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Antin Infrastructure Partners Acquires NorthC

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 Maxim...

December 11, 2025

NorthC Datacenters

NorthC to Build Data Center in Basel, Switzerland

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....

September 18, 2025

NorthC Datacenters

NorthC Renews Lease on Munich Data Center for 25 years

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 ...

August 22, 2025

NorthC Datacenters

BT begins operations at self-powered mobile site in UK

British multinational telecommunications company BT has commenced operations at its first self-powered mobile site in Shropshire, UK which provides 4G and 5G connectivity to EE customers living, working, and traveling in the area.The site was selected following an environmental assessment that...

October 25, 2024

BT Global Services

Switch Datacenters unveils Amsterdam data center

Dutch colo provider Switch Datacenters has launched its fourth Amsterdam data center; the AMS4 facility with an IT capacity of between 15 and 18MW across a total white space area of 4,400 square meters. “Our new data center sets a new standard for sustainability in the industry by redeveloping...

May 28, 2024

Switch Datacenters Amsterdam BV

BT Group powers up repurposed EV charger in UK

UK telecoms firm BT has installed its first electric vehicle (EV) charge point repurposed from one of its old street cabinets which was traditionally used to store broadband and phone cabling. This repurposed charger forms part of a nationwide pilot by the business’ start-up incubation hub, c...

May 01, 2024

BT Global Services

BT signs new agreement with Global for new speed WiFi

BT has entered a 10-year partnership with media group Global to repurpose its legacy payphones and kiosks into brand-new street WiFi hubs which will provide digital connectivity for more than 200 towns and cities across the UK. Followinf this agreement, Global will convert more than 2,000 conv...

March 29, 2024

BT Global Services

BT to sell BT Tower in London to hotel group

Telecoms firm BT announced this week that it has agreed to sell its communications tower in London, UK for £275 million ($346.8m) to MCR Hotels. The hotel chain aims to turn this tower into a world-class hotel, but is yet to reveal details regarding this project. Brent Mathews, property direc...

February 22, 2024

BT Global Services

Data center operator Switch names Madonna Park as CFO

US data center company Switch has named Madonna Park as its chief financial officer, replacing Gabe Nacht. Park is now in charge of managing the company’s finances and leading the accounts, finance, internal audit and investor relations teams. Switch founder and CEO Rob Roy said, "Madonna will...

October 17, 2023

Switch Datacenters Amsterdam BV

Principal buys Amsterdam logistics site for 42MW Switch DC data center

Principal Asset Management has purchased a Dutch logistics facility that will be converted into a data center. This week, the company announced the acquisition of a logistics facility for the Principal European Data Centre Fund I. The terms were not disclosed.The acquired facility in the Schip...

August 16, 2023

Switch Datacenters Amsterdam BV

NorthC purchases a data center in Switzerland from Kyndryl

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 ...

July 18, 2023

NorthC Datacenters

BT and TRIG partner for PPA

BT has announced that it has signed a new 10-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with the Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) for renewable energy from the 35MW Blary Hill onshore wind farm, which is located in Kintyre, Scotland. This move aligns with the UK telco's net zero by 2031 target...

April 04, 2023

BT Global Services

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

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...

December 29, 2022

NorthC Datacenters

NorthC Developing a 4.5MW Facility in Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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 f...

December 16, 2022

NorthC Datacenters

BT to obtain renewable energy from new wind project

BT Group has announced that it has signed a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) with BayWa r.e. AG, a German renewable energy company, to procure energy from the Dalquhandy onshore wind farm in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.The wind farm, a ten turbine project, is currently being worked on ...

October 05, 2022

BT Global Services

NorthC Buys Netrics Data Centers

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...

April 27, 2022

NorthC Datacenters

NorthC and green hydrogen

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 equivalen...

February 15, 2022

NorthC Datacenters

ColoHouse completed acquisition of US colo firm Steadfast

Valterra Partners and 1547 CSR-owned ColoHouse has completed the acquisition of a bare metal, data center, and cloud provider in the US Midwest named Steadfast. The acquisition sees ColoHouse gain ownership of three colocation data center locations. The locations include 350 E. Cermak and 725 ...

January 21, 2022

ColoHouse

ColoHouse acquires Quonix Group

ColoHouse has completed the acquisition of Quonix Group. The acquisition sees ColoHouse take control of Quonix’s Data102 and Turnkey Internet Units. ColoHouse will be adding three new locations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Albany, New York; and Colorado Springs, Colorado. Quonix’s Turnkey ba...

November 11, 2021

ColoHouse

NorthC group acquires IP Exchange

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...

November 05, 2021

NorthC Datacenters

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