Weekly Data Centre News - 3/11/23

Weekly Update! November is here.. Will we see a slow down as we head towards the end of the year? Or a push to get everything lined up for 2024?

We have secured some discount codes for upcoming events. Links at the bottom of the newsletter.

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What has happened this week?

Reports

The Turner & Townsend Data Centre Cost Index 2023 is now live - Read here.

3Q 2023 Data Center Market Recap Data Center Hawk - Read here.

Q3 2023 Colo earnings: Digital Realty, Equinix, American Tower. Read here.

Q3 2023 cloud results: AI investments drive up revenue and CapEx. Read here.

Europe

Vantage Data Centers completed a €2.5 Billion Investment partnership which will fund further growth in EMEA. Read here.

Green Mountain and KMW broke ground on a new sustainable data center campus in Germany. Read here.

Google has spent ￡47 Million on a 129 acre site in Essex, UK. Read here.

UK secretary of state has dismissed a data center plan in London's Green Belt. Read here.

Pulsant is investing ￡4.5m in its Manchester data centre. Read here.

Digital Core REIT is acquiring stakes in two Digital Realty data centers in Frankfurt, Germany, and Osaka, Japan. Read here.

Unprecedented ￡225m investment to create UK's most powerful supercomputer in Bristol. Read here.

EQT Revives Talks to Acquire $6.5 Billion Global Switch. Read here.

Data centres waste heat to warm thousands of homes. Read here.

Middle East & Africa

Equinix to invest over $100 million in new data centre in Dubai. Read here.

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has acquired a 40 percent stake in DigitalBridge subsidiary Landmark Dividend LLC. Read here.

APAC

Gaw Capital Partners joins hands Sinar Primera on Indonesia Data Center Development. Read here.

STT GDC and Basis Bay have formed a JV for data centers in Malaysia. Read here.

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) Philippines has completed a 1.2MW data center in Makati City, the Philippines. Read here.

Amazon Web Services is set to broaden its presence in the ASEAN region with the upcoming launch of its new AWS Region in Malaysia, slated to go live in 2024. Read here.

North America

Microsoft is planning a new 350 acre data center campus outside Rome, Georgia. Read here.

County staff in Prince William County, Virginia, have recommended against giving the go-ahead for two massive data center projects. Read here.

Brookfield acquired Cyxtera for $775 million, and will combine it with Evoque. Read here.

DC BLOX has acquired 55 Acres and commenced the construction of a 180MW Data Center Campus in Douglasville, Georgia. Read here.

Crypto Caverns announced latest expansion plans with a new US-based 25MW data center facility on the horizon. Read here.

DataBank is to expand MSP3 data center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Read here.

South America

Cirion Technologies has announced the expansion of its carrier-neutral data centre complex in S?o Paulo. Read here.

Continent 8 Technologies is set to open a Cura?ao data centre site next month. Read here.

Other interesting articles

Will AI Spark a Boom in Data Centre Real Estate? Read here.

Texas booms in the Cloud and on the ground. Read here.

AI moves to Norway. Read here.

DCD podcast - How much energy does AI use? Read here.

The Essentials Of Clean Power Procurement For Data Centers. Read here.

Inside Data Centre Podcast

On this weeks episode I talk data centres with Chris Baxter & David West of new European developer, Apto. Listen here.

Events

We have secured some discount codes for upcoming events.

Touchdown Middle East 2023 will take place on Tuesday 21st?and Wednesday 22nd?November 2023 at?Al Dana Hall, Gulf Hotel, Kingdom of Bahrain. Register for tickets here - Use code WDNC10 for 10% discount.

Yotta 2024 - The Future of Digital Infrastructure. A new event that takes place October 7-9, 2024 at the MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, NV. Register for tickets here - Use code DCC for a 20% discount.

Have a great week.