Nov 10, 2023 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Lumen Technologies
The US Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Lumen Technologies a $110 million contract to provide mission-critical network services to the US Department of Defense (DoD). This contract has a timeline of five years, from November 30, 2023, through September 30, 2028. This contract is...
Oct 16, 2023 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Lumen Technologies
Lumen announced that it’s Content Delivery Network (CDN) business will be shut down and it has sold its customer contracts to Akamai. Both companies will undergo a transition services agreement for 90 days before Lumen completes its shut down. "We are deep into our transformation of Lumen and ...
Aug 24, 2023 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Connecticut
The Connecticut municipality of Killingly has authorized the sale of vacant land at 125 Alexander Parkway to NE Edge LLC to construct a data center. The sale was approved for $5 million on August 8, with NE Edge intending to develop the site and two adjacent parcels.Upon expiration of the noti...
Aug 03, 2023 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Lumen Technologies
In the second quarter, Lumen Technologies reported a loss of $8.74 billion, a significant decrease from the $344 million profit in the same quarter last year. The company, formerly CenturyLink Enterprise, has lost more than 66 percent of its value this year, reducing its market capitalization ...
Jul 03, 2023 | Posted by MadalineDunn | Connecticut
At a planning meeting this week in Groton, Groton's Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved regulations to limit the size of data centers after a year-long moratorium. Under the ruling, while local enterprises will be permitted to build their own on-premises facilities, hyperscale ...
Jun 27, 2023 | Posted by MadalineDunn | Connecticut
In Groton, a data center moratorium has been in place for a year. This was introduced to give the town the time to formulate regulations for data centers, amidst concerns regarding environmental and noise impacts. Now the proposed regulations are set to go to a public hearing. As per the propo...
Feb 23, 2023 | Posted by MadalineDunn | Connecticut
NE Edge Manager George McLaughlin III has announced plans for a data center in Connecticut at the Millstone nuclear power station. The two-building project contains one building with two 568,000 sqft stories, and a second with two 214,000 square foot stories. In total, the development would sp...
Nov 07, 2022 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Lumen Technologies
Lumen has announced that it will sell its Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) operations to Colt in a $1.8 billion deal. The deal will see Lumen divest its EMEA business, including its data centers, terrestrial and subsea networks, and network equipment in the EMEA region, to Colt. The deal...
Jun 26, 2022 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Connecticut
Groton Town in Connecticut has placed a one-year moratorium on the development of large data centers pending when it enacts its data center industry regulation. According to CT Examiner, the Groton Planning and Zoning Commission voted to place a moratorium on large data centers. The new rule w...
May 05, 2022 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Connecticut
O&G Industries has announced that it plans to develop a 32MW data center in Beacon Falls, Connecticut. The construction firm is looking to develop the facility on a 47-acre site in Gruber Road, Railroad. The residents of Beacon Falls were receptive to the data center and approved the fa...
Apr 05, 2022 | Posted by MadalineDunn | Connecticut
Although it looked like a new data center would be on its way to Groton, Connecticut, last week, the Town Council decided to end negotiations with NE Edge LLC. This announcement came following the council's vote (five to one) to discontinue efforts to pursue a municipal host fee agreement with...
Mar 04, 2022 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Connecticut
MyCitizenNews reports that O&G Industries is looking to develop a new data center in Beacon Falls, Connecticut. The Torrington-based construction firm already owns the 25 acres of land it plans to develop the facility on. Although the company didn’t reveal the plans for the data center, i...
Mar 01, 2022 | Posted by MadalineDunn | Connecticut
According to reports, a local construction company in Beacon Falls, Torrington-based O&G Industries, is proposing plans to build a data center on vacant land in the town. The company's subdivision company, Data Center, is set to take the lead on the project, which will involve building the...
Jan 21, 2022 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Lumen Technologies
Lumen Technologies has won a $1.2 billion contract from the US Department of Agriculture. Lumen is to deliver a fully integrated wide-area data transport service to over 9,500 US Department of Agriculture locations across the country and around the world. With this contract, Lumen will offer a...
Dec 08, 2021 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Connecticut
Towns in Connecticut want to stop a new company from building data centers. Gotspace Data Partners LLC plans to build five data centers across Connecticut. The company plans to build data centers in Griswold, Groton, Wallingford, Bozrah, and Norwich. However, according to reports, the Wallingf...
Sep 07, 2021 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Lumen Technologies
Lumen Technologies, formerly known as CenturyLink, has agreed to pay $275,000 to resolve a Civil Contempt Claim by the Department of Justice for its acquisition of Level 3 Communications Inc in 2016. The Justice Department accused Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) of violating the terms designed...
Aug 06, 2021 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Lumen Technologies
Lumen Technologies has announced that it is selling its current local exchange carrier (ILEC) business in 20 states for $7.5 billion. The firm will be selling the business to Apollo Funds. Lumen Technologies currently operates the ILEC business under the CenturyLink name, and the business incl...
Jul 28, 2021 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji | Lumen Technologies
Lumen Technologies has announced the sale of its entire Latin American business to Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners. The sale is said to be worth $2.7 billion. Australia’s largest pension fund, AustralianSuper, is also investing funds in the deal with Stonepeak. The current leadership team...