4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (292+ words) UAE-based data centre operator DAMAC Digital and Vodafone Türkiye have inaugurated the first phase of a new data centre in Izmir with an initial IT load capacity of 4MW and an investment of US$100 million. The Izmir data centre, launched on…...

5+ day, 21+ min ago   (234+ words) The LuLu Coastal Cable System the Kenyan coast’s first fully protected coastal cable system, has been announced at this week’s ITW Africa digital infrastructure and connectivity event, held in Nairobi. LuLu is a submarine cable designed to strengthen connectivity along…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (226+ words) Telkom Indonesia’s wholesale fibre spinoff InfraNexia revealed on Monday it has expanded its collaboration with telco XLSmart, who will use the company’s fibre network to boost connectivity in several of Indonesia's strategic corridors. Under the agreement, XLSmart will use InfraNexia’s…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (488+ words) Thailand reportedly suspended construction of 49 data centres on Friday over concerns of their impact on local communities, making it the second Southeast Asian country after Malaysia to rethink its data centre investment strategy in recent weeks. According to a report…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (195+ words) Digital and infrastructure solutions company Cybastion says it plans to invest US$75 million in an AI-powered data centre and power plant in Cameroon, expanding the company's digital infrastructure projects across Africa. The US company, which has a strong focus on…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (331+ words) Vietnam is reportedly once again facing disruptions to internet connectivity speeds with four out of six international subsea cable connections now suffering from outages. According to several media reports on Friday, the Southeast Asia–Japan 2 (SJC2) cable and the Asia-Africa-Europe 1 (AAE…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (248+ words) Data centre company Equinix has reportedly expanded its Colombia data centre footprint and increased its investment, bringing online the second phase of BG2, its second data centre in Colombia, doubling the site's cabinet capacity in Bogota. The BNamericas website says the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (263+ words) Ciena announced on Thursday that Indonesia’s ION Network (a.k.a. Parsaoran Global Datatrans) is deploying its WaveLogic 6 Extreme (WL6e) on its new ION Cable System 1 (ICS1) that will connect Jakarta with Singapore. The 2,000-km ICS1 system will run on Ciena’s 6500 platform powered by WL6e coherent…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (188+ words) According to a number of local press reports, Kazakhstan expects to launch the first facility at Data Centre Valley, a large data centre campus in the country’s northeast, in the summer of 2027. The first 50 MW facility is reportedly under construction…...