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Cyxtera agrees to a $3.4 billion SPAC merger

Cyxtera Technologies has announced it has agreed to a $3.4 billion acquisition by Starboard Value Acquisition Corp (SVAC). SVAC is a SPAC, which stands for "special-purpose acquisition company." SPACs have become popular vehicles to raise public money and then acquire real operating businesses...

February 22, 2021

Cyxtera Technologies

Colt DCS European operations go 100% green

Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) has announced that its operations in Europe and the UK are now powered by 100% renewable power. This represents 17 facilities in Europe and the UK. Colt Press Release on Feb 8th 2021:Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) today announced that its operations across the ...

February 09, 2021

Colt Data Centre Services

Digital Realty Relocates Headquarters to Austin

Digital Realty (DLR) has announced it will relocate its corporate headquarters to Austin, Texas from San Francisco, California. DLR will maintain a presence in the San Francisco Bay Area as one of the world's leading technology hubs.Digital Realty already operates a significant data center foo...

January 15, 2021

Digital Realty Trust

AirTrunk launches Singapore and Hong Kong Facilities

On the same day, AirTrunk launched into two new markets, Singapore and Hong Kong. The Macquarie-owned AirTrunk is known for building large data centres in Australia and the new sites are no exception. Singapore SGP1 is a 6o megawatt and 20,000 square metres of floor space. The facility is in...

December 10, 2020

AirTrunk Hong Kong HKG1

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

Console Connect now live in all Global Switch data centres worldwide

July 28, 2020 – PCCW Global today announced that its Console Connect Software-Defined Interconnection® (SDI®) platform is now available in many more data centres via an extended collaboration with Global Switch, a leading owner, operator and developer of large-scale carrier and cloud neutral ...

July 28, 2020

Global Switch

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

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

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 No...

June 08, 2020

Equinix

Netrality Acquired INAP's Houston Data Center

Netrality has announced that the company has acquired the Internap Holding (“INAP”) data center in Houston. The facility is located in 1301 Fannin, Houston's carrier hotel. The deal seems to work for both sides. Netrality gets more colocation space to sell in their marquee building and INAP ge...

June 03, 2020

HorizonIQ

Internap Emerges from Bankruptcy

Internap (INAP) has completed a financial restructuring and emerged from bankruptcy. On March 16, Internap filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to strengthen its capital structure. INAP negotiated a “prepackaged” bankruptcy with its lenders: Completed the reorganization in just seven weeks It emerg...

May 11, 2020

HorizonIQ

Google Slows Hiring for Remainder of 2020

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 co...

April 15, 2020

Google

Digital Realty launches SIN12, a new 50 MW data centre in Singapore

Digital Realty has launched a new 50 MW data centre in Singapore. The new facility, Digital Loyang II (SIN12), is partially pre-leased to a major Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation, a global digital banking, fintech and sustainability company, and a leading gl...

April 10, 2020

Digital Realty Singapore Loyang 2

Big Data Exchange (BDx) Acquires Telstra Data Center in Singapore

Big Data Exchange just got bigger. The carrier neutral, content-exchange company announced the completion of sale on a data center located in Paya Lebar, Singapore formerly owned by Telstra."Expanding into Singapore was our first choice outside of the greater China area and a strategic one on ...

April 09, 2020

BDx Singapore SIN1

Macquarie finalizes acquisition of AirTrunk

Macquarie has finalized the acquisition of AirTrunk. The deal, which values AirTrunk at $1.9B (USD), was led by Macquarie Asia Infrastructure Fund 2 (MAIF2) and other MIRA-managed partners. The 88% stake was acquired from Goldman Sachs, Sixth Street Partners (formerly TSSP) and from AirTrunk f...

April 08, 2020

AirTrunk

SUNeVision lands Microsoft ExpressRoute on MEGA Campus

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...

April 01, 2020

Microsoft Azure

CyrusOne amends $2.5 Billion Credit Facility

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 te...

April 01, 2020

CyrusOne

Equinix opens its 4th facility in Singapore

Equinix invested an initial $74M into SG4, the company’s fourth International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Singapore. The first phase of the SG4 IBX has more than 45,400 SF of colocation space, with plans for 132,180 SF of colocation space at full build-out. Equinix Press Release: ...

March 24, 2020

Equinix Singapore SG4

Internap files for Bankruptcy

Internap Corporation (INAP) has filed for bankruptcy along with all its US subsidiaries. The company’s reorganization plan anticipates INAP will emerge as a private company with an improved financial position. Read More: Internap Press Release INAP files for bankruptcy, along with US subs...

March 16, 2020

HorizonIQ

Digital Realty completes Acquisition of Interxion, a European Colocation Provider

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, Ams...

March 13, 2020

Digital Realty Trust

Macquarie to acquire AirTrunk

Bloomberg reports that AirTrunk has agreed to be acquired by Macquaire Infrastructure & Real Assets for $2.1 billion USD ($3 billion AUD). AirTrunk, an Australian based provider, operates data centers in Sydney, Melbourne, and Singapore and has announced plans to open a facility in Hong K...

January 10, 2020

AirTrunk

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