Asia-Pacific & Japan (APJ) hyperscale data centre specialist, AirTrunk, and Hong Kong’s major power utility, CLP Power Hong Kong, have announced the largest site-specific renewable energy certificate (REC) procurement in Hong Kong to support its customer, Microsoft, with its goal of achieving 100% renewable energy by 2025. The renewable generation will come from 200+ megawatts (MW) of aggregated installed capacity of local solar sites across 17,000 locations in the New Territories of Hong Kong. This collaboration follows the hourly renewable energy solution that matches Microsoft’s data ce ..read more

Quantum, a provider of end-to-end data management innovations for the AI era, has announced that it is adding advanced file service technology to Quantum Myriad and StorNext to offer ultra-fast and feature rich server message block (SMB) based cross-platform file service. StorNext customers can now have high-performance collaborative storage and fast network file service together on the same platform to meet their mission-critical enterprise and content creation workflow needs. The same technology is deeply integrated within Myriad as a first-class protocol to offer robust, cross-platform file ..read more

Digital Realty, a global provider of cloud and carrier-neutral data centre, colocation, and interconnection technologies, has announced a collaboration with Enel X Global Retail, which is expected to result in the avoidance of more than 30,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions from Ireland’s energy grid through the utilisation of data centre batteries, supporting the nation’s renewable energy transition. Ireland’s increasing share of wind power, a variable energy source, poses challenges for grid management and stability for all grid users, including data centres. To tackle this challenge sustainably, D ..read more

Reaffirming the company’s commitment to a sustainable future and reducing resource consumption, Huber+Suhner is to use 100% recyclable, FSC-certified paper packaging for its entire range of indoor fibre optic cable assemblies. This project is a contribution to the company’s commitment to environmental responsibility through a 50% reduction in packaging emissions for indoor fibre optic cable assemblies (calculated according to ISO 14040, based on supplier data). The company claims that it will result in the number of single-use plastic bags being utilised will fall by 2.2 million per year. “Thi ..read more

atNorth, a Nordic colocation, high-performance computing and artificial intelligence service provider, has announced the appointment of Anna Kristín Pálsdóttir as Chief Development Officer. An experienced engineer with extensive experience in leading innovation and operations in large corporations, Anna will be tasked with guiding atNorth’s development initiatives, driving the expansion of atNorth’s existing sites, and delivering new data centre campuses across the Nordics as the business continues its significant growth plans. As the demand for sustainable infrastructure continues to increase ..read more

Lenovo Group has announced a comprehensive new suite of purpose-built AI-centric infrastructure systems and innovations to advance Hybrid AI innovation from edge to cloud. The company is delivering GPU-rich and thermal efficient solutions intended for compute intensive workloads across multiple environments and industries. In industries such as financial services and healthcare, customers are managing massive data sets that require extreme I/O bandwidth, and Lenovo is providing the IT infrastructure vital to management of critical data. Across all these solutions is Lenovo TruScale, which prov ..read more

CtrlS Datacenters, Asia’s largest Rated-4 data centre operator, has announced the opening of a brand new data centre – named Hyderabad DC3 – which is to open in Gachibowli, a financial district located in Hyderabad, India. This is set to be CtrlS’ third facility in the city, and the company says that the new location is expected to open within the next three months. Hyderabad DC3 will have a built-up area of almost 1.34 lakh square feet, with a 13MW IT load capacity. It is a Ground + 5 storeyed facility, and boasts the following features: – AI-ready with advanced cooling technologies – Earthqu ..read more

Snowflake, a data cloud company, has announced the launch of Snowflake Arctic, a large language model (LLM) designed to be the most open, enterprise-grade LLM on the market. With its unique Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture, Arctic delivers top-tier intelligence with unparalleled efficiency at scale. It is optimised for complex enterprise workloads, topping several industry benchmarks across SQL code generation, instruction following, and more. In addition, Snowflake is releasing Arctic’s weights under an Apache 2.0 license and details of the research leading to how it was trained, setting ..read more

Infinidat, a provider of enterprise storage innovations, has announced that its InfiniBox SSA II has been recognised by analyst firm, DCIG, as one of the world’s top cyber secure all-flash arrays (AFA) for enterprise storage. This high ranking, which was revealed in the 2024-25 DCIG Top 5 Cyber Secure High-End All Flash Arrays Report, is based on independent research that DCIG conducted into the AFA marketplace, with an expanded focus on cyber storage resilience and recovery. “The recognition of the InfiniBox SSA II as one of the top five cyber secure AFAs in the world validates that not only ..read more

DāSTOR, an enterprise-focused provider of scalable and secure hybrid colocation solutions, has announced the acquisition of a purpose-built data centre facility located at 3 Boulden Circle in New Castle, Delaware. With over 30,000 square feet of raised floor to support the immediate needs of new customers, DāSTOR says the facility enhances its capacity to deliver optimised, enterprise-class data management solutions, while also offering the high density solutions critical for cloud and AI service providers. Strategically located along the Interstate-95 corridor, and ideally positioned between ..read more