May 10, 2021 Equinix
Equinix has announced that it would not be renewing the leases for eight of its data centers in the US. The data centers are situated in New York, Georgia, and some in California and Atlanta. Equinix commented that the reason for the development is that some of the facilities don’t meet the...
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May 06, 2021 STACK Milan Campus
Supernap Italia has announced expansion plans for its data center campus in Milan, Italy, after acquiring development-ready land totaling 170,000sq m (1,830,000 sq ft). It is situated in the same location as the company’s other Siziano campus. The land acquisition gives the company the ability to...
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May 06, 2021 Vantage Data Centers
Vantage Data Centers has announced that it is now providing its customers access to renewable energy at each of its North American and European campuses. This development will help its customers reduce their carbon emissions. Currently, four of the campuses are now being powered by 99% renewable...
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May 04, 2021 Equinix
Equinix has announced that it priced $2.6 billion principal amount of notes, including $1.0 billion of green bonds in its third green bond offering. The green bonds will be used to help advance the company's longstanding commitment to sustainability leadership and reducing its environmental...
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April 28, 2021 EdgeConneX
EdgeConneX has announced that it will add almost 20MW of new capacity across six of its data centers in North America. The facilities that will benefit from this expansion are Seattle, Portland, Phoenix, Miami, Detroit, and Chicago. According to Phillip Marangella, Chief Marketing Officer at...
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April 07, 2021 DATA4 Group
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 to...
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March 23, 2021 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty recently said that it has expanded secure, private access to Google Cloud’s global network in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Vienna in Austria, and Dusseldorf in Germany. Digital Realty also announced that it had added its second direct interconnect to Google Cloud in Frankfurt. The direct...
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March 19, 2021 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE
STACK INFRASTRUCTURE has lined up another large round of financing. The Data Center operator has borrowed $400 million through the sale of securitized notes, the latest in four transactions that have raised $1.8 billion to build more data centers.Last September STACK raised $325 million in...
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February 26, 2021 STACK Milan Campus
SUPERNAB Italia announced that 100% of ACDC Holding’s share capital, a controlling shareholder in the company, has been acquired. The acquisition was made by affiliates of IPI Partners, LLC from affiliates of Accelero Capital Holdings. The CEO of SUPERSNAP, Sherif Rizkilla, said that IPI is the...
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February 19, 2021 EXA Infrastructure
It is being reported that GTT Communications is considering bankruptcy. A potential bankruptcy would interrupt the infrastructure sale (which was primarily the former Interoute, KPN and Hibernia) for $2.15 billion. We will be watching closely as the story develops.Additional Information:...
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January 27, 2021 Vantage Data Centers
DENVER (January 27, 2021) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, announced today that it doubled its size in terms of markets served and increased IT capacity by more than 90 percent in 2020 with the company’s entrance into the European market and...
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January 15, 2021 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty (DLR) has announced it will relocate its corporate headquarters to Austin, Texas from San Francisco, California. DLR will maintain a presence in the San Francisco Bay Area as one of the world's leading technology hubs.Digital Realty already operates a significant data center...
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November 23, 2020 Vantage Data Centers
Vantage Data Centers has acquired the data center business of services company Hypertec. With Hypertec's facilities, Vantage will become a large player with additional capacity in the Montreal market. Hypertec’s 49MW campus includes 25MW across two existing facilities and 24MW of expansion...
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November 19, 2020 Vantage Data Centers
DENVER (November 19, 2020) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced that it has raised US$1.25 billion in incremental equity capital from its existing investors, led by Digital Colony. This funding will be used to fuel ongoing expansion...
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October 16, 2020 EXA Infrastructure
GTT has announced that it has signed an agreement to sell its Infrastructure division to I Squared Capital (ISQ) for $2.15 billion. GTT signaled plans to sell the infrastructure business last fall when it hired Credit Suisse Group and Goldman Sachs as financial advisors. It's expected that ISQ...
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October 06, 2020 Vantage Data Centers
Company leverages favorable interest rates to reduce costs, extend debt maturity profile and fund expansion opportunities DENVER – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced that the company raised US$1.3 billion in securitized notes. The...
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October 01, 2020 Equinix
Equinix has completed it's acquisition of 13 Bell Canada's data centers. The acquisition was first announced in June 2020. Bell had operated the facilities under the Q9 brand. It partially acquired Q9 in 2012 for $1.1 billion and in 2016 it acquired the remainder for $675 million. This deal...
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September 13, 2020 STACK Milan Campus
SUPERNAP Italia Becomes the Only Operational Data Center in Italy to Earn ANSI/TIA-942 Rated 4 (Tier 4) Certification from EPI Milan, Italy, September 13, 2020 -- SUPERNAP Italia, the most advanced data center in Southern Europe, has achieved the ANSI/TIA-942 Rated 4 (formerly known as Tier 4)...
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September 01, 2020 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE
Denver-based Stack Infrastructure, a data center company, has closed a $325 million debt offering. Stack also issued securitized notes in February and November of last year. Including the latest round, the company has so far raised a total of $1.4 billion to fuel its growth. Stack's Press Release...
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August 19, 2020 EdgeConneX
The Swedish investment firm EQT AB has announced that it acquired the US-based colocation company EdgeConneX. EdgeConneX has a global footprint, operating over 40 facilities in 33 markets across North America, Europe and South America and continues to expand after being founded a decade ago. EQT...
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