Raxio Group has opened its fifth data center, Raxio Cote d’Ivoire (CIV1), in Abidjan, marking its entry into West Africa. The company says CIV1 is the country’s first Tier III-certified, carrier-neutral, and cloud-neutral facility, capable of housing 800 racks and delivering 3 MW of IT power. The data center will … Read More
Ooredoo Group has announced a QAR 2 billion financing deal to expand capacity at its data centers, modernise them and accelerate its AI business. The 10-year hybrid facility, signed with QNB, Doha Bank, and Masraf Al Rayan, is the largest tech-sector transaction in Qatar’s history, Ooredoo Group said in an … Read More
EQT Infrastructure has agreed to sell a minority stake in data center operator EdgeConneX to funds managed by investment firm Sixth Street. EQT Infrastructure, which first invested in EdgeConneX in 2020, will remain the largest shareholder after the deal closes, expected in Q4 2024. Also Read: EdgeConneX Secures USD 1.9 … Read More
UK’s Virgin Media O2 said data centre optimisation software provider EkkoSense has worked with the company to help achieve significant energy savings, cutting data centre cooling costs by over GBP 1 million annually. EkkoSense’s AI-driven software has enabled a 15 percent reduction in cooling energy, equivalent to 760 tonnes of … Read More
BT Group, Equinix, and Toshiba have announced what they claim is the UK’s first quantum-secure connectivity service at two Equinix data centers in London’s Canary Wharf and Slough. These data centers will offer customers access to BT Group and Toshiba’s quantum-secured metro network and trial the transmission of data protected … Read More
European operator Portus Data Centers has announced plans to develop a new data center in Hamburg, Germany. The upcoming facility, known as IPHH4 at the Internet Port Hamburg (IPHH) data centre, is part of the larger Portus Data Centers group. In a LinkedIn update, Portus stated that IPHH4, adjacent to … Read More
US colocation firm DataBank has announced plans for a 480MW data center campus in Dallas, Texas. Spanning 292 acres, the “Red Oak Campus” will feature up to eight two-story data centers, each 425,000 square feet, totalling as much as 3.4 million square feet. The first phase will include four buildings … Read More
African data center services company ST Digital has announced that its DLA01 Data Center has achieved DC OIX-2 certification. This makes it one of the first Central African data center providers to obtain this status. “The company’s DLA01 Data Center, located in Douala, Littoral, Africa, is now among the first … Read More
Australian data center provider NextDC announced that it has successfully raised approximately AUD 550 million through the issuance of approximately 32.1 million new shares. Further to the company’s ASX announcement dated September 10, 2024, the placement shares were issued at AUD 17.15 per share, representing a 3.9 percent discount to … Read More
Australian data centre provider NextDC has officially launched a new data centre in South Australia (SA). Dubbed A1 Adelaide, the facility has an IT capacity of 5 MW across 3,000 square metres of IT space. The company claims the facility is Adelaide’s first Tier IV certified data centre, providing the … Read More
Polish data center and cloud provider Beyond.pl is doubling its colocation capacity from 86 MW to 150 MW to support the growing demand for AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing (HPC) solutions. The expansion at its Poznan campus will provide high-density IT infrastructure with over 130 kW per rack, crucial … Read More
Town Lane, a real estate investment management firm, and PowerHouse Data Centers (PowerHouse), a real estate developer and owner of hyperscale data centers, announced the completed purchase of 122 acres in Charlotte, North Carolina, through a joint venture partnership between the two companies. The site will be the future home … Read More
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