Operator says that slope was too steep for cranes Equinix has completed its RJ3 facility in Rio de Janeiro Located in the Sao Joao de Meriti municipality, the 560-rack facility was first announced in May last year, alongside a $94 million investment The facility spans 1,467 sqm (15,800 sq ft) though other specifications have not been disclosed The power installation for the facility was assisted by a helicopter, as detailed in the company’s recent LinkedIn announcement Whilst the facility is powered with 100 percent renewable energy the operator has faced concerns about its environmental footprint during the construction stage SVP at AtlasEdge and former Equinix innovation director commented on the post: “50 percent of the lifetime CO2 of a [data center] comes from construction and the embodied carbon of the infrastructure to build it Flying stuff in with helicopters hardly makes that less bad.” Compass’ director of client management, Canada and EMEA, Adam B. responded in a LinkedIn post: “Interesting to see one of the world’s largest data center operators posting a video this morning bragging about using a helicopter in the construction of one of their facilities “As an industry that consumes ever larger amounts of resources we need to be mindful of doing the right thing and working in the right way for the public good.” Equinix said in a statement to DCD: "RJ3 is the first Equinix greenfield project in Rio Equinix had to connect the land to the utility transmission lines by building a high voltage (HV) pole up a steep slope "By utilizing a helicopter in this unique situation Equinix was able to build the pole in a fast and efficient way and minimizing environmental impact to the surrounding flora and fauna." The company added environmental sustainability is "a fundamental tenet of [its] operations." The company's sustainability initiatives currently include Whole Building Life Cycle Analyses to prioritize data-driven decisions about sustainable design and materials choices a three-step hierarchy to reduce embodied carbon; and following US Green Building Council guidelines ensuring all buildings are certified to a LEED standard RJ3 is located near Equinix’s existing data centers in Rio Janeiro: RJ1 in Botafogo The company said the three data centers will be connected including a redundant fiber link between RJ2 and RJ3 Rio de Janeiro is a landing point for eight submarine cables Equinix said this will give RJ3 access to broad connectivity and direct access to the US and Central America Other operators in Rio de Janeiro include Ascenty, Scala, and Aligned. 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All rights reserved Equinix is investing $94 million into its third Rio de Janeiro data center in Brazil The RJ3 facility is to be located in the Sao Joao de Meriti municipality around 30km from the Botafago neighborhood in the capital will have 560 racks across 1467 sqm (15,800 sqft) of colocation space Other specifications have not been disclosed Equinix said all its core digital and interconnection facilities will be available to customers from the start of operations allowing direct connection with cloud providers such as AWS RJ3 will also be located near Equinix’s existing data centers in Rio Janeiro: RJ1 in Botafogo “Rio de Janeiro is one of the largest consumer markets in the country and a hub for strategic sectors So expanding our local presence was the natural path for Equinix,” said Victor Arnaud He added the company’s investment was the largest made by a data center company in the state and would allow Equinix to support more companies in their digital infrastructure journeys Other operators in Rio de Janeiro include Ascenty, Scala, and Aligned. 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[email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Reports are emerging of Brazilian health workers forced to intubate patients without the aid of sedatives after weeks of warnings that hospitals and state governments risked running out of critical medicines One doctor at the Albert Schweitzer municipal hospital in Rio de Janeiro told the Associated Press that for days health workers diluted sedatives to make their stock last longer nurses and doctors had to begin using neuromuscular blockers and tying patients to their beds “You relax the muscles and do the procedure easily but we don’t have sedation,” said the doctor who agreed to discuss the sensitive situation only if not quoted by name Lack of required medicines is the latest pandemic problem to befall Brazil which is experiencing a brutal COVID-19 outbreak that has flooded the nation’s intensive care units The daily death count is averaging about 3,000 accounting for a quarter of deaths globally and making Brazil the epicenter of the pandemic sedatives and other medications used to put severely ill patients on ventilators The press office of Rio city's health secretariat said in an email that occasional shortages at the Albert Schweitzer facility are due to difficulties obtaining supplies on the global market and that “substitutions are made so that there is no damage to the assistance provided.” It didn't comment on the need to tie patients to beds The newspaper O Globo on Thursday reported similar ordeals in several other hospitals in the Rio metropolitan region with people desperately calling other facilities seeking sedatives for their loved ones It’s unclear whether the problem seen in Rio remains an isolated case but others are sounding the alarm about impending shortages Sao Paulo state's health secretary, Jean Carlo Gorinchteyn, said at a news conference Wednesday that the situation was dire in the hospitals of Brazil's most-populous state more than 640 hospitals were on the verge of collapse “We need the federal government's support,” Gorinchteyn said “This is not a necessity for Sao Paulo; it is a necessity for the whole country.” His state's health officials sent nine requests for intubation medication to the Health Ministry over the past 40 days Its last delivery was enough to cover just 6% of monthly needs in the state’s public health network said Wednesday that a shipment of sedatives was expected to arrive in Brazil “in the next ten days.” It is the result of a contract signed with the Pan American Health Organization He said two separate efforts to acquire medications on the international market are underway “to end this day-to-day struggle.” the ministry has also been facing logistical constraints on getting oxygen delivered to hospitals across the country Queiroga said it remains "a daily concern A more contagious coronavirus variant, known as P.1, has been spreading across Brazil this year It may also be more aggressive than the original strain and health workers have reported patients requiring far more oxygen than last year The private sector has stepped up to help address some of the supply shortfall A group of seven large companies donated 3.4 million doses of intubation drugs — enough for the management of 500 beds for six weeks — to the Health Ministry A first batch of 2.3 million was scheduled to arrive from China late Thursday at Sao Paulo's international airport and would be distributed to states with critical shortages the ministry said in an emailed response to AP questions about supply bottlenecks the Health Ministry requisitioned intubation medications from laboratories reportedly as a means to distribute to the neediest hospitals That has caused others facilities’ stocks to dwindle director of an association of more than 2,000 hospitals nationwide the health sector will be in chaos,” Rogatti said on Globo News TV Shortages aren’t limited to the public sector Brazil’s private hospital association published a survey Thursday in which nine of 71 institutions reported having supplies for five days or less About half said they had enough for a week Private facilities are looking to import medications from India The city of Itaiopolis in southern Santa Catarina state this week reported shortages of both sedatives and oxygen Neighboring Rio Grande do Sul state also reported supplies running out “The situation is desperate,” Rio Grande do Sul’s health secretary “We urgently need the Health Ministry to replenish hospitals’ stocks or else intubated patients can wake up without medication Gerrard joined Newsweek in 2021 and had previously worked at Express Online You can get in touch with Gerrard by emailing g.kaonga@newsweek.com either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content has been arrested after he was caught allegedly raping a woman while a cesarean section was being performed on her was arrested last week in the early hours of July 11 in Rio de Janeiro at the Women's Hospital in Sao Joao de Meriti Suspicions over Bezerra's conduct had already been raised when he performed two C-sections earlier that day The nurses recorded him during his third C-section and were able to catch him allegedly assaulting the patient Following the arrest, Police said they were already investigating whether a similar attack happened to the first two patients and have said that another three women According to the Brazilian newspaper Globo Bezerra was indicted for the rape of a vulnerable person after he was arrested This penalty ranges from eight to 15 years in prison Bezerra had also raised suspicions by allegedly having heavily sedated women who were undergoing C-sections Hospital employees were able to change the delivery room Bezerra used for his third C-section of the day in order to film him successfully Bezerra positioned himself at the woman's head as surgeons began work on delivering the baby was unable to see the patient from the neck up Bezerra was also recorded cleaning the woman's mouth with gauze the Regional Council of Medicine of the State of Rio de Janeiro launched an internal inquiry and opened proceedings to expel the medic which must be punished in accordance with the legislation in force," the public agency said in a statement They added that at this time they are focusing on providing support to the alleged victim and her family Bezerra's defense said they are waiting to have access to all of the testimonies before addressing the allegations "The defense claims that it has not yet obtained full access to the testimonies and elements of evidence that were produced during the drawing up of the arrest warrant in flagrante delicto," his defense said also confirming the accusations against Bezerra Newsweek has contacted Rio de Janeiro police for comment Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground Newsletters in your inbox See all O endereço abaixo não existe na globo.com CloudHQ is to develop a new data center campus in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro governor Cláudio Castro signed an MOU with CloudHQ last week for the project "We are excited to further implement this project which will be CloudHQ's second data center in Brazil,” said CloudHQ VP Jose Fraga “The site will have the highest standards of excellence offering our customers a state-of-the-art structure We will further drive development technology in the State of Rio de Janeiro.” will feature a single two-story building offering 36MW across 309,300 sq ft (28,735 sqm) The company has reportedly already acquired the land With an investment of R1.7 billion (US$342.5 million) the project is expected to come into operation in September 2025 "Building a data center in Rio de Janeiro is modernizing Rio de Janeiro's society as a whole data processing and telecommunications services distance education and telemedicine gain more performance,” said Castro This will be CloudHQ’s second site in Brazil. The company broke ground on a 228MW campus in São Paulo state in March 2023 The first phase will comprise three buildings CloudHQ also notes developments in Chicago It has previously listed plans for a development in Amsterdam A version of this story appeared on our Brazilian edition Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia Nossos serviços estão apresentando instabilidade no momento Algumas informações podem não estar disponíveis The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) opened the São João de Meriti Branch this Thursday (13) at the Parada de Lucas unit northern zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro Aiming at reducing costs and at optimizing IBGE resources was transferred to Parada de Lucas and it will comprise 24 officers This unit also includes Ramos Branch and soon it will include Duque de Caxias Branch Marcio Pochmann highlighted the importance of moving to Parada de Lucas as it housed the largest print shop in Latin America Housing here different branches allows us to reduce IBGE costs with rental we are providing more possibilities to recover this space," stated the President The IBGE is moving towards using their own buildings to allocate officers and carry out their activities "Moving the [Meriti] branch to Lucas helps not only economically but also improves work conditions," added the Executive-Director São João de Meriti Branch is responsible for collecting IBGE surveys in four municipalities: Nilópolis moving to Lucas allows a better logisitc planning for the surveys as well as to address more efficiently the needs of these municipalities "We are located in a strategic place as the branches here have easy access to their data collection sites." the São João de Meriti Branch was conceived in the "Networks" project and it was operating in Nova Iguaçu and brought to the Lucas Complex for cost reasons the security and confort of our officers are among the advantages of moving the branch Besides opening the São joão de Meriti Branch and visitng the Ramos and Duque de Caxias branches the President of the IBGE also visited the IBGE print shop where a mini-doc on the history of some IBGE officers was broadcast The Lucas graphic complex recently received a graphic machinery that was in the Canabarro unit causing an integration process that is optimizing the production and distribution of the IBGE graphic material producing an economy and a productive synergy the Coordinator of Graphic and Editorial Production "The unification of the print shops is unveiling results beyond expected The production is flowing faster and improving the quality of the work Pochmann also talked with officers of the IBGE Directorate of Geosciences allocated in Parada de Lucas as well as with officers of the Center for Information Documentation and Dissemination who also work in this unit The IBGE counts with 27 State Superintendencies and 576 branches in the entire country to collect the surveys and attend users In addition to the São João de Meriti Branch the Lucas Complex also houses the Ramos Branch and soon it will house the Duque de Caxias Branch which is being refurbished and will open in the coming months The Ramos Branch was created before the pandemic and is housed in Parada de Lucas for three months "We count with officers who work in the economic surveys and workers who go out to collect the National Household Sample Survey (PNAD)," stated Edson Passos de Souza © 2018 IBGE - Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística Nós utilizamos cookies para melhorar sua experiência de navegação no portal. 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Scala Data Center has commenced operations at its new Rio de Janeiro data center The Brazilian data center provides a hyperscale capacity of 7.2MW and currently houses one anchor tenant The SGIGSM01 facility is located on the São João do Meriti campus which will offer 55MW of IT capacity at full build-out The new data center was built using Scala’s ‘FastDeploy,’ a proprietary design and construction methodology using modular structures that have been manufactured by Modular Data Centers The company claims this allowed it to deploy 'in record time' with construction starting in August 2022 and finishing in April 2023 The SGIGSM01 was first announced alongside the launch of FastDeploy in September 2022 “Our newest baby bringing light to a once dark place for hyperscalers," CEO Marcos Vinícius Peigo said on LinkedIn "Rio de Janeiro is now also enabled into the future!” Scala currently has five operational data centers across Brazil, offering a total capacity of 50MW. The company has another five facilities planned for 2023, three of which are for the São Paulo Tambore campus The company was formed by Digital Colony (now DigitalBridge) in 2020 Scala Data Centers has expanded across Latin America In October 2022, the company received a license to build a $400m campus in Chile with a total capacity of 120MW, and the next month signed a 1.6GW power purchase agreement (PPA) with Enel Americas for its data centers in Chile Data Centre Dynamics Ltd (DCD), 32-38 Saffron Hill, London, EC1N 8FH Email. [email protected]DCD is a subsidiary of InfraXmedia Um levantamento feito pela Secretaria de Segurança (Seseg) mostra que apenas 5,6% das 3.732 pessoas presas na Baixada Fluminense entre janeiro e agosto deste ano saíram da cidade do Rio O estudo levou em consideração o município de residência dos autores de crimes que podem ter ligação com o tráfico de drogas — como homicídios O assunto da migração de bandidos do Rio para a Baixada voltou à discussão há três semanas após um bate-boca entre o secretário José Mariano Beltrame e Sandro Matos numa reunião do conselho de segurança no município Beltrame argumentou que o índice de pessoas do Rio que cometeram crimes na cidade era inferior a 5% afirmando que o aumento da criminalidade na Baixada está ligado à saída de criminosos de áreas pacificadas do Rio Nilópolis registrou o maior índice de presos do Rio 14,5% dos 110 presos residiam na capital quando foram detidos Duque de Caxias possui a maior concentração de presos do Rio na Baixada o índice representa apenas 4,2% das 1.228 prisões feitas na cidade — o maior número de prisões na área com 49 presos que vieram do Rio — 7,7% das 638 prisões é o único município da Baixada onde nenhuma das 67 pessoas detidas entre janeiro e agosto vieram do Rio Especialista: ‘O tráfico segue o dinheiro’ Três especialistas ouvidos pelo EXTRA foram unânimes ao concordar que a migração de bandidos de áreas pacificadas não foi tão intensa a ponto de ter um forte impacto nos índices de criminalidade na Baixada — Há uma interpretação popular de que os problemas de criminalidade na Baixada estão ligados à migração de bandidos de áreas com UPP há uma falta de investimento histórico em segurança — argumenta Ignacio Cano pesquisador do Laboratório de Análise da Violência da Uerj Ele acredita que é possível que haja migração de chefões do tráfico para favelas na Baixada a presença dos traficantes da capital não tem interferência na criminalidade: — O deslocamento só seria significativo se os bandidos estivessem indo para áreas onde não houvesse grupos criminosos A maioria dos bandidos continuam nas favelas de origem professor do Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos da Uerj o baixo impacto da migração é um problema econômico — O tráfico segue o dinheiro e o dinheiro está nas capitais e não nos municípios periféricos que integram a Região Metropolitana em cinco das 14 cidades da Baixada o Rio aparece à frente das outras cidades vizinhas na lista de bandidos presos: Duque de Caxias o índice de presos com residência fixa no Rio é maior onde há o maior índice de presos vindos do Rio em números absolutos 56,3% das detenções ocorreram em decorrência do envolvimento com drogas onde houve o maior registro percentual de criminosos do Rio onde também houve grande incidência de presos vindos da capital 54,5% dos casos foram por envolvimento com drogas e 23,6% dos presos portavam armas foram 46,6% por envolvimento com drogas e 28,2% por porte de armas foram detidas 32 pessoas da capital num total de 562 capturas — 5,69% José Mariano Beltrame Foto: Gustavo Miranda / Agência O Globo É possível descartar uma migração em massa de criminosos de áreas pacificadas A Secretaria de Segurança leva em consideração os aspectos técnicos Como podemos constatar nos dados do Instituto de Segurança Pública Os autores da maioria dos delitos que ocorrem na região são da Baixada Fluminense Os índices de criminalidade podem motivar a criação de uma UPP na Baixada Identificamos a necessidade e em agosto instalamos uma Companhia Destacada no Complexo da Mangueirinha Estamos finalizando um plano para a Baixada Fluminense Esse plano inclui a instalação de pelo menos três companhias destacadas da PM na região e a Delegacia de Homicídios prefeito de São João de Meriti Foto: Eduardo Uzal ‘Prenderam bandidos com menor poder de fogo’ Como o senhor analisa o índice apresentado pela Seseg É o mesmo argumento que o secretário (Beltrame) utilizou na reunião Só que esses dados são baseados num efetivo de apenas 243 policiais é tendência que a PM não faça as operações e prisões necessárias eles prenderam bandidos com menor poder de fogo A realidade que estamos vivendo na Baixada é outra Sempre tivemos o orgulho de dizer que a cidade é tranquila Então o senhor acredita que há uma grande migração isso em relação aos PRESOS, como sabemos que os bandidos da capital tem maior poder aquisitivo, esta ai a explicação para não estarem presos... E lamentável que estes políticos ainda insistem, em chamar o povo de burro. E notório, que vários bandidos migraram para baixada e zona norte. Creio que as urnas ira dizer a verdade para vocês. Sr.... Gente pelo amor de Deus! A Baixada Fluminense têm 13 municípios e não 14. Será que a região ganhou uma nova cidade. Na matéria vocês colocaram 14 municípios, e no gráfico no jornal 13. De qualquer...