Global News

1 UNITED STATES

Microsoft is building a new data centre region near Atlanta

The East US 3 region will have a presence in Fulton and Douglas county, Georgia, and coincides with the purchase of a 90 acre parcel of land in Atlanta. The involvement of the mayors of three towns within Fulton and Douglas counties points to the data centres being located in East Point, Douglasville and Palmetto. and water shortages.

2 UNITED STATES

In Texas, data centres weather storm Uri

When severe weather battered Texas and surrounding states in February, data centre operators like Equinix and Digital Realty demonstrated their facilities’ resilience by keeping the lights on and services running, even as millions experienced blackouts and water shortages. 3 ISRAEL

Oracle spins up its Jerusalem cloud bunker

In partnership with Bynet Communications, Oracle opened up one of the Middle East’s most impenetrable data centres, and Israel’s first public cloud facility, 50 metres beneath the streets of Jerusalem.

5 RUSSIA

IXcellerate is building a 200MW campus in Moscow

The campus will comprise several data centres, the first of which, Moscow Five, will come online in Q3 of this year, with an initial deployed capacity of 4MW and Tier III certification from the Uptime Institute. In early 2022, a further 8MW will be brought online. Upon completion, the campus will have a total capacity of 200MW, making it the largest data centre campus in Russia to date.

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HONG KONG

Mapletree enters the Hong Kong market

Mapletree Investments is

making its first foray into the Hong Kong data centre industry - a market which is estimated to account for approximately half of all APAC data centre spending - with the purchase of a 4,000 sqm plot in Fanling. Theland will be home to a multi-storey data centre with 20,140 sqm of floor space, capable of delivering up to 50MVA of power. 6 INDIA

The Hiranandani Group’s astonishing expansion continues

Through its parent organisation, the Hiranandani Group, Yotta is planning a $1.1bn, 100 acre, 250MW hyperscale data centre campus and logistics centre in Kolkata, West Bengal. The Group is betting big on a data centre boom in India over the coming years. By the end of 2021, the group will have invested around Rs 15,000 crore ($1.65bn) across its projects in Navi Mumbai, Delhi, and Chennai.