DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Cristina Lago
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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IT systems in southern Italy back online after data center outage
The regional government ruled out a cyberattack
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Intro Group to invest $270m in Egypt’s Kemet Data Center
The facility will be developed in two phases
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Lenovo and MemryX partner for Edge AI deployment in Saudi Arabia
The companies already operate the platform across two deployments in the Kingdom
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Plans unveiled for ‘largest’ data center in Italy
Developer Moncalieri Logistics has already submitted the plans
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Oman’s O-Green targets 200MW of data center capacity by 2028
Firm says its data centers in Oman and Europe will be powered by low-cost renewable energy
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Iron Mountain sues UK's Home Office over £140m passport contract bid
Firm says it was unable to submit tender after government department quadrupled potential penalties at short notice
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Heca Data plans integrated zone for hyperscale data centers in Egypt
A delegation led by the data center developer’s CEO “voiced interest” in strengthening cooperation with the Egyptian government
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Plans for 120MW data center withdrawn in Lombardy, Italy
Mayor says municipality never received data needed for the grid connection
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Humain breaks ground on Neom’s Oxagon data center
The campus in the floating hexagonal industrial district is targeting 1.5GW
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Greenfield and Finsbury Infrastructure to invest €360m in Milan data center
The project has already secured 80MW of power capacity
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Two data centers planned in Pregnana Milanese, Italy
A third project has also been reported in the town
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Income to invest $280m in data center near Alexandria, Egypt
The project is expected to take three years
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Meeza completes data center expansion project for major hyperscaler
Claims to have delivered nine months ahead of schedule
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Excess heat from Equinix data centers to power homes in Milan, Italy
The initiative is expected to meet the heating needs of over 21,000 homes
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Kuok Group plans €5.3bn Milan data campus investment
The investment would cover the construction and long-term management of the project
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Letsia to invest $13.32m in its planned data center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The company said the “green” facility will include several sustainability features
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Egypt greenlights license for $400m data center expansion
The initiative backs the country’s strategy for data centers and cloud computing
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First data center built inside active mine opens in the Dolomites
The project was completed in just over two years from design to construction
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Locals oppose 240MW data center planned in Lombardy, Italy
The MXP Magenta targets 240MW across five buildings
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Syria provides Internet through alternative routes after ‘sabotage’ of subsea cable
The disruption didn’t affect services in Egypt
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Private equity firm acquires Croatia’s ‘Fort-Knox’ data center
The 4MW facility is located at the intersection of three redundant optical crossroads
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Earthquake-proof prefab Rome data center built in five weeks
The €28m facility was built using 100 percent recyclable materials, Italian media said
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Damac Digital plans 6GW data center expansion across four continents
The company already has operational data centers in Saudi Arabia and Thailand
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Asprofin Bank unveils $12bn proposal for data centers in UAE
The plan features a cost efficiency model reducing capex to $4m-$8m per MW
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Joint venture launched in Italy to invest €1bn in renewable data centers
The first facilities are expected to begin construction this year
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Oman, UAE, and Italy sign green data center agreement
Initiative aligns with Oman Vision 2040 to diversify away from oil
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EdgeConneX plans €3bn data center investment in Italy
Construction is expected to begin this year
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Italy plans to build ‘Europe’s largest data center’ in former Trino power plant
Data center developer Techbau is reportedly behind the plans