Aqua Comms, a leading provider of global subsea connectivity services, has announced its first live commercial 400 Gbps Ethernet (GE) Trans-Atlantic service from London to New York for Energy Sciences Network (ESnet), the high-performance network built to support scientific research, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science and managed by the Lawrence Berkeley […]

Teledata, a premium colocation, cloud hosting and data centre services provider based in Manchester, has appointed Keysource as the lead contractor for the design and preconstruction of its new 30,000 sq ft data centre facility (MCR2) which has been funded by UBS.  In addition, the critical environment and data centre specialist will also be responsible […]

Zayo Group Holdings, a leading global communications infrastructure provider, has announced its strategic partnership with Fermaca Networks, a leading provider of long-haul dark fibre infrastructure in Mexico. The partnership will provide the most modern and diverse connectivity between the US and Mexico.  Fermaca is set to launch a new long-haul dark fibre route in Mexico […]

Knight Frank, a global property advisor, has released the latest research from its Q1 2023 Data Centre Report, published in partnership with DC Byte, a leading data centre research and analytics platform. The report provides a comprehensive overview of the data centre landscape in Asia-Pacific (APAC), focusing on the established markets of Tokyo, Shanghai, Sydney, […]

DE-CIX, a leading Internet Exchange (IX) operator, has announced its market entry into Mexico. The company-owned distributed Internet Exchange will be located in Mexico City and Santiago de Querétaro, and will provide a data centre and carrier neutral, secure and high-performance interconnection platform for ISPs, content delivery networks, network operators, cloud service providers and enterprises […]

Digital Realty, the largest global provider of cloud- and carrier-neutral data centre, colocation and interconnection solutions, has expanded its service offering to customers with a new high-performance computing (HPC)-capable data centre in Paris, France. With the increased adoption of advanced, data-driven technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data analytics, companies are dealing with a […]

Global power management company Eaton has announced that Televisi Republik Indonesia (TVRI), a long-standing public broadcaster in Southeast Asia’s largest economy, has adopted Eaton’s iCube 2.0 Micro Data Centre (MDC) as part of its Digital Transformation plans. Deployed at TVRI’s Jakarta headquarters, the Eaton iCube 2.0 supports the company’s long-term goals of digitalising its operations […]

In this opinion article, Mark Yeeles, VP for Schneider Electric’s Secure Power Division in the UK and Ireland shares his first impressions of the data centre industry and its key challenges including the sustainability and the energy crisis, increased demands for digitisation, and the need to both attract and retain talent. Data centres are undoubtedly […]

Driven largely by the need for energy demand management and greater sustainability, the data centre market is ready for the adoption of grid-interactive uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), according to a white paper commissioned by intelligent power management company, Eaton, from Omdia, market-leading data, research and consulting business. The white paper, UPS Interacting with the Electric Grid can […]

Prime, a developer and operator of hyperscale and wholesale data centres in America and Europe, has announced expansion into the Phoenix market with a five-building, 66.5-acre campus in Avondale. Prime Phoenix will feature 210 megawatts of critical power and 1.3 million square feet of space. The project will culminate in a sustainable, high-density data centre […]