DLF, India’s biggest listed real estate company, is set to construct a second data centre in Noida that has been pre-leased to Singapore-based ST Telemedia Global Data Centres. The developer will invest about Rs 135 crore (US$17 million) to build the centre, which will be spread over 364,000 square feet. The facility is expected to be ready in two years.
Kippa, the Nigerian startup improving the lifecycle of small businesses across the country with its financial management and payments platform, has raised $8.4 million in an oversubscribed seed round.
LeadSquared, a Bengaluru-based leader of end-to-end sales, marketing, and onboarding automation solutions, has the opened a new office in Melbourne, Australia. As they expand internationally, Melbourne’s innovation culture, technology infrastructure, and talent will play a key role in supporting their efforts, not just from a market expansion perspective in the Oceania and APAC region, but also in leading their go-to-market training efforts globally.
Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation. The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.