Alphabet Inc’s Google Cloud is reportedly set to unveil plans to build a hyperscale data centre in Greece, following up to rivals AWS and Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) US$1 billion project in the Attica region. According to local media, the announcement by Google will be made on Thursday, September 29, by Adaire Fox-Martin, president of Google Cloud International, and Pegg...

Commercial real estate investment firm Metro Edge Development Partners and Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) have executed a 75-year ground lease on a 1.97-acre parcel in the Illinois Medical District (IMD) that includes exclusivity to build and operate a high-performance data centre. Metro Edge has begun planning and permitting for a 21 Megawatt (MW), five-story facility ...

Australian publicly traded data centre operator NEXTDC Limited (ASX: NXT) has quietly brought online its latest investment in north Sydney. The S3 facility has opened with 12MW of capacity and at full build will amount to 80MW and a capital expenditure (CAPEX) of more than AU$1 billion (US$662 million). The site comprises more than 26,000 sqm/28,000 sqft of gross floor s...