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Your digital infrastructure weekly recap from The Tech Capital – Week 36’24

In the data centre world this week we saw the biggest transaction ever recorded as Blackstone acquired Australia’s AirTrunk for an enormous US$16 billion deal, as well as developments in two US wireless carriers’ fibre strategies. Other noteworthy headlines included worrying data around data ce...

September 06

TTC Newsroom

Blackstone’s QTS to build 10 data centre,1.1GW mega-campus on former Britishvolt site

Blackstone’s (NYSE: BX) QTS has submitted a planning permission request to build a 10 data centre building campus on a plot of land in Northumbria, previously earmarked for UK battery manufacturer Britishvolt. Britishvolt collapsed last year, and the land was sold to Blackstone by Northumbria County Council earlier in 2024. The planning application revealed that 1.1GW ...

September 06

Jack Haddon

Top 10 largest data centre acquisitions by value, representing $91bn in invested capital

Nominations for The Tech Capital’s APAC Awards 2024 are officially open. To participate, please ensure your submission is completed by September 20. For additional details, visit the official website here. Data centre rankings can vary based on metrics like megawattpower, square footage, and sustainability. However, the most striking measure is the valu...

September 05

João Marques Lima

Penta Infra, atNorth, announce combined 270MW investment in Danish data centres

Nominations for The Tech Capital’s APAC Awards 2024 are officially open. To participate, please ensure your submission is completed by September 20. For additional details, visit the official website here. Iceland’s atNorth and The Netherlands Penta Infra have announced two separate data centre investments in Denmark, totalling 270MW. Penta Infra h...

September 05

Jack Haddon