Weekly Data Centre News - 21/04/23
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! It has been a very busy week this week.. I am off to Datacloud in Monaco next week so please drop me a message if you are attending, and we can find a time to meet.
What has happened this week?
Europe
Microsoft received an environmental permit for a data center development in Middenmeer (Netherlands). Read here.
Lefdal Mine Datacenter has added 60MW power capacity to its underground data center campus in M?l?y, Norway. Read here.
Havering Council offered ￡9m if data centre consent granted for a major data centre campus. Read here.
Google signed a deal with Eneco to run Dutch data centre with wind power. Read here.
Private equity-grown Euclyde Datacenters?has announced the commissioning of two new rooms on its DC 5 campus in Lyon. Read here.
Nordic data center firm EcoDataCenter announced plans to develop a new 150MW campus in central Sweden. Read here.
Goodman announced plans to develop a 100MVA Data Center in Frankfurt. Read here.
Middle East & Africa
Quantum Switch has named Mike Buckingham as its first chief operating officer (COO). Read here.
stc Group makes a move into Europe through its infrastructure arm “TAWAL". Read here.
APAC
Epicor announced plans to build a new regional data centre in India. Read here.
HDR behind design of two Melbourne data centres. Read here.
Tokyo challenges Beijing as Asia's data center hub. Read here.
Asian bank UOB announced a $500m tech park in Singapore. Read here.
DataDog launched a new data center in Japan. Read here.
领英推荐
DCI Data Centres completed its first cloud data center in Auckland, New Zealand. Read here.
North America
GI Partners acquired a fully leased data centre in Virginia. Read here.
Microsoft gained approval for a $1bn campus in Wisconsin. Read here.
Skybox offering 100MW build-to-suit campus in Plano, Texas. Read here.
Data center campus being planned for a 100-acre site in Lancaster. Read here.
StratCap has acquired two data centers and a number of cell towers in the US. Read here.
Green Energy Partners, a US data center and energy developer, plans to use nuclear reactors to power 30 new data centers in Virginia. Read here.
CyrusOne Data Centers has signed a deal for $701 million in asset-back securities. Read here.
Cologix has closed a $195 million CAD (US$144.7m) asset-backed securitization. Read here.
Other interesting articles
How to curb soaring energy use. Read here.
Knight Frank has launched the Knight Frank SEA-5 Data Centre Opportunity Index (SEA-5 Index). Read here.
Digital Realty's Tom Gorman Wants Better Data Centre Education. Read here.
'That Train Is Coming': Power Shortages May Be Closing In On Phoenix Data Centers. Read here.
Chatbots Are Set to Make Data Centers Leaner, Better Staffed. Read here.
Inside Data Centre Podcast
In this weeks episode I talk data centres with Judy Gosnell of Telehouse Europe. Listen here.
Have a great week.
Director - Data Center Real Estate Frankfurt
1 年Great work
Technical Director at WSP
1 年It will be nice to catch up
EMEA Key Account Manager & Data Centre Lead
1 年I'm in Monaco next week as well good to catch up Andy
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1 年Really appreciate this roundup, Andy. Thanks for doing it!
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