Apple to double down on data centre CAPEX in China
Comes after the Cupertino giant’s $1bn investment on a different facility in Guizhou is now known to be opening in 2020.Apple is reportedly planning to build a second data centre infrastructure in China due to become operational by 2020, government sources have...
read moreGoogle to build more cloud data centres in Japan, could Sweden be next?
In eight days, the American internet giant has announced the construction of nine facilities with many more potentially on the cards.Google has announced the construction of three data centres in Osaka, Japan, brining the total number of facilities announced since...
read moreGoogle has a $6bn data centre and green energy infrastructure masterplan to take over the cloud
Company breaks ground in Tennessee and announces investment in Oklahoma as it reveals it employs up to 1,900 directly on its data centre campuses. Google has launched a cloud assault on all the world’s top public cloud providers with the announcement of a combined...
read moreHow to make intelligent cars a reality on the roads
by Russell Poole, Managing Director UK, EquinixWith interconnection installed bandwidth capacity set to increase by 54% in the manufacturing sector by 2020 it is key that colocation data centres help automotive manufacturers develop and deploy an Interconnection...
read moreGoogle’s 14th cloud region opens for business
New Netherlands region, europe-west4, joins Belgium, London and Frankfurt in Europe.Google has brought online its 14th cloud region powered by the company’s data centre in Eemshaven, the Netherlands.Named Europe-west4, the region counts with three zones designed to...
read moreGoogle to build data centre in Belgium bringing total investment to €800m
Third facility to employ up to 1,200 people and be put into work by mid-2019.Google has unveiled plans to build a third data centre in Belgium for a total capital expenditure of €253m.The building is being erected at the company’s Saint-Ghislain hub in the Hainaut...
read moreGoogle announces large scale data centre, subsea cable deployments across the globe
Company says it has spent over $30bn in IT infrastructure over three years, but warns it’s “not done yet” as its now seen as a communications brand instead of IT. Google has announced the opening of several cloud regions and data centres across the world, as well as...
read moreInternap buys IaaS giant for $132m
Grows data centre footprint to more than 50 facilities across the world and a combined customer portfolio of more than 10,000 businesses.IT infrastructure operator Internap (NASDAQ: INAP) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire infrastructure as a service...
read moreFacebook could invest up to $20bn in a single hyperscale data centre campus
Local authorities are expected to approve a new development codenamed Morning Hornet in the coming hours.The world’s largest social media company could be about to announce one of the world’s largest data centre investments topping up to $20bn in capital expenditures...
read more60% of global colocation revenues come from JUST 20 data centre destinations
26% of revenues come from the world’s top five metro areas alone. Data centres are being built all over the world, however, 59% of global revenues from wholesale and retail colocation come from just 20 metro areas in North America, Europe and APAC. According to...
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