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1 UNITED KINGDOM

Kao Data becomes the first UK campus to switch from diesel to HVO fuel

Kao Data, which operates one of the UK’s densest high performance computing (HPC) campuses in Harlow between London and Cambridge, has become the first data centre in the UK to switch out its dieselfueled backup generators to run on renewable, low-carbon hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). 2 FRANCE

Interxion selected to anchor new cross channel fibre

The English channel is getting its first fibre route in two decades. Crosslake Fibre is currently in the process of building a 520 kilometre subsea fibre optic cable to join the UK with mainland Europe, which will be anchored in Interxion’s Paris campus.

3 INDIA

Web Werks announces $100mn data centre in Bengaluru

Indian colocation data centre operator Web Werks is ramping up its expansion into additional metro areas throughout the country, signing an MoU with the Karnataka government, outlining plans for a new data centre in the city of Bengaluru. \4 MALAYSIA

GDS unveils plans for hyperscale campus in Malaysia

Chinese data centre developer and operator GDS Holdings is expanding its platform into the Southeast Asian region in response to growing demand for digital infrastructure and cloud services.

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5 PHILIPPINES

Beeinfotech opens its first data centre in the Philippines

Beeinfotech PH has opened its first data centre in the Philippines. The multi-millionpeso facility is the largest telco-neutral centre in the country and aims to fulfil the market’s need for a telcograde and tailored data centre services provider.