October 30, 2024 Equinix
Equinix this week announced an intention to invest approximately $500 million in Thailand in phases over the next ten years, including the recent acquisition of land in Bangkok for approximately $34m. The newly acquired land in the Bangna area of Bangkok will be used to establish two Equinix...
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October 18, 2024 Spain
UAE data center firm Edgnex this week announced its expansion into Europe with the acquisition of land in Madrid. The site has been acquired from real estate private equity manager ActivumSG and will host a 40MW data center. Located in the Vicalvaro region, the 236,805 sq ft (22,000 sqm) facility...
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September 25, 2024 Equinix
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Equinix a contract for colocation services for its Homeland Security Enterprise Network. Published on SAM.gov on September 17, the tender called for "power, connectivity and related operations and maintenance," adding that the services will...
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September 17, 2024 Equinix
Equinix has now become one of the top 10 largest US corporate issuers in the market, issuing $750 million in green bonds across two offerings. The company says it will use the proceeds to advance sustainability initiatives across its business. Equinix said the funding will be towards initiatives...
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August 17, 2024 Equinix
Colocation firm Equinix is exploring deployment of hydrogen fuel cells at its data center in Dublin, Ireland. A spokesperson for the company noted that while a temporary demonstration pod was deployed at one of the company's sites on tour from ESB and GeoPura, is not a permanent deployment. Peter...
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August 09, 2024 Equinix
Equinix has surpassed a $1 billion EBITDA in Q2 2024 for the first time, reaching $1.036bn. The company Equinix has surpassed a $1 billion EBITDA in Q2 2024 for the first time, reaching $1.036bn. Furthermore, the quarter's results saw operating income up 20 percent compared to the previous...
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July 23, 2024 Equinix
Equinix this week announced that it will be entering into the Philippines market after purchasing three facilities from Total Information Management, a local technology solutions provider. This deal comprises three carrier-neutral and interconnection-rich data centers with more than 1,000...
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July 15, 2024 Vodafone
Vodafone Germany in an announcement this week revealed that it has partnered with vendor Ericsson to deploy compact 5G antennas and the first compact 5G antenna was deployed on a parking garage in Düsseldorf."Strong winds put pressure on the antenna surfaces mounted on roofs. The more mobile...
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July 05, 2024 Equinix
Ericsson has confirmed that it will record a noncash impairment charge of 11.4 billion Swedish crowns, which reflects lower anticipated market growth in some of Vonage’s current portfolio."We continue to advance our strategy to build a Global Network Platform for network APIs, which was the...
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July 03, 2024 Vodafone
Virgin Media O2 and Vodafone have signed a new network-sharing deal in the UK which also includes plans for Virgin Media O2 to acquire spectrum from Vodafone, which could help the latter gain regulatory approval for its merger with Three."We are extending and bolstering elements of our existing...
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June 29, 2024 Spain
AQ Compute has broken ground on its 60MW data center campus in Spain and has begun construction work on the new site located in the Parc de l’Alba (Cerdanyola del Vallès) in Barcelona. The data center, dubbed AQ-BCN1, will eventually have an IT capacity of 60MW with cooling capabilities for...
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June 12, 2024 Barcelona
FC Barcelona and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have signed an agreement for the football club to deploy HPE GreenLake and Aruba Networks at its new facilities. Following this agreement, HPE will be the new Espai Barça Official Edge-to-Cloud Partner for the next four seasons, until 30 June...
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June 05, 2024 Equinix
Equinix this week announced plans for LS2, a new International Business Exchange (IBX) facility to be located adjacent to Equinix's existing LS1 site. This €50 million project due to open in the first quarter of 2025 will offer 2,050 square meters of colocation space.Carlos Paulino, managing...
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May 30, 2024 Vodafone
Vodafone Ukraine has begun its 5G trials, pairing up with Finnish vendor Nokia to carry out the trials during the Action Forum 2024. The company held its first trails this month which was confirmed by Ukraine's Minister of Digital Transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov."The significance of our trial in...
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May 29, 2024 Vodafone
Vodafone has revealed its plans to deliver 5G Standalone (5G SA) to Northern Ireland which will support many industries across rural Northern Ireland, including healthcare, education, and agriculture if its merger with Three is approved. “We know how vital access to connectivity is for everyone,...
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May 28, 2024 Equinix
Equinix has now broken ground in Malaysia with two International Business Exchange data centers in Johor (JH1) and Kuala Lumpur (KL1) now serving the company’s customers in Malaysia and across. Jeremy Deutsch, president for Asia-Pacific at Equinix, said: “Malaysia is a cornerstone market and top...
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April 29, 2024 Equinix
Colocation firm Equinix has signed long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) to procure renewable energy in Singapore fromSembcorp Industries. Following the agreements, Sembcorp Power will supply a maximum capacity of 75MWp from its solar assets and 30MW from its gas-power generation portfolio...
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March 23, 2024 Equinix
Short seller Hindenburg Research has accused data center REIT Equinix of "major accounting manipulations." The investigative reporting and researching company claims that Nadaq-listed Equinix overstated its adjusted funds from operations (AFFO), a key profitability metric for REITs, by at least...
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March 21, 2024 Vodafone
The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said it's concerned that Vodafone and Three's proposed merger could lead to mobile customers facing higher prices and reduced service quality. This comes after a 40-day review into the £15 billion ($18.5bn) merger, set to create the UK's...
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March 16, 2024 Vodafone
Vodafone has sold its Italian business to Swisscom for €8 billion in a deal which will see Swisscom merge Vodafone with its Italian subsidiary Fastweb. This merger was announced in Europe this week after the Spanish government approved the proposed Orange and MásMóvil merger. Margherita Della...
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