Weekly Global Data Center Industry News

Weekly Data Center Industry News -First Weeks of Aug

1.Q2 2023 Colo earnings results: Equinix, Digital Realty, Iron Mountain & American Tower

Growth from Q1 largely flat across the board

2. Four Reasons to Implement Private Fiber Networks for Data Centers

why you should consider a private fiber network, and he provides tips on how to implement one for your data center.

3.10 Reasons To Change Your Data Center Provider

Is your data center provider meeting your needs? Maybe it's time to consider a new provider. Here are the 10 reasons to change colocation providers.

4.Costs double for Irish government data center project

Data center now predicted to cost €80m

5.Microsoft applies to build two data centers in San Jose, California

Company previously suggested a single four-story data center for the 65-acre plot

6.Data Center Power & Cooling in 2023: Top Stories So Far 

From a case study on cooling tech to predictions on the future of renewables, these are the top data center power and cooling stories of 2023 so far.

7.Top 10 Energy-Efficient Supercomputers 

The field of supercomputing is making strides in energy efficiency and sustainability. Here’s a detailed overview of the top 10 green supercomputers listed by the Green500.

8. Has the Data Center Staffing Crisis Stifled Cooling Innovation? 

At a time when spending is tighter, data centers are finding ways to optimize the resources they have. Maybe that’s putting the liquid cooling era on hold.

9. That's So Meta: Google, Microsoft Take Hold At OCP In Collaborative Spirit

With redoubled emphasis on collaboration and innovation, Facebook’s progenitive hyperscale titan Meta now perches explicitly at the top of the Open Compute Project's ranks alongside co-titans Google and Microsoft.

10.Mubadala invests in Aligned Data Centers, takes minority stake

 Size of the investment not disclosed

11.AWS and George Mason University create data center engineering course

Students will be able to tour local AWS facilities

12.Stack Infrastructure closes second $250m debt funding of 2023

Company finishes second securitized notes funding, increased fro $100m to $250m

13.ESR secures $205 million Sustainability-Linked Loan for Hong Kong data center project

Company converting cold storage facility into data center

14.Data Center News Roundup: Chips Subsidies and The Toll of AI 

In this week’s top data center news stories, updates to the global chips race, new data center construction in Singapore, and the potential impacts of AI

15. Thames Water Considers Restricting Flow to London Data Centers Thames Water is considering measures to reduce data centers’ water use, including adding flow restrictors to pipes and charging more for water at times of peak demand.