Moro Hub launches world’s largest solar-powered data center in UAE
H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council has inaugurated the green data center of Data Hub Integrated Solutions LLC (Moro Hub), a subsidiary of Digital DEWA, the digital arm of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA). Recognized as the world’s largest solar-powered […]
Singapore-based wireless laser communications startup Transcelestial raises $10 mln
Singapore-based startup Transcelestial, specializing in wireless laser communications equipment, announced on Thursday it raised $10 million in a funding round led by Airbus Ventures. The funding will be used to boost internet infrastructure in Southeast Asia and India, Rohit Jha, CEO and co-founder of Transcelestial, said. “The high cost of putting fiber optic cables under […]
PLDT expands data center capacity to adapt to the Philippines’ digitalization
The data center arm of telco giant PLDT Inc. is increasing its capacity to address the requirements of customers as digitalization in the country further picks up. In a statement on Thursday 16 February, ePLDT Inc. said its VITRO Makati 2 would add 12 megawatts (MW) of capacity to power nearly 1,600 new racks. The […]
Equinix to Build New Data Center in Barcelona
Equinix, the world’s digital infrastructure company, is building its second data center in Barcelona as the metro becomes an increasingly strategic hub for the terrestrial and subsea cable networks connecting digital lives. The new site will serve as a strategic connection point for data communications between Europe, Africa and the Middle East, with Barcelona quickly […]
Elsewedy Data Centers & Gulf Data Hub to revamp Africa’s largest data center in Egypt
Elsewedy Data Centers, together with the Emirati Gulf Data Hub have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop Africa’s largest data center complex in Egypt and strengthen their bilateral cooperation in the field of information technology and digital infrastructure in the region. The Ministry of Planning and Economic Development and Communications and the Ministry […]
DDN Expands its India Operation with a Larger R&D Facility in Pune
DDN, the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and multi-cloud data management solutions, has announced the expansion of its operation in India with a larger office space in Pune. In order to accommodate its expanding workforce base, DDN India opened a new office in Baner, Pune. The company now employs about 25% of its employees […]
Chunghwa Telecom to work on connectivity in Matsu Islands after incident
Taiwan’s largest telecom provider, Chunghwa Telecom, says the Matsu Islands will not be “orphaned” – indicating that the undersea data cables connecting to the Matsu Islands will be repaired soon. The National Communications Commission (NCC) confirmed Thursday that two of Chunghwa Telecom’s undersea data cables linking Taiwan and the Matsu Islands were accidentally severed by […]
MC Digital Realty Launches Fourth Data Centre at Osaka Campus
MC Digital Realty, a 50/50 joint venture between Mitsubishi Corporation and Digital Realty, today announced the official opening of KIX13, the fourth building on the 23,000sqm Osaka data center campus. A three-story facility reinforced with seismic isolation systems for resilience against earthquakes, KIX13 offers customers institutional quality digital infrastructure solutions of up to 21 megawatts […]
AICRAFT Launches Edge Computing Module to Set a Record for Big Data Processing in Orbit
AICRAFT, an Adelaide-based edge computing developer, has successfully launched its edge computing module named Pulsar to set a record for big data processing in orbit. According to a business agreement with NewSpace India Ltd (NSIL), the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Pulsar was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in […]