Read Google Slows Hiring for Remainder of 2020
Google Slows Hiring for Remainder of 2020
April 15, 2020

Google Slows Hiring for Remainder of 2020

Google

Google has announced a significant slow down in new staff hires. Bloomberg published an email from CEO Sundar Pichai which details its plan to recalibrate hiring because of the economic slowdown. In 2019, Google hired 20,000 people and had planned to hire an additional 20,000 employees. The co...

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Read Landmark Dividend acquires eBay Paypal data center in Phoenix
April 15, 2020

Landmark Dividend acquires eBay Paypal data center in Phoenix

eBay Arizona

Landmark Dividend, an owner and developer of real property interests and digital infrastructures, has purchased the Paypal data center campus in Phoenix. PayPal sold the asset for $122 million.Acquisition of the 184,000-square-foot, 16-megawatt (MW) enterprise data center campus adds to Landm...

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Read The Nexus Group, Inc. Purchases Digital Crossing Networks in Knoxville
The Nexus Group, Inc. Purchases Digital Crossing Networks in Knoxville
April 15, 2020

The Nexus Group, Inc. Purchases Digital Crossing Networks in Knoxville

Nexus Group Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee, – The Nexus Group, Inc. (“Nexus”) announced today that it has purchased the operating assets of Digital Crossing Networks (“DCN”), East Tennessee’s most-established and reliable data center from its owners, Mr. Nadeem Siddiqi and Mr. Paul Sponcia. Nexus will continue to ...

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Read Digital Realty launches SIN12, a new 50 MW data centre in Singapore
Digital Realty launches SIN12, a new 50 MW data centre in Singapore
April 10, 2020

Digital Realty launches SIN12, a new 50 MW data centre in Singapore

Digital Realty Singapore Loyang 2

Digital Realty has launched a new 50 MW data centre in Singapore. The new facility, Digital Loyang II (SIN12), is partially pre-leased to a major Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation, a global digital banking, fintech and sustainability company, and a leading gl...

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Read Big Data Exchange (BDx) Acquires Telstra Data Center in Singapore
Big Data Exchange (BDx) Acquires Telstra Data Center in Singapore
April 09, 2020

Big Data Exchange (BDx) Acquires Telstra Data Center in Singapore

BDx Singapore SIN1

Big Data Exchange just got bigger. The carrier neutral, content-exchange company announced the completion of sale on a data center located in Paya Lebar, Singapore formerly owned by Telstra."Expanding into Singapore was our first choice outside of the greater China area and a strategic one on ...

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Read Macquarie finalizes acquisition of AirTrunk
Macquarie finalizes acquisition of AirTrunk
April 08, 2020

Macquarie finalizes acquisition of AirTrunk

AirTrunk

Macquarie has finalized the acquisition of AirTrunk. The deal, which values AirTrunk at $1.9B (USD), was led by Macquarie Asia Infrastructure Fund 2 (MAIF2) and other MIRA-managed partners. The 88% stake was acquired from Goldman Sachs, Sixth Street Partners (formerly TSSP) and from AirTrunk f...

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Read Vantage Acquires NGD, one of Largest Data Centres in Europe
Vantage Acquires NGD, one of Largest Data Centres in Europe
April 07, 2020

Vantage Acquires NGD, one of Largest Data Centres in Europe

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage has announced it is set to acquire Next Generation Data (NGD), one of the largest data centres in Europe. The NGD campus is in the Cardiff Capital Region in South Wales.The acquisition provides Vantage with one of Europe’s largest data center campus totaling 180MW, including an existin...

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Read Datacenter One Launched New Location in Dusseldorf, Its Fourth Data Center Facility In Germany
Datacenter One Launched New Location in Dusseldorf, Its Fourth Data Center Facility In Germany
April 07, 2020

Datacenter One Launched New Location in Dusseldorf, Its Fourth Data Center Facility In Germany

AtlasEdge: Düsseldorf

Datacenter One announced that DUS1 has been officially launched in Hilden to the West of Dusseldorf.The construction of ‘DUS1’ started in 2019 and the data center was put into operation in January 2020.The data center is expandable with an overall capacity of over 10,000 square meters of custo...

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Read NEXTDC raised $408 million (USD) and announced Sydney expansion
NEXTDC raised $408 million (USD) and announced Sydney expansion
April 02, 2020

NEXTDC raised $408 million (USD) and announced Sydney expansion

NEXTDC

NEXTDC, The Australia-based data centre operator, completed a $408 million USD ($672 million AUD) in institutional placement and announced plans to accelerate the development of its S3 Sydney data center. The first phase will be 12 MW and is expected to be completed by the first half of fiscal...

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Read BBIX adds a new IX POP at NTT in Osaka
BBIX adds a new IX POP at NTT in Osaka
April 02, 2020

BBIX adds a new IX POP at NTT in Osaka

NTT Data Osaka Dojima (Building #4)

BBIX, a carrier neutral internet exchange based in Toyko, has launched a third POP in Osaka at NTT's Dojima Data Center.BBIX Press Release link

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Read CyrusOne amends $2.5 Billion Credit Facility
CyrusOne amends $2.5 Billion Credit Facility
April 01, 2020

CyrusOne amends $2.5 Billion Credit Facility

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 te...

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Read SUNeVision lands Microsoft ExpressRoute on MEGA Campus
SUNeVision lands Microsoft ExpressRoute on MEGA Campus
April 01, 2020

SUNeVision lands Microsoft ExpressRoute on MEGA Campus

iAdvantage (SUNeVision)

SUNeVision Holdings Ltd, a Data centre provider in Hong Kong, has announced a new Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute on-ramp. Enterprises will have the ability to directly connect to Azure in MEGA-i, either through an onsite point of presence (PoP) or via telco partners, managed service providers or...

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Read AWS is fast-tracking construction of three NOVA data centers
AWS is fast-tracking construction of three NOVA data centers
March 27, 2020

AWS is fast-tracking construction of three NOVA data centers

Hyperscale Data Center

Amazon submitted a fast-track application last week to build three data centers totaling approximately 300,000 SqFt on 90 acres in the South Riding area of Loudoun County. According to the company plans, the development will be completed in three phases, with the first ~260K SF phase being the...

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Read Facebook Suspends Construction at Clonee, Ireland Data Center
Facebook Suspends Construction at Clonee, Ireland Data Center
March 25, 2020

Facebook Suspends Construction at Clonee, Ireland Data Center

Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook is suspending construction at it's Clonee data center in Ireland due to concerns over the Covid-19 virus.  Facebook's contractor, Mace, agreed to temporarily halt work at the site. Facebook had planned to double the size of the facility with two new buildings announced last year.Read ...

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Read Equinix opens its 4th facility in Singapore
Equinix opens its 4th facility in Singapore
March 24, 2020

Equinix opens its 4th facility in Singapore

Equinix Singapore SG4

Equinix invested an initial $74M into SG4, the company’s fourth International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Singapore. The first phase of the SG4 IBX has more than 45,400 SF of colocation space, with plans for 132,180 SF of colocation space at full build-out.  Equinix Press Release: ...

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Read TierPoint Raises $320 Million from Consortium of Investors (PR)
TierPoint Raises $320 Million from Consortium of Investors (PR)
March 24, 2020

TierPoint Raises $320 Million from Consortium of Investors (PR)

TierPoint

ST. LOUIS – TierPoint, a leading provider of secure, connected data center and cloud solutions at the edge of the internet, announced it has reached an agreement that will result in new, preferred equity investments totaling $320 million, which the company expects to be closed and funded by m...

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Read NTT completes shell of 14 MW data center on Munich, Germany, campus
 NTT completes shell of 14 MW data center on Munich, Germany, campus
March 20, 2020

NTT completes shell of 14 MW data center on Munich, Germany, campus

NTT Munich 2

NTT has announced that it completed the shell of a second building on it's Munich 2 campus. The NTT Munich 2 (MUC2) data center will have 66,700 SqFt of IT space and 14 MW of total IT load. The new building is scheduled to go online in Q4 2020.Read more on NTT.com

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Read Internap files for Bankruptcy
Internap files for Bankruptcy
March 16, 2020

Internap files for Bankruptcy

HorizonIQ

Internap Corporation (INAP) has filed for bankruptcy along with all its US subsidiaries. The company’s reorganization plan anticipates INAP will emerge as a private company with an improved financial position. Read More: Internap Press Release  INAP files for bankruptcy, along with US subs...

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Read Digital Realty completes Acquisition of Interxion, a European Colocation Provider
Digital Realty completes Acquisition of Interxion, a European Colocation Provider
March 13, 2020

Digital Realty completes Acquisition of Interxion, a European Colocation Provider

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty Trust has closed its acquisition of Interxion. Interxion was one of the largest independent colocation providers in Europe. It was a smart pick up by Digital. The Interxion portfolio includes many densely interconnected buildings which will include Frankfurt, Madrid, Vienna, Ams...

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Read QTS acquires 100% Renewable Energy for its Groningen Data Center in the Netherlands
QTS acquires 100% Renewable Energy for its Groningen Data Center in the Netherlands
March 12, 2020

QTS acquires 100% Renewable Energy for its Groningen Data Center in the Netherlands

QTS Groningen

QTS Realty Trust (NYSE: QTS) has announced that it has signed agreements to purchase renewable energy via European Guarantees of Origin equal to the expected electricity needs of the company’s newly acquired data centre in Groningen, Netherlands. Under the agreement, QTS has purchased environm...

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