Historic data center demand amid dwindling supply: DC Byte Report
DC Byte, a market intelligence platform has revealed that data center demand has reached historic levels globally amid dwindling supply attributed largely to power supply constraints. Global take-up rate has increased by 30% on 2023 figures for a total of 12,975MW across both colocation and self-build schemes, said the 2025 edition of the Global Data […]
Sify and partners to invest Rs 10,000 crores in Chennai DC over next five years: MP Vijaykumar
Sify Infinit Spaces Ltd., a prominent Indian data center provider, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Nasdaq listed Sify Technologies Ltd., recently announced the inauguration of an AI-ready data center campus in Chennai which will have an eventual capacity of 130 MW. Located in the upcoming technology hub of Siruseri, the facility was inaugurated by […]
GuocoLand mulling data centers in Malaysia
GuocoLand (Malaysia) Bhd, the property arm of Hong Leong Group, has engaged consultants to advise on developing industrial townships including potentially data centers on its sizeable land bank in Malaysia, W. Media learnt from a reliable source. An online search by W. Media revealed that as of 2021, the company owned four pieces of freehold […]
Khazna Data Centers to build 100MW AI ready data center in Turkey
Khazna Data Centers, a provider of hyperscale wholesale data centers in the Middle East, has announced plans to expand its footprint in Turkey (Türkiye). It is planning to build an AI-ready data center with a potential capacity of up to 100MW. For this, it has secured a site in Başkent, OIZ, Ankara. In a press […]
SoftBank breaks ground for AI data center in Hokkaido
SoftBank has begun construction on its Artificial Intelligence (AI) ready data center in Hokkaido, Japan. The facility is being built with a total investment of ¥ 65 billion (~US$ 456 million), and its first phase with a capacity of 50MW is scheduled for completion in 2026. Plans for this data center were first announced in […]
Negeri Sembilan’s first two data centers construction on track
Land-related matters have been completed and earthworks have also begun on the two data centers currently being built in Negeri Sembilan state in Malaysia, said the state’s Chief Minister Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun during a State Legislative Assembly sitting on Monday as reported by Bernama, Malaysian national news agency. One is a green data centre, […]
Work in Progress: SUBCO reports on the Installation of its Perth Data Centre at the first SMAP Cable Landing Station Site
In a recent blog, SUBCO reports on the progress of the build of its first SMAP Data Centre at its cable landing site in Western Australia. The post presents a first-hand account of the week in which the installation took place courtesy of a senior network engineer, Rick Carter: “a tight schedule, multiple contractors, and […]