Weekly Data Centre News - 18/03/22

Weekly Update! Another busy week in the world of data centres.. When you think it can't get any busier the Global Cloud organisations make a number of major announcements.

What has happened this week?

The latest DC Byte / Knight Frank report showed that the rate of data centre market growth in APAC exceeded EMEA for 2021 . Read here.

Amazon (AWS) is to spend $2.4bn across the next two years building and operating data centres in the UK. Read here.

Microsoft is understood to have purchased a 1million sqft site in Newport, Wales, to develop a major new data centre. Read here.

The ￡1bn Facebook/Meta data centre campus in Toledo, Spain, has been confirmed. Read here.

Vantage Data Centres is to invest CAD$900m to rapidly scale its Canadian operations. Read here.

Europe rejected calls for a ban on crypto mining but has pushed for more regulation around sustainability. Read here.

Intel is to invest more than $33bn in R&D and manufacturing facilities to keep up with the demand for chips. Read here.

Microsoft is building a new data centre region in Finland. Read here.

French organisation Nation Data Center announced plans to develop a new facility near Rennes, France. Read here.

Salesforce is due to spend $800 million in leasing offices and data centers this year. Read here.

Contract Energy have been granted approval for a crypto mining facility in Clyde Dam, New Zealand. Read here.

The new 40000 sqft AUBix data center in Alabama has achieved completion. Read here.

Data centre developer Quantum Switch has partnered with CNet Training to deliver industry-approved technical education to local staff across its portfolio in the Middle East. Read here.

Washington state has approved a bill to encourage further data center construction in the region. Read here.

Edgnex / DAMAC are planning to build data centres in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Read here.

QTS has signed up to utilise 350MW of renewable energy. Read here.

On this weeks Inside Data Centre Podcast I talk data centre architecture with Hyphen. Listen here.

Have a great week!