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Amazon buys record amounts of renewable energy in 2022

February 16, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

Amazon released details of its renewable energy purchases in 2022. ...

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atNorth acquires site for third Finland data centre

February 16, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

atNorth is boosting its presence in Finland with the acquisition of a site that will accommodate a 1...

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Chinese telcos withdraw from SEA-ME-WE6 cable

February 16, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

Reporting from the Financial Times indicates China’s largest telcos, China Telecom and China Mobil...

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nLighten launches in Germany after acquiring EXA Infrastructure data centres

February 15, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

nLighten is a new operator building out a data centre platform in Europe. ...

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Microsoft to build first Saudi Arabia region

February 15, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

Microsoft confirmed plans for a new data centre region in Saudi Arabia that will have multiple AZs. ...

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DAMAC accelerates Saudi Arabia builds to meet customer interest; Microsoft? Oracle?

February 15, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

DAMAC Data Centres, formerly known as EDGNEX and owned by Dubai-based DAMAC Group, will open data ce...

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Teraco acquires Cape Town building that houses its CT1 data centre

February 15, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

Teraco acquired the Great Westerford Building that is home to its CT1 Rondenbosch data centre in Cap...

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AWS building, planning more Dublin data centres

February 14, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

AWS filed a planning application for three data centres at its existing Mulhuddart campus in northwe...

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Oracle looks to Riyadh for third Saudi Arabia region

February 14, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

Oracle is planning a third cloud region in Saudi Arabia, located in the capital Riyadh. ...

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Datum expanding in Farnborough, Manchester

February 13, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

The UK’s Datum Group, formerly known as Datum Datacentres, is building second facilities at its ex...

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Meta sources Ohio solar power

February 13, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

Meta agreed to buy all the power from a 134MW solar farm being built by BP in Ohio. ...

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More AWS self-builds for Ohio cloud region

February 13, 2023
Sacha Kavanagh

Amazon paid $117m for three parcels of land totalling nearly 400 acres of land in New Albany, Ohio i...

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