April 07, 2022 Equinix
In its latest sustainability effort, Equinix has announced $1.2 billion of "green bonds," the fourth green bond the company has issued. Now the company's total green bonds stand at $4.9 billion. According to the company, the company will use these funds to push forward its sustainability...
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April 04, 2022 Equinix
Equinix has joined Host In Ireland’s Orchards in the Community initiative, alongside CyrusOne, and is now one of 52 pledgers – and more than 90 schools and community groups. The initiative plans to help plant over 1,200 orchards across Ireland to bolster the country’s declining bee population....
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April 04, 2022 Equinix
Equinix has announced that it plans to build a data center in Salalah, a city located on the south coast of the Sultanate of Oman, making it the second in Oman, with links to its MC1 in Muscat. SN1 will also be the company's fifth data center in the region, and will be built in partnership with...
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March 22, 2022 Equinix
Equinix is expanding in India as it acquired a plot of land in Chennai. This is part of the company’s expansion and growth strategy. The company revealed that it took possession of the 5.5-acre land in the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu Ltd (SIPCOT) IT Park. According to...
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March 18, 2022 Equinix
Equinix has acquired four data centers belonging to Entel in Peru and Chile for $705 million. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of the year. Per the deal, Equinix will take over one data center in Lima, Peru, and three facilities in Santiago, Chile. Under the terms of the...
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March 10, 2022 DataBank
DataBank has announced that it will be expanding its LAS1 data center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The facility is located at 7185 Pollock Drive. DataBank will add 929 square meters (10,000 square feet) of data center space to the facility. Upon completion of the expansion, the data center’s total space...
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March 04, 2022 CoreSite
CoreSite has announced that it has gotten approval from Santa Clara’s Planning Commission for the development of a 200,000 square foot (18,500 square meters) 34MW data center in Silicon Valley. The facility is located at 2905 Stender Way. Coresite only got the approval after going through...
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March 03, 2022 DataBank
DataBank has announced that it has completed and closed the acquisition of four data centers from CyrusOne. The data centers are all located in Houston, Texas. The deal was also worth $670 million. DataBank sees over 300,000 square feet of raised-floor data center capacity through the...
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February 21, 2022 Digital Realty Trust
According to India’s Economic Times. Digital Realty and Brookfield Asset Management’s joint venture in India has secured the purchase of 10 acres of land in Chennai. The companies acquired the land for over Rs 230 crore (~$30.8m). It is to be used for the development of a data center. One of the...
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February 17, 2022 AT&T
AT&T has signed two solar Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with Vitol, an energy trader, it has announced. The virtual PPAs are for approximately 80MW and 75 MW at solar projects in Maryland and Pennsylvania. The two projects are expected to be fully operational by 2022 and 2023,...
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February 04, 2022 DataBank
DataBank has announced the acquisition of a data center it was leasing in Denver, Colorado. The company plans to develop a new data center campus at the DEN2 facility. The data center is located at 6900 South Peoria Street, Colorado. DataBank did not reveal the details of the transaction....
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February 03, 2022 Equinix
Equinix recently opened its Co-Innovation Facility (CIF) based near Washington, DC, which will be home to a number of trials focusing on the development of sustainable data center tech. At the facility, the company will partner with Bloom Energy, ZutaCore, Virtual Power Systems (VPS), and Natron...
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February 02, 2022 DataBank
DataBank has announced the creation of its Centennial Campus by purchasing following the purchase of the data center it leased in the Centennial municipality in Colorado. This purchase will enable the company to expand onto the adjacent plot, which will be home to its DEN5 data center. Speaking...
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January 27, 2022 Equinix
Equinix is making strategic partnerships as it announced that it had formed another joint venture with GIC. The data center company and the Singapore sovereign wealth fund aim to develop hyperscale facilities in South Korea. The companies announced the $525 million joint venture details earlier...
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January 22, 2022 Verizon Enterprise
As it expands its usage of green energy, Verizon, has announced that it has signed seven new Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for renewable energy representing 910MW. The company's sustainability goals are to have carbon neutrality across all its operations (scope 1 and 2) by 2035. Renewable...
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January 21, 2022 One Wilshire Building
JLL’s Capital Markets Group has announced that it has helped GI Partners refinance the One Wilshire carrier hotel in California. The group said it arranged a $390 million refinancing for One Wilshire’s 30-story, multi-tenant, 660,000 square foot data center and office building. Executive managing...
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January 21, 2022 Lumen Technologies
Lumen Technologies has won a $1.2 billion contract from the US Department of Agriculture. Lumen is to deliver a fully integrated wide-area data transport service to over 9,500 US Department of Agriculture locations across the country and around the world. With this contract, Lumen will offer a...
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January 21, 2022 Edge Centres
Australia-based edge data center firm Edge Centres has completed the acquisition of its rival DC Matrix. DC Matrix is a local edge data center company based in Queensland. DC Matrix planned to roll out six facilities in Queensland before the acquisition. The CEO of Edge Centres, Jonathan Eaves,...
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January 18, 2022 Verizon Enterprise
Verizon has announced that it is expanding its digital footprint with the addition of a second data center in Colorado Springs. The company has submitted a proposal for a 49,000 square-foot (4,500 sqm) data center on Arrowswest Drive in El Paso County, with plans for a potential second phase for...
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January 12, 2022 Equinix
Equinix has signed a green energy deal it has announced. By penning a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Neoen and Prokon, Equinix will be provided with 85% of the energy produced by the 35MW Björkliden wind farm in the municipality of Närpes, in the western region of Ostrobothnia. This...
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