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Vantage Data Centers to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2030

Vantage Data Centers recently announced that it will push to achieve net-zero carbon emissions globally by 2030. It says that it will strive to reach these targets by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and investing in carbon-removal technology. Specifically, the company will focus its efforts...

August 03, 2021

Vantage Data Centers

Lumen is selling its Latin American business to Stonepeak for $2.7 billion

Lumen Technologies has announced the sale of its entire Latin American business to Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners. The sale is said to be worth $2.7 billion. Australia’s largest pension fund, AustralianSuper, is also investing funds in the deal with Stonepeak. The current leadership team...

July 28, 2021

Lumen Technologies

DataBank purchases existing building for fifth data center in Denver

DataBank has announced that it has purchased an existing land and building in Denver. The land and building acquired would be DataBank’s home for its fifth data center in Denver. This facility is located at 6961 S. Quentin Street in Centennial, CO. DataBank says the facility will help it me...

July 27, 2021

DataBank

Round Rock votes to rezone land for Switch data center campus

This week, Round Rock City Council unanimously voted to approve the rezoning of two plots of land for Switch’s 'The Rock' data center, which will span 1.5 million square feet (140,000 sq m).The two plots of land totaL 35.71 acres, and are either side of Dell Technologies' global headquarters, ...

July 26, 2021

Switch Austin "The Rock"

A carbon-neutral future: Which companies are committing and delivering?

In 2021, data centers are responsible for 2% of the world’s CO2 emissions, equivalent to the entire airline industry worldwide. It has also been forecast that by 2025, data centers could consume up to one-fifth of Earth’s power.Increasingly, data center companies are waking up to the fact that...

July 21, 2021

Microsoft Azure

DataBank expands Its DFW3 Dallas Fort Worth data center

DataBank, a leading provider of enterprise-class colocation, connectivity, and managed services, just announced the expansion of its DFW3, Dallas Fort Worth Data Center. It is expanding to meet the increasing demand for mission-critical IT infrastructure in the Dallas Fort Worth market. Th...

July 14, 2021

DataBank Plano DFW3

Microsoft wants to build five more data centers in San Antonio, Texas

According to recent documents filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Microsoft has applied to build five more data centers in San Antonio, Texas. The data centers will have a total space of 350,000 square feet. It will also cost over $200 million. The construction of ...

July 13, 2021

San Antonio

FiberLight announces fiber expansion in El Paso

FiberLight has announced the completion of its fiber expansion in the greater El Paso, Texas market with a new Point of Presence (PoP) at the MDC El Paso facility. The fiber infrastructure provider can now connect El Paso with Laredo, McAllen, and Brownsville. Moreover, this expansion will ena...

June 09, 2021

MDC Data Centers

Switch buys land from Dell for Austin data center campus

Switch has revealed the primary location of its Fifth Prime data center campus in Texas, following a purchase land agreement with Dell Technologies. The campus will be called "The Rock" and powered by 100% renewable energy.The land, located next to Dell's global headquarters in Round Rock, wil...

June 03, 2021

Switch Austin "The Rock"

CyrusOne’s European data center portfolio now 100 percent powered by renewable energy

CyrusOne just announced that all of its data centers in Europe are now running on 100% renewable energy. The Company has facilities in Dublin, London, Frankfurt, and Amsterdam, currently operating on renewable tariffs. Besides, the Company recently promised to be carbon neutral by 2040, and t...

June 02, 2021

CyrusOne

QTS expands its connectivity ecosystem with Telia Carrier

Telia Carrier has announced that it has deployed its full suite of connectivity services in QTS' Piscataway, New Jersey and Irving, Texas data centers. Telia is also deployed to QTS Richmond, Chicago, Miami, Hillsboro, and Atlanta.The 'full suite' of network services includes DWDM, DDoS, IP Tr...

May 13, 2021

QTS Irving

Vantage provides more Renewable Energy options to Customers

Vantage Data Centers has announced that it is now providing its customers access to renewable energy at each of its North American and European campuses. This development will help its customers reduce their carbon emissions. Currently, four of the campuses are now being powered by 99% renewab...

May 06, 2021

Vantage Data Centers

Riot to Acquire Whinstone, Creating a US-Based Industry Leader in Bitcoin Mining

Combination of leading US-based Bitcoin miner with owner and operator of America’s largest Bitcoin hosting facility will create leading US-based corporate pillar in support of the Bitcoin mining networkCastle Rock, CO, April 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Riot Blockchain, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIOT) ("...

April 08, 2021

Riot Platforms

Microsoft begins $140M data center in San Antonio

Plans are in place for Microsoft to build another data facility in San Antonio. According to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the data facility will be 79,385 square feet in size. It will be constructed at the 15000 block of Lambda Drive at Texas Research Park to...

March 31, 2021

Microsoft Texas Research Park

Skybox sells Houston Facility to Element Critical

Element Critical has acquired Skybox's Houston One facility. Element Critical is the new owner, but Skybox will continue to operate the facility and handle wholesale leasing. Skybox and Element Critical jointly issued the press release below on March 16th 2021: Vienna, VA, — Element Critical, ...

March 16, 2021

Element Critical Houston One

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

Looking back on 2020, Vantage Data Centers doubled in size, raised $3.6B in new capital, entered international markets and increased IT capacity by more than 90 percent

DENVER (January 27, 2021) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, announced today that it doubled its size in terms of markets served and increased IT capacity by more than 90 percent in 2020 with the company’s entrance into the European market an...

January 27, 2021

Vantage Data Centers

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

Vantage Acquires Hypertec's Data Centers becomming a large provider in Montreal

Vantage Data Centers has acquired the data center business of services company Hypertec. With Hypertec's facilities, Vantage will become a large player with additional capacity in the Montreal market. Hypertec’s 49MW campus includes 25MW across two existing facilities and 24MW of expansion cap...

November 23, 2020

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Raises an additional 1.25 Billion in Equity Capital from Digital Colony

DENVER (November 19, 2020) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced that it has raised US$1.25 billion in incremental equity capital from its existing investors, led by Digital Colony. This funding will be used to fuel ongoing expan...

November 19, 2020

Vantage Data Centers

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