Weekly Data Centre News - 16/09/22

Weekly Update! I am writing this from the Platform Congress in Antibes where a number of the industry professionals have been located over the last few days (and maybe a few more days if the air strike stops us getting home..). Great to see so many familiar faces and to hear what the future holds for the sector.

What has happened this week?

EMEA

Datum Datacentres has acquired fellow UK data center operator Teledata. Read here.

Yondr announced plans for a 42MW campus in Berlin, Germany. Read here.

AQ Compute and CBRE announced a strategic agreement with the aim of making AQ Compute a pan-European leader in providing global clients with data centre services. Read here.

maincubes, a Frankfurt-based data center operator, has gained digital infrastructure specialist DCTP?as its new strategic partner and investor. Read here.

Green Mountain is adding 20MW to its RJU1-Rjukan facility in Norway. Read here.

Raxio has broken ground on a data centre development in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Read here.

Safaricom Ethiopia to build new data centre next to Addis Ababa airport. Read here.

APAC

Data centers have been granted VAT exemption in Thailand. Read here.

DXN Limited will retain Data Centers in sale to FLOW Digital Infrastructure. Read here.

Vnet founder Josh Sheng Chen has made an offer to buy the Chinese data center firm. Read here.

North America

Aligned Data Centers announced plans to further expand their hyperscale campus in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metro Area. Read here.

Compass Datacenters has filed for a new data center project in Red Oak, Texas. Read here.

Xcel Energy is planning to sell more land in the city of Becker, Minnesota, for a $1bn data center project. Read here.

Extreme?heat in California?has knocked out one of?Twitters key data centres in the state. Read here.

QTS and Compass moved a step closer to their 800-acre data center campuses in Prince William County. Read here.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has filed to build a new 30000 sq ft data center in DeSoto, outside Dallas, Texas. Read here.

Novva Data Denters has announced plans for a 100MW data center in Las Vegas. Read here.

South America

Scala Data Centers?is planning the construction of 28 new facilities which will grow its IT capacity by as much as 1,800% by 2027. Read here.

Brazilian telco Um Telecom is to build a new 13000 sqm data center in Recife in the northeastern state of Pernambuco. Read here.

Other interesting articles

We need to talk about data centres dark side. Read here.

Data centre sector in Asia-Pacific will continue to grow. Read here.

New report calls for tighter guidelines on data centre sustainability. Read here.

Data centre operators could be looking at a 40% increase in costs due to the looming energy crisis. Read here.

Inside Data Centre Podcast

In this weeks episode I am joined by Rob Pfleging of Nautilus Data Technologies. Listen here.

Have a great week.