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Data4 To Open A New Data Center Facility in Hanau, Germany

Data4, a French data center company, will open a new facility in Hanau, Germany. P3 Logistic Parks, a European logistics real estate business financed by GIC, revealed plans for a massive data center campus on the grounds of a decommissioned army barracks in Hanau, east of Frankfurt, last y...

February 01, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

DATA4 Group

Verizon signs four new PPAs

Verizon has announced that it has signed four new power purchase agreements (PPAs) for renewable energy, an aggregate of up to 410 MW of renewable energy capacity. According to the company, these new deals align with its broader goal to source or generate renewable energy equivalent to 50 per...

January 17, 2023

Verizon Enterprise

Verizon signs seven Power Purchase Agreements

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 En...

January 22, 2022

Verizon Enterprise

Verizon expands in Colorado Springs

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 ...

January 18, 2022

Verizon Enterprise

Data4 to invest up to €200 million ($237 million) in new Poland campus

French data center firm, Data4 is planning to invest up to €200 million ($237 million) in its new Poland campus. According to Les Echos, Data4 wants to expand in Poland, and it will be investing over €100 million ($118m) within three years. It will also be investing up to €200 million ($237...

July 12, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

DATA4 Group

MeluXina supercomputer inaugurated in Luxembourg

Atos’s MeluXina supercomputer, first announced in September was inaugurated on June 7th, and will be hosted by LuxConnect’s data centers in Bissen. The MeluXina supercomputer The supercomputer is co-financed by the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking and ...

June 07, 2021

Luxembourg

DATA4 secures €620 million in debt financing

Data4 has announced that it has raised €620 million ($737.5 million) in debt financing, which will allow it to overcome new digital challenges and execute its 2024 growth plan. The financing, secured from three banks - Deutsche Bank, Société Générale and SMBC, means the company now has access ...

April 07, 2021

Eric Bell

DATA4 Group

PFA buys 20% of DATA4 from AXA IM for €200m

Denmark’s largest commercial pension fund PFA has bought a 20% stake in data centre platform DATA4 from AXA in its continued drive to pile on foreign real estate. The DKK688bn (€92.2bn) pension fund said it bought the shares from AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets, which was also serving as...

May 11, 2020

Eric Bell

DATA4 Group

DATA4 is now Fully Owned by Axa Investment Managers – Real Assets, Acting on Behalf of Axa France

Involved in the governance of DATA4 since 2012, AXA IM – Real Assets has supported the company in taking on the challenges of the digital transformation of companies and recognised the strong potential of the Internet infrastructure sector, two areas that are key to the digital economy. Establ...

July 28, 2018

Eric Bell

DATA4 Group

Equinix Completes Acquisition of 29 Data Centers from Verizon [Press Release]

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., May 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced the completion of its acquisition of 29 data centers and their operations from Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ). The U.S. $3.6 billi...

May 01, 2017

Eric Bell

Equinix

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