Weekly Data Centre News - 29/09/23

Weekly Update! This week I had the pleasure of attending UTC Heathrow (UK) and seeing the Digital Futures Programme in action. The talent of tomorrow is vital for this sectors growth, and programmes like this are leading the game in talent development.

Next week I will be at DCD London on Monday & Tuesday, hopefully see some of you then.

What has happened this week?

Europe

Microsoft reveals plans for major data centre in Kildare. Read here.

Google data centre eyes 5% of Norway's power demand. Read here.

KevlinX has broken ground on its debut facility, as its new owners officially announced they had taken a majority stake in the company. Read here.

atNorth, the leading Nordic operator of data center infrastructure has been shortlisted in the `Built Environment Project of the Year' category for its SWE01 site. Read here.

Asanti Datacentres, the Scotland-based data centre operator, has signed an energy supply deal which will reduce the carbon emissions at its operations across the UK to zero.? Read here.

Czech telecoms firm ?eské Radiokomunikace (CRA) is developing a new data center at a broadcast tower site outside Prague. Read here.

Construction begins on SWU data center in Ulm, Germany. Read here.

A consortium of Italian organizations are looking to develop data center in San Romedio mine. Read here.

UK real estate firm British Land has sold a portfolio of data centers. Read here.

Construction of Fortums heat pump plant has started at Microsofts data centre site in Kirkkonumm. Read here.

Equinix has lodged an appeal for denied Dublin data center project. Read here.

Google said it will deploy a new subsea fibre cable linking Portugal, Bermuda and South Carolina. Read here.

Start Campus to host DE-CIX internet exchange at 495MW data centre campus. Read here.

Vertiv expands operations into Norway to support Green Mountain. Read here.

The Dutch government has removed data center zoning permission for a piece of land Meta was previously hoping to develop a large campus on. Read here.

Middle East & Africa

A development tender has been released for the abandoned Timna copper mine near Eilat (Israel), which includes construction of a solar farm and an underground data center, which would be the biggest in Israel. Read here.

APAC

LG CNS, an IT services subsidiary of LG Corp, has signed an agreement with Igis Asset Management to develop data centers. Read here.

Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has launched its 22MW hyperscale data centre facility (JC2) in Greater Jakarta, specifically in Cibitung. Read here.

Data centre giant AirTrunk mulls $10b-plus IPO, shareholders send RFP. Read here.

SOLIS-IDC, a South Korean technology company, has revealed its ambitious plan to invest USD 2 billion in India to establish a data center. Read here.

NTT’s Kolkata data center to be operational by March 2024. Read here.

GreenSquareDC selects Schneider Electric as its technology partner to deliver highly sustainable data centers. Read here.

North America

CoreWeave partners with Vast Data to build AI data centres. Read here.

Chantilly data center gets greenlight from planning commission after tense hearing. Read here.

Aligned Data Centers announced its latest expansion in the North American market with a new land acquisition in Northeast Ohio. Read here.

Amazon has announced that it is to invest US$3.5 billion in five new data centres in New Albany, Ohio, US. Read here.

PowerHouse Data Centers has been given zoning approval for a new campus in North Carolina. Read here.

DC Blox has acquired 27 acres in South Carolina for 45MW data center campus. Read here.

A large technology company is behind plans for a large data center campus in northern Ohio. At the same time, Apple is reportedly planning a new data center campus in the state. Read here.

T5 are targeting Coweta for a massive Data Center Complex. Read here.

North Carolina's Washington-Warren Airport is getting a new data center after receiving additional government funding. Read here.

GIP has loaned Vantage Data Centers $450 million which will be used to further develop the build-out across North American markets. Read here.

Deep Edge is seeking to build more interconnection facilities across the U.S. Read here.

Other interesting articles

Google, Microsoft, Danfoss, and Schneider Electric team up to deliver pioneering new European research and development hub. Read here.

Why Microsoft is Using Nuclear to Fuel Its Data Centers? Read here.

Microsoft is testing low-carbon concrete for its data centers. Read here.

Kao Data's new chairman on expansion plans and the role of AI in the data centre industry. Read here.

How Enfabrica is reimagining, and disrupting, The AI Data Center. Read here.

Events this week

DCD Connect London - 2-3 October. Info here.

infra/STRUCTURE Toronto - 4-5 October. Info here.

Malaysia Cloud & Data Center Convention Kuala Lumpar - 5 October. Info here.

Have a great week.