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Schneider Electric launches two solar power solutions
Schneider Electric has announced the launch of two new solar power solutions for communities that have little or no access to energy. The new solar products are designed to withstand extensive use for a wide range of power needs. They expand Schneider’s portfolio of products and solutions that aim to help reach the United Nations’s 2030 target of universal access to energy. According to the World ...
JLW Middle East secures contact to build data centre in Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City
The Emirates Development Bank (EDB) has approved a trade finance facility to JLW Middle East for the design and construction of a 60MW data centre located in Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City. The facility was signed by Ahmed Mohamed Al Naqbi, the Chief Executive of EDB, and Michael Boufarhat, the Chairman and CEO of JLW Middle East in Dubai. On the deal, Al Naqbi said: “A key element of EDB’s strateg...
Azrieli Group to buy London data centre operator for £52 million
Israeli real estate developer Azrieli Group has reported the expansion of its data center business, in a transaction for the sum of approx. £52 million. Within the framework of the transaction, Azrieli Group has signed an agreement to acquire a company holding and operating a data center in London, which has lease agreements with customers for an average term of about 5 years, and a total capacity...
Schneider Electric launches inaugural Global partner recognition program
Schneider Electric has announced the launch of the inaugural Schneider Electric Sustainability Impact Awards, the first initiative from the Partnering for Sustainability Program, to recognize the critical role that Schneider’s partners play in delivering a more resilient and sustainable electric world. The Partnering for Sustainability program is a continuation of Schneider’s initiatives to empowe...
SMART Global Holdings to acquire Stratus Technologies
SMART Global Holdings (SGH) has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with affiliates of Siris Capital Group, LLC, to acquire Stratus Technologies, a global leader in simplified, protected, and autonomous computing solutions in the data center and at the Edge. Under the terms of the agreement, SGH will pay $225 million in cash at closing and an earn-out payment of up to $50 mil...
SNP Unveils Next Generation of CrystalBridge Software Platform
Heidelberg-based software and consulting company SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner SE, a leading provider of software for digital transformations and automated data migrations in the SAP environment, has unveiled the next generation of its CrystalBridge software platform at Transformation World 2022. The innovations comprise even more comprehensive data analytics including benchmarking and mo...
Equinix and PGIM Real Estate Open First xScale Data Center in Sydney for Hyperscalers
Equinix and PGIM Real Estate, the real estate investment and financing arm of PGIM, Prudential Financial’s global asset management business, have announced the opening of the first xScale data center in SYDNEY, named SY9x. This milestone follows the closing of the US$575 million joint venture between the parties in March 2022. With the closing of the joint venture in Australia, Equinix’...
Atos and Renault Group launch service to collect large-scale manufacturing data
Renault Group and Atos launch service to collect large-scale manufacturing data and accelerate Industry 4.0 Renault Group and Atos have launched ID@scale (Industrial Data @ Scale), a new service for industrial data collection to support manufacturing companies in their digital journey towards Industry 4.0. “ID@S” (Industrial Data @ Scale) will allow manufacturers to collect and structure data from...
Vertiv Achieves Three Industry-leading Awards from Frost & Sullivan
Vertiv has received three industry leadership awards from Frost & Sullivan, with recognition in EMEA for product leadership in the prefabricated modular (PFM) data center industry, and for competitive strategy and customer value leadership in the Asia-Pacific critical power industry. “Driving innovation and growth is a difficult task made even harder by the strategic imperatives forcing change...
Castrol and Submer to Collaborate on Immersion Cooling Solutions
Castrol, one of the world’s leading lubricants brands, and Submer, an emerging leader for immersion cooling systems, have signed an agreement aiming to accelerate the adoption of immersion cooling as a path to more efficient and more sustainable data centre operations. The companies plan to collaborate on the global supply, standardization, and development of next generation immersion cooling flui...
Africa Data Centres unveils 20MW data center in Cape Town
Africa Data Centres (ADC), part of the Cassava Technologies Group, has announced building a second data centre in Cape Town in South Africa. The new 20MW facility will cover 15,000 square meters in eight data halls and is situated on the northern periphery of Cape Town city centre. According to Tesh Durvasula, Chief Executive Officer of Africa Data Centres, there is a clear pipeline of demand for ...
Rack Centre Becomes the first IFC EDGE Certified Data Centre in EMEA
Rack Centre, an Actis majority owned data centre and the leading carrier-neutral Tier III data centre in West Africa, has become the first International Finance Corporation (IFC) EDGE certified data centre in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Edge, an innovation of IFC, member of the World Bank group, is a preeminent international green certification system that focuses on empowering developers of r...