Weekly Data Centre News - 11/11/2022

Weekly Update! It has been a tough week for many in the tech sector with Meta laying off 11000 workers.. Hopefully the data center sector will find a home for some of this great talent.

What has happened this week?

EMEA

Facebook's Clonee Data Centre jobs not affected by global job cuts. Read here.

A former 110,000 sq ft Barclays data center from the 1970s is set to be developed and brought back into service in Manchester. Read here.

Salute Mission Critical announced the acquisition of AMS Helix. Read here.

Volkswagen AG has expanded its computing capacities at Norwegian operator of CO?-neutral data centers, Green Mountain. Read here.

IXAfrica announced a $50 Million Investment to accelerate development of Nairobi Campus. Read here.

The construction of Amazon.com Inc.’s planned offices in Cape Town should be allowed to go ahead, according to a South African court. Read here.

Google is attempting to grow its clientele in the Middle East, as part of its Global expansion strategy. Read here.

APAC

Real asset manager ESR Group Limited commenced construction of its first 19.2MW data centre at Nanko Kita, Osaka, Japan. Read here.

AirTrunk, Asia-Pacific & Japan hyperscale data center specialist, and CLP Power have launched a first-of-its-kind renewable energy solution in Hong Kong. Read here.

Puradelta Lestari Creates Specialized Industrial Zone targeting data centers and related sectors. Read here.

STT GDC India and the Government of Karnataka has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for building data centers in the state of Karnataka. Read here.

Equinix announced the TY15 IBX Data Center in Tokyo Japan. Read here.

The Indonesian government broke ground for the first National Data Center (PDN). Read here.

Chayora to Construct 3 Green Data Centers in its Greater Shanghai Campus. Read here.

North America

Stack Infrastructure plans to develop a five-building, 230MW data centre campus in central Phoenix, Arizona. Read here.

T5 announced they have begun the final 20MW phase of its?Chicago?facility. Read here.

Microsoft announced plans to invest $1bn developing four data centers on a campus in Catawba, North Carolina. Read here.

Equinix could sell $1.5bn in stock for new business growth. Read here.

Pennsylvania-based Sungard Availability Services has completed the Asset Purchase Agreements with 11:11 Systems and 365 Data Centers. Read here.

Switch posted their final financial results before the $11bn takeover by DigitalBridge/IFM. Read here.

South America

Latin American operator Scala Data Centers has signed a large contract with Italian energy firm Enel Américas for data center power. Read here.

Ascenty is to construct five new data centers in Latin America, with the firm investing R$1.5 billion ($290 million). Read here.

Data center firm HostDime has released design plans for a facility due to be built in Guadalajara Mexico. Read here.

Other interesting articles

Data centre dealmaking. Read here.

Losing interest: how rising rates hit towers and data centre groups. Read here.

Meta Likely to Cut Infrastructure Spends. Read here.

How might COP27 change data centers? Read here.

Inside Data Centre Podcast

In this weeks podcast I talk data center internships with Kimberly Marreros of Microsoft. Listen here.

Have a great week!