India’s DC Industry capacity expected to touch 1.8 GW by 2027: JLL Report
India’s data center capacity could go up to 1.8 GW by the end of 2027 as per the findings of a report by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), a renowned global commercial real estate and investment management company. The report titled India Data Center Market Dynamics also found that India’s data center capacity surged past the […]
AirTrunk breaks ground on 300 MW DC campus in Tokyo
AirTrunk, an Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) hyperscale data centre provider, has broken ground in Tokyo for its latest data center. The first phase will be a 40 MW facility that will eventually be part of a 300 MW hyperscale campus TOK1. The carrier neutral facility is set on 13ha of land, strategically located in […]
Pipeline data center projects unaffected by alleged Chinese AI training in Malaysia: Analysts
The pipeline of data centre projects in Malaysia is unlikely to be impacted by recent reports alleging that Chinese firms are using servers equipped with Nvidia chips to train artificial intelligence (AI) models, according to media reports, quoting MIDF Research. “There is no sign of any slowdown or delays in ongoing developments with industry players […]
BDx inks deal with PLN to power its Indonesian data centers
BDx Indonesia has signed a power purchase agreement with PT PLN (Persero) (PLN), Indonesia’s national electric power distributor, for the supply of 30 MVA of electricity to power BDx’ growing data center operations in Indonesia, according to the company’s press release. In particular, the statement referred to its upcoming CGK3A Campus in South Jakarta and […]
Turning old smartphones into tiny data centers
Researchers at the University of Tartu Institute of Computer Science, Estonia, have successfully turned old smartphones into tiny data centers, according the to the university’s website recently. In the project’s first stage, the researchers removed the phones’ batteries and replaced them with external power sources to reduce the risk of chemical leakage into the environment. Then, […]