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Vantage Data Centers Enters Power Purchase Agreement with SolarAfrica

Vantage Data Centers has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with SolarAfrica, which will enable Vantage to supplement the local grid powering the company’s data center campus in Johannesburg (JNB1) with renewable energy. According to reports, the campus is set to open in Ju...

June 10, 2022

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Investing CAD$900 in Canada Expansion Spree

Vantage Data Centers has announced that it is expanding its operations in Canada with significant developments. The company is looking to expand its existing facilities in Quebec and Montreal while developing a new campus in Montreal. It will be investing CAD$900 million (US$713m) in the ex...

March 18, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage begins work on the second phase of its Frankfurt-Offenbach campus

Vantage is commencing the second phase of development at its 55MW EU campus (FRA1) in Frankfurt, Germany. Located in Offenbach, this second phase will see the construction of a 16MW capacity, 13,000 square meters (140,000 square feet) facility, which will be operational in the first half of 2...

February 24, 2022

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers breaks ground on two additional campuses

Vantage Data Centers has announced that it has broken ground on additional campuses in two of its existing strategic EMEA markets in both Frankfurt and Berlin. The Berlin campus will have 32MW of critical IT capacity and is due to be operational in the summer of 2022. Meanwhile, the Frankfurt...

December 15, 2021

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers acquires PCCW DC

Vantage Data Centers and its lead investor, Digital Bridge Group, have announced the acquisition of PCCW Ltd.’s data center business. The acquisition sees Vantage DC’s portfolio to include 100MW of existing and expansion capacity across many facilities in Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong. Besides, t...

December 06, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers secures $530 million in financing

Vantage Data Centers has announced that it has raised $530 million in securitized notes. The funds it raised would be used to refinance Vantage DC’s Variable Funding Note (VFN) facility. VFN was used to facilitate the purchase of CA22. Vantage Stabilized Data Centers, a joint venture Vantag...

November 05, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage is expanding into Johannesburg, South Africa

Vantage Data Centers is expanding into Africa by breaking ground on a new 80MW campus in Johannesburg, South Africa. The campus will be developed in phases, with the first 16MW phase scheduled to be completed in 2022. The new facility is located in Waterfall City in Johannesburg. Also, the ...

October 13, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers enters Asia-Pacific region by acquiring Agile Data Centers and PCCW’s data center business

Vantage Data Centers has announced that it is expanding into the Asia-Pacific Market by acquiring Agile Data Centers and PCCW’s data center portfolio. The primary stakeholder of Vantage Data Centers, DigitalBridge Investment Management, and other existing investors of Vantage DC have contri...

September 10, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Vantage Data Centers

Ireland's data center boom continues as Vantage files application to build two facilities near Dublin

Ireland's data center boom shows no signs of slowing, as Vantage Data Centers signs an application to build its first two data centers in the country, just outside of Dublin. Its initial application outlines plans for two facilities with a gross floor area of 40,589 sqm on an 8.7-hectare plot....

September 08, 2021

Vantage Data Centers

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

Vantage Data Centers to build campuses in Warsaw and Berlin

As part of its ongoing $2 billion European expansion plan, Vantage Data Centers has broken ground on data center campuses in Berlin, Germany and Warsaw, Poland. As part of this expansion plan, the Company has opened facilities in locations in Wales and Germany.The Warsaw facility dubbed the WA...

July 08, 2021

Eric Bavto

Vantage Warsaw WAW1

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

Eric Bell

Vantage Data Centers

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

Eric Bell

Vantage Data Centers

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

Eric Bell

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

Eric Bell

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers Raises US$1.3 Billion in Securitized Notes to Accelerate North American Expansion

Company leverages favorable interest rates to reduce costs, extend debt maturity profile and fund expansion opportunities DENVER – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced that the company raised US$1.3 billion in securitized notes. Th...

October 06, 2020

Eric Bell

Vantage Data Centers

Colony Capital and Vantage Data Centers to Form Strategic Partnership to Advance Data Center Growth

Vantage has announced that Colony Capital will invest $1.2 billion into Vantage. This is on top of the $800 million it raised in February 2020 and $692 million it raised in 2019. A massive war chest to fund Vantage's aggressive expansion into Europe. Earlier this year the company announced it ...

July 08, 2020

Eric Bell

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Acquires NGD, one of Largest Data Centres in Europe

Vantage has announced it is set to acquire Next Generation Data (NGD), one of the largest data centres in Europe. The NGD campus is in the Cardiff Capital Region in South Wales.The acquisition provides Vantage with one of Europe’s largest data center campus totaling 180MW, including an existin...

April 07, 2020

Eric Bell

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage makes big bet on Europe, Buys Etix and expands into 4 new markets

Vantage Data Centers announced its expansion into Europe through the acquisition of Etix Everywhere and greenfield developments in four additional European markets. Etix’s data center portfolio includes a 55MW hyperscale data center campus in Frankfurt, Germany, which is currently under constr...

February 10, 2020

Eric Bell

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Raises an Additional $675 Million in Debt and Equity Financing

Vantage has raised $675 million for expansion projects in the United States. The company also raised $225 million in December. That's a lot of capital, however the company has many projects in the works, including: Acquired 4Degrees and entered the Montreal market in December Building a secon...

February 14, 2019

Eric Bell

Vantage Data Centers

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