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Read Google Launches New GCP Region in Zurich
Google Launches New GCP Region in Zurich

Google Launches New GCP Region in Zurich

March 12, 2019 Hyperscale Data Center

Google announced on their Blog that they have launched the Zurich region. Our Google Cloud Platform (GCP) region in Zurich is now live and ready for business. Our sixth European region and nineteenth overall, this new region gives companies doing business in Switzerland more opportunities with...

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Read EdgeConneX Enters the Munich Market with the Acquisition of a Vodafone Facility
EdgeConneX is entering Munich market through the acquisition of a Vodafone data center. The facility will be ready by Q2 2019. 

The Press Release is below.

Munich facility becomes EdgeConneX’...

EdgeConneX Enters the Munich Market with the Acquisition of a Vodafone Facility

January 26, 2019 EdgeConnex Munich

EdgeConneX is entering Munich market through the acquisition of a Vodafone data center. The facility will be ready by Q2 2019. The Press Release is below. Munich facility becomes EdgeConneX’s 9th Data Center in Europe Herndon, VA, – January 21, 2019 — EdgeConneX®, pioneers in edge data center...

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Read Equinix to Extend Interconnection and Data Center Services to Hamburg (Press Release)
Equinix to Extend Interconnection and Data Center Services to Hamburg (Press Release)

Equinix to Extend Interconnection and Data Center Services to Hamburg (Press Release)

January 10, 2019 Equinix Hamburg HH1

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 10, 2019 / -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced that it has closed a transaction for the purchase of a commercial building at Vierenkamp 1, Hamburg, Germany, from Aspen REG 1. Management GmbH for $11...

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Read CyrusOne Expands in the Netherlands to Develop Next-Gen Data Center at PolanenPark in Partnership with SADC
CyrusOne Expands in the Netherlands to Develop Next-Gen Data Center at PolanenPark in Partnership with SADC

CyrusOne Expands in the Netherlands to Develop Next-Gen Data Center at PolanenPark in Partnership with SADC

December 06, 2018 CyrusOne Amsterdam I

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)- CyrusOne Inc. (NASDAQ: CONE), a premier global data center REIT, today announced the acquisition of 15.5 acres of land from Schiphol Area Development Company N.V. (“SADC”), a developer of high-quality business parks in the Amsterdam metropolitan area, for the development...

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Read Equinix Announces Build of New Data Center in Helsinki
Equinix Announces Build of New Data Center in Helsinki

Equinix Announces Build of New Data Center in Helsinki

November 29, 2018 Equinix Helsinki HE7 Sinimäki

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. and HELSINKI, Nov. 29, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced it will build a new International Business Exchange™ (IBX®) data center in Helsinki, Finland. The data center – called HE7 – will...

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Read Google Breaks ground in Fredericia, Denmark
Google Breaks ground in Fredericia, Denmark

Google Breaks ground in Fredericia, Denmark

November 20, 2018 Hyperscale Data Center

Alphabet’s Google is to invest 600 million euros ($685.98 million) to build its first data center in Denmark.In a blog post, Google’s Vice President for Global Data Centers, Joe Kava, said the facility would be located just outside Fredericia, in the west of the country. Kava added that Google...

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Read CyrusOne Enters Into Strategic Partnership to Develop Hyperscale Data Centers in The Netherlands
CyrusOne Inc announced an agreement with Agriport A7 for the development of hyperscale data centers in Middenmeer, The Netherlands. Under the terms of the agreement, CyrusOne will have the option t...

CyrusOne Enters Into Strategic Partnership to Develop Hyperscale Data Centers in The Netherlands

November 11, 2018 CyrusOne Middenmeer, Netherlands

CyrusOne Inc announced an agreement with Agriport A7 for the development of hyperscale data centers in Middenmeer, The Netherlands. Under the terms of the agreement, CyrusOne will have the option to purchase up to 33 hectares of land, in parcels as demand dictates, for a 270MW master planned...

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Read e-shelter to Develop Large UK Data Center Campus in London
NTT Communications subsidiary, e-shelter, a European data center colocation operator with presence in all key city-markets of the DACH-region leveraging 300MW of power capacity to deliver scalable ...

e-shelter to Develop Large UK Data Center Campus in London

November 05, 2018 NTT London 1 (Dagenham)

NTT Communications subsidiary, e-shelter, a European data center colocation operator with presence in all key city-markets of the DACH-region leveraging 300MW of power capacity to deliver scalable data center solutions, has announced the development of a new, large data center campus in the UK....

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Read Huawei To Build Cloud Services Data Centre In South Africa
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Huawei To Build Cloud Services Data Centre In South Africa

October 17, 2018 South Africa

Huawei says it is constructing a data centre in South Africa to offer cloud services in the region, according to news site MyBroadband. Although the exact location of the data centre has not been confirmed, the company says it plans to launch its cloud services portfolio in South Africa by the...

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Read Alibaba Cloud to launch London region
China’s favorite e-commerce giant Alibaba is planning the launch of a cloud region in London, two years after entering the European market with a data center in Frankfurt.

The move was not highl...

Alibaba Cloud to launch London region

October 02, 2018 London

China’s favorite e-commerce giant Alibaba is planning the launch of a cloud region in London, two years after entering the European market with a data center in Frankfurt. The move was not highly publicized; the company merely updated its website to advertise the future availability zones in the...

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Read T-Systems completes 'House of Clouds' data center expansion in Biere
Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Systems has completed the expansion of its data center in Biere, a village near Germany's Saxony-Anhalt state capital, Magdeburg.

The facility, which serves enterpr...

T-Systems completes 'House of Clouds' data center expansion in Biere

October 02, 2018 T-Systems Biere

Deutsche Telekom subsidiary T-Systems has completed the expansion of its data center in Biere, a village near Germany's Saxony-Anhalt state capital, Magdeburg. The facility, which serves enterprise and government customers, offers 11,000 square meters of technical space, enough to house 100,000...

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Read Germany’s Hetzner opens major colocation campus in Helsinki
The site in Tuusula offers cloud and colocation services, with 2,000 square meters of space available immediately. It benefits from fast connectivity to central Europe, thanks to Hetzner’s investme...

Germany’s Hetzner opens major colocation campus in Helsinki

October 02, 2018 Hetzner Finland

The site in Tuusula offers cloud and colocation services, with 2,000 square meters of space available immediately. It benefits from fast connectivity to central Europe, thanks to Hetzner’s investment into C-Lion 1 cable system (also known as the Northern Digital Highway) between Helsinki and...

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Read Ficolo acquires Cybercom data center in Tampere
Ficolo acquires Cybercom data center in Tampere

Ficolo acquires Cybercom data center in Tampere

August 29, 2018 Verne: Tampere (The Deck)

Ficolo has acquired Cybercom’s data center business in Tampere. Cybercom’s data centers will be transferred to Ficolo and additionally Cybercom outsources data center operations services to Ficolo. The transfer takes place on August 31st, 2018 and does not impact Cybercom’s data center customers....

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Read DigiPlex data center will help keep Oslo warm
Nordic data center operator DigiPlex has announced plans to recover waste thermal energy from its campus in Ulven, Oslo, and use it to heat residential properties.

The company has agreed on a pa...

DigiPlex data center will help keep Oslo warm

August 22, 2018 STACK OSL01 Ulven

Nordic data center operator DigiPlex has announced plans to recover waste thermal energy from its campus in Ulven, Oslo, and use it to heat residential properties. The company has agreed on a partnership with a subsidiary of utility provider Fortum, which has similar arrangements with data center...

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Read MIX Peering PoP Established at Aruba’s Global Cloud Data Center
Aruba S.p.A. inked a deal with the Milan Internet eXchange (MIX) to see the addition of new interconnections with Aruba launching a point of presence (PoP) directly accessible from its Global Cloud...

MIX Peering PoP Established at Aruba’s Global Cloud Data Center

July 19, 2018 Aruba Global Cloud IT3

Aruba S.p.A. inked a deal with the Milan Internet eXchange (MIX) to see the addition of new interconnections with Aruba launching a point of presence (PoP) directly accessible from its Global Cloud Data Center – the largest data center campus in Italy – thanks to equipment linked to Milan via...

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Read Keysource Expands ITPS Data Centre In Response to Azure and NHS Cloud Demand
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Keysource Expands ITPS Data Centre In Response to Azure and NHS Cloud Demand

July 19, 2018 Partnership House

Keysource has been brought in by managed IT services firm ITPS to upgrade and expand its colocation facility in County Durham, north east England. The need was driven by increased demand for ITPS’ services, following its selection by Microsoft as one of the early adopters of the Azure Stack...

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Read Construction of data center prototype starts in Boden
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Construction of data center prototype starts in Boden

July 18, 2018 Stockholm

After a few months of planning and preparatory works the European consortium broke ground and started the construction works of building the prototype of one of the worlds most efficient data center. The project funded by EU’s innovation and research programme Horizon 2020 kicked-off in October...

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Read VIRTUS Opens London’s Largest Colocation Campus
VIRTUS Data Centres (VIRTUS), the UK’s fastest growing data centre provider, has announced that its Stockley Park campus is now online, with the first pre-let customer to be live imminently. VIRTUS...

VIRTUS Opens London’s Largest Colocation Campus

July 18, 2018 VIRTUS Stockley Park Campus

VIRTUS Data Centres (VIRTUS), the UK’s fastest growing data centre provider, has announced that its Stockley Park campus is now online, with the first pre-let customer to be live imminently. VIRTUS LONDON5 and LONDON6 are the first two data centres to open on the campus, delivering 40 MW of IT...

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Read Global Switch Expands European Footprint With Frankfurt Construction
Global Switch’s move further adds to the data centre ‘hotspot’ reputation of Frankfurt, and with the arrival of a new Chinese customer to Europe as part of the development currently going up, Globa...

Global Switch Expands European Footprint With Frankfurt Construction

July 13, 2018 Global Switch: Frankfurt South

Global Switch’s move further adds to the data centre ‘hotspot’ reputation of Frankfurt, and with the arrival of a new Chinese customer to Europe as part of the development currently going up, Global Switch says it’s keen to add to its sites to support further demand. Construction has started on...

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Read NTT adds it's First PoP in Dublin at Equinix DB1
NTT Communications has launched a new point of presence in Ireland, located at Equinix’s DB1 data centre in Dublin, marking its first PoP in the city.

The global carrier said its new PoP will al...

NTT adds it's First PoP in Dublin at Equinix DB1

July 11, 2018 Equinix Dublin DB1

NTT Communications has launched a new point of presence in Ireland, located at Equinix’s DB1 data centre in Dublin, marking its first PoP in the city. The global carrier said its new PoP will allow it to offer high-quality global IP transit services to a number of companies which have set up...

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