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Equinix breaks ground in Malaysia with two new data centers

Equinix has now broken ground in Malaysia with two International Business Exchange data centers in Johor (JH1) and Kuala Lumpur (KL1) now serving the company’s customers in Malaysia and across. Jeremy Deutsch, president for Asia-Pacific at Equinix, said: “Malaysia is a cornerstone market and t...

May 28, 2024

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Switch Datacenters unveils Amsterdam data center

Dutch colo provider Switch Datacenters has launched its fourth Amsterdam data center; the AMS4 facility with an IT capacity of between 15 and 18MW across a total white space area of 4,400 square meters. “Our new data center sets a new standard for sustainability in the industry by redeveloping...

May 28, 2024

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Digital Realty signs new PPAs in France and Spain

Digital Realty this week announced the signing of several power purchase agreements (PPA) to power its European operations in France and Spain. The company signed a package solar deal comprising three separate 12-year agreements in Spain and two 15-year deals for wind energy in France. Togeth...

May 24, 2024

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Microsoft to purchase one million tons of carbon energy credits

Microsoft is buying one million tons of carbon removal credits from a renewable energy company in Denmark, following its aim to invest in carbon capture technology. The tech giant will purchase the credits from Avedøre power station in Copenhagen, which is operated by energy company Ørsted, in...

May 24, 2024

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Google signs first ever PPAs in Japan

Google has signed its first power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Japan with Clean Energy Connect (CEC), a partner of Itochu Corporation, in a deal which involves constructing a network of around 800 small-scale solar plants totaling 40MW across multiple grid regions in Japan. “This novel, distr...

May 22, 2024

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AtlasEdge names Tesh Durvasula as CEO

European Edge provider AtlasEdge has appointed Tesh Durvasula as CEO to succeed Giuliano Di Vitantonio, who will move into the role of chairman of the AtlasEdge board.“It has been a true privilege to lead AtlasEdge through its first chapter. Since launching in late 2021, we have built a data c...

May 22, 2024

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CyrusOne closes $1.175 billion ABS offering

CyrusOne has closed its $1.175 billion Series 2024-2 and 2024-3 funding round, classified as a Secured Green Collateral Bond, and is the largest ABS issuance since 2021. Series 2024-2 is expected to mature in five years, while Series 2024-3 is expected to mature in seven.Eric Schwartz, CEO of ...

May 18, 2024

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Maincubes ties its loan repayments to sustainability targets.

Germany data center firm Maincubes announced this week that it had added sustainability targets to its existing growth financing, linking the achievement of these targets to the financing conditions."The successful addition of the sustainability targets to our financing facility confirms the c...

May 18, 2024

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Microsoft to deploy equivalent of five 561 petaflops Eagle supercomputers monthly

Azure CTO Mark Russinovich recently claimed that Microsoft will be deploying the equivalent of five 561 petaflops Eagle supercomputers every single month. That would represent the equivalent of 72,000 H100 GPUs every month, spread out across the company's growing data center footprint, and a ...

May 18, 2024

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Digital Realty launches new cooling colocation offering

Digital Realty this week announced the launch of a direct liquid cooling (DLC) offering, available in 170 Digital Realty data centers globally. The company noted that the offering includes a range of mechanical solutions, such as rear door heat exchangers (RDHx) and DLC, offering power densiti...

May 17, 2024

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Alice & Bob makes quantum processor available on Google Cloud Marketplace

Quantum computing firm Alice & Bob this week announced the immediate availability of its Boson 4 single cat-qubit chip series through the cloud via Google Marketplace. “When my co-founder and I started Alice & Bob, many thought cat qubits would never be more than a lab concept. We are ...

May 16, 2024

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Microsoft to invest $3.3 billion in Wisconsin AI data center

Microsoft recently announced that it will be investing $3.3 billion in the AI data center it is building in Wisconsin to “expand its national cloud and AI infrastructure capacity.” The company will also be co-funding a new solar energy project which will generate 250MW of power.Microsoft noted...

May 14, 2024

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Te Tumu Paeroa selected as anchor tenant in Microsoft’s planned New Zealand region

Te Tumu Paeroa, the office of the Maori Trustee, has signed an agreement to become the anchor tenant of Microsoft's upcoming New Zealand cloud region. The agreement with Microsoft and associated cloud migration is hoped to help landowners recover from major weather events more quickly, support...

May 11, 2024

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Microsoft signs carbon removal project in Brazil

Microsoft this week has finalized its carbon removal project with Re green in a deal which will fund the restoration of more than 16,000 hectares of degraded pastureland across Brazil (over half of which is already acquired with restoration activities underway), including in the States of Mara...

May 10, 2024

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Digital Realty launches new data center in Japan

Digital Realty has broken ground on a new data center outside Tokyo, Japan, marking its third data center at the NRT campus in Inzai, Chiba prefecture. This new 31MW facility, known as NRT14, will be configurable to support private AI deployments at densities up to 70kW per rack via air-assist...

May 10, 2024

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Microsoft signs new PPA in Ireland

Microsoft revealed this week that it has entered into a long-term deal to offtake the output of the newly commissioned Lenalea Wind Farm near Letterkenny, County Donegal."At Microsoft, we are committed to playing our part in supporting the decarbonization of energy grids in markets in which we...

May 07, 2024

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Microsoft signs new carbon capture deal in Sweden

Microsoft has signed the world’s largest carbon capture deal with Stockholm Exergi to remove carbon from an upcoming biomass plant in Sweden. The deal will cover 3.33 million tonnes of permanent carbon removals from bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) at Värtan, Stockholm.“We ar...

May 06, 2024

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Microsoft signs renewable energy framework deal with Brookfield

Microsoft has entered an agreement to invest an estimated $10 billion in renewable electricity projects to be developed by Brookfield Asset Management. The “global framework agreement” signed by the cloud company is a commitment to bring 10.5 gigawatts of generating capacity online.“Microsoft ...

May 01, 2024

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Microsoft plans Azure cloud region in Thailand

Microsoft has revealed plans to build cloud and AI infrastructure in Thailand, including a data center region as part of its digital infrastructure commitment to expand the availability of the company's hyperscale cloud services.At the Microsoft Build AI Day in Bangkok, Microsoft CEO Satya Nad...

May 01, 2024

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Equinix signs new solar PPAs in Singapore

Colocation firm Equinix has signed long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to procure renewable energy in Singapore fromSembcorp Industries. Following the agreements, Sembcorp Power will supply a maximum capacity of 75MWp from its solar assets and 30MW from its gas-power generation portfoli...

April 29, 2024

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