Weekly Data Centre Digest – 8th November 2024
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Reports
CyrusOne announced new research which revealed that public attitudes towards data centers are more favorable than expected. Read here.
Blackstone: The Convergence of Data Centers and Power. Read here.
Synergy Group: Cloud Market Growth Surge Continues in Q3. Read here.
AI, Data Center And Energy Startups Get Large Capital Infusion In October. Read here.
Q3 2024 Colo earnings. Read here.
Europe
Amazon to invest $1.3bln in Italy data centre business. Read here.
EDF in talks with providers to power 1GW data centres in France. Read here.
atNorth announced the substantial expansion of two of its data centers in Iceland. Read here.
UK poised to follow the trend of private SMRs to power AI data centres. Read here.
techUK: Data Centre Sector Could Be Fastest Growing UK Industry. Read here.
The 12th-century village battling against the boom in AI data centres (UK). Read here.
The UK government is set to recommend the creation of special ‘computing zones’ for easier building of data centres, as well a simplified visa process for foreign workers with AI skills. Read here.
Box2bit plans €3.4bn data center in Zaragoza, Spain. Read here.
Telefónica said to close in on Nabiax sale to Aermont Capital. Read here.
Jones Engineering enjoys near doubling in profit as overseas business takes off. Read here.
US colocation giant Equinix has launched a new data center in Istanbul, Türkiye. Read here.
Baltic operator Delska has topped out its 10MW data center in Riga, Latvia. Read here.
Middle East & Africa
UAE’s Hodler Investments and China’s GCL Energy to power AI data centres in Ethiopia. Read here.
Batelco and Qareeb Data Centers sign MoU at Gateway Gulf Forum. Read here.
Equinix, Omantel launch new data centre in Oman. Read here.
Emerging Markets to watch out for in the Middle East. Read here.
APAC
GDS International received approval to build a hyperscale data centre in Thailand. Read here.
Thai Board of Investment approves two major data centre projects worth $1.7 billion. Read here.
Keppel has acquired an under-development data center being constructed in Tokyo, Japan. Read here.
Goodman expands data centre services to meet global demand. Read here.
Markham Real Estate has filed plans for a 38MW data center in Sydney, Australia. Read here.
Nxtra to set up a 200 MW data centre in Hyderabad. Read here.
APAC data center firm Empyrion Digital is expanding into Taiwan. Read here.
South Korea’s KIOST signed an agreement to develop underwater data center in Ulsan. Read here.
SK Telecom to Launch AI Data Centers in Seoul. Read here.
North America
Google, Meta and Nvidia co-found initiative to address data center power dilemma. Read here.
Digital Realty Trust, L.P. Announces Pricing of $1.0 Billion Exchangeable Senior Notes Offering. Read here.
Rare bees foil Meta’s position in data centre arms race. Read here.
Huge gigawatt-scale data centre projects join Alberta’s power lineup. Read here.
Province Group data center campus gets green light in Powhatan County, Virginia. Read here.
Switch is planning to expand its data center campus in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Read here.
DataBank files for second Red Oak data center in Dallas, Texas. Read here.
Amazon has filed to develop a large data center campus in Louisa County, Virginia. Read here.
Microsoft acquires 1,385 acres of land in North Carolina. Read here.
Duos Edge AI Acquires Additional Edge Data Centers. Read here.
AES reports 900MW of new data center load growth across Ohio. Read here.
Hyperscaler capex forecasts to hit $300B in 2025: Morgan Stanley. Read here.
TVA approves Elon Musk’s controversial data center plan for more power. Read here.
Duke Energy’s new 2 GWs of US data centers to include minimum take agreements. Read here.
Constellation Energy has reaffirmed its commitment to developing data centers on the sites of its US power plants. Read here.
TA Realty files for 1 million sq ft data center campus outside Atlanta, Georgia. Read here.
Bristow residents may soon have another massive data center campus as their new neighbour. Read here.
Solarbank announced its strategic expansion into the rapidly growing data center market. Read here.
Turner Wins $2B Ohio Data Center Campus Contract. Read here.
Soluna Holdings reports progress in green data center projects. Read here.
Other interesting articles
AI Changing Face of Data Centre Design & Construction. Read here.
The environmental campaigners fighting against data centres. Read here.
Concerned about your data use? Here is the carbon footprint of an average day of emails, WhatsApps and more. Read here.
How Mercury Plugs Power Gap in Data Centre Construction. Read here.
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