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Microsoft makes pledge to run all data centers carbon neutral by 2030

Microsoft is the latest company to pledge carbon-neutrality by 2030. Within the next 19 years, the tech giant promises to run all its global data centers and offices with zero-carbon energy.In a recent blog, written by Lucas Joppa, chief environmental officer and Noelle Walsh, CVP, cloud oper...

July 21, 2021

Microsoft Azure

Data4 to invest up to €200 million ($237 million) in new Poland campus

French data center firm, Data4 is planning to invest up to €200 million ($237 million) in its new Poland campus. According to Les Echos, Data4 wants to expand in Poland, and it will be investing over €100 million ($118m) within three years. It will also be investing up to €200 million ($237...

July 12, 2021

DATA4 Group

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

Vantage Warsaw WAW1

Microsoft to acquire AT&T’s Network Cloud; AT&T to move its 5G network to Azure

Microsoft will acquire AT&T’s Network Cloud technology and intellectual property. It will also be making job offers to hundreds of AT&T engineers. As part of the deal, AT&T will move its 5G mobile network to Microsoft Azure. AT&T’s 5G core would be the starting point. This deal...

June 30, 2021

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft intends to open four data centers in China by in 2022

According to reports from Bloomberg, Microsoft is looking to add four new data centers in China by Q1 of 2022. The report states that Microsoft wants to expand its service across Asia and opening data centers in China is a step towards achieving that. Asides from that, the Company also intends...

June 18, 2021

Microsoft Azure

Equinix promises to cut emissions by 50 percent before 2030

Equinix has promised that it would reduce its emissions by 50% before 2030. It would also be reducing emissions created by its electricity supply by 50% before 2030. This promise comes few days after Greenpeace criticized the Company for not having trustworthy timelines on the use of renewable...

June 17, 2021

Equinix

OVHcloud to go public by end of 2021

OVHcloud has officially confirmed that it would be going public on the Euronext stock exchange. Although OVHcloud hasn’t confirmed the date, but it will happen before the year runs out. Also, it did not say how much it expects to raise through the IPO, but it said the founder’s family, Octave...

June 16, 2021

OVH Group

Equinix partners with GIC to invest additional $3.9 billion in its Hyperscale Program

Equinix has announced that it has signed agreements for additional joint ventures with GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, which will add $3.9 billion to expand its data center program.The agreements come in the form of limited liability partnerships with GIC. The close, which is expected...

June 15, 2021

Equinix

Orange and Capgemini team up to launch French cloud company, Bleu

Capgemini and Orange will be setting up a new cloud Company called Bleu to meet the strict sovereignty requirements of the French state. The new Company will offer both Microsoft Azure and 365 cloud services. However, both Capgemini and Orange will manage the data centers. Worthy of note is t...

May 27, 2021

Orange

Equinix is Exiting Eight Leased Data Centers In The US

Equinix has announced that it would not be renewing the leases for eight of its data centers in the US. The data centers are situated in New York, Georgia, and some in California and Atlanta. Equinix commented that the reason for the development is that some of the facilities don’t meet the fu...

May 10, 2021

Equinix

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

Equinix prices $2.6 billion "Green" Bond Sale

Equinix has announced that it priced $2.6 billion principal amount of notes, including $1.0 billion of green bonds in its third green bond offering. The green bonds will be used to help advance the company's longstanding commitment to sustainability leadership and reducing its environmental im...

May 04, 2021

Equinix

EdgeConneX Expands in 6 North American Markets

EdgeConneX has announced that it will add almost 20MW of new capacity across six of its data centers in North America. The facilities that will benefit from this expansion are Seattle, Portland, Phoenix, Miami, Detroit, and Chicago.According to Phillip Marangella, Chief Marketing Officer at Ed...

April 28, 2021

EdgeConneX

DATA4 secures €620 million in debt financing

Data4 has announced that it has raised €620 million ($737.5 million) in debt financing, which will allow it to overcome new digital challenges and execute its 2024 growth plan. The financing, secured from three banks - Deutsche Bank, Société Générale and SMBC, means the company now has access ...

April 07, 2021

DATA4 Group

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

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

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

Vantage Data Centers

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

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 ...

October 01, 2020

Equinix

EQT acquires 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. ...

August 19, 2020

EdgeConneX

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