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Blackstone Acquires Asia-Pacific Data Center Giant AirTrunk for [...]
Blackstone Acquires Asia-Pacific Data Center Giant AirTrunk for Over US$16B
📅 - Blackstone, one of the worlds largestprivate equityfirms, has reached a definitive agreement to acquire AirTrunk, the leading Asia-Pacific data center platform, from Macquarie Asset Management and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments). The deal, valued at over A$24 billion (over US$16 billion), marks Blackstone's largest investment in the Asia-Pacific region to date.
AirTrunk, which has a strong presence across Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Singapore, is the largest data center platform in the Asia-Pacific region. With over 800 megawatts (MW) of committed capacity to its clients, AirTrunks platform offers the potential for further expansion, with land [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - marketgoo Announces Strategic Partnership With Upmind - MADRID, Spain Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tools provider marketgoohas integrated with Upmind, the UK-based business automation platform for online service businesses.
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📅 - marketgoo Partners With Upmind - MADRID, Spain — Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tools provider marketgoo has integrated with Upmind, the UK-based business automation platform for online service businesses.
Service businesses – particularly web hosting providers, benefit from this user-friendly integration which requires no technical expertise, allowing them to effortlessly start offering SEO tools to their customers with ease.
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📅 - Gartner: Global Cybersecurity Spending to Hit $212B by 2025, Up 15% - Gartner has released a new forecast indicating that global spending on cybersecurity will surge to $212 billion in 2025, reflecting a 15.1% increase from the projected $183.9 billion in 2024. This substantial growth would underscore the escalating importance of cybersecurity in an increasingly digital and cloud-driven business environment.
The rise in spending is largely attributed to the persistent and evolving threat landscape, the rapid adoption of cloud technologies, and a critical shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals.
According to Shailendra Upadhyay, Senior Research Principal at Gartner, "The continued heightened threat environment, cloud movement, and talent crunch are [...]
📅 - PEACE Undersea Cable Now Connecting Asia to Europe - Last Friday, China Mobile International (CMI) officially activated the PEACE undersea cable, a 15,000-kilometer network connecting Singapore and France, with further extensions to other European nations. This ambitious project aims to provide fast, flexible, and open connectivity between Asia and Europe, addressing growing global demands for high-capacity, low-latency bandwidth services.
The PEACE cable was developed through a collaboration between CMI and 11 partners, designed to serve carriers, OTT service providers, and businesses with neutral and adaptable interconnection services. CMIs open cable solution makes use of the New Egypt Crossing, which replaces the conventional south and [...]
📅 - Penta Infra Buys Site in Copenhagen for 20MW Data Center Development - Fast-growing European provider of sustainable data centers, Penta Infra, has acquired a new property in Copenhagen, Denmark. The site will be transformed into a state-of-the-art colocation data center covering over 20,000 square meters, with the capacity to handle 20 megawatts (MW) of IT demand. This marks Penta Infras second data center in the Danish capital, further expanding its network of 12 data centers across Germany, France, Denmark, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Copenhagen's strategic position as a digital gateway to Europe would make it a key hub for data center development, providing low-latency access to regional markets. The city's strong global connectivity and emphasis on [...]
📅 - Sustainability , data centers , Morgan Stanley , carbon emissions , Reuters - The global data center industry is projected to produce approximately 2.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions by 2030, according to a Morgan Stanley report cited by Reuters. This increase is attributed to the rapid growth of energy-intensive data centers driven by hyperscalers like Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon, as these companies enhance their AI and cloud computing technologies.
Despite the expansion, these tech giants remain committed to reducing their greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, according to the Reuters article.
The report highlights a significant market opportunity for decarbonization solutions, as the emissions from data centers are expected to [...]
