Johor stops approving Tier 1 and Tier 2 data centers due to water ‘overuse’
Johor will stop approving Tier 1 and 2 data centres, claiming they use too much water which is 200 times more than Tier 3 and Tier 4 centres, according to reports. Johor State Housing and Local Government Committee chairman Datuk Mohd Jafni Md Shukor had reportedly said the decision was part of new requirements governing […]
Data center cooling system failure causes CME Group to suspend trading
A glitch in the cooling system of its data center, has caused the CME Group, one of the world’s largest exchange operators, to suspend trading on its currency and derivatives platforms, impacting trading in foreign exchange, treasuries, commodities and stocks. The Chicago-headquartered CME Group operates financial derivatives exchanges, including the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), the […]
Thésée Datacenter launches €500M data center campus in Aubergenville
Thésée Datacenter has announced plans to build a major new data center campus in Aubergenville (Yvelines), aiming to create one of the largest hosting sites in the Île-de-France region. The project, backed by an initial €60 million (US$ 70 million) investment within a broader €500 million (US$ 580 million) program, is designed to deliver a […]
[Opinion] Stressing over Johor’s ‘water stress’
Recent news reports about the deferment of water supply for data centers in Johor had some in the industry worried. Last week (November 17), South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that Johor had told data centers using evaporative or water-intensive cooling systems that they had to wait until 2027 for their water supply request to […]
GTR begins construction of first Swiss data center
Global Technical Realty (GTR), a data center design company, has started construction on its first data center in Zurich, Switzerland. The development of the 24MW project known as CH One involves converting Campus Reichhold, a 7.5-hectare former industrial site into a modern commercial campus. The three-story building will provide 11,313 square meters of white space […]
NSW govt approves CDC’s 504 MW campus in Sydney
CDC Data Centres has welcomed the NSW Government’s approval of our state-of-the-art Marsden Park campus, which will become the largest data centre development in the Southern Hemisphere. NSW planning minister Paul Scully announced the approval of CDC’s AUD 3.1 billion data centre campus in Sydney’s north-west on 28 November. Located in Sydney’s north-west, the Marsden Park campus […]
SPECIAL FEATURE | Designing adaptive data centers for India’s heartland
As digital services surge in India’s heartland, smaller towns have emerged as the new frontier for data center development. There’s more to India’s data center market than the glitzy metros of Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi NCR, and Bangalore. Digital services are being consumed in Meerut, Cuttack, Haridwar, Darjeeling, and Bhopal too. This necessitates the […]
Victoria to be “ruthless” in gaining data centre leadership – Premier
Victoria will make a concerted push to expand its data centre sector, Premier Jacinta Allan said in her State of the State speech at CEDA, unveiling a dedicated plan to attract infrastructure investment and build a skilled workforce to support accelerating AI adoption. Allan said data centres were “the digital infrastructure that supports AI around […]
Australia’s data centre industry forms peak body to drive AI infrastructure strategy
A coalition of major data centre operators and technology companies has launched a new national peak body, Data Centres Australia, intended to coordinate policy engagement and support the country’s ambitions in AI-related digital infrastructure. The organisation was formally introduced by assistant minister for science, technology and the digital economy, Andrew Charlton, who described data centres […]