French telecom, internet, and IT managed services provider Adista, backed by Keensight Capital, has broken ground on what will become one of the only data centres globally to be powered using recycled agricultural bio-waste. Planned for commission in 2022, the company has partnered with startup Datafarm Energy to bring its vision to life. Datafarm Energy uses biogas resu...

Amazon Web Services (AWS), an Amazon.com Inc. company (Nasdaq: AMZN), said it will expand its Local Zones portfolio with the addition of more than 30 new locations in major cities around the world in 2022. The new AWS Local Zones, announced at the company’s annual re:Invent conference, will be located in more than 21 countries, including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bel...

Hyperscale data centre operator EdgeConneX has unveiled plans to enter the Belgian market with a data centre campus under development near Brussels.  Located in Ternat, less than 15km from the capital’s downtown, the site is expected to be ready for service in early Q1 of 2023. The first greenfield data centre build in the new campus will consist of four data halls th...