Weekly Data Center Industry News -Third Weeks of Nov

Weekly Data Center Industry News -Third Weeks of Nov

1.    Microsoft Unveils Custom-Designed Data Center AI Chips, Racks and Liquid Cooling

At Microsoft Ignite, the company unveiled two custom-designed AI chips and associated integrated systems including racks and liquid cooling.

2.    Digital Realty, Realty Income Build-to-Suit NoVA Development JV Shows REITs' Rising Faith in Data Centers

New partnership marks blue-chip net-lease REIT Realty Income's first investment in the data center sector.

3.   Rethinking Physical Data Center Security in the Digital Age

With digital and physical data center security closely intertwined, are fobs and key cards enough?

4.   Microsoft, Gateway Technical College partnering to develop training for data center, IT workers

5.   Microsoft Reveals Custom 128-Core Arm Datacenter CPU, Massive Maia 100 GPU Designed for AI

The datacenter chips, Cobalt and Maia, are built at TSMC.

6.   SC Capital Partners’ Zeus DC plans data center in Osaka, Japan

Initial 25MW planned for phase one

7.   CyrusOne files to build data center in San Antonio, Texas

280,000 sq ft project to break ground next year

8.   Google and Royal Thai Government Join Forces for AI Innovation in Thailand

9.   Could ‘Flying Data Centers’ Solve the Industry’s Sustainability Woes?

New research explores the feasibility of blimp-like data center facilities that utilize naturally cool temperatures in the stratosphere.

10.   Navigating the AI frontier: Balancing data center evolution with AI revolution

Ensuring data center excellence amidst the AI surge

11.  South Africa’s Teraco completes expansion project for Durban data center

Expansion takes site to 2.2MW and 2,000 sqm of white space

12.   Google Fiber to begin fiber build-out in Bellevue, Nebraska, this winter

Expects the service to launch in the city next year

13.   Data center sector trends for 2023-2024

Demand for more data centers is soaring, but delivery can be stymied by supply delays,

manpower shortages, and NIMBYism.

14.   Schneider Electric and Compass Datacenters sign $3bn equipment deal

Agreement motivated by surge in demand for artificial intelligence

15.   Overheating datacenter stopped 2.5 million bank transactions

Running infrastructure in the tropics has its challenges – but so do failed disaster recovery plans

16.    How a New Two-Phase System Aims to Revolutionize Data Center Cooling

The Hybrid Mechanical Capillary-Drive Two-Phase Loop seeks to make traditional cooling a thing of the past.

17.   Digital Edge secures $335 million green loan

Money to fund SEL2's development in Seoul, South Korea

18.    STT GDC Selects Leighton Asia and First Balfour for Hyperscale DC Development in the Philippines

19.   Microsoft massively increases size of data center development plans in Mount Pleasant

20.   LiquidStack expands into single-phase liquid cooling

An early adopter of immersion cooling, LiquidStack now plans to offer a second form of hardware immersion.

21.   Tencent Cloud and Digital Edge Collaborate to Enhance Connectivity in EDGE1 Data Center in Jakarta

22.  Data Center News Roundup: Portugal Hit by Corruption Scandal, New Investments in Asia

In this week's top data center news stories, Portugal hits global headlines, while Asia remains a magnet for investors.