Weekly Data Centre News - 26/11/22

Weekly Update! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and enjoyed the time with friends and family. Only four weeks until Christmas but no sign of a festive break for the data centre sector..

What has happened this week?

EMEA

Invesis enters digital infrastructure sector with acquisition of specialist UK data centre operator Asanti. The deal sees Asanti simultaneously acquire five Regional Edge data centres from Daisy Group. Read here.

Slough Borough Council sells former AkzoNobel site for £100m. Read here.

Norwegian energy company Earth Wind & Power (EWP) is set to offtake up to 400MW of excess and pre-grid offshore wind power to supply electricity to data centre infrastructure in Northern Europe. Read here.

Equinix is expanding its footprint in the UK in both Manchester and London and announced plans for a new facility in Tokyo, Japan. Read here.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has loaned OVHcloud €200 million ($208m) to fund future developments. Read here.

Pipeline of data centres needs to double by 2025 to meet demand. Read here.

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and Singapore-based SC Capital Partners have established a data centre investment programme with the potential to scale up to US$2bn (€1.93bn) of equity over time. Read here.

The Ennis Data Centre appeal has moved to the next stage. Read here.

French data center engineering company APL is proposing to develop lights-out data centers in newly-constructed underground caverns. Read here.

EQT, KKR, and PAG have reportedly been selected as the final bidders for Global Switch. Read here.

APAC

Malaysian telecoms firm TIME dotCom is selling a major stake in its data centre business to U.S. infrastructure investor DigitalBridge Group. Read here.

Amazon has committed $4.4B in Data Center Investment for Hyderabad, India. Read here.

Amazon Web Services intends to invest $7.5 billion in the construction of cloud computing data centers in New Zealand over the next 15 years. Read here.

The worlds highest data center has been launched in Tibet. Read here.

A network of 750 Edge Data Centers to be established in Uttar Pradesh, India. Read here.

Digital Edge is planning to more than double its data center capacity over the next five years and is planning to enter India and Thailand. Read here.

Manila attracts investors in data centers. Read here.

North America

Cryptomining firm Foundry Digital has acquired two data centers from struggling rival Compute North. Read here.

Microsoft has filed plans for two data centers in San Jose. Read here.

Amazon has acquired two data centers from State Street Corp based outside Worcester in Massachusetts. Read here.

Birchwood Power have withdrawn plans to rezone a former coal plant in Virginia that could have paved the way for a data center. Read here.

Canadian real estate firm Regional Group has acquired an office and data center complex in Ottawa, Ontario. Read here.

Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust is potentially looking to sell its Toronto data center portfolio. Read here.

Columbus among nation's top 10 data center regions. Read here.

Other interesting articles

Iceland: the land of fire, ice … and digital infrastructure? Read here.

What Factors Drive the Data Center Market Growth in India? Read here.

How Bridge’s MY06 is Rewriting the Rules of Data Centre Construction. Read here.

The European Union is getting closer to kickstarting a €43 billion ($44.7bn) semiconductor effort. Read here.

Sip or guzzle? Here's how Google's data centres use water. Read here.

Inside Data Centre Podcast

There is no new episode this week (boo) but we have lots of exciting talks and a few twists planned for 2023. If you want to join me on the podcast please drop me a message.

Have a great week.