Dan Swinhoe

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Endeavour, the owner of data center firm Edged and cooling firm ThermalWorks, is to offer sodium batteries to data centers. The company this week announced a strategic partnership with battery maker Tiamat to deliver sodium-based energy storage for AI data centers and grid applications. Endeavour said Tiamat’s sodium-based battery technology can fully charge and discharge at rates exceeding 60 times in one hour (60 C-rate) – surpassing typical lithium-ion batteries (1-3 C-rate).

2 days ago | datacenterdynamics.com | Dan Swinhoe

Pan-African data center firm Wingu.Africa has secured new funding to fuel its roll-out. The company this week announced it has secured $60 million in funding from Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) to support the development of digital infrastructure in Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Tanzania. “This is not just an investment in infrastructure, it’s an investment in Africa’s digital independence,” said Anthony Voscarides, group CEO at Wingu.

2 days ago | datacenterdynamics.com | Dan Swinhoe

Equinix has launched its second data center in Lisbon, Portugal. The colo firm this week announced the launch of LS2, a new International Business Exchange (IBX) facility to be located adjacent to Equinix's existing LS1 site. With an initial investment of approximately €50 million ($57.1m) and an estimated total of €100 million ($114.2m), the new data center has 2,050 sqm (22,065 sq ft) of co-location space spread over three floors. The facility will initially offer 625 racks.

2 days ago | datacenterdynamics.com | Dan Swinhoe

GreenScale has announced plans for a large data center development in southern Norway. The company this week announced the acquisition of Tonstad DataPark, a new data center development located in the municipality of Sirdal in West Agder County (NO2), Norway. Terms of the deal were not shared. Tonstad DataPark spans a 420,000 square meter (4.5 million sq ft) site with 300MW of grid capacity, approved by Glitre Nett and Statnett.

2 days ago | datacenterdynamics.com | Dan Swinhoe

Siemens has launched a new prefabricated data center module offering. Siemens Smart Infrastructure, Cadolto Datacenter, and Legrand Data Center Solutions announced this week that they are jointly unveiling a new turnkey modular Edge data center. The companies are offering customizable, prefabricated modules that can be tailored to unique operational needs and deployed in a fraction of the time – with planning cycles from six to 12 months.