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Amazon in negotiations to build data center in Ceará, Brazil

Amazon has announced that it is in negotiations with officials in Ceará, Brazil, to build a data center and a logistics warehouse in Maracanaú, in the region of Fortaleza. According to Diario do Nordeste, it is expected that an agreement with the state government will be closed in the sec...

July 20, 2021

Amazon AWS

AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio

Planning documents recently revealed that Amazon is developing three data centers in Texas. The documents disclosed the project’s name as “Rockfish” and unveiled a plan to build a $56 million, 109,600 sqft (10,100 sq m) data center located on 11625 Old Corpus Christi Highway.This is not the on...

July 13, 2021

Amazon AWS

AWS launches Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas

Amazon Web Services just launched its new Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas. Customers can now deliver applications that need single-digit millisecond latency to both on-premises installations and end-users in Philadelphia and Dallas with these local zones. AWS Local Zones are infrastr...

July 08, 2021

Amazon AWS

Amazon overtakes Google to become largest corporate buyer of renewable energy in the US after announcing 14 new renewable projects

Amazon has overtaken Google as the largest corporate buyer of green energy in the United States. It also holds the title of being the largest renewable energy buyer in Europe. This comes after the Company announced its fourteen new green energy projects in the Us, Spain, Finland, and Canada.Wi...

June 23, 2021

Amazon AWS

Equinix promises to cut emissions by 50 percent before 2030

Equinix has promised that it would reduce its emissions by 50% before 2030. It would also be reducing emissions created by its electricity supply by 50% before 2030. This promise comes few days after Greenpeace criticized the Company for not having trustworthy timelines on the use of renewable...

June 17, 2021

Equinix

AWS wants to buy 41 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if town reverses regulation barring the construction of data centers

The Fauquier Times reports that Amazon Web Services is planning to buy 41.7 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if the town finally changes its rules to allow the construction of data centers. At a Warrenton Planning Commission, it was proposed that the rule be changed and data centers...

June 17, 2021

Amazon AWS

Equinix partners with GIC to invest additional $3.9 billion in its Hyperscale Program

Equinix has announced that it has signed agreements for additional joint ventures with GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, which will add $3.9 billion to expand its data center program.The agreements come in the form of limited liability partnerships with GIC. The close, which is expected...

June 15, 2021

Equinix

Valterra Partners & 1547 CSR acquire Miami-based ColoHouse

Valterra Partners LLC and Fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty LLC have acquired ColoHouse, a managed service provider with headquarters in Miami, Florida. Valterra Partners is an equity firm, while Fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty is a data center Company. The deal also includes...

June 09, 2021

1547 Critical Systems Realty (fifteenfortyseven)

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

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...

May 28, 2021

Amazon AWS

365 Data Centers Appoints Steve Oakie as Chief Revenue Officer

365 Data Centers has announced that it has appointed Steve Oakie as Chief Revenue Officer. With over 20 years of experience leading technology sales and marketing teams, Oakie will be responsible for revenue generation and retention and driving long-term customer and partner relationships. He...

May 26, 2021

365 Data Centers

Sila agrees to sell all its data centers to Mapletree for $1.3bn

Sila Realty Trust announced that it has agreed to sell all its 29 data centers in the US to Mapletree Investment Trust for $1.3 billion. The 29 data centers are all the data centers in Sila’s portfolio which means upon completion; it will be an exit from the data center industry for Sila. ...

May 20, 2021

Mapletree Redwood Data Centre Trust

Equinix is Exiting Eight Leased Data Centers In The US

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 fu...

May 10, 2021

Equinix

Equinix prices $2.6 billion "Green" Bond Sale

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 im...

May 04, 2021

Equinix

DataBank issues $658M of Secured Notes

Colocation provider DataBank will issue $658 million of secured notes. The new securitization notes will refinance DataBank's existing credit facility. This securitization and refinancing of previous loans adds more than $200M in liquidity to DataBank's balance sheet, providing funding for gen...

March 12, 2021

DataBank

DataBank closes Acquisition of Zayo's data centers

DataBank has closed deal to acquire 45 of Zayo's data centers across 20 markets in the US and UK. A second closing for zColo’s data centers in France is expected to be completed in Q1 2021. The deal instantly transforms Databank into a large player in the colocation market. With zColo's facili...

December 15, 2020

DataBank

365 Data Centers Acquires Atlantic Metro

365 Data Centers, a leading provider of network-centric colocation and other Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions, announces its acquisition of Atlantic Metro Communications, which provides tailored colocation, network and cloud services to large and mid-size enterprises. While contin...

November 16, 2020

365 Data Centers

Stonecourt Capital Acquires a Majority stake in 365 Data Centers

Private equity investor Stonecourt Capital has acquired a majority stake in 365 Data Centers. The original investors (Lumerity Capital and Longboard Advisors) have reinvested into 365. However, Chirisa Investments and Turning Rock Partners have exited as investors.365 Press Release is below: N...

October 06, 2020

365 Data Centers

Equinix Completes US$780 Million Acquisition of 13 Bell Data Centers in Canada

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 ...

October 01, 2020

Equinix

DataBank acquires zColo sites from Zayo for $1.4 Billion

DataBank will acquire Zayo's zColo division for $1.4 billion. The deal includes the sale of 44 data centers in more than 20 markets across the United States and Europe. The transaction is expected to close in December 2020. Once closed, DataBank will operate 1.1 million square feet of data cen...

September 30, 2020

DataBank

Mapletree Industrial Trustto Acquire Remaining 60% Interest in 14 Data Centres in the United States

SINGAPORE: DBS Trustee Limited, a trustee of Mapletree Industrial Trust (MIT), has entered into agreements for the proposed acquisition of the remaining 60% interest in the 14 data centres in the United States of America currently held by Mapletree Redwood Data Centre Trust (MRDCT) at a purcha...

June 23, 2020

Mapletree Redwood Data Centre Trust

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