Africa Data Centres has begun construction of an extension at its Nairobi, Kenya, data centre campus. The works will add 15MW to the development, growing its IT load fivefold at full capacity. The first phase of the expansion will increase the site’s load by 5MW. The Cassava Technologies business expects to be complete the upgrade during the first half of 2024. Hard...

Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) hyperscale data centre operator AirTrunk has announced its first investment in Malaysia with plans to develop a 150+ megawatt (MW) facility in Johor Bahru. Named AirTrunk JHB1 (JHB1), the facility will be the company’s ninth in APJ, taking its data centre platform to over 1.35 gigawatts (GW) of capacity. The JHB1 campus will span 10.3 hec...

CyrusOne, owned by funds managed by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Global Infrastructure Partners, has confirmed to The Tech Capital it will develop a 90MW data centre in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, located less than one hour away from Central London. The site will at full build amount to 678,000 sq ft and sit on a 16.59 hectares piece of land and house as many as 10 data hal...