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Read Equinix Prices Offering Of $2.6 Billion Senior Notes (PR)
Equinix Prices Offering Of $2.6 Billion Senior Notes (PR)

Equinix Prices Offering Of $2.6 Billion Senior Notes (PR)

June 08, 2020 Equinix

REDWOOD CITY, Calif /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. ("Equinix") (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of $2.6 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes, consisting of $500,000,000 of 1.250% Senior Notes...

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Read Aligned Begins Construction on Second Hyperscale Data Center in Ashburn, VA (PR)
Aligned Begins Construction on Second Hyperscale Data Center in Ashburn, VA (PR)

Aligned Begins Construction on Second Hyperscale Data Center in Ashburn, VA (PR)

June 02, 2020 Aligned Ashburn

ASHBURN, VIRGINIA – JUNE 2, 2020 – Aligned, a leading data center provider offering innovative, sustainable and adaptable colocation and build-to-scale solutions for cloud, enterprise, and managed service providers, announces the expansion of its hyperscale data center campus in Ashburn,...

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Read QTS Ashburn-Shellhorn Construction on Fast-Track Program
QTS Ashburn-Shellhorn Construction on Fast-Track Program

QTS Ashburn-Shellhorn Construction on Fast-Track Program

May 25, 2020 QTS Ashburn-Shellhorn

QTS has announced that it is fast tracking 42MW in Ashburn. Their construction blog post is below: QTS Ashburn-Shellhorn, our newest greenfield data center campus in the Ashburn, VA market has gotten underway in a hurry - with construction five weeks in and well ahead of schedule. The QTS...

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Read Aligned Increases Facility to $575 Million (PR)
Aligned Increases Facility to $575 Million (PR)

Aligned Increases Facility to $575 Million (PR)

May 11, 2020 Aligned

DALLAS – Aligned, a leading data center provider offering innovative, sustainable and adaptable colocation and build-to-scale solutions for cloud, enterprise, and managed service providers, announces it has increased its secured credit facility to $575 million as the company experiences...

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Read Compass completes ROOT integration
Compass completes ROOT integration

Compass completes ROOT integration

May 06, 2020 Compass Datacenters

Compass has announced on their blog that they have completed the integration of the ROOT data centers. ROOT was acquired in July 2019. The announcement states, "Over the past few months, we’ve been hard at work integrating the two companies’ construction, operations, marketing, and sales teams....

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Read CoreSite raises $150 million in debt offering
CoreSite raises $150 million in debt offering

CoreSite raises $150 million in debt offering

May 06, 2020 CoreSite

CoreSite has raised $150M in a debt offering, via a private placement to accredited investors. According to CoreSite, the 3.75 percent Senior Notes are due in 2027. The company said the proceeds of the financing will go to refinance existing debt and for general corporate purposes.

Read Google Slows Hiring for Remainder of 2020
Google Slows Hiring for Remainder of 2020

Google Slows Hiring for Remainder of 2020

April 15, 2020 Google

Google has announced a significant slow down in new staff hires. Bloomberg published an email from CEO Sundar Pichai which details its plan to recalibrate hiring because of the economic slowdown. In 2019, Google hired 20,000 people and had planned to hire an additional 20,000 employees. The...

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Read Vantage Acquires NGD, one of Largest Data Centres in Europe
Vantage Acquires NGD, one of Largest Data Centres in Europe

Vantage Acquires NGD, one of Largest Data Centres in Europe

April 07, 2020 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage has announced it is set to acquire Next Generation Data (NGD), one of the largest data centres in Europe. The NGD campus is in the Cardiff Capital Region in South Wales.The acquisition provides Vantage with one of Europe’s largest data center campus totaling 180MW, including an existing...

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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 CyrusOne amends $2.5 Billion Credit Facility
CyrusOne amends $2.5 Billion Credit Facility

CyrusOne amends $2.5 Billion Credit Facility

April 01, 2020 CyrusOne

The amended agreement consists of a $1.4B revolving credit facility, which includes a $750M multi-currency borrowing sub-limit, and term loan commitments totaling $1.1B.The credit agreement also contains an option which allows CyrusOne to obtain up to $1.5 billion in additional revolving or term...

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Read AWS is fast-tracking construction of three NOVA data centers
AWS is fast-tracking construction of three NOVA data centers

AWS is fast-tracking construction of three NOVA data centers

March 27, 2020 Hyperscale Data Center

Amazon submitted a fast-track application last week to build three data centers totaling approximately 300,000 SqFt on 90 acres in the South Riding area of Loudoun County. According to the company plans, the development will be completed in three phases, with the first ~260K SF phase being the...

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Read Digital Realty completes Acquisition of Interxion, a European Colocation Provider
Digital Realty completes Acquisition of Interxion, a European Colocation Provider

Digital Realty completes Acquisition of Interxion, a European Colocation Provider

March 13, 2020 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty Trust has closed its acquisition of Interxion. Interxion was one of the largest independent colocation providers in Europe. It was a smart pick up by Digital. The Interxion portfolio includes many densely interconnected buildings which will include Frankfurt, Madrid, Vienna,...

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Read Vantage makes big bet on Europe, Buys Etix and expands into 4 new markets
Vantage makes big bet on Europe, Buys Etix and expands into 4 new markets

Vantage makes big bet on Europe, Buys Etix and expands into 4 new markets

February 10, 2020 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers announced its expansion into Europe through the acquisition of Etix Everywhere and greenfield developments in four additional European markets. Etix’s data center portfolio includes a 55MW hyperscale data center campus in Frankfurt, Germany, which is currently under...

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Read Equinix Completes US$175 Million Acquisition of Three Axtel Data Centers in Mexico
Equinix Completes US$175 Million Acquisition of Three Axtel Data Centers in Mexico

Equinix Completes US$175 Million Acquisition of Three Axtel Data Centers in Mexico

January 09, 2020 Equinix

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced the completion of its acquisition of three data centers from Axtel S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: AXTELCPO) that serve the Mexico City and Monterrey metro areas of Mexico....

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Read DataBank Announces $185 Million Equity Investment from Colony Capital (PR
DataBank Announces $185 Million Equity Investment from Colony Capital (PR

DataBank Announces $185 Million Equity Investment from Colony Capital (PR

January 06, 2020 DataBank

DALLAS, Jan. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- DataBank, a leading provider of enterprise-class data center, connectivity and managed services, today announced that Colony Capital (NYSE: CLNY) has made a $185 million investment into DataBank through the purchase of secondary equity interests from existing...

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Read STACK INFRASTRUCTURE Expands Securitization by $225 million to Fund Growth
STACK INFRASTRUCTURE Expands Securitization by $225 million to Fund Growth

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE Expands Securitization by $225 million to Fund Growth

November 22, 2019 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Long-Term, Low-Cost, Investment-Grade Facility Provides Additional Capital to Drive Market and Client Expansion DENVER, CO – NOVEMBER 22, 2019 – STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (“STACK” or the “Company”), the data center company built from the ground up to address the technology infrastructure needs of...

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Read Evocative Acquires VPLS, Inc. and VPLS Solutions and will Consolidate under VPLS Brand (PR)
Evocative Acquires VPLS, Inc. and VPLS Solutions and will Consolidate under VPLS Brand (PR)

Evocative Acquires VPLS, Inc. and VPLS Solutions and will Consolidate under VPLS Brand (PR)

November 14, 2019 Evocative

Evocative Data Centers (“Evocative”), a leading provider of Internet infrastructure, colocation, hosting and managed services, announced today that it has acquired VPLS, Inc. and VPLS Solutions, LLC to form one of the fastest growing cloud, managed services, colocation and value added resellers...

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Read Aligned Energy Secures $495 Million Facility to Support Expansion Plans (PR)
Aligned Energy Secures $495 Million Facility to Support Expansion Plans (PR)

Aligned Energy Secures $495 Million Facility to Support Expansion Plans (PR)

October 22, 2019 Aligned

DALLAS – Aligned Energy, a leading data center provider offering innovative, sustainable and adaptable colocation and build-to-scale solutions for cloud, enterprise, and managed service providers, announced today it has completed a $495 million secured credit facility with investors including...

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Read Equinix to Expand into Mexico With US$175 Million Acquisition of Three Axtel Data Centers (PR)
Equinix to Expand into Mexico With US$175 Million Acquisition of Three Axtel Data Centers (PR)

Equinix to Expand into Mexico With US$175 Million Acquisition of Three Axtel Data Centers (PR)

October 04, 2019 Equinix

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced it has entered into an agreement with Axtel S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: AXTELCPO) to acquire three data centers that serve the Mexico City and Monterrey metro areas of...

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Read CyrusOne Data Centers in Northern Virginia Qualify for Tax Incentives
CyrusOne Data Centers in Northern Virginia Qualify for Tax Incentives

CyrusOne Data Centers in Northern Virginia Qualify for Tax Incentives

September 26, 2019 CyrusOne Sterling IX

CyrusOne has qualified for tax incentives in Loudoun County, exempting customers from sales tax payments on all equipment deployed in CyrusOne facilities in that county. The sales tax exemptions are retroactive to 2014. “We have been working to secure this tax incentive for our customers for the...

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