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APAC | Jan Yong

DeepCtrls closes Series B+ financing; plans Physical AI expansion

China-based Physical AI platform DeepCtrls has completed its Series B+ financing round, led by CATL, with strategic investment from Aramco…

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Capital | Conor McNevin

Loft Orbital and Marlan Space unveil US$ 1 billion plan for 50-Satellite AI constellation

Loft Orbital (Loft), a global space infrastructure company, and Marlan Space, a UAE-based investor and subsidiary of IHC, announced a…

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Capital | Jan Yong

Telkomsel mulls stake sale of NeutraDC

Indonesia’s telecom operator PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel), is considering selling a majority stake in NeutraDC, its data center arm, through a…

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Americas | Conor McNevin

Blue Origin to develop communications network around Mars for NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a contract worth US$ 700 million with Blue Origin Enterprises, L.P.…

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Connectivity | Jan Yong

Gulf and Singtel ink MOU to build new submarine cable system connecting Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore

Thai energy conglomerate Gulf Development and Singapore’s telecommunications group Singtel Group recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a…

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Capital | Brendyn Lotz

S+B Gruppe building 12 MW NIMB data center in Bucharest metro

S+B Gruppe AG, a real estate project development and investment company based in Austria, is developing a data center in…

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ANZ | Simon Dux

Transgrid warns Sydney data centre demand is stretching grid capacity

Transgrid, the transmission network operator for New South Wales, is warning that Sydney’s data centre boom is putting increasing pressure…

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Americas | Brendyn Lotz

Telxius builds Tikal cable landing station in Cancun alongside new edge data center

Telecommunication infrastructure and connectivity provider Telxius is developing a carrier-neutral, AI-ready landing gateway and edge data center in Cancun, Mexico.…

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Americas | Conor McNevin

Canada introduces national rules for data center development

The Canadian federal government has introduced a national framework for data center development as demand for computing infrastructure grows with…

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Policy | Jan Yong

Singapore’s Digital Infrastructure Bill introduces licensing requirements

Singapore’s Digital Infrastructure Bill which was tabled in Parliament for First Reading recently, sets out two new licensing regimes to…

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Artificial Intelligence | Conor McNevin

Google to invest US$ 15 billion in Finland

Google has announced plans to invest € 13 billion (US$ 15 billion) in Finland between 2027 and 2028, to expand…

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Artificial Intelligence | Jan Yong

Zankore secures US$ 3.1 billion loan; targets 1GW AI Factory in Indonesia

Indonesia-based AI platform Zankore announced yesterday the signing of a senior term loan facility of up to US$3.1 billion with…

6 days ago

Americas | Brendyn Lotz

Z Squared lands energized Union County Campus in Paradox Data acquisition

Z Squared Inc., a computing infrastructure company expanding into AI, has announced the closing of its acquisition of Paradox Data…

6 days ago

Artificial Intelligence | Conor McNevin

Mistral AI raises €3 billion in record European tech funding round

Mistral AI (Mistral), a French artificial intelligence company, has raised € 3 billion (US$ 3.49 billion) in a Series D…

7 days ago

Africa | Brendyn Lotz

Egyptian data center venture targets US$ 1 billion investment for 200 MW buildout

Vodafone Business has partnered with Elsewedy Electric Group, a multinational energy, digital, and infrastructure solutions provider, and Cassava Technologies, a…

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Africa | Brendyn Lotz

Digital Realty expands Kenyan campus with 6.2 MW data center

Digital Realty, the real estate investment trust and carrier-neutral data center platform, has opened its Nairobi Two Data Center (NBO2)…

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Americas | Conor McNevin

Northampton Capital and Provident Data Centers form JV to develop 54 MW capacity in Texas

Northampton Capital Partners LLC, an alternative asset management firm and Provident Data Centers, a data center developer, have formed a…

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Africa | Brendyn Lotz

Telecom Egypt and Power Sub Link agree to build Sharm El Sheikh-Taba subsea cable

Telecom Egypt, one of the largest subsea cable operators in North Africa, has signed an agreement with Power Sub Link…

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Capital | Brendyn Lotz

HyperVault secures 264 acres for 1 GW AI data center campus in Hyderabad

HyperVault AI Data Center Limited, an AI-ready data center infrastructure developer and subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services, has secured 264…

2 weeks ago

Capital | Brendyn Lotz

Maharashtra and Tata Group working to accelerate AI Innovation City near Mumbai

The government of the Indian state of Maharashtra and Tata Group are working to expedite the development of a so-called…

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6 months ago

EMEA | Deborah Grey

UPDATE | Amazon, NVIDIA implement emergency measures in the Middle East

In wake of the war in the Middle East, and incessant drone strikes that have damaged at least three data…

7 months ago

Editor's Pick | Deborah Grey

UPDATE | Three Amazon facilities impacted by drone strikes amidst war in the Middle East

As many as three Amazon digital infrastructure facilities have reportedly been affected due to the ongoing escalation of violence in…

7 months ago

Data Center | Deborah Grey

DEVELOPING STORY | Power shut down at Amazon’s UAE data center after fire due to falling “objects”

On Sunday, power was temporarily shut down at an Amazon data center in the UAE, after it was “impacted by…

8 months ago

Outages | Conor McNevin

TikTok grinds to a halt after power outage at US data center

TikTok is experiencing service disruptions just days after a new majority American-owned joint venture took control of its US operations.…

10 months ago

Outages | Deborah Grey

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…

10 months ago

Outages | Conor McNevin

Cloudflare outage affects global internet services

Cloudflare’s internet infrastructure experienced a significant outage on Tuesday, temporarily taking down numerous major websites for users around the world.…

10 months ago

Outages | Conor McNevin

‘Thermal Event’ at Microsoft Azure data center causes an outage in West Europe

Microsoft Azure experienced a widespread outage in its West Europe cloud region on November 5, after a data center suffered…

11 months ago

Outages | Deborah Grey

South Korea DC fire: Over 60 percent data recovered, five booked for professional negligence

More than 60 percent of the data lost in last month’s fire at the National Information Resources Service (NIRS) in…

11 months ago

Outages | Conor McNevin

AWS outage raises concerns in UK

A widespread outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) brought parts of the global internet to a standstill on Monday, disrupting…

11 months ago

Outages | Deborah Grey

DEVELOPING STORY | AWS outage impacts over 80 Amazon apps and services, recovery underway

Amazon Web Services (AWS) was hit by an outage on Monday that led to disruption of at least 80 related…

3 weeks ago

ANZ | Simon Dux

AEMO: Australia’s data centres to use 34TWh by 2035-36

Australia’s data centre sector is set to become a significantly larger consumer of electricity over the next decade, with the…

3 weeks ago

ANZ | Simon Dux

Whittlesea seeks greater oversight as Dover plans 200MW Victorian facility

Australia’s Whittlesea City Council has asked the Victorian government to improve transparency and regulation around data centre developments, as a…

4 weeks ago

Data Center | Jan Yong

Singapore’s DC-CFA2 winners announced; third CFA possible

Four data center platforms namely Digital Realty, Equinix, Keppel Data Centres and ST Telemedia Global Data Centres have been announced…

4 weeks ago

Data Center | Jan Yong

Vietnam – still an attractive data center market despite challenges

In the last few months, there had been news about multibillion-dollar AI data centers being announced in Vietnam. The latest…

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Americas | Brendyn Lotz

Pennsylvania governor targets predatory AI data center developers in executive order

Governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro has signed an executive order that he says introduces the strictest guardrails for AI data…

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ANZ | Simon Dux

Transgrid sets six tests for data centres seeking NSW grid capacity

Transgrid has introduced a new six-part readiness test for large electricity users seeking capacity on its NSW transmission network, requiring…

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ANZ | Simon Dux

Tasmania launches parliamentary inquiry into AI data centres

Tasmania’s Parliament has launched a formal inquiry into the construction and operation of AI data centres, opening the sector to…

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Policy | Jan Yong

Malaysia aims to protect farmland from data center boom: Report

Malaysia plans to protect farmland from increased conversions into industrial use especially for data center and semiconductor factory buildouts, according…

4 weeks ago

ANZ | Simon Dux

NSW puts data centres on fast track, but developers face higher costs

New South Wales has introduced a new data centre policy framework that promises faster planning approvals for projects meeting tougher…

1 month ago

Africa | Brendyn Lotz

Eskom looks to hyperscalers to soak up South Africa’s 6 GW power surplus

Eskom, South Africa’s state-owned electricity utility, plans to court hyperscalers such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft to take up as…

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Americas | Brendyn Lotz

Telxius builds Tikal cable landing station in Cancun alongside new edge data center

Telecommunication infrastructure and connectivity provider Telxius is developing a carrier-neutral, AI-ready landing gateway and edge data center in Cancun, Mexico.…

5 days ago

Artificial Intelligence | Jan Yong

Zankore secures US$ 3.1 billion loan; targets 1GW AI Factory in Indonesia

Indonesia-based AI platform Zankore announced yesterday the signing of a senior term loan facility of up to US$3.1 billion with…

6 days ago

Americas | Brendyn Lotz

Z Squared lands energized Union County Campus in Paradox Data acquisition

Z Squared Inc., a computing infrastructure company expanding into AI, has announced the closing of its acquisition of Paradox Data…

6 days ago

Americas | Brendyn Lotz

Oracle and HPE expand partnership to scale AI data center networking

HPE, an enterprise technology firm, is expanding its collaboration with Oracle, supplying its routing and switching platforms to Oracle’s AI…

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Data Center | Deborah Grey

MEEZA signs US$ 275 million deal with global hyperscaler

MEEZA, a Qatar-based provider of data center and managed IT services, has signed an agreement with a global hyperscaler for…

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Americas | Brendyn Lotz

IREN granted conditional Base Load status for 2 GW Texas campus

IREN, a large-scale data center operator building facilities for AI and high-performance computing, said that the Electric Reliability Council of…

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Americas | Conor McNevin

C Spire expands Mississippi fiber network with Jackson-Olive Branch Corridor

C Spire, a privately held advanced technology company, is expanding its Mississippi fiber network with a new high-capacity corridor between…

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ANZ | Simon Dux

The data centre system nobody talks about until something goes wrong

For Commend’s Martin Bruetsch, the intercom has evolved from a simple security device into an operational technology platform with a…

7 days ago

Africa | Brendyn Lotz

Egyptian data center venture targets US$ 1 billion investment for 200 MW buildout

Vodafone Business has partnered with Elsewedy Electric Group, a multinational energy, digital, and infrastructure solutions provider, and Cassava Technologies, a…

7 days ago

Data Center | Deborah Grey

DAMAC Digital and Vodafone Türkiye inaugurate data center in Izmir

DAMAC Digital, a global digital infrastructure provider, and Vodafone Türkiye have inaugurated the first phase of a data center in…

2 months ago

Data Center | Deborah Grey

Letsia to invest US$ 13.32 million into green data center development in Riyadh

Letsia, a Middle Eastern technology conglomerate has announced plans to invest SAR 50 million (US$ 13.32 million) to develop a…

2 months ago

Artificial Intelligence | Deborah Grey

SPECIAL REPORT | UN scientists say AI data centers could consume as much water as 1.3 billion people by 2030!

Amidst growing concerns surrounding data center sustainability comes a report by the United Nations that finds that AI’s water use…

2 months ago

Middle East | Deborah Grey

MEA green data center market poised to grow by over 30 percent by 2030: Report

The market for sustainable or “green” data centers across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) could grow by 31.81 percent…

3 months ago

Power | Jan Yong

AirTrunk partners ib vogt delivering Malaysia’s first renewable VPPA for data center

Asia Pacific data center platform AirTrunk has signed a long-term Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) with renewable energy platform ib…

3 months ago

NEA | Conor McNevin

NTT Data, 4R Energy and Nissan Trading strategize to convert data center UPS systems into grid resources

NTT Data Corporation (NTT Data), 4R Energy Corporation (4R Energy) and Nissan Trading Corporation (Nissan Trading) will begin technical verification…

3 months ago

ANZ | Simon Dux

AWS to connect Melbourne data centre to recycled water supply in Victorian first

AWS and Greater Western Water (GWW) say a new data centre in Melbourne’s west will become the first facility in…

3 months ago

APAC | Simon Dux

AI growth puts water and data centre planning to the test in Melbourne

Rapid AI-driven data centre growth is forcing Australia’s water sector and digital infrastructure industry to confront challenges neither side believes…

4 months ago

APAC | Simon Dux

Australia’s data centre boom could intensify pressure on power systems – Fitch

Australia’s rapidly expanding data centre sector is becoming an increasingly significant factor in the country’s energy transition, with electricity demand…

4 months ago

APAC | Jan Yong

[SPECIAL REPORT] How Johor deals with thirsty data centers

Johor looks set to conquer a potential water crunch, judging by current initiatives taken by both the state and private…

4 months ago

APAC | Simon Dux

WinDC wants Australian data centres built around energy, not cities

WinDC founder and CEO Andrew Sjoquist has spent more than a decade inside Australia’s energy system, helping connect over six…

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