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Read Amazon in negotiations to build data center in Ceará, Brazil
Amazon in negotiations to build data center in Ceará, Brazil

Amazon in negotiations to build data center in Ceará, Brazil

July 20, 2021 Amazon AWS

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 second half...

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Read DataBank expands Its DFW3 Dallas Fort Worth data center
DataBank expands Its DFW3 Dallas Fort Worth data center

DataBank expands Its DFW3 Dallas Fort Worth data center

July 14, 2021 DataBank: DFW3

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. The...

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

July 13, 2021 San Antonio

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 the...

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Read AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio
AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio

AWS Planning 3 new data centers in San Antonio

July 13, 2021 Amazon AWS

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 only...

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Read AWS launches Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas
AWS launches Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas

AWS launches Local Zones in Philadelphia and Texas

July 08, 2021 Amazon AWS

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 infrastructures...

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Read Iron Mountain enters $178 million sale-leaseback deal with Intermediate Capital Group, and would use proceeds to invest in data centers
Iron Mountain enters $178 million sale-leaseback deal with Intermediate Capital Group, and would use proceeds to invest in data centers

Iron Mountain enters $178 million sale-leaseback deal with Intermediate Capital Group, and would use proceeds to invest in data centers

June 26, 2021 Iron Mountain

US Real Estate Investment Company Iron Mountain has announced that it sold five facilities in the greater London area to Intermediate Capital Group (ICG). The sale agreement also included a leaseback deal for the facilities. Iron Mountain will remain in the facilities for an initial 12 year...

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

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

June 23, 2021 Amazon AWS

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. With...

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

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

June 17, 2021 Amazon AWS

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...

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Read Switch buys land from Dell for Austin data center campus
Switch buys land from Dell for Austin data center campus

Switch buys land from Dell for Austin data center campus

June 03, 2021 Switch Austin "The Rock"

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, will...

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

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

June 02, 2021 CyrusOne

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 this...

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

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

May 28, 2021 Amazon AWS

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....

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Read QTS expands its connectivity ecosystem with Telia Carrier
QTS expands its connectivity ecosystem with Telia Carrier

QTS expands its connectivity ecosystem with Telia Carrier

May 13, 2021 QTS Irving DC1

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...

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Read Vantage provides more Renewable Energy options to Customers
Vantage provides more Renewable Energy options to Customers

Vantage provides more Renewable Energy options to Customers

May 06, 2021 Vantage Data Centers

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% renewable...

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Read Iron Mountain Completes Agreement to Expand footprint to India with JV with Web Werks
Iron Mountain Completes Agreement to Expand footprint to India with JV with Web Werks

Iron Mountain Completes Agreement to Expand footprint to India with JV with Web Werks

April 21, 2021 Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain is expected to invest $150 million over the next two years in a joint venture with Web Werks. Web Works is one of India’s top colocation data center providers. Iron Mountain, which is a storage and information management services company first announced its plan to invest on...

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

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

April 08, 2021 Riot Platforms

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)...

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Read Microsoft begins $140M data center in San Antonio
Microsoft begins $140M data center in San Antonio

Microsoft begins $140M data center in San Antonio

March 31, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

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...

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Read Skybox sells Houston Facility to Element Critical
Skybox sells Houston Facility to Element Critical

Skybox sells Houston Facility to Element Critical

March 16, 2021 Element Critical: Houston One DC1

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, a...

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Read DataBank issues $658M of Secured Notes
DataBank issues $658M of Secured Notes

DataBank issues $658M of Secured Notes

March 12, 2021 DataBank

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...

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Read 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
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

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

January 27, 2021 Vantage Data Centers

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 and...

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Read DataBank closes Acquisition of Zayo's data centers
DataBank closes Acquisition of Zayo's data centers

DataBank closes Acquisition of Zayo's data centers

December 15, 2020 DataBank

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...

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