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SUNeVision launches Startup Programme

SUNeVision Holdings, a leading data centre provider in Hong Kong, has launched its first Startup Programme to empower local startups and accelerate innovations in Hong Kong’s digital economy. The initiative connects startups to mission-critical technology partners on SUNeVision’s industry-leading data centre ecosystem. Comprehensive suite of innovative technologies will be provided to accelerate the growth journey of startups.

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Macquarie Capital lead investor in KevlinX Data Centres

Macquarie Capital as lead investor and Flemish investment company PMV and infrastructure fund EPICo² , have become majority investors into KevlinX, a pan-European data centre platform that has now commenced construction of its first data centre in Brussels, Belgium.

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Kao Data appoints David Bloom as new Chairman

Founding investor with demonstrable track record in data centre and digital infrastructure investments joins Kao Data’s leadership team to oversee the next phase of growth in line with the company’s strategic plans to scale into new European markets.

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Tier III for Angola

Raxio Group lays the foundation stone for the construction of Angola's first independent Tier III state-of-the-art neutral data centre.

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Host-IT expands with two further UK data centres

Colocation, rack space and cloud services provider, Host-IT, is pleased to announce the opening of data centres in Bristol and Nottingham bringing the total to four in the UK. This number is expected to grow during the rest of 2023 and 2024.

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DE-CIX and DCX unite forces

DE-CIX has revealed its exclusive partnership with DCX.us Data Center, a premier provider of fully managed hyper-density colocation solutions purpose-built for high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, and mission-critical applications. Currently taking pre-orders, this groundbreaking collaboration brings together the renowned interconnection capabilities of DE-CIX and DCX's state-of-the-art hyper-density data center in the Phoenix area.

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CyrusOne plans new Frankfurt data centre

Global data center operator to build innovative, sustainable campus in the heart of Frankfurt.

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Digital Realty expands Mediterranean presence

Expansion into Rome highlights Digital Realty’s integrated strategy across the Mediterranean, enhancing its ability to meet growing customer demand in the region.

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Proximity Data Centres acquired by nLighten

Proximity's network of high-performance edge data centres will enable nLighten to establish its presence in the UK market.

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Virtus unveils megacampus in Brandenburg

VIRTUS Data Centres has revealed its latest venture: the VIRTUS Wustermark Data Centre Campus located in the Berlin Brandenburg data centre region - one of the fastest growing data centre markets in Europe.

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Largest second quarter on record for data centre demand in Europe

114 MW of take-up tracked across Europe’s established markets with Frankfurt driving momentum.

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atNorth acquires Gompute

Strengthens full stack HPC offering and increases Nordic footprint.

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Schneider Electric launches DDI Podcast

The DDI Podcast aims to challenge the misconceptions of the data centre and digital infrastructure sectors, sharing the stories of the people and the businesses transforming life as we know it through tech.

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Knight Frank expands data centre valuation team

Capitalises on rapid growth in appraisal opportunities.

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Portman Partners expands senior team

Portman Partners, the global executive search business serving the digital infrastructure sector, has appointed Tony Day as an associate to provide further industry knowledge in helping the search team in identifying the potential senior leadership candidates for the industry’s investors, operators, construction firms, OEMs and technology firms.

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Videos

Continuing our series of interviews with leading industry experts, David Watkins, from VIRTUS Data Centres, discusses some of the many challenges and opportunities facing his own organisation and the wider data centre industry over the coming months and years, with sustainability the major focus.
Susan Kenniston, Wipro’s Global Head & VP of Sustainability, discusses the company’s recent research which finds that customers are the key drivers in shaping an organisation’s sustainability strategy. She also explains the importance of the employee experience in driving change, how businesses can refocus their own buying habits reframe their sourcing strategies and why becoming an agile learning organisation is critical to ESG success.
Dan Hoy, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Egress, explains why companies need to understand today’s heightened cyber security risk and implement intelligent email security solutions as part of a defence-in-depth strategy and goes on to outline how Egress, working through its channel partners, is experiencing significant growth thanks to its ‘best-of-breed’ solutions.
Michael Cantor, CIO at Park Place Technologies, discusses how the role of the CIO continues to change and develop with the new challenges and opportunities presented by the world of technology. In addition to the CIO’s ‘traditional’ role of ensuring the smooth running of the IT department, as well as understanding how new technologies might impact on the business, the role now demands many new skills: sustainability, business intelligence and analytics to technology lifecycle, digital transformation, and customer experience.

Expert Opinions

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