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Columbia Threadneedle acquires Lefdal Mine Datacenter

75 UNDERGROUND HALLS The Columbia Threadneedle European Sustainable Infrastructure Fund (ESIF) has acquired a majority stake in Lefdal Mine Datacenter located in Norway. The underground mine facility has been operational since 2017, and boasts of 75 underground halls which are…

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Microsoft Plans $1B Cloud Investment in Poland

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION PLAN Microsoft Corp. has announced it plans to invest $1 billion in Poland to accelerate innovation and digital transformation in the “Polish Digital Valley.” Part of the investment will see the opening of a new Microsoft data center…

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AWS Opens New Cloud Region in Italy

THE SIXTH AWS REGION IN EUROPE The cloud giant Amazon Web Services (AWS), has today announced the opening of its new cloud region in Milan, Italy which features three availability zones. The company announced the development of this Italy cloud…

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Interxion to develop 85MW Campus in Paris

PLANS FOUR DATA CENTERS European cloud giant Interxion has announced the construction of its second campus Paris Digital Park in France. The campus will house four data centers PAR8, PAR9, PAR10 and PAR11 which will together, provide a capacity of…

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Facebook Halts Irish Construction for Covid-19

SUSPENDS DATA CENTER EXPANSION Facebook has just suspended construction work at its Clonee data center in Co. Meath, Ireland due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak in the country. The social network company is said to have made this decision with…

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NTT to Open its Second Munich Data Center

LAUNCHES UK-HEADQUARTERED CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION Japanese global data center provider NTT Ltd, has just completed the shell of its second building within its Munich 2 (MUC2) data center campus, Bavaria. Once the facility is fully built and goes online as…

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Digital Realty Opens New Dublin Data Center

A €70 MILLION INVESTMENT Data center, colocation and interconnection service provider Digital Realty, has announced the official opening of its new data center in Dublin, Ireland. Sited in Clonshaugh, the new facility represents a €70 million ($78.5 million) investment, which…

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Amazon gets Approval for New Data Center in Ireland

A 28,573 SQUARE METER FACILITY Amazon has secured a planning permission for its new data center facility at the IDA Business and Technology Park, Donore Road, Drogheda, Ireland. Application for the approval was submitted by U.S. firm, CAP Developments LLC…

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Vantage acquires EMEA Data Center Firm Etix

PLANS FIVE CAMPUSES IN EUROPE North American wholesale data center provider Vantage Data Centers, has today acquired Etix Everywhere, an EMEA data center provider for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition marks the launch of Vantage’s European expansion for which it…

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CMI Opens Its New Data Center in the UK

THE COMPANY’S FIRST EUROPEAN FACILITY The telecommunications company; China Mobile International (CMI), has opened its newly built data center in the UK, which is the company’s first European facility. This new CMI data center is sited in Slough Trading Estate…

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