July 24, 2021 Switch
The data center industry is a multibillion-dollar industry. According to Gartner, end-user spending on data center infrastructure for 2020 was $188 billion, a 10.3% decrease from 2019’s spending. With these figures, we can reach a consensus that there’s a massive market available for data center...
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June 02, 2021 Switch
Switch will borrow $500 million to pay for its recent acquisition of Data Foundry for $420 million. Switch will be borrowing $500 million in senior notes. Senior notes are less risky, and the lender gets to pay lower interest. However, senior notes are a priority over other types of debt. This...
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May 18, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center
Google has announced that it would soon start using geothermal energy to power its Nevada data center. The announcement will see Google become the first hyper-scale cloud operator to use the earth’s heat to power its servers. Fervo Energy, a clean energy startup, will be helping Google develop...
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May 03, 2021 Switch
Switch will acquire Data Foundry for $420m in an all-cash transaction. The acquisition is expected to close by mid-2021 if it meets all customary closing conditions. Data Foundry has three highly connected data centers in Austin with an expansion capability of up to 44 MW. It also has one data...
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January 09, 2020 Hyperscale Data Center
Google and NV Energy have agreed to power a new $600 million data center in Henderson, NV, through what they say is the world’s biggest battery-backed solar deal for a corporate customer. The agreement involves roughly 350 MW of solar photovoltaics and between 250 and 280 MW of battery...
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July 02, 2019 Hyperscale Data Center
Google held a groundbreaking ceremony on July 1st for its new campus in Henderson Nevada, roughly 10 miles south of downtown Las Vegas. The initial building is a 750,000-square-foot and the search engine giant will invest $600 million in the project. According to Google’s application for the data...
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June 25, 2019 Switch Las Vegas CORE Campus
Switch held a groundbreaking ceremony that included Governor Steve Sisolak and CEO Rob Roy. The company is expanding near it's existing CORE campus in Las Vegas. The expansion will add up to 1.1 million square feet and 115 megawatts of power capacity to the existing campus. Read More:...
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December 05, 2018 Carrier-Neutral Data Center
The City of Reno will move its data servers to the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center next year after getting approval for a contract with Switch on Wednesday. Reno City Council members unanimously approved a multi-year contract with Switch and Trace3 to move the city's primary IT center, a step that...
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April 02, 2018 Switch
Switch and Rackspace announced a new agreement to deliver Rackspace private cloud solutions and connectivity to managed public cloud solutions on AWS, Azure and Google in Switch’s highly secure and reliable Tier 5® Platinum data center PRIME locations. The agreement builds on Rackspace’s...
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June 15, 2017 Switch Las Vegas 10
LAS VEGAS – Switch, the global technology solutions corporation that is powering the future of the connected world™, today announced the opening of its LAS VEGAS 10 data center, a Switch MOD 250 (Modularly Optimized Design), at Switch’s Core Campus. The Switch MOD 250 is designed, constructed and...
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