Data Center Planning stories
DCI Data Centers to build 40MW facility in Auckland
Tue, 25th Jan 2022
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auckland
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dci
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data center planning
The $600 million facility, AKL02, will be built this year in the suburb of Albany.
Submarine cable investments to reach $8bn, TeleGeography map shows
Tue, 15th Jun 2021
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undersea cables
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data center planning
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telegeography
"The 2021 map illustrates a market that’s experiencing more deployments. Over the last decade, we’ve seen content providers ramping up investments to meet global demand for their services."
DCI Data Centers one step closer to building NZ facility in Auckland
Tue, 8th Jun 2021
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auckland council
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dci
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data center planning
The company has been given OIO consent, but it still needs resource consent from Auckland Council.
University commits 10 years to uncovering 'data centre of the future'
Thu, 4th Feb 2021
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data centre maintenance / management
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power / energy
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data center planning
Researchers say about 1% of the world’s energy is used to power data centres - but that number will climb to as much as 8% by 2030.
Teraco breaks ground on South African data centre
Mon, 9th Nov 2020
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data center planning
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teraco
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data center construction
The JB4 data centre, located in Ekurhuleni, will take just over a year to build as a standalone data centre, with completion slated for Q1 2022.
Orient Link onboards NEC to develop MIST submarine cable
Wed, 26th Aug 2020
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undersea cables
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data center planning
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north american
The Myanmar/Malaysia India Singapore Transit (MIST) Cable System will be designed to deliver more than 216 terabits per second (Tbps) capacity, and will span more than 8100 kilometres (5033 miles).
Digital Realty announces Hong Kong data center build
Fri, 3rd Jul 2020
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digital realty
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data center planning
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dc
The HKG11 data center will span 21,000 square metres and deliver 24 megawatts of IT capacity, to be in Kwai Chung, a developing data center cluster.
Mines, underwater, outer space - the weirdest data centers on Earth and beyond
Tue, 17th Mar 2020
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data centre cooling
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data center interconnection
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data centre maintenance / management
Demand for data is exploding, and data center leaders are getting creative in building new facilities. Here are the most unusual locations for data centers around the world.
Huawei’s solution for streamlining data centre construction
Mon, 2nd Mar 2020
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data centre maintenance / management
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huawei
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data center management
The company’s new offering provides services to support the design, build and operation of Tier-4 data centres.
Data Holdings joins Independent Data Center Alliance
Wed, 31st Jul 2019
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colocation
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data center planning
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data holdings
''By joining the Independent Data Center Alliance, Data Holdings adds its strong midwest market position and unique value propositions to create a more effective and competitive marketplace.”
Lendlease announces US$1 billion data center partnership
Thu, 4th Jul 2019
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infrascale
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data center planning
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sydney
Commencement of the partnership is subject to the relevant regulatory approvals.
Katalyst to build new subsurface data centre in Malaysia
Wed, 20th Feb 2019
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servers
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multi-cloud
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dc
The company plans to open a subsurface data centre in Kuala Lumpur to support its oil and gas customers.
Equinix splashes out $85m for fourth Singapore data centre
Tue, 8th Jan 2019
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colocation
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data center interconnection
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data centre operators
Today Equinix revealed its plans for a new data centre in Singapore, which will be the global interconnection giant’s fourth facility.
Why cloud-based computing is here to stay
Mon, 1st Oct 2018
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colocation
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data center planning
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opinion
"Rather like a landlord, a colocation centre typically provides the space, power, cooling and physical security for a company’s IT Infrastructure."
Apple’s €850m Irish data centre project goes up in smoke
Fri, 11th May 2018
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apple
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technology gifts
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it infrastructure
After fighting a seemingly never ending battle with campaigners, Apple has thrown its €850m Ireland data centre project into the ‘too hard basket’.
Schneider Electric: Good decision making is crucial in data center planning
Wed, 16th Aug 2017
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data centre maintenance / management
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power / energy
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schneider electric
Understand your goal – what is the objective you are trying to achieve, problem you’re trying to solve
Edge computing - set to significantly impact data center planning, report says
Wed, 21st Jun 2017
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bi
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big data
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cloud services
The significance of edge to an organization depends on how much they outsource data hosting/processing needs. Understanding this is critical for data
Data centre cures
Thu, 1st Jul 2010
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data center management
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cloud data center
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data center planning
Data centre managers often struggle to get a clear picture of their facility’s capacity, energy usage or availability.
Data centres – Part three: power and protection
Sat, 1st Nov 2008
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dr
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gartner
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data center planning
Doomsday has come. The earth trembles, the waters gush and your data centre is in imminent peril.