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Read Digital Realty Relocates Headquarters to Austin
Digital Realty Relocates Headquarters to Austin

Digital Realty Relocates Headquarters to Austin

January 15, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

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...

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Read Equinix Completes US$780 Million Acquisition of 13 Bell Data Centers in Canada
Equinix Completes US$780 Million Acquisition of 13 Bell Data Centers in Canada

Equinix Completes US$780 Million Acquisition of 13 Bell Data Centers in Canada

October 01, 2020 Equinix

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...

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Read Tom Marx joins Evoque as Chief Revenue Officer
Tom Marx joins Evoque as Chief Revenue Officer

Tom Marx joins Evoque as Chief Revenue Officer

September 28, 2020 Csquare

Tom Marx will join Evoque as Chief Revenue Officer. Marx, who is based in Denver, spent the majority of his career at tw telecom subsequently Level3/CenturyLink via acquisition. Evoque Press Release on Sept 28, 2020:DALLAS – Evoque Data Center Solutions™, one of the world’s 20 largest data center...

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Read STACK closes an additional $325 Million in Debt Financing
STACK closes an additional $325 Million in Debt Financing

STACK closes an additional $325 Million in Debt Financing

September 01, 2020 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Denver-based Stack Infrastructure, a data center company, has closed a $325 million debt offering. Stack also issued securitized notes in February and November of last year. Including the latest round, the company has so far raised a total of $1.4 billion to fuel its growth. Stack's Press Release...

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Read EQT acquires EdgeConneX
EQT acquires EdgeConneX

EQT acquires EdgeConneX

August 19, 2020 EdgeConneX

The Swedish investment firm EQT AB has announced that it acquired the US-based colocation company EdgeConneX. EdgeConneX has a global footprint, operating over 40 facilities in 33 markets across North America, Europe and South America and continues to expand after being founded a decade ago. EQT...

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Read Andy Stewart becomes Evoque's new CEO
Andy Stewart becomes Evoque's new CEO

Andy Stewart becomes Evoque's new CEO

June 16, 2020 Csquare

Evoque Data Center Solutions has appointed Andy Stewart as CEO, effective immediately. Stewart brings more than 15 years of senior management experience, including a decade of strategic development and execution, to Evoque. He previously served chief strategy officer at TierPoint, where he was...

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

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

June 08, 2020 Equinix

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 Notes...

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Read ServerFarm Adds 14MW to Toronto Data Center
ServerFarm Adds 14MW to Toronto Data Center

ServerFarm Adds 14MW to Toronto Data Center

June 04, 2020 ServerFarm Toronto TOR1

ServerFarm has upgraded its Toronto facility. The project to add 14MW of new critical capacity to ServerFarm’s existing Toronto data center included a major construction phase, which was completed during the COVID-19 lockdown. The facility’s utility power availability is now over 21MW.ServerFarm...

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Read Aptum sells fiber and transport business to Beanfield Metroconnect
Aptum sells fiber and transport business to Beanfield Metroconnect

Aptum sells fiber and transport business to Beanfield Metroconnect

May 07, 2020 eStruxture TOR-1

Beanfield Metroconnect, a Canadian independent telecommunications infrastructure provider, has added to its bank account and its fiber network footprint. According to owners Digital Colony, the global digital infrastructure investment platform of Colony Capital, Inc. (NYSE: CLNY), Beanfield has...

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Read Compass completes ROOT integration
Compass completes ROOT integration

Compass completes ROOT integration

May 06, 2020 Compass Datacenters

Compass has announced on their blog that they have completed the integration of the ROOT data centers. ROOT was acquired in July 2019. The announcement states, "Over the past few months, we’ve been hard at work integrating the two companies’ construction, operations, marketing, and sales teams....

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Read Compass enters new market in Canada with Etobicoke Data Center
Compass enters new market in Canada with Etobicoke Data Center

Compass enters new market in Canada with Etobicoke Data Center

May 05, 2020 Centersquare: Etobicoke YYZ3

Compass Datacenters acquired an existing building and land in Etobicoke, Ontario to build a campus. Etobicoke is just West of Toronto. Costing $100 million USD, the first phase, the initial data hall will support 10MW of critical IT load when construction is completed in Q3 of 2020. The data...

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Read SUNeVision lands Microsoft ExpressRoute on MEGA Campus
SUNeVision lands Microsoft ExpressRoute on MEGA Campus

SUNeVision lands Microsoft ExpressRoute on MEGA Campus

April 01, 2020 Microsoft Azure

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...

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Read Digital Realty completes Acquisition of Interxion, a European Colocation Provider
Digital Realty completes Acquisition of Interxion, a European Colocation Provider

Digital Realty completes Acquisition of Interxion, a European Colocation Provider

March 13, 2020 Digital Realty Trust

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,...

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Read Beanfield Technologies Expands Fiber Footprint into Montreal with Acquisition of Openface (PR)
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Beanfield Technologies Expands Fiber Footprint into Montreal with Acquisition of Openface (PR)

February 03, 2020 Beanfield Metroconnect

TORONTO /PRNewswire/ -- Beanfield Technologies Inc. ("Beanfield"), an independent telecommunications infrastructure provider in Canada serving the enterprise, carrier and multi-dwelling units markets, today announced its acquisition of Openface Inc. ("Openface"), a leading provider of fiber-based...

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Read Compass Adds Second Campus in Dallas Metro
Compass Adds Second Campus in Dallas Metro

Compass Adds Second Campus in Dallas Metro

January 30, 2020 Compass Datacenters

Compass Data Centers announced it acquired 225 acres in Red Oak, located Ellis County, South of Dallas TX metro. Construction has already begun with the first data center at the site, and it's slated for delivery in the second quarter later this year. The campus is located adjacent to Google's...

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Read Equinix Completes US$175 Million Acquisition of Three Axtel Data Centers in Mexico
Equinix Completes US$175 Million Acquisition of Three Axtel Data Centers in Mexico

Equinix Completes US$175 Million Acquisition of Three Axtel Data Centers in Mexico

January 09, 2020 Equinix

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced the completion of its acquisition of three data centers from Axtel S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: AXTELCPO) that serve the Mexico City and Monterrey metro areas of Mexico....

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Read STACK INFRASTRUCTURE Expands Securitization by $225 million to Fund Growth
STACK INFRASTRUCTURE Expands Securitization by $225 million to Fund Growth

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE Expands Securitization by $225 million to Fund Growth

November 22, 2019 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Long-Term, Low-Cost, Investment-Grade Facility Provides Additional Capital to Drive Market and Client Expansion DENVER, CO – NOVEMBER 22, 2019 – STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (“STACK” or the “Company”), the data center company built from the ground up to address the technology infrastructure needs of...

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Read Digital Colony Acquires Beanfield Technologies (PR)
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Digital Colony Acquires Beanfield Technologies (PR)

November 12, 2019 Beanfield Metroconnect

BOCA RATON, Fla, / PRNewswire/ -- Digital Colony, the global digital infrastructure investment platform of Colony Capital, Inc. (NYSE: CLNY) and a leading investor, owner and operator of companies enabling the next generation of mobile and internet connectivity, today announced Digital Colony...

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Read Equinix to Expand into Mexico With US$175 Million Acquisition of Three Axtel Data Centers (PR)
Equinix to Expand into Mexico With US$175 Million Acquisition of Three Axtel Data Centers (PR)

Equinix to Expand into Mexico With US$175 Million Acquisition of Three Axtel Data Centers (PR)

October 04, 2019 Equinix

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced it has entered into an agreement with Axtel S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: AXTELCPO) to acquire three data centers that serve the Mexico City and Monterrey metro areas of...

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Read Contegix Appoints Joe Deney as Chief Operations Officer (PR)
Contegix Appoints Joe Deney as Chief Operations Officer (PR)

Contegix Appoints Joe Deney as Chief Operations Officer (PR)

August 21, 2019 Contegix

RESTON, Va.- Contegix, the leading Managed Service Provider for digital applications, has announced that it has named Joe Deney as its new chief operations officer. Deney is responsible for driving increased customer satisfaction and is charged with evolving the company’s support organization,...

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