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Read AWS announces a new region, AWS Middle East (UAE)
AWS announces a new region, AWS Middle East (UAE)

AWS announces a new region, AWS Middle East (UAE)

May 28, 2021 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has announced plans to build a new data center region in UAE. The new zone will have three Availability Zones, and it will be open before the mid of 2022. Upon completion, the region will be AWS’s second region in the Middle East after opening a Bahrain region two years ago....

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Read DC BLOX Acquires Land to Develop a Tier III Data Center in High Point, North Carolina
DC BLOX Acquires Land to Develop a Tier III Data Center in High Point, North Carolina

DC BLOX Acquires Land to Develop a Tier III Data Center in High Point, North Carolina

May 05, 2021 DC BLOX High Point

DC BLOX has announced the acquisition of land in High Point, North Carolina. The plan is to use the land to construct the first highly secure Tier III data center in the Carolina Core/ Piedmont Triad region. The facility will offer colocation for hosting primary IT infrastructure and secondary...

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Read DartPoints selects DE-CIX as its IXP partner
DartPoints selects DE-CIX as its IXP partner

DartPoints selects DE-CIX as its IXP partner

May 05, 2021 DartPoints

DartPoints has announced that it had chosen DE-CIX’s multi-service interconnection platform for deployment in Tier II and Tier III markets. Initial deployments have begun in DartPoints’ Eastern Iowa and Dublin, OH facilities. This deployment has improved the capabilities of the fully managed...

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Read DartPoints acquires Immedion
DartPoints acquires Immedion

DartPoints acquires Immedion

March 16, 2021 DartPoints

DartPoints that it has signed an agreement to acquire Immedion and all its eight data centers. The eight data centers are in seven metropolitan areas, which are; Asheville, NC., Charleston, SC., Columbia, SC., Greenville, SC., Spartanburg, SC., Columbus, Ind., and Cincinnati. The transaction for...

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Read DartPoints Acquires Metro Data Centers
DartPoints Acquires Metro Data Centers

DartPoints Acquires Metro Data Centers

October 28, 2020 DartPoints

Acquisition expands DartPoints’ North American footprint to Central OhioDALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DartPoints, an owner and operator of edge colocation data centers, announces its acquisition of Metro Data Centers (MDC), a full-service provider of interconnection and data center solutions in...

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Read T5 Acquires an Apple data center in Silicon Valley
T5 Acquires an Apple data center in Silicon Valley

T5 Acquires an Apple data center in Silicon Valley

October 07, 2020 Apple

T5 has announced that it has acquired an enterprise data center in Newark, CA. The description matches an Apple data center near Fremont. It's a legacy site and Apple is continuing to build monster data center campuses, so it makes sense that the iPhone make would divest the property. The nearest...

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Read DartPoints Receives Investment from Astra Capital Management
DartPoints Receives Investment from Astra Capital Management

DartPoints Receives Investment from Astra Capital Management

May 06, 2020 DartPoints

Majority Investment Will Accelerate Buy and Build Strategy Across North America - DartPoints is an owner and operator of edge colocation data centers, which offer secure and reliable infrastructure in close proximity to users, particularly beyond Tier I markets - Accomplished telecommunications...

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Read SUNeVision lands Microsoft ExpressRoute on MEGA Campus
SUNeVision lands Microsoft ExpressRoute on MEGA Campus

SUNeVision lands Microsoft ExpressRoute on MEGA Campus

April 01, 2020 Microsoft Azure

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 GIGA Data Centers Launches New Facility in Charlotte
GIGA Data Centers Launches New Facility in Charlotte

GIGA Data Centers Launches New Facility in Charlotte

June 20, 2019 GIGA Charlotte (Mooresville)

GIGA Data Centers, LLC (GIGA) today announced the company officially opened its 165,800 square foot CLT-1 Data Center in Mooresville, NC.The facility, located in the former Dale Earnhardt racing building cost $20 million to construct. It's located at 1035 Mecklenburg Highway in Mooresville is...

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Read Apple is Reducing Spend on AWS
Apple is Reducing Spend on AWS

Apple is Reducing Spend on AWS

April 25, 2019 Apple

AppleInsider reports that Apple's spending on Amazon Web Services is declining. This makes sense, as Apple continues to build their own data centers, their reliance on 3rd party cloud services will decline. That said, Apple needs to work out a better "edge" CDN solution to deliver their content...

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Read Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden
Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden

Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden

March 25, 2019 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft is reportedly building two new datacenters in Sweden, according to Swedish Newspaper Gefle Dagblad (via MSN). It was previously reported in December that the company had acquired 130 hectares of land in the municipalities of of Gävle and Sandviken, near the Swedish capital Stockholm....

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Read Charlotte-IX is Launched, Flexential is an Early Supporter
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Charlotte-IX is Launched, Flexential is an Early Supporter

September 12, 2018 Charlotte

Charlotte-IX was launched with the support of Flexential. The new peering exchange point is available at Flexential's Charlotte and Raleigh data centers. Learn more at: Charlotte IX Peeringdb.com entry Flexential Press Release

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