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Read Amazon signs deal with TotalEnergies for renewable energy
Amazon signs deal with TotalEnergies for renewable energy

Amazon signs deal with TotalEnergies for renewable energy

July 29, 2021 Amazon AWS

Amazon, like many other big tech companies, is making big sustainability pledges. Some of these pledges include becoming net-zero carbon by 2040 and powering all of its operations with renewable energy by 2025. These targets are needed, too, considering the scale of the tech giant. Speaking to...

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Read Lumen is selling its Latin American business to Stonepeak for $2.7 billion
Lumen is selling its Latin American business to Stonepeak for $2.7 billion

Lumen is selling its Latin American business to Stonepeak for $2.7 billion

July 28, 2021 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 of...

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Read AWS launches Local Zone in Denver
AWS launches Local Zone in Denver

AWS launches Local Zone in Denver

July 28, 2021 Amazon AWS

AWS just announced the availability of local zones in Denver, Colorado. With the new local zones in Denver, customers can now deliver applications that require single-digit millisecond latency to on-premises installations and end-users in Denver. Amazon Web Services said it is happy to announce...

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Read A carbon-neutral future: Which companies are committing and delivering?
A carbon-neutral future: Which companies are committing and delivering?

A carbon-neutral future: Which companies are committing and delivering?

July 21, 2021 CyrusOne

In 2021, data centers are responsible for 2% of the world’s CO2 emissions, equivalent to the entire airline industry worldwide. It has also been forecast that by 2025, data centers could consume up to one-fifth of Earth’s power. Increasingly, data center companies are waking up to the fact that...

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Read Amazon in negotiations to build data center in Ceará, Brazil
Amazon in negotiations to build data center in Ceará, Brazil

Amazon in negotiations to build data center in Ceará, Brazil

July 20, 2021 Amazon AWS

Amazon has announced that it is in negotiations with officials in Ceará, Brazil, to build a data center and a logistics warehouse in Maracanaú, in the region of Fortaleza. According to Diario do Nordeste, it is expected that an agreement with the state government will be closed in the second half...

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Read AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio
AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio

AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio

July 13, 2021 Amazon AWS

Planning documents recently revealed that Amazon is developing three data centers in Texas. The documents disclosed the project’s name as “Rockfish” and unveiled a plan to build a $56 million, 109,600 sqft (10,100 sq m) data center located on 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway. This is not the only...

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Read AWS launches Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas
AWS launches Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas

AWS launches Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas

July 08, 2021 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services just launched its new Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas. Customers can now deliver applications that need single-digit millisecond latency to both on-premises installations and end-users in Philadelphia and Dallas with these local zones. AWS Local Zones are infrastructures...

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Read Amazon overtakes Google to become largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the US after announcing 14 new renewable projects
Amazon overtakes Google to become largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the US after announcing 14 new renewable projects

Amazon overtakes Google to become largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the US after announcing 14 new renewable projects

June 23, 2021 Amazon AWS

Amazon has overtaken Google as the largest corporate buyer of green energy in the United States. It also holds the title of being the largest renewable energy buyer in Europe. This comes after the Company announced its fourteen new green energy projects in the Us, Spain, Finland, and Canada. With...

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Read AWS wants to buy 41 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if town reverses regulation barring the construction of data centers
AWS wants to buy 41 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if town reverses regulation barring the construction of data centers

AWS wants to buy 41 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if town reverses regulation barring the construction of data centers

June 17, 2021 Amazon AWS

The Fauquier Times reports that Amazon Web Services is planning to buy 41.7 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if the town finally changes its rules to allow the construction of data centers. At a Warrenton Planning Commission, it was proposed that the rule be changed and data centers...

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Read CyrusOne’s European data center portfolio now 100 percent powered by renewable energy
CyrusOne’s European data center portfolio now 100 percent powered by renewable energy

CyrusOne’s European data center portfolio now 100 percent powered by renewable energy

June 02, 2021 CyrusOne

CyrusOne just announced that all of its data centers in Europe are now running on 100% renewable energy. The Company has facilities in Dublin, London, Frankfurt, and Amsterdam, currently operating on renewable tariffs. Besides, the Company recently promised to be carbon neutral by 2040, and this...

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Read AWS announces a new region, AWS Middle East (UAE)
AWS announces a new region, AWS Middle East (UAE)

AWS announces a new region, AWS Middle East (UAE)

May 28, 2021 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has announced plans to build a new data center region in UAE. The new zone will have three Availability Zones, and it will be open before the mid of 2022. Upon completion, the region will be AWS’s second region in the Middle East after opening a Bahrain region two years ago....

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Read DartPoints selects DE-CIX as its IXP partner
DartPoints selects DE-CIX as its IXP partner

DartPoints selects DE-CIX as its IXP partner

May 05, 2021 DartPoints

DartPoints has announced that it had chosen DE-CIX’s multi-service interconnection platform for deployment in Tier II and Tier III markets. Initial deployments have begun in DartPoints’ Eastern Iowa and Dublin, OH facilities. This deployment has improved the capabilities of the fully managed...

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Read DartPoints acquires Immedion
DartPoints acquires Immedion

DartPoints acquires Immedion

March 16, 2021 DartPoints

DartPoints that it has signed an agreement to acquire Immedion and all its eight data centers. The eight data centers are in seven metropolitan areas, which are; Asheville, NC., Charleston, SC., Columbia, SC., Greenville, SC., Spartanburg, SC., Columbus, Ind., and Cincinnati. The transaction for...

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Read DartPoints Acquires Metro Data Centers
DartPoints Acquires Metro Data Centers

DartPoints Acquires Metro Data Centers

October 28, 2020 DartPoints

Acquisition expands DartPoints’ North American footprint to Central OhioDALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DartPoints, an owner and operator of edge colocation data centers, announces its acquisition of Metro Data Centers (MDC), a full-service provider of interconnection and data center solutions in...

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Read DartPoints Receives Investment from Astra Capital Management
DartPoints Receives Investment from Astra Capital Management

DartPoints Receives Investment from Astra Capital Management

May 06, 2020 DartPoints

Majority Investment Will Accelerate Buy and Build Strategy Across North America - DartPoints is an owner and operator of edge colocation data centers, which offer secure and reliable infrastructure in close proximity to users, particularly beyond Tier I markets - Accomplished telecommunications...

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Read CyrusOne amends $2.5 Billion Credit Facility
CyrusOne amends $2.5 Billion Credit Facility

CyrusOne amends $2.5 Billion Credit Facility

April 01, 2020 CyrusOne

The amended agreement consists of a $1.4B revolving credit facility, which includes a $750M multi-currency borrowing sub-limit, and term loan commitments totaling $1.1B.The credit agreement also contains an option which allows CyrusOne to obtain up to $1.5 billion in additional revolving or term...

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Read CyrusOne Helps Launch ODATA’s First Data Center in Colombia (PR)
CyrusOne Helps Launch ODATA’s First Data Center in Colombia (PR)

CyrusOne Helps Launch ODATA’s First Data Center in Colombia (PR)

May 28, 2019 CyrusOne

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CyrusOne (NASDAQ: CONE), a premier global data center REIT, today announced that it has helped ODATA construct and launch the company’s first data center in Bogotá, Colombia. ODATA’s new data center, DC BG01, is the second ODATA data center, the first outside Brazil after...

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Read CyrusOne Reports Q1 2019 Earnings: Revenue is $225M up 14% YoY
CyrusOne Reports Q1 2019 Earnings: Revenue is $225M up 14% YoY

CyrusOne Reports Q1 2019 Earnings: Revenue is $225M up 14% YoY

May 01, 2019 CyrusOne

CyrusOne Inc. (CONE), a premier global data center REIT, today announced first quarter 2019 earnings. First Quarter Highlights 1Q’19 Year-over-Year Revenue Growth of 14% Leased 16 megawatts (“MW”) and 93,000 colocation square feet (“CSF”) in the first quarter, totaling $27 million in annualized...

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Read CyrusOne Sells GDS Shares to Raise Approximately $200 Million of Proceeds (Press Release)
CyrusOne Sells GDS Shares to Raise Approximately $200 Million of Proceeds (Press Release)

CyrusOne Sells GDS Shares to Raise Approximately $200 Million of Proceeds (Press Release)

April 12, 2019 CyrusOne

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 12, 2019-- CyrusOne Inc. (NASDAQ: CONE), a premier global data center REIT, today announced that it has sold approximately 5.7 million American depository shares (“ADSs”) of GDS Holdings Limited (“GDS”) (NASDAQ: GDS) for a total purchase price of approximately $200...

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Read Hostway and HOSTING Merge, Creating a Large Global Managed Cloud Services Platform (PR)
Hostway and HOSTING Merge, Creating a Large Global Managed Cloud Services Platform (PR)

Hostway and HOSTING Merge, Creating a Large Global Managed Cloud Services Platform (PR)

January 08, 2019 DataCanopy

AUSTIN, TX and DENVER, CO — Hostway and HOSTING today announced the merger of the two organizations, combining to create one of the largest managed cloud services platforms in the world. Both companies are known for secure, compliant managed hybrid cloud solutions and together will have an...

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