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Becoming the world’s most sustainable data centre nation

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“Norway has a unique foundation for becoming the world's most attractive data center nation. We have a surplus of renewable energy, low electricity prices, good digital infrastructure and a cool climate. The Government is now strengthening its commitment to a sustainable data center industry. This will create many new jobs in the regions and help develop new digital services throughout the country," says Minister of Regional Development and Digitalisation Linda Hofstad Helleland.

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Securing the hybrid data centre

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Against the backdrop of the rise of the remote workforce and the growing prevalence of sophisticated attacks such as ransomware, zero day malware and supply chain attacks, CISOs have been forced to rethink their security architecture. Today, with the need for distributed applications to support their business and security needs, organisations are leveraging hybrid data centres and security architectures. By Ian Porteous, Regional Director, Security Engineering, UK&I at Check Point Software...

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Global Technical Realty & KKR build momentum

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Global Technical Realty (GTR), a $1bn European build-to-suit acquisition data center platform, has launched a new 10.5 megawatt (MW) data center in Petah Tikva, Israel’s premier data center hub.

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Node4 keeps DB Systel UK on the right track

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Managed, Colocated Data Centre Services for Europe’s biggest rail transport provider.

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CyrusOne expands European footprint

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CyrusOne has announced the freehold purchase of a 5-acre site at a prime location in Alcobendas, Madrid, to build a new data center facility. This is the company’s first planned European facility beyond the FLAP-D markets and will enable customers to rapidly scale digital transformation strategies by deploying critical infrastructure at the heart of this enterprise and emerging hyperscale market.

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Successful expansion at Green Mountain’s Oslo region data centre site

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Only nine months after the opening of the DC3-Oslo data center, the site expands with an additional 4MW building. This second building is a built-to-suit project for a large international cloud provider and was delivered ahead of schedule despite the challenges posed by Covid-19.

Element Critical expands Infrastructure Solutions with Megaport integration

Colocation provider Element Critical is proud to announce that Megaport’s industry-leading...

Bond issues speeds up DigiPlex's expansion

DigiPlex has successfully completed a new senior secured bond issue of NOK 655 million with...

Equinix to build new data centre in Barcelona

Colt is the first customer planned in a new site which will connect to major subsea cables from key...

Hyperscale and edge drive data centre demand as cloud adoption and AI take centre stage

European data centre market set for further growth as uptake increases by over one third in 2022.

Irish data centre industry to add 1800 new jobs

New survey from Host in Ireland indicates 96% of data centre ecosystem companies are optimistic...

CBRE releases North of England data centre market report

Stellium Data Centres cited as viable alternative to London for hyperscalers.

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Elektrobit Case Study: Enable Immense Data Intake to Support Autonomous Driving

Automated vehicles record and process massive amounts of data daily with simulations and high capacity sensors. For Elektrobit, a global supplier of connected software for the automotive industry, the biggest challenge was how to securely store, transfer and process these large amounts of data. The interconnection-first approach, deployed on Platform Equinix®, provided Elektrobit the fastest and most stable option available. Find out how Equinix, with its global data centers and digital edge presence, boosted efficiency, performance, reliability and security for Elektrobit.

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