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Read nLighten Secures Major Geneva Data Center Services Contract
nLighten Secures Major Geneva Data Center Services Contract

nLighten Secures Major Geneva Data Center Services Contract

May 07, 2026 nLighten

The canton of Geneva, Switzerland, has signed a new data center colocation agreement with nLighten. As detailed in a tender issued by the Geneva Cantonal Office for Information Systems and Digital Technology (OCSIN), the 10-year contract with the European operator’s Swiss subsidiary is worth CHF...

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Read Noris Network Plans 30MW Data Center Project in Frankfurt
Noris Network Plans 30MW Data Center Project in Frankfurt

Noris Network Plans 30MW Data Center Project in Frankfurt

April 17, 2026 noris network AG

German IT services firm Noris Network is planning a new data center in Frankfurt. The company this week announced plans for FRA1, a 30MW facility in Schwalbach am Taunus, around 11km (6.8 miles) northwest of Frankfurt."The demand for sovereign AI applications is growing exponentially. With our...

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Read nLighten Will Feed Waste Heat From its Stuttgart Data Center Into the Local District Heating Network
nLighten Will Feed Waste Heat From its Stuttgart Data Center Into the Local District Heating Network

nLighten Will Feed Waste Heat From its Stuttgart Data Center Into the Local District Heating Network

February 13, 2026 nLighten

European Edge data center developer nLighten has signed a deal to connect one of its data centers in the German city of Stuttgart to the city’s district heating network.“The excess heat project with nLighten creates an added value for everyone involved: it delivers climate-friendly heat for our...

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Read AEW Aquires Aventos’ Fully Leased Data Center in Nuremberg, Germany
AEW Aquires Aventos’ Fully Leased Data Center in Nuremberg, Germany

AEW Aquires Aventos’ Fully Leased Data Center in Nuremberg, Germany

February 12, 2026 Nuremberg / Nürnberg

German real estate firm Aventos has sold a data center in Nuremberg to real estate investor AEW. Built in 2010, the 2,590 sqm facility is fully leased to a global technology company under a long-term double-net lease.“In view of the currently very high demand for data centers on the real estate...

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Read Antin Infrastructure Partners Acquires NorthC
Antin Infrastructure Partners Acquires NorthC

Antin Infrastructure Partners Acquires NorthC

December 11, 2025 NorthC Datacenters

Antin Infrastructure Partners this week announced it has agreed to acquire NorthC Datacenters from DWS and other minority shareholders. The transaction is being carried out through Antin’s €10.2 billion Flagship Fund V and is expected to close in the first half of 2026.Stéphane Ifker and...

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Read Lumen Appoints Jim Fowler as CTO
Lumen Appoints Jim Fowler as CTO

Lumen Appoints Jim Fowler as CTO

December 11, 2025 Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies has appointed Jim Fowler as its executive vice president and chief technology and product officer. The new CTO is to succeed Dave Ward, who is leaving Lumen to become president and chief architect at Salesforce. Starting from January 6, Fowler will manage global technology and...

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Read NorthC to Build Data Center in Basel, Switzerland
NorthC to Build Data Center in Basel, Switzerland

NorthC to Build Data Center in Basel, Switzerland

September 18, 2025 NorthC Datacenters

European data center firm NorthC last week announced it has signed a contract to build a regional data center at the uptownBasel Innovation Campus in Arlesheim.Alexandra Schless, CEO of the NorthC Group, said: “We are very pleased to announce this expansion of the partnership with uptownBasel....

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Read NorthC Renews Lease on Munich Data Center for 25 years
NorthC Renews Lease on Munich Data Center for 25 years

NorthC Renews Lease on Munich Data Center for 25 years

August 22, 2025 NorthC Datacenters

European data center firm NorthC this week has extended its lease on the 4,800 square meters (51,666 sq ft) of data center space with real estate firm Allgemeine Südboden AG for 25 years.Bettina Krause, head of leasing, Allgemeine Südboden: "We are delighted to extend the lease agreement with...

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Read Lumen secures new contract from GAO
Lumen secures new contract from GAO

Lumen secures new contract from GAO

April 15, 2024 Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies has secured a contract worth about $73.6 million from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) under the General Services Administration's Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) program. This multi-million dollar contract will see Lumen modernize network, data, voice,...

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Read US Defense Information Systems Agency awards $110 million contract to Lumen
US Defense Information Systems Agency awards $110 million contract to Lumen

US Defense Information Systems Agency awards $110 million contract to Lumen

November 10, 2023 Lumen Technologies

The US Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Lumen Technologies a $110 million contract to provide mission-critical network services to the US Department of Defense (DoD). This contract has a timeline of five years, from November 30, 2023, through September 30, 2028. This contract is an...

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Read Lumen sells CND customers to Akamai as it shuts down the business
Lumen sells CND customers to Akamai as it shuts down the business

Lumen sells CND customers to Akamai as it shuts down the business

October 16, 2023 Lumen Technologies

Lumen announced that it’s Content Delivery Network (CDN) business will be shut down and it has sold its customer contracts to Akamai. Both companies will undergo a transition services agreement for 90 days before Lumen completes its shut down. "We are deep into our transformation of Lumen and...

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Read Lumen, a US telco, loses $8.74bn due to non-cash impairment
Lumen, a US telco, loses $8.74bn due to non-cash impairment

Lumen, a US telco, loses $8.74bn due to non-cash impairment

August 03, 2023 Lumen Technologies

In the second quarter, Lumen Technologies reported a loss of $8.74 billion, a significant decrease from the $344 million profit in the same quarter last year. The company, formerly CenturyLink Enterprise, has lost more than 66 percent of its value this year, reducing its market capitalization to...

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Read NorthC purchases a data center in Switzerland from Kyndryl
NorthC purchases a data center in Switzerland from Kyndryl

NorthC purchases a data center in Switzerland from Kyndryl

July 18, 2023 NorthC Datacenters

NorthC Group purchased a new data center near Zurich, Switzerland, through a sale/leaseback transaction. This week, the Dutch colocation company announced the opening of a new data center in the Winterthur neighborhood of Zurich. However, the company announced on LinkedIn that it had acquired...

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Read INNIO and NorthC Datacenters partner to build First Hydrogen Emergency Backup Power Solution
INNIO and NorthC Datacenters partner to build First Hydrogen Emergency Backup Power Solution

INNIO and NorthC Datacenters partner to build First Hydrogen Emergency Backup Power Solution

December 29, 2022 NorthC Datacenters

NorthC Datacenters (NorthC) has partnered up with INNIO to use its Jenbacher Ready for H2 engine technology to deliver an emergency backup power solution for its newest data center, set to be constructed in Eindhoven, Netherlands. According to the company, if it is faced with electricity grid...

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Read NorthC Developing a 4.5MW Facility in Eindhoven, The Netherlands
NorthC Developing a 4.5MW Facility in Eindhoven, The Netherlands

NorthC Developing a 4.5MW Facility in Eindhoven, The Netherlands

December 16, 2022 NorthC Datacenters

NorthC has broken ground on a 4.5MW data center in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The 43,000 square feet (4,000 square meters) facility will be the company’s second data center in Eindhoven. It will also be located next to its existing data center on the Eindhoven High Tech Campus (HTC). The...

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Read Lumen To Sell its EMEA Operation to Colt For $1.8 Billion
Lumen To Sell its EMEA Operation to Colt For $1.8 Billion

Lumen To Sell its EMEA Operation to Colt For $1.8 Billion

November 07, 2022 Lumen Technologies

Lumen has announced that it will sell its Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) operations to Colt in a $1.8 billion deal. The deal will see Lumen divest its EMEA business, including its data centers, terrestrial and subsea networks, and network equipment in the EMEA region, to Colt. The deal is...

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Read NorthC Buys Netrics Data Centers
NorthC Buys Netrics Data Centers

NorthC Buys Netrics Data Centers

April 27, 2022 NorthC Datacenters

NorthC has announced the acquisition of Netrics’ data center business. Netrics is a Swiss company, making the transaction NorthC’s first move into Switzerland. The deal sees NorthC take over three data centers, two of which are in Münchenstein and the last one in Biel. The total floor space of...

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Read NorthC and green hydrogen
NorthC and green hydrogen

NorthC and green hydrogen

February 15, 2022 NorthC Datacenters

NorthC's data center in Groningen is to be the first in Europe to use green hydrogen fuel cells (H2), created through electrolysis. According to the company, the 1.5MW facility will have 500kW of fuel cells. This will reportedly save tens of thousands of liters of diesel a year, the equivalent of...

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Read USDA awards Lumen with a $1.2 billion network services contract
USDA awards Lumen with a $1.2 billion network services contract

USDA awards Lumen with a $1.2 billion network services contract

January 21, 2022 Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies has won a $1.2 billion contract from the US Department of Agriculture. Lumen is to deliver a fully integrated wide-area data transport service to over 9,500 US Department of Agriculture locations across the country and around the world. With this contract, Lumen will offer a...

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Read NorthC group acquires IP Exchange
NorthC group acquires IP Exchange

NorthC group acquires IP Exchange

November 05, 2021 NorthC Datacenters

The largest regional colocation provider in the Netherlands, NorthC, has completed the acquisition of Germany’s IP Exchange. The acquisition sees NorthC expand into Germany for the first time. With the acquisition, NorthC has two data centers in Munich and Nuremberg. The purchase price for the...

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