MICROSOFT TO REDUCE DATA CENTRE EMISSIONS IN NEW ZEALAND Microsoft has partnered with sustainable electricity supplier Ecotricity to power its forthcoming New Zealand data centre region with 100 % carbon-free energy .

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TO SUSTAINABILITY REPORT In the report , AWS outlined the data centre sustainability strategies that it has implemented . For instance , in one community , up to 96 % of all spent cooling water from AWS data centres is sent to local farmers to help grow crops .

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EQUIANO CABLE IN SOUTH AFRICA The cable was landed by WIOCC in Lagos , Nigeria . Google ’ s state-of-the-art Equiano cable will improve connectivity across the region , driving faster internet speeds and reducing internet prices .

The world ’ s carbon neutral data centre market has been predicted to reach a $ 16.53bn value by 2027 , rapidly rising from its $ 5.02bn 2021 valuation , at a 22.19 % CAGR over the next five years .

� EDGE CENTRES Edge Centres has announced that it has secured US $ 5.7mn in its latest seed funding round , to help drive its edge expansion n America .

� PLIOPS Pliops has closed a US $ 100mn Series D funding round , led by Koch Disruptive Technologies .

� GOOGLE Google ' s London data centre incurred a “ cooling related ” outage on the UK ' s hottest day on record .

� THE APAC DATA CENTRE MARKET A new JLL report revealed a serious lack of energy consumption , with only 28 % of the APAC ' s data centre managers having access to key energy efficiency metrics .

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