May 06, 2024 GI Partners
Investment firm GI Partners this week announced the closing of the acquisition of Pennsylvanian regional fiber firm DQE Communications from DQE’s parent company, Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Light Holdings Inc. The company has also appointed Michael T. Sicoli as CEO of the company, effective...
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February 09, 2024 GI Partners
GI Partners' managing director, John Sheputis, who has been with the company for over four years, has now announced his resignation. According to his LinkedIn profile, he left the MD role in November 2023, carrying on as a senior advisor until the end of the year before finally departing. He is...
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January 18, 2024 GI Partners
GI Partners-owned company LightEdge this week announced it had acquired a 76,000-square-foot, 3.6MW facility, located at 1708 West Creek Lane in Carver County, Chaska, Minnesota. This data center houses 30,000 square feet of data hall space across three private data center suites. LightEdge also...
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May 02, 2023 Montreal
Wiz has announced the launch of its new cloud data center in Montreal, Canada. The facility is to provide local and multinational organizations with faster, and more secure cloud security infrastructure and is also pegged to provide greater data sovereignty, while maintaining privacy...
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September 29, 2022 Montreal
Enovum Data Centers has announced that the first phase of its Montreal facility has been launched. It will soon begin its second phase. With 70,000 sqft of infrastructure and move-in space availability for a total of 187,500 sqft, the facility's first phase also has a capacity of 1.5 MW. Once...
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May 19, 2022 GI Partners
GI Partners has completed the acquisition of a data center in Sterling, Virginia. The investment firm announced that it acquired the 22262 Cloud Plaza from Sentinel Data Centers. The companies did not reveal the terms of the deal. 22262 Cloud Plaza was first launched and fully commissioned in...
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September 14, 2021 GI Partners
GI Partners has completed the acquisition of Des Moines-based colocation provider LightEdge. LightEdge operates seven data centers in Kansas City, Des Moines, Raleigh, Austin, and Omaha. Anschutz Corporation has owned the majority of the firm since 2018. CEO of LightEdge, Jim Masterson, said he’s...
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July 14, 2021 GI Partners
GI Partners has launched the GI Real Estate Essential Tech + Science Fund (ETS Fund), which will look to acquire data center properties and life sciences assets. The fund will also focus on always-on R&D facilities in the office and industrial sectors. Former president of Infomart, John...
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