Read here.

Unified National Networks Sdn Bhd (UNN) has started construction of a new 51,000-square-feet data center at the UNN Tungku Submarine Landing Station in Brunei. Read here.

BBIX Thailand has launched a New IX Point at NTT Bangkok 1 Data Center. Read here.

AMD has committed to investing approximately $400 million in India over the next five years. Read here.

Construction has commenced on a new 51,000-square-feet data centre in Borneo. Read here.

North America

Abu Dhabi sovereign investor Mubadala has invested in Aligned Data Centers. Read here.

Coreweave, a specialized cloud provider of large-scale GPU-accelerated workloads, announced this week that it has?secured a $2.3 billion?debt facility. Read here.

STACK Infrastructure has issuanced US$250 million in securitised notes at a fixed interest rate coupon of 5.900%, its second such transaction of 2023. Read here.

Iron Mountain posted a record revenue of $1.36 billion for the June quarter. Read here.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and George Mason University in Fairfax County, Virginia, are developing a data center engineering course for the latter's curriculum. Read here.

AWS in your community: Here's what's happening in northern Virginia. Read here.

Blackstone’s Breit sells property to finance push into AI data centres. Read here.

Genesis Digital Assets, one of the world's largest Bitcoin mining companies, has announced the opening of three new data centers in South Carolina's Western region. Read here.

Blackstone’s $68 billion flagship property fund is selling assets and preparing to spend billions on data centers via QTS. Read here.

Developers in San Jose, California, have dropped plans for two hotels, and will build a two-story, 172,500 sq ft (16,025 sqm) data center instead. Read here.

International operations, data centres boost American Tower’s results. Read here.

Schneider Electric and Compass Datacenters have announced a partnership that's aimed at?expanding the two companies' production capabilities for modular data centers.?Read here.

Manufacturing company Accelevation Holdings, LLC, has acquired Instor Solutions Ltd. Read here.

South America

Cirion announced plans for a 20mw Data Center in Santiago, Chile. Read here.

Other interesting articles

AI Infrastructure Investments Will Lift Data Center Capex to Over $500 Billion by 2027. Read here.

Latest Earnings Show ‘A Tsunami Of AI Demand’ Hitting Data Centers. Read here.

Data centre builds are suffering ongoing project disruptions. Read here.

Majority of data center builds are suffering ongoing project disruptions. Read here.

How AI optimisation affects data centre design. Read here.

YouTuber builds submersible PC. Read here.

A Clear Road To Net Zero – Tackling Data Centre Sustainability Myths. Read here.

Why the smart money is still on Frankfurt. Read here.

Have a great week!