Weekly Data Center Industry News

1. Cloudflare Dashboard and APIs down after data center power outage

2. The Cloud vs. drought: Water hog data centers threaten Latin America, critics say

3. Ciena CTO talks subsea cables, data center efficiency vs. demand

4. Digital Core REIT acquires stakes in two Digital Realty data centers in Frankfurt and Osaka

Company spending $99 million in Germany and $51 million in Japan

5. Brookfield acquires Cyxtera for $775 million, will combine it with Evoque

Company buys seven leased US data centers, exiting six, and selling Canadian assets

6. Equinix Named a Leader in 2023 IDC MarketScape Report for Worldwide Datacenter Services

In the third worldwide vendor assessment, Equinix has again been recognized as a Leader

for its diverse portfolio of data centers, interconnection and digital services

7. New Data Center Developments: November 2023

We look at some of the latest data center developments that have been announced over the past month.

8. Data centre construction boom shifts focus to emerging markets

The boom in the data centre construction sector is increasingly focusing on emerging markets,

according to Turner & Townsend's Data Centre Cost Index 2023. While the global cost to construct data centres

has risen by 6% in the last year, this rise soars to as high as 22% in emerging markets.

9. Microsoft wants its cloud data centers under the sea

Tech giant’s Project Natick has shown underwater data centers consume less energy, reduce latency and deter hacking

10. JLL, Lumen, Schneider Electric Team To Speed Modular Data Center Delivery Across U.S.

JLL will quickly identify and secure suitable sites for modular data centers, including approximately 5,000

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along Lumen’s fiber broadband network. Schneider Electric will head up the collaborative initiative's design and construction teams.

11. ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC): STT GDC completes 1.2MW DC campus in Makati City

12. Microsoft to develop 350-acre data center campus in Rome, Georgia

Company expands beyond Atlanta to northeast corner of Peach State

13. X/Twitter claims $100m in annual savings after exiting Sacramento data center

Company also cites savings from cloud repatriation moves

14. Japanese Consortium Constructs, Successfully Tests World’s Longest Transmission Link

15. 4 Creative Ways to Reuse Excess Data Center Heat

Here are ways to repurpose excess data center heat to reduce the carbon footprint of the facilities.

16. Microsoft quietly launches Israeli Azure cloud region

Region launches amid latest conflict with Gaza

17. Amazon Strong Results Point Toward Boost for Cloud Business

The generative AI boom is likely to benefit AWS well into the future, said CEO Andy Jassy.

18. Q3 Trends: North American Data Center Pricing Jumps 15% YoY; Cloud Giants' Growth Continues

DatacenterHawk says the top five North American data center markets increased their YoY absorption

by more than 650 MW in Q3. Meanwhile, Synergy Research assessed that, for the quarter

, the three cloud giants accounted for 66% of the worldwide market.

19. Data center power constraints send AI everywhere

Most experts agree there isn't enough unused electricity to perform future AI processing

in hyperscale data centers and colocation facilities as GenAI demand soars.

20. Data center fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills three, takes millions offline

Fire precautions criticized, as deadly fire destroys data centers and hubs in Khawaja Tower