July 25, 2025 Amsterdam
European fiber firm euNetworks is exiting its Amsterdam data center in the Netherlands as colocation customers have apparently been asked to vacate the data center by next year.The news was revealed by Dirk Pol, of Dutch connectivity firm i4 Solutions, in a post on LinkedIn. “euNetworks will be...
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June 12, 2024 Amsterdam
Fintech executives are concerned about the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) increasing banks' reliance on the big US tech firms. At a gathering in Amsterdam last week, some executives suggested that the sector will increasingly have to turn to the likes of Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web...
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February 26, 2024 Global Switch
Global Switch has announced its plans for a new data center in London to be located adjacent to Global Switch’s existing data centers in east London’s Docklands. The company noted that the five-story facility, known as London South, will offer 40MW across 27,000 square meter. CEO Ashley Muldoon...
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December 28, 2023 Global Switch
Global Switch CEO John Corcoran is retiring and the company has announced that he will be stepping down from his duties on December 31, 2023. Global Switch's current chief operating officer Ashley Muldoon is to be appointed CEO, and will join the board. Shareholder approval for his appointment is...
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August 07, 2023 Global Switch
In an effort to raise $6 billion, Global Switch is contemplating selling its operations in Europe and Asia Pacific separately. According to anonymous sources cited by Bloomberg, the London-based company may offer its Europe and Asia Pacific units to separate purchasers with the expectation that...
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April 03, 2023 Amsterdam
InMotion Hosting has announced the opening of its first international data center in Europe. The three-story data center is located in Amsterdam, Netherlands and will reportedly offer customers NVMe Hardware, 99.99% Network Uptime and Security Monitoring, refined UltraStack Server Configurations...
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January 20, 2023 Global Switch
At a Tower Hamlets Council meeting, the Strategic Development Committee in London has granted Global Switch permission to develop a new data center. Located on a car park adjacent to its existing London East and London North buildings at East India Dock House, 240 East India Dock Road, the...
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November 23, 2022 Global Switch
According to Bloomberg, PAG, KKR, and EQT have been selected as the final bidders for Global Switch. Per Bloomberg, the companies are mulling over the best financing structures to seek the acquisition of the London-based firm. However, the publication noted that the initial bids didn’t meet...
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August 01, 2022 Global Switch
The number of companies looking to acquire Global Switch is increasing by the day as PAG has joined the long list of potential suitors. Global Switch is a London-based data center company founded in 1998 with 13 facilities across Asia, Europe, and Australia. Jiangsu Shagang, a Chinese steel...
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June 02, 2022 Global Switch
According to reports, NextDC is looking to acquire Global Switch’s Asia-Pacific arm. The Australian data center firm has contacted Macquarie Capital to find a financial partner for the purchase. Global Switch has been looking to sell its business for more than a year. Besides, it was in...
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May 18, 2022 Global Switch
According to Bloomberg, the owners of Global Switch are preparing to sell off the data center firm. The report shows that Global Switch Holdings Ltd. Is prepared to sell off the company to other firms due to multiple interests from investment funds and other companies in the data center industry....
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April 08, 2022 Amsterdam
In Amsterdam, an argument around data center energy usage has been brewing for some time. Back in 2019, in response to the amounts of energy being used up by data centers, the municipalities of Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer announced a moratorium on new projects. This was eventually lifted, but...
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November 24, 2021 Global Switch
Several data center and investment firms are mulling over the acquisition of data center firm Global Switch Holdings. According to Bloomberg, KKR and Blackstone Inc. are the likely forerunners of acquiring Global Switch. Equinix, Digital Realty, and DigitalBridge have also shown interest in...
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September 17, 2021 Amsterdam
Great Grey Investment has acquired the uncompleted Westpoort Data Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The data center was bought from Caransa Group. Although the terms of the deal were not revealed, Tikehu Capital provided financing to Great Grey Investments and Westpoort Datacenter through its...
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July 28, 2020 Global Switch
July 28, 2020 – PCCW Global today announced that its Console Connect Software-Defined Interconnection® (SDI®) platform is now available in many more data centres via an extended collaboration with Global Switch, a leading owner, operator and developer of large-scale carrier and cloud neutral data...
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March 01, 2019 Global Switch
HONG KONG (Reuters) - UK-based data center operator Global Switch has chosen CLSA, Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan as sponsors for its Hong Kong initial public offering (IPO) of up to $1 billion, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday. Founded in 1998 and owned by Britain’s...
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July 11, 2018 Global Switch
A consortium of six Asian institutional and private investors has acquired a 24.99% stake in the Company in a transaction valued at £2.1 billion The investment by Strategic IDC Limited further diversifies Global Switch’s sources of equity capital, supports a continuation of the Company’s...
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