CtrlS Datacenters signs pact with Thailand to build 150 MW datacenter

1 day, 11 hours ago

India’s data centre capacity to more than double by fiscal 2027: Crisil report

New Delhi, December 23 : The Indian data centre industry's capacity is set to more than double to 2-2.3 GW by fiscal 2027, Crisil Ratings asserted on Monday, attributing to increased digitalisation in the economy. The rapid advancement of GenAI, which requires higher computational power and low latency than traditional cloud computing functions, will also provide a tailwind to the …

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Data centre capacity to more than double to 2-2.3 gw by fiscal 2027

New Indian Express

MUMBAI: The data centre capacity is set to more than double to 2-2.3 gw by fiscal 2027 buoyed by the increasing digitalisation of the economy. According to a Crisil Ratings analysis of the industry players, representing 85 percent of the market share by operational capacity, the data centre capacity will more than double to 2-2.3 gw by fiscal 2027. Data …

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5 days, 6 hours ago

Ireland wanted to build data centres for the AI boom. Now they fear blackouts

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency has also flagged concerns about nitrogen oxide pollution from data centres’ on-site generators …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Big Tech Will Scour the Globe in Its Search for Cheap Energy

Wired

On the southern tip of Malaysia lies the state of Johor, renowned for its beaches and mountainous jungle. But Johor has a new boom industry: data centers to power generative AI, with Microsoft committing more than $2 billion on just such a data center. This draw to deliver AI is so powerful that big tech firms are buying dirty power …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Govt. keen on IT firms setting up facilities in tier II, III cities: Minister

The Hindu

IT and Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu on Saturday said the government is keen on developing tier II and III cities, across the State, into locations for IT companies to set up their facilities. “We want to create many more Hyderabads by promoting tier II and III cities,” the Minister asserted, citing the infrastructure in the form of fibre network …

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1 week, 6 days ago

India’s data centre capacity set to touch 2,070 MW by the end of 2025: Report

Hindustan Times

India’s data centre capacity is projected to reach about 2,070 megawatts by the end of 2025. The country’s current data centre capacity stands at about 1,255 MW, and is estimated to expand to around 1,600 MW by the end of 2024, a report by CBRE has said. The 2024 India Data Centre Market Update report said that one of the …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Guangxi eyes becoming a Digital Silk Road hub for ASEAN cooperation

China Daily

South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region will promote the construction of the China-ASEAN information port while positioning itself as a key hub on the Digital Silk Road and bolstering cooperation with ASEAN countries to fuel the high-quality growth of the digital economy, officials said on Friday. These sectors now contribute 11.79 percent to the region's GDP growth, according to Zhao …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Guangxi eyes becoming a Digital Silk Road hub for ASEAN cooperation

China Daily

South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region will promote the construction of the China-ASEAN information port while positioning itself as a key hub on the Digital Silk Road and bolstering cooperation with ASEAN countries to fuel the high-quality growth of the digital economy, officials said on Friday. These sectors now contribute 11.79 percent to the region's GDP growth, according to Zhao …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Meta to build $10 billion AI data center in Louisiana

Deccan Chronicle

Facebook-parent Meta said on Wednesday it plans to invest $10 billion to set up an AI data center in Louisiana, in what would be the tech company's largest data center in the world. The hyperscaler data center, which is planned in Richland Parish, is designed to process huge amounts of data required to support digital infrastructure, including artificial intelligence workloads. …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

As data centers proliferate, conflict with local communities follows

Associated Press

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Richard Andre Newman thought he would live the rest of his life in his quiet, leafy neighborhood in suburban Virginia. Construction is seen at an Amazon Web Services data center on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Boardman, Ore. Construction is seen at an Amazon Web Services data center on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Boardman, Ore. Share …

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3 weeks ago

Amazon India acquires Mumbai land worth ₹450 crore from Lodha Group to set up data centres. Check details

Live Mint

Amazon India acquired a 38.18-acre land parcel from real estate developer Lodha Group for over ₹450 crore to develop a hyper-scale data centre in Palava, near Mumbai, the Economic Times reported on Tuesday, December 3. Amazon Data Services India, a subsidiary of Amazon India, will get access to the already-sanctioned floor space index, which has a permissible development potential of …

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1 month ago

Andhra Pradesh Eyes IT Boom with New Data Centre Policy

Deccan Chronicle

VIJAYAWADA: Education and IT Minister Nara Lokesh has revealed plans to introduce a Data Centre Policy for Andhra Pradesh. He said, “Some leaders in the previous government had demanded shares in IT companies and hence investors deserted the state in the last five years.”Replying to the questions from Vamsi Krishna, Ganta Srinivasa Rao, Vishnukumar Raju, Srinivas and Eswara Rao, the …

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1 month ago

It isn’t just data centers—AI’s plumbing needs an upgrade

Live Mint

The coming wave of artificial-intelligence usage won’t just strain data centers and power grids—it will also stress the country’s network capabilities. Ethernet, a competing platform considered less mature for AI networking, is more widely used across all types of data centers and has a larger set of vendors selling equipment to support it, IDC said. There’s a “long tail" of …

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1 month ago

RMZ, Colt DCS form JV to invest $1.7 billion in data centres across cities

Live Mint

RMZ Digital Infrastructure Partners, part of real estate firm RMZ, has entered into a joint venture with Colt Data Centre Services, a global hyperscale data centre operator, to jointly invest $1.7 billion to develop data centres across cities in India. The equal partnership between RMZ and UK-headquartered Colt DCS plans to build data centres with a combined capacity of 250MW …

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1 month, 1 week ago

India plans to create a mini 'Silicon Valley' in Goa. Details inside

India Today

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has announced the government’s plan to establish a 'mini-Silicon Valley' in Goa, envisioning it as a thriving hub for global capability centres. Goa’s unique mix of wellness tourism, luxurious five-star hotels, homestays, and vibrant cultural tourism makes it a highly attractive destination, Goyal noted, pointing to a recent survey that crowned Goa as India’s …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

The 12th-century village battling against the boom in AI data centres

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Whilst it’s officially greenbelt designated land, there isn’t anything ‘green’ …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Nara Lokesh Seeks Google's Data Center in Vizag

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh's IT and Electronics Minister Nara Lokesh has pitched the port city of Vizag for setting up a data centre to Google Cloud CEO, Thomas Kurian. The State government is focused on setting up data centres in Visakhapatnam and is implementing various initiatives to attract investments. The Minister asked Google to consider providing services like AI tools and enterprise …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Tech Titans Join Forces to Bet $50 Billion on AI and Power Projects

Live Mint

Major Wall Street firms KKR and Energy Capital Partners have joined forces to invest $50 billion in data-center and power-generation projects to support the development of artificial intelligence. The investment will be spread over the next four years and will focus on near-term solutions to ease the hurdles tech companies are facing in building data centers.

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Tech Titans Flock to Southeast Asia for Data Center Hub

China Daily

Tech giants are flocking to Southeast Asia to build data centers, contributing to regional economies and fostering AI development. Singapore remains the preferred destination, but Malaysia is seeing a surge in investments, with Malaysia expecting 1 gigawatt of data center capacity to come online over the next two years.

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Digital drive

China Daily

China Daily | Updated: 2024-10-29 10:11 Editor's note: In this weekly feature China Daily gives voice to Asia and its people. Malaysia seized the bulk of new data center investments entering the region during that period, and now expects facilities with around 1 gigawatt of power capacity to come online over the next two years. It revealed plans in 2024 …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Changsha R&D institutions surge with 866 new entities

China Daily

On Monday, the 2024 Internet Yuelu Summit was held in Changsha, Hunan province. The number of research and development institutions in Changsha, Hunan province, has increased by 866 since September last year, and the city has 7,842 high-tech enterprises, according to a summit held from Sunday to Monday. The city's overall investment in research and development is expected to reach …

Changsha Institutions Surge

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Hiranandani Group firm Yotta to set up 25,000 GPU supercomputer in Hyderabad’s AI City

The Hindu

Hiranandani Group company Yotta Data Services plans to establish an AI supercomputer powered by 25,000 GPUs in the AI City proposed be establish near Hyderabad by Telangana government. In the first phase, the supercomputer comprising 4,000 high performance GPUs and the first data centre within the campus, Yotta H1, will be operational within two years, the company said after it …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Data as production factor come of age

China Daily

Technicians track server status at Zhejiang Lab in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in June 2022. Noting that China, the world's largest data producer, has unique advantages in accelerating the development of its digital economy, Jiang said it is of vital importance to give full play to the multiplier effects of data elements, create abundant applications in a wider range of sectors …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Data system construction spotlighted

China Daily

A visitor checks out Haier's booth during an electronics expo in Shanghai in March. CHINA DAILY China will ratchet up resources to accelerate the building of basic systems for data and leverage innovative digital technologies to bolster industrial upgrading, part of a broader push to promote the high-quality development of the economy and foster new quality productive forces, said officials, …

Economy China Development Industry Data National Digital

4 months ago

China pioneers world's first breakthrough in data transmission amid ChatGPT boom

China Daily

China has made major breakthroughs in a computing power technology that can reduce data transmission costs by 50 percent, which was the first of its kind worldwide, amid the scarcest AI computing boom to support ChatGPT-like applications, a top expert said on Thursday. Liu said that this technology plays a critical role in efficiently transmitting large amounts of data between …

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4 months ago

China pioneers world's first breakthrough in data transmission amid ChatGPT boom

China Daily

China has made major breakthroughs in a computing power technology that can reduce data transmission costs by 50 percent, which was the first of its kind worldwide, amid the scarcest AI computing boom to support ChatGPT-like applications, a top expert said on Thursday. Liu said that this technology plays a critical role in efficiently transmitting large amounts of data between …

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4 months, 1 week ago

China's tech giant Huawei reaffirms support for Thailand as regional cloud hub

China Daily

A booth promotes Huawei's HarmonyOS during an expo in Shanghai. CHEN YUYU/FOR CHINA DAILY BANGKOK -- China's technology giant Huawei has reaffirmed its joint efforts with Thailand's Ministry of Digital Economy and Society in helping the Southeast Asian country become a regional cloud hub. Addressing the Huawei Cloud Summit Thailand 2024 in Bangkok, MDES Caretaker Minister Prasert Jantararuangtong said the …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Amazon Web Services plans data centre expansion in Hyderabad; eyes significant investment

Live Mint

Hyderabad, August 11 : Amazon Web Services is keen on significantly expanding its data centre operations in Telangana, augmenting AI offerings in a big way. As per the Telangana CMO statement, Amazon Web Services has designated Hyderabad as a strategic region and three big data centres are already operational. Speaking after the meeting, Kerry Person, Vice President Data Center Planning …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Aurum Equity To Set Up USD 400 Million Centre in City

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: In a significant announcement, Aurum Equity Partners announced an investment of $400 million in phases to build a next-generation, AI-powered, green data centre in the city after a meeting with Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and IT and industries minister D. Sridhar Babu at Palo Alto, California, on Friday. The company has now decided to establish a cutting-edge AI-powered …

India Hyderabad Centre

4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ep7: Is India blazing a trail on green data centres? | The Interface podcast

The Hindu

Artificial intelligence has sparked an insatiable appetite for computing power and data storage, driving rapid expansion of data centres - the physical backbone of the digital world. Their massive, scalable data centre infrastructures power cloud services and AI applications that are becoming increasingly integral to business operations and daily life. From the pressing need for sustainable energy solutions to the …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Power-hungry data centres scrambling to find enough electricity to meet demand

ABC

Inside a vault of this data centre is what looks like a hotel for computers. "Whether that's networking or just general computer infrastructure," David Dzienciol, chief customer and commercial officer of NEXTDC, told The Business inside a data hall. "We run 14 data centres across the country, servicing customers from the largest multinationals, through to Australia's largest companies all the …

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5 months ago

China sets green targets for data centers

China Daily

BEIJING - China has unveiled an action plan on the green development of data centers, specifying a set of targets to accelerate the low-carbon transition of the sector. By 2025, the average power usage effectiveness of data centers, a metric for energy efficiency, will be lowered to less than 1.5, according to the plan jointly issued on Tuesday by the …

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5 months ago

China sets green targets for data centers

China Daily

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-07-24 15:47 BEIJING - China has unveiled an action plan on the green development of data centers, specifying a set of targets to accelerate the low-carbon transition of the sector. By 2025, the average power usage effectiveness of data centers, a metric for energy efficiency, will be lowered to less than 1.5, according to the plan jointly …

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5 months ago

China sets green targets for data centers

China Daily

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-07-24 15:47 BEIJING - China has unveiled an action plan on the green development of data centers, specifying a set of targets to accelerate the low-carbon transition of the sector. By 2025, the average power usage effectiveness of data centers, a metric for energy efficiency, will be lowered to less than 1.5, according to the plan jointly …

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5 months ago

Horinger New Area emerges as green computing powerhouse

China Daily

Powering ahead: Inner Mongolia Data Exchange Center. Horinger New Area, a core zone of China Cloud Valley and a key player in the national "channeling computing resources from the east to the west" project is rapidly emerging as a green computing powerhouse. In the first half of the year, fixed asset investment in the Horinger New Area hit 6.56 billion …

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6 months ago

Gautam Adani credits governance as ‘single most important catalyst’ for infrastructure growth post 2014

Op India

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani on 19th June compared the Indian Economy during the term of the Modi government to an aircraft taking off, while saying that the period before that since 1991 was about building foundations and the runway. He said at the event, “almost every foreign visitor that I meet these days talks about the extraordinary infrastructure growth …

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7 months, 1 week ago

India overtakes APAC majors in data centre capacity

Deccan Chronicle

Chennai: India has overtaken countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, Hong Kong and Japan, in terms of data centre capacity. Excluding China, India is the top country in APAC countries with the highest operational data centre capacity of 950MW. After India, Japan recorded the second-highest data centre capacity with 892 MW. Global investors retain a strong interest in the …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

India's Data Centre Capacity to Surge 2000 MW

Deccan Chronicle

Chennai: Rapid expansion of internet usage will lead to increasing data centre capacity to 2000 MW and this requires an investment of Rs 50,000 crore in the next three years. While India generates about 20 per cent of the global data, its share in data centre capacity is just 3 per cent, implying significant under-penetration of data centre capacity and …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Tech Data Capital to launch in Singapore, India and Australia

Deccan Chronicle

Tech Data, a TD SYNNEX Company, is launching Tech Data Capital in Singapore, Australia, and India, offering flexible financing solutions powered by selected financial institutions exclusively to its partners and end-customers. With Tech Data Capital’s value-added payment solutions that are powered by selected financial institutions, IT channel partners and their clients have new ways of extending their overall purchasing power, …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Amazon cloud computing unit plans to invest $11 billion to build data center in northern Indiana

Associated Press

— Amazon ’s cloud computing unit Amazon Web Services plans to invest $11 billion to build a data center in northern Indiana that will create at least 1,000 new jobs, state and company officials announced Thursday. Eric Holcomb called the project planned near the town of New Carlisle, about 15 miles west of South Bend, “the largest capital investment announcement …

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8 months ago

Google to invest €600 million in fourth data center in the Netherlands

NL Times

Google will invest 600 million euros to construct a new data center on the industrial estate Westpoort in Groningen. This will be the tech company's fourth data center in the Netherlands, and the company reported that it has invested around 3.8 billion euros in the Netherlands thus far. "We invest in local projects for green energy, which means we can …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Smart computing to balance east-west resources

China Daily

This illustration photo shows big data and clouding computing technologies. For example, in the economically developed regions of eastern China, the demand for computing power exceeds supply, but the supply capacity and growth potential of computing resources within the region are limited. With the rapid development of artificial intelligence industries and applications such as large models, China's demand for intelligent …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Data centres are fuelling India’s digital transformation

Hindustan Times

India, once considered a brownfield data centre country, has rapidly evolved into a greenfield powerhouse. The size of India’s data centre market was estimated at 1,675 MW in 2023 and is expected to reach 4,770 MW by 2029, with a compound annual growth rate of 19%. As India’s data centre industry expands, sustainability and environmental considerations are also gaining prominence. …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Meta to set up first data centre in India? Could cost ‘between 500-1,200 crore’

Hindustan Times

Facebook parent Meta may start its first data centre in India focussed on the growing demand for its short video feature Reels in its largest market, it was reported. Meta India Data Centre: A Meta logo is seen "Meta is evaluating deploying a small data centre. The investment plan was not given but the report said that industry experts believe …

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10 months ago

Smartworks leases 100,000 sq ft in Gurugram

Hindustan Times

Managed workspace platform, Smartworks, has leased 1 lakh sq ft of space in a Grade A commercial building in Cyber City, Gurugram, the company said on February 20. Managed workspace platform, Smartworks, has leased 1 lakh sq ft of space in a Grade A commercial building in Cyber City, Gurugram. The newest Smartworks managed office space offers facilities such as …

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11 months ago

Google set to invest USD 1 billion in UK data centre

India TV News

Google will reportedly invest 1 billion US dollars for building a data centre just outside of London, confirmed a U.S. technology giant, in its latest investment in Britain as it meets to grow the demand for internet services in the region. The data centre, located on a 33-acre site that was bought by Google in 2020, will be located in …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Noida, Greater Noida to evolve as data centre hubs

Hindustan Times

NOIDA: Noida and the Greater Noida region is set to emerge as a hub of data centres in northern India as many leading global IT companies are setting up their facilities in this industrial belt with multiple players making a commitment to Uttar Pradesh government to invest at least ₹30,000 crore together. Following the UP government’s directives, the Noida and …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

New Data-Center Property Investment Signals AI Boom

Live Mint

One of the world’s largest data-center developers is getting a $6.4 billion equity infusion, the latest sign that this property sector is booming alongside the rise in artificial intelligence. Vantage Data Centers plans to use the capital from digital infrastructure investor DigitalBridge Group and Silver Lake, a technology investment firm, to add more than 3 gigawatts of capacity globally. This …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Nansha Bay Cluster

China Daily

Updated: 2024-01-03 The cluster covers 5 square kilometers. Functional positioning Integrated development pilot zone of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Planning and development priorities It will promote cooperation and integrated development of the modern service industry and technological innovation in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and focus on the development of business exhibitions, technological innovation, leisure and vacation services, economic …

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