OpenAI and NextDC unveil AUD 7bn plan for sovereign AI campus in Sydney
OpenAI and Australian data centre operator NextDC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop a large-scale AI infrastructure campus in Western Sydney, marking one of the country’s most significant investments in sovereign compute to date. The partners plan to build a hyperscale AI facility and GPU supercluster at NextDC’s planned 650MW S7 campus in […]
Equinix inks 10 MWp solar deal with ESR, TEPCO
Colocation specialist Equinix, Inc. has yesterday signed a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with ASSETCO to secure 10 MWp of renewable energy through rooftop solar deployments in Singapore. ASSETCO (ESR-TEPCO SINGAPORE ASSETCO ALPHA PTE. LTD.) is a special purpose vehicle established by ESR and Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO HD) — a partnership […]
Vantage Data Centers completes Cyberjaya campus with launch of fully leased 16MW fourth facility
Vantage Data Centers, a global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, yesterday announced the completion of its first Cyberjaya campus in Malaysia, KUL1, with the launch of its fourth facility (KUL14) carrying 16MW capacity. KUL14 is already fully leased to a single tenant. The company said in a press release that KUL14 was constructed using […]
Why Southeast Asia’s data centers need earthquake protection now
Johor’s recent earthquake may signal a real need for low-risk seismic regions to incorporate quake-resistance into their data center design. A recent 4.1 quake with its epicentre in Segamat, a small town in Johor, could portend the need to prepare for the next one. Because who knows where the next epicenter will be, when […]