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Photo Gallery: Interxion celebrates London expansion with LON3 launch

Thu, 12th Jul 2018
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Last night Interxion hosted an event on the top floor of the City Hall with 360 degree views to mark the launch of its third London data centre.
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Opinion: Why data centres are migrating from the suburbs to the CBD

Thu, 12th Jul 2018
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Data centre operators used to desire large plots on the fringes of city metros, but AU-based Charles Fortin says this ideal is beginning to change.
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AirTrunk appoints two new recruits – says focus is on APAC expansion

Thu, 12th Jul 2018
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AirTrunk hires Dana Adams as new COO and William Nicholson as technical director of critical environments to expand its presence in Asia Pacific.
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Scandinavia dominating wind market for big data centre operators

Thu, 12th Jul 2018
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Renewable energy is a hot topic among data centre circles, and Scandinavia has seized the opportunity to make the most of it.
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DC BLOX commits $785m to huge data center campus in Alabama

Thu, 12th Jul 2018
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The company says the campus will unquestionably be their flagship property, capable of scaling to over 200,000 square feet of data center space.
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Report finds the on-prem data centre isn't dying – it's flourishing

Wed, 11th Jul 2018
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When cloud computing stormed onto the scene there were many that believed the traditional on-premises data centre had met its match - not to be.
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VMware launches virtual cloud network to boost Malaysia's digital adoption

Wed, 11th Jul 2018
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​VMware revealed its plans for the 'future of networking' at its recent annual Evolve Forum held in Kuala Lumpur.
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DDN steps in at final hour to salvage Tintri trainwreck

Wed, 11th Jul 2018
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On its day of admitting bankruptcy, Tintri can now be brought back from the brink after Data Direct Networks made a bid for acquisition.
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Critical infrastructure protection market to skyrocket in coming years

Tue, 10th Jul 2018
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With crime comes the need for protection and it's certainly no different for critical infrastructure within data centers, a new report finds.
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Strong demand cause for new Global Switch data centre in Frankfurt

Tue, 10th Jul 2018
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The company says the new €115 million facility will also accompany a makeover of its existing data centre in Frankfurt.
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Alibaba Cloud partners with Siemens to foster industrial IoT in China

Tue, 10th Jul 2018
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Alibaba Cloud partners with Siemens to boost industrial IoT in China, with MindSphere to be available on Alibaba Cloud in 2019.
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HPE to provide supercomputer for Swiss brain research initiative

Tue, 10th Jul 2018
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HPE has won a supercomputer bid for a Swiss brain research initiative that employs futuristic data centre technology.
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Iron Mountain to spend $430m in Phoenix data center campus expansion

Tue, 10th Jul 2018
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Iron Mountain has undergone rapid expansion this year and has now announced a massive investment in Phoenix to meet increasing demand.
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Submarine cable project connecting Asia and the US signed off

Mon, 9th Jul 2018
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A consortium of global heavyweights has signed a contract with an Asian company to lay a high performance submarine cable spanning almost 16,000 km.
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Uganda data centre raided, operator 'held hostage'

Mon, 9th Jul 2018
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Concerning news has emerged of a data centre in Uganda that was raided forcefully without warning by government officials.
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Equinix to open new data centre in Oman, connecting EMEA

Mon, 9th Jul 2018
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Equinix is partnering with a local telco to launch a new data centre in an attempt to connect the region that sits between Europe, Africa and Asia.
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Kokam says days are numbered for lead acid batteries in the data centre

Sat, 7th Jul 2018
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The battery solutions provider says the lead acid option is unwieldy, require heavy maintenance, lasts less than 5 years, and has a large footprint,.
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Pi DATACENTERS designs solution for Swiss-based Crypto Exchange

Fri, 6th Jul 2018
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Pi DATACENTERS asserts it's designed a solution for crypto exchanges toiling with frequent downtime due to heavy data usage.
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Africa's largest data centre to get even larger with big investment

Fri, 6th Jul 2018
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Teraco has announced its largest infrastructure project to date with the expansion of its Teraco Islando Campus (JB1) in South Africa.
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McLaren CIO reveals how Dell has transformed data centre practices

Fri, 6th Jul 2018
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McLaren were in a pickle as they had skyrocketing amounts of data being produced & a data centre that had to be set up & then packed up every weekend.