EDGECONNEX GAINS US $ 150MN IN

SUSTAINABILITY-LINKED FINANCING EdgeConneX has secured US $ 150mn in sustainability-linked financing for Latin America , which is designed to be used as a financing platform for the company ’ s future activity in Chile and Colombia .

� META Meta is continuing to grow its presence in Utah , with a new expansion of its Eagle Mountain data centre bringing the company ’ s investment to US $ 1.5bn .

KYNDRYL AND TERADATA ANNOUNCE

A STRATEGIC GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP Together , the two companies will help customers apply AI and data modernisation techniques across their environments .

KHAZNA DATA CENTRES BEGINS

CONSTRUCTION ON TWO NEW SITES IN DUBAI The two facilities currently in development , DXB2 and DXB3 , are located in Dubai Design District and Ibn Battuta . The DXB3 facility will be an extension of 73 an % existing facility transferred to Khazna following the strategic partnership between G42 and e &.

Schneider Electric ’ s sustainability research paper – Sustainability at the Edge – revealed a stark disconnect between intent and action , indicating that , worryingly , most of the industry is still in the beginning stages of the sustainability journey .

� ORACLE NETSUITE In the past year , NetSuite has opened 11 data centres in five new cities , including Amsterdam , Newport , Osaka , San Jose , and Tokyo .

� GOOGLE ’ S DATA CENTRES The Alphabet Workers Union-Communications Workers of America has filed two labour complaints against Google , claiming that data centre staff are being discriminated against .

� DATA CENTRES ’ SUSTAINABILITY DISCONNECT Schneider ’ s recent sustainability report revealed there was a clear ‘ perceptionversus-reality ’ dilemma across much of the industry , in terms of companies ’ perceived progress towards sustainability .

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