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Read Vantage Data Centers secures $530 million in financing
Vantage Data Centers secures $530 million in financing

Vantage Data Centers secures $530 million in financing

November 05, 2021 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has announced that it has raised $530 million in securitized notes. The funds it raised would be used to refinance Vantage DC’s Variable Funding Note (VFN) facility. VFN was used to facilitate the purchase of CA22. Vantage Stabilized Data Centers, a joint venture Vantage DC...

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Read NorthC group acquires IP Exchange
NorthC group acquires IP Exchange

NorthC group acquires IP Exchange

November 05, 2021 NorthC Datacenters

The largest regional colocation provider in the Netherlands, NorthC, has completed the acquisition of Germany’s IP Exchange. The acquisition sees NorthC expand into Germany for the first time. With the acquisition, NorthC has two data centers in Munich and Nuremberg. The purchase price for the...

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Read Tackling the water scarcity issue: Controversy and secrecy
Tackling the water scarcity issue: Controversy and secrecy

Tackling the water scarcity issue: Controversy and secrecy

November 04, 2021 Google

Water scarcity is increasingly becoming an issue globally, and data centers, which typically guzzle around 3-5 million gallons of water per day, the equivalent of the water usage by 30,000-50,000 people, are adding to the problem. As the climate issue worsens and big tech companies continue to...

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Read CloudHQ planning 240MW data center campus in France
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CloudHQ planning 240MW data center campus in France

November 02, 2021 CloudHQ

According to multiple reports, CloudHQ plans to build a 240MW data center campus in Lisses, France. The US data center firm wants to develop two data center buildings with 710,000 square feet (66,000 square meters) which will consist of 24 data halls each. The facility will be located in the...

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Read Colt completes sale of 12 colocation sites in Europe
Colt completes sale of 12 colocation sites in Europe

Colt completes sale of 12 colocation sites in Europe

November 02, 2021 Colt Data Centre Services

Colt has announced that it has completed the sale of a total of 12 of its colocation sites spanning across Europe with AtlasEdge Data Centres. This sale is part of a wider vision of Colt Data Centre Services to focus on “building and developing larger hyperscale data centre sites” in Europe and...

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Read CyrusOne to outsource the management of its US data centers to JLL
CyrusOne to outsource the management of its US data centers to JLL

CyrusOne to outsource the management of its US data centers to JLL

October 29, 2021 CyrusOne

CyrusOne has announced that it will be outsourcing the management of its US data centers to JLL. The agreement is expected to start on January 1st, 2022. CyrusOne announced the deal in an email it sent to its customers. In the email, CyrusOne says transitioning the management of its US data...

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Read NTT is expanding its Vienna data center
NTT is expanding its Vienna data center

NTT is expanding its Vienna data center

October 29, 2021 NTT

NTT has announced that it has broken ground on expanding its data center in Vienna, Austria. The company will add 32,300 square feet (3,000 square meters) to the Vienna 1 facility. By so doing, Vienna will have 92,500 square feet (8,600 square meters) upon expansion. NTT says the expansion is...

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Read Equinix announces plans for its new data center in Manchester, UK
Equinix announces plans for its new data center in Manchester, UK

Equinix announces plans for its new data center in Manchester, UK

October 28, 2021 Equinix

Equinix has revealed its plans for a new data center in Manchester, UK. The MA5 facility is the company’s fifth IBX facility in Manchester. It is situated in the Agecroft Commerce Park in Salford. The first phase of the facility will provide up to 3,600 square meters of colocation space. It will...

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Read The Dalles grants Google tax breaks for new facilities
The Dalles grants Google tax breaks for new facilities

The Dalles grants Google tax breaks for new facilities

October 28, 2021 Google

The city council of The Dalles has voted to grant Google new property tax breaks. The tax breaks are for Google’s two new data centers. However, before Google commences work on its new data centers, it also hopes to increase its water usage significantly with a new agreement. The city council is...

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Read Digital Realty forms JW with Pembani Remgro to acquire Nigeria's Medallion Data Centres
Digital Realty forms JW with Pembani Remgro to acquire Nigeria's Medallion Data Centres

Digital Realty forms JW with Pembani Remgro to acquire Nigeria's Medallion Data Centres

October 27, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it has formed a joint venture with Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund to acquire Medallion Data Centres. Medallion is Nigeria’s top interconnection and colocation provider. The company operates two data centers in the country. One of the facilities is in Abuja,...

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Read An IBM-occupied data center in Dallas has been sold for $41 million
An IBM-occupied data center in Dallas has been sold for $41 million

An IBM-occupied data center in Dallas has been sold for $41 million

October 22, 2021 Kyndryl

Five 9s Digital has revealed that it advised the owner of an IBM-leased data center in Dallas, Texas, to sell it off. The unnamed owner sold the facility for $41 million. However, the exact data center the firm sold can’t be identified at this moment as IBM has many data centers in Dallas. IBM is...

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Read Equinix and PGIM Real Estate form a $575 Million Joint Venture to Develop Hyperscale Data Centers in Australia
Equinix and PGIM Real Estate  form a $575 Million Joint Venture to Develop Hyperscale Data Centers in Australia

Equinix and PGIM Real Estate form a $575 Million Joint Venture to Develop Hyperscale Data Centers in Australia

October 19, 2021 Equinix

Equinix and PGIM Real Estate have formed a new $575 million joint venture with an aim to develop hyperscale data centers in Sydney, Australia. PGIM is the real estate investment and financing division of Prudential Financial. The facilities the companies will be developing under this JV are SY9x...

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Read Google's new 'green campus': What it is and what it means for the future of Google
Google's new 'green campus': What it is and what it means for the future of Google

Google's new 'green campus': What it is and what it means for the future of Google

October 19, 2021 Google

Google’s new Bay View campus, located east of the tech giant’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, will reportedly be opened to a select number of employees by January and is reportedly a representative of the company’s wider goals and vision. According to Google, the campus itself is a...

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Read Digital Realty makes strategic investment in AtlasEdge
Digital Realty makes strategic investment in AtlasEdge

Digital Realty makes strategic investment in AtlasEdge

October 15, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has reached an agreement to make a strategic investment in AtlasEdge Data Centres. The investment will also see Digital Realty’s Executive VP, Strategic & Business Segments, Giuliano Di Vitantonio, join AtlasEdge as CEO, starting January 2022. AtlasEdge delivers smooth,...

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Read Stack Infrastructure is expanding into the Asia Pacific region
Stack Infrastructure is expanding into the Asia Pacific region

Stack Infrastructure is expanding into the Asia Pacific region

October 13, 2021 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has revealed its plan to expand into the Asia Pacific region. The company is planning to open a regional headquarters in Singapore. It would also expand into Osaka and Tokyo immediately before entering into Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, South Korea, and other Asia Pacific...

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Read Vantage is expanding into Johannesburg, South Africa
Vantage is expanding into Johannesburg, South Africa

Vantage is expanding into Johannesburg, South Africa

October 13, 2021 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers is expanding into Africa by breaking ground on a new 80MW campus in Johannesburg, South Africa. The campus will be developed in phases, with the first 16MW phase scheduled to be completed in 2022. The new facility is located in Waterfall City in Johannesburg. Also, the campus...

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Read Stack Infrastructure: Hyperscale data center goes online in Silicon Valley
Stack Infrastructure: Hyperscale data center goes online in Silicon Valley

Stack Infrastructure: Hyperscale data center goes online in Silicon Valley

October 12, 2021 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure’s latest data center facility in Silicon Valley (SVY02) is now live and is adjacent to the company’s existing SVY01 facility at its Silicon Valley Campus. This 3-story, 240,000 sqft facility brings 32MW of capacity to the region and is powered entirely by 100% renewable...

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Read Google and Thales Partner to form French sovereign cloud service
Google and Thales Partner to form French sovereign cloud service

Google and Thales Partner to form French sovereign cloud service

October 08, 2021 Google

Google and Thales have announced a new Joint Venture that will offer a sovereign cloud service in France. The companies announced that they would develop a sovereign hyperscale cloud offering for France. The new company aims to provide cloud services to local private and public companies that...

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Read Google to move into Eagle Mountain, Utah?
Google to move into Eagle Mountain, Utah?

Google to move into Eagle Mountain, Utah?

October 05, 2021 Google

Google has reportedly purchased 300 acres in Eagle Mountain, Utah, which could potentially be home to a new data center. Google already has offices in the region, in Salt Lake City and Provo. The plot of land is located in the south on Pony Express Parkway, near Facebook’s 1.5 million-square-foot...

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Read Equinix opens FR8 data center in Frankfurt
Equinix opens FR8 data center in Frankfurt

Equinix opens FR8 data center in Frankfurt

October 01, 2021 Equinix Frankfurt FR8

Equinix has announced the opening of its new data center facility in Frankfurt, Germany. The facility is located to the west of Frankfurt, and it would be known as FR8. The facility's first phase has 51,600 square feet (4,800 square meters) of colocation space available. Equinix also revealed...

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