Data Center Investment News — 1/09/2023
Machines break ground on 200MW EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure Reno data centre
EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure has broken ground on its initial data centre campus in metro Reno, Nevada.
The development is designed to house an on-site substation and two data centres totalling 1.5 million square feet of space.
The facilities will add up to 216 MW of critical IT load at full capacity.
Completion is expected as early as late 2025.
EdgeCore has also signed an agreement with NV Energy the campus with utility power being delivered to the site by H2 2025.
Development of the substation has already begun and is also slated for completion also in H2 2025.
Clint Heiden, Chief Commercial Officer, EdgeCore, said: “The demand for data centre space in California continues to outpace the availability of land and power, so Reno’s location just 250 miles and three milliseconds away makes it an incredibly attractive option for the world’s largest cloud and internet companies.
“Add to that a 30% lower total cost of ownership versus a comparable deployment in the Bay Area, and Reno simply must be considered by businesses searching for data centre space near the west coast.”
Odata launches data center campus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Latin American data center firm Odata has launched a new campus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The company this week announced the launch of its RJ01 facility, which offers up to 24MW. Set on a 20,000 sqm site in São João do Meriti, the facility offers 18,000 sqm of raised floor space.
“The delivery of the first Odata building on the new campus in Rio de Janeiro reflects the company’s continued dedication to meeting the demands of our customers in different geographies, maintaining the high standard of excellence of the other sites we already operate in Latin America,” said Ricardo Alário, Latam CEO of Odata. “With the inauguration of this data center, we reinforce our commitment to drive innovation and offer a reliable, secure and scalable infrastructure, contributing together to the growth of our customers.”
Odata said it has invested 250 million reais ($50m) in the project. Part of the site is already leased to two hyperscale customers.
Scala plans 5MW data center in Mexico City
Latin American firm Scala Data Centers is developing a new campus outside Mexico City, Mexico.
The DigitalBridge-owned company this week announced plans to develop SMEXTP01, the company’s first data center in the country.
Located in the municipality of Tepotzotlán, the facility will have an initial critical capacity of 5MW across 142,130 sq ft (13,200 sqm).
Scala’s new site is projected to begin operations in Q4 2023 and is already anchored by a ‘large hyperscale client’. The company said it will be investing $80 million in the project.
“This new project underscores our commitment to enabling new markets in Latin America, either in unexplored locations or in regions with data center presence, but still lacking a dedicated approach to large IT capacities that truly serve the hyperscale segment,” said Marcos Peigo, CEO and co-founder at Scala. “We are proud to spearhead this expansion and create unique conditions for massive colocation clients in the region through innovation, energy efficiency, and sustainable technology.”
India’s CtrlS partners with state-owned Thai telco NT for 150MW campus in Chonburi
Indian operator CtrlS Datacenters has partnered with Thailand’s state-owned telco for a new data center campus in Chonburi.
The company and National Telecom Public Company Limited (NT) this week announced a Memorandum of Agreement (MoU) for CtrlS’ upcoming 150MW data center campus. The new campus will connect to a number of NT cable landing stations (CLS) and see a new teleport developed on-site.
“CtrlS Datacenters Ltd, Asia’s largest Rated-4 data center operator, is collaborating with National Telecom Public Company (NT), a telecom provider that has the most extensive international communication networks and the most submarine cables landing in Thailand, for its upcoming 150MW data center campus at the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) in Chonburi, Thailand,” CtrlS announced this week.
“The greenfield data center campus in Thailand marks CtrlS’ first international market expansion as well as its first hyperscale data center campus in Thailand,” the company added.
Macquarie Data Centres to increase planned capacity for upcoming Sydney data center
Macquarie Data Centres is expanding plans for an upcoming data center in Sydney, Australia.
The Australian firm, part of Macquarie Technology Group, this week announced a major expansion to its upcoming IC3 Super West facility, increasing its planned capacity to cater to high-density workloads.
This expansion gives IC3 Super West the potential to increase its IT load to 45MW, a 41 percent increase from its original plans. The company said the new facility will be able to support the density multi-megawatt requirements of AI chip and server infrastructure.
First announced back in July 2021, the Intellicentre 3 Super West data center was originally set to offer 32MW. The group raised AU$130 million (US$88m) to develop IC3 West earlier this year. Timelines for development weren’t shared.
South Korean gov’t announces plans for 1GW data center campus
The South Korean government is planning a 1GW data center campus in the southwest of the country.
The New Industry and Distributed Energy Division, part of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, this week announced that a large-scale data center complex with up to 25 40MW data centers will be built in the Salaseido area of Haenam, Jeollanam- do.
“This area is evaluated as the best location for corporate data centers to achieve 100 percent renewable energy (RE100), etc. with abundant renewable energy and a relatively spare power system,” the Ministry said.
The data centers will reportedly be built in phases by 2037. The first phase will see five buildings and a 300MW substation developed by 2027. Five more data centers and a second substation will be built by 2023, and a further eight facilities are due to be constructed by 2037.
The campus will be located at the RE100 industrial site in Guseong district, Haenam-gun, Jeollanam – do in the southwest of the country. The area reportedly has ‘abundant’ renewable energy and spare capacity.
Princeton Digital Group tops off 48MW data center in Tokyo, Japan
Princeton Digital Group has topped off the first building at its 100MW data center campus in Tokyo, Japan.
“Today we are pleased to share that we held the topping off ceremony for TY1 Phase 1 (48MW), PDG’s flagship greenfield project in Saitama, Greater Tokyo,” the company said on LinkedIn this week. “This is a significant milestone and marks a major step forward in the overall launch progress of TY1. As we commemorate this important milestone, we would also like to thank our partner Lendlease who have played a major role in achieving this milestone.”
Lendlease and Princeton Digital Group (PDG) first announced plans for a 100MW campus in Tokyo in June 2021 and broke ground on the project the following June. Project completion is expected by the second half of 2024.
Located at Saitama around 30 km north of central Tokyo, the greenfield project will eventually see two buildings developed on a 33,050 sqm (355,750 sq ft) site. Full build-out is expected by 2026 and will offer more than 60,000 sqm (645,835 sq ft) of gross floor space.
Sentinum breaks ground on 20MW cryptomine data center in Montana
Sentinum, Inc., formerly known as BitNile, Inc., has broken ground on a new cryptomine data center in Montana.
Ault Alliance, a holding company and parent of Sentinum, this week announced work had begun on a 20MW facility, which should be live before the end of the year.
Further details about the facility, including location, weren’t shared.
Milton “Todd” Ault, III, Sentinum executive chairman, said: “We are thrilled to break ground on our Montana facility. This reinforces our commitment to expand and diversify our data center colocation and hosting services. Once completed, we anticipate moving our Bitcoin miners that are currently at third-party hosting facilities to Montana, where we can operate them more efficiently and with greater profitability. In parallel with the data center buildout, we are currently working with the local utility on details and timing of the load study.”
Investment firm APL plans 150MW data center campus in Kyushu, Japan
A US investment firm is looking to expand into data centers with a new campus in Kyushu prefecture, Japan.
Nikkei Asia reports US-based investment firm Asia Pacific Land (APL) is planning to build a $845 million (125 billion yen) facility in the city of Kitakyushu. APL reportedly hopes to develop a 150MW campus.
The plans were revealed Friday in a city proposal, submitted to the city council, to sell municipal land for the data center.
The 630,000 sqm (6.78 million sq ft) tract of land is valued at more than 2 billion yen (US$ 13.7 million). If the sale is approved the deal could be finalized by next month.
APL is a private firm that invests in real estate, renewable energy, and digital infrastructure. This is seemingly its first data center investment.
Telkom Indonesia launches data center in Bandar Lampung
Telkom Indonesia has launched a new data center in Bandar Lampung.
“As an effort to accelerate the realization of Indonesia’s digital ecosystem, PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (Telkom) accelerated the expansion of data center services in Sumatra by inaugurating neuCentrIX Tanjung Karang some time ago,” the company said this week.
The inauguration was attended by the director of wholesale & international service Telkom, Bogi Witjaksono; the EVP of regional I area Sumatra, Djatmiko Djatmiko; and the EVP of wholesale service division Telkom, Muhammad Rofik.
Djatmiko said that a third of the facility’s racks have already been filled.
Stream DC gains approval for data center zoning request in Elk Grove, Illinois
Stream Data Centers has been granted zoning approval for a planned data center campus in the Elk Grove area of Chicago, Illinois.
First reported by the Journal & Topics, Elk Grove Village plan commissioners unanimously recommended approval for the proposals at a council meeting last week.
The company is aiming to demolish around 55 Elk Grove residential properties to develop a three-building data center campus with an on-site substation. The three buildings will total more than 2 million sq ft.
While Stream Data Centers is separately requesting annexation and re-subdivision of houses along Roppolo Drive, Richard Lane, Landmeier Road, and Dierking Terrace, this application is focused on rezoning from unincorporated residential to I-1 industrial with several variances.
Clark delivers data center to NTT in Ashburn, Virginia
Clark Construction Group announced this week that it had reached substantial completion of the first phase of the VA6 Data Center in Virginia’s Loudoun County.
The project, which broke ground in May 2022, was delivered on schedule for client NTT Ltd. Clark will continue building out the remaining critical IT capacity through mid-2024.
Sitting on NTT’s 78-acre data center campus, the 180,000-square-foot (16,720 sqm), two-story data center features 24MW of critical IT load and is the company’s sixth data center in Ashburn.
“Congratulations to NTT on your newest asset that contributes to the critical infrastructure of the region,” said Louie Sarracino, a vice president at Clark Construction overseeing the company’s mission-critical project portfolio. “Thank you to our trade contractors for your hard work and dedication, and NTT for your trust and partnership.”
EcoDataCenter appoints new CEO from Ericsson
Peter Michelson will assume the role of CEO at EcoDataCenter on 1st October.
Sweden-headquartered EcoDataCenter has hired a new CEO from Erricson to replace outgoing Dan Andersson.
Anderson, who has been employed at EcoDataCenter since 2018 and in the role of CEO since the beginning of 2022, will be succeeded by Peter Michelson, who most recently served as the head of Ericsson’s global cloud and IT business.
“EcoDataCenter is on an inspiring journey of high growth and has quickly taken a place in the international arena. The company is well positioned to take a leading role in the green transition driven by digitalisation,” Michelson said.