Weekly Data Centre Digest – 13th September 2024
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Reports
Research and Markets: Data Center Construction Strategic Research Report 2024. Read here.
The AI Growth Cycle for the Data Center Physical Infrastructure Market Started in 2Q 2024, According to Dell’Oro Group. Read here.
Europe
The UK Government has designated Data Centres ‘Critical National Infrastructure’. Read here.
Political support for construction of £4bn data centre (DC01UK) in Hertfordshire, UK. Read here.
AWS plans to invest £8 billion in the UK, supporting 14,000 jobs annually in local businesses. Read here.
A controversial £1bn Data Centre in Abbots Langley (UK) set for six-day appeal next month. Read here.
Data4 plots 90MW data center campus outside Athens, Greece. Read here.
EcoDataCenter announced a new mega data centre campus in Borlänge, Sweden. Read here.
T-Mobile has launched an expansion to its flagship data center in Prague, Czech Republic. Read here.
Quantum-secure connection to be built between pair of data centres in “UK first”. Read here.
Data Center Advisors (DCA) rebrands as Data Center Partners (DCP). Read here.
TIM looks to buy BT data centres in Italy. Read here.
Middle East & Africa
Aramco Digital and Groq announced they are to build the world’s largest AI inferencing data center in Saudi Arabia!. Read here.
Grifols Egypt Collaborates with Orange Business to Deliver New Data Center and Communications Infrastructure. Read here.
APAC
NEXTDC to raise $500m for Asian data centre expansion. Read here.
NEXTDC Seeks A$2.9 Billion Loan to Expand Data Centers in Asia. Read here.
True IDC to invest THB ฿10bn in data centre expansion. Read here.
Microsoft acquires Rs 520 cr land in Pune for data centre expansion plans. Read here.
CyrusOne KEP Begins Construction on its First Data Center in Japan. Read here.
ST Telemedia to invest $3.2B to boost its Indian operations. Read here.
China paves the path for Foreign Ownership of Data Centers. Read here.
North America
Data center operator Switch weighs IPO at about $40 billion valuation. Read here.
Switch Secures $5 Billion in New Debt Financing. Read here.
Oracle to power 1GW datacenter with trio of tiny nuclear reactors. Read here.
White House officials to meet with AI leaders about data center development. Read here.
Manulife-Backed Serverfarm Acquires Two Data Centers Providing Over 500MW of New Potential Capacity in the Houston Market. Read here.
Manulife Investment Management Completes Acquisition of Serverfarm. Read here.
DataBank announces 480MW data center campus development in South Dallas. Read here.
Tract plans 343-acre data center park outside Minneapolis, Minnesota. Read here.
20MW data center planned at AREP’s Quantum Park in Ashburn, Virginia. Read here.
Digital Realty Wins Incentives, Could Invest $1.9B On Data Center Campus In Garland. Read here.
Microsoft is building a datacenter campus in Cherry Valley, Illinois. Read here.
Institutional investors adjust positions in Equinix. Read here.
Digiweb founder Colm Piercy eyes billion-dollar data centre deals. Read here.
NetworkOcean plans underwater data center test in San Francisco Bay. Read here.
Nine-building data center campus proposed in Northwest Indiana. Read here.
Virginia County Limits New Data Center Development. Read here.
Dataprana plans 30MW cryptomine site outside Houston, Texas. Read here.
The Planning Commission of Forest Grove in Oregon has approved a 178,750 sqft data center development. Read here.
Microsoft has broken ground on a data center in Quebec City, Canada. Read here.
South America
Scala pitches $50bn Brazil data center campus of up to 4.7GW. Read here.
Amazon’s AWS to invest $1.8 billion in Brazil through 2034. Read here.
Paraguay extends datacenter tender deadline. Read here.
Other interesting articles
Circular Economy in Data Center Operations: Turning Waste into Opportunity. Read here.
Building for the long-term: Grant van Rooyen’s Tract masterplan. Read here.
The AI Power Squeeze: A Data Center Sustainability Imperative. Read here.
Bitcoin Miners Forge Lucrative AI Deals. They Have A Big Advantage. Read here.
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