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Read Hawaiki Cable Extends Network from Hillsboro to Westin Building in Seattle
Hawaiki Cable Extends Network from Hillsboro to Westin Building in Seattle

Hawaiki Cable Extends Network from Hillsboro to Westin Building in Seattle

April 15, 2019 Westin Building Seattle

Hawaiki Submarine Cable LP has extended its US presence from Hillsboro, OR to the Westin Building Exchange (WBX) carrier hotel and data center in Seattle, WA to support its clients’ capacity requirements between New Zealand, Australia, and the United States. Launched in July 2018, the Hawaiki...

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Read e-shelter Opens Their First Data Center in Amsterdam
e-shelter Opens Their First Data Center in Amsterdam

e-shelter Opens Their First Data Center in Amsterdam

April 12, 2019 NTT Amsterdam 1

e-shelter, a subsidiary of NTT, opened a data center in Amsterdam. This is the company's first foray into The Netherlands. The campus which is just South of the Amsterdam Schiphol Airport will eventually support 2 buildings and approximately 16,000 square meters and 40 MWs of critical IT load....

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Read AirTrunk Closes $332 million in funding to build Singapore data centre
AirTrunk Closes $332 million in funding to build Singapore data centre

AirTrunk Closes $332 million in funding to build Singapore data centre

April 10, 2019 AirTrunk Singapore SGP1

AirTrunk has announces that it has received US$332 million (S$450 million) debt financing from three global financial institutions; Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, and Natixis. Additional equity capital was also raised from its founder and CEO, Robin Khuda, and shareholders, Goldman Sachs and TPG...

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Read Amazon will Power Mulhuddart campus with 91.2 megawatt Wind farm in Donegal
Amazon will Power Mulhuddart campus with 91.2 megawatt Wind farm in Donegal

Amazon will Power Mulhuddart campus with 91.2 megawatt Wind farm in Donegal

April 09, 2019 Hyperscale Data Center

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced it will invest in a the Donegal wind farm, a renewable energy project in Ireland. The 91.2 megawatt wind farm will be developed by Invis Energy and is expected to begin providing energy to AWS Data Centers in Ireland by the end of 2021.The Donegal wind farm...

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Read DE-CIX and Datacenter One Partner to Offer DE-CIX in DC1's Sites
DE-CIX and Datacenter One Partner to Offer DE-CIX in DC1's Sites

DE-CIX and Datacenter One Partner to Offer DE-CIX in DC1's Sites

April 01, 2019 AtlasEdge: Leverkusen

DE-CIX and Datacenter One have formed a partnership to offer DE-CIX’s services in Datacenter One (DC1) sites in Germany. DC1's LEV1 facility in Leverkusen will be the first DC1 data center connected as part of the new partnership. DE-CIX is one of the largest Internet Exchange operators in the...

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Read Verizon is Expanding the Legacy Yahoo! Campus in Lockport NY
Verizon is Expanding the Legacy Yahoo! Campus in Lockport NY

Verizon is Expanding the Legacy Yahoo! Campus in Lockport NY

March 31, 2019 H5: Buffalo I

Verizon Media announced that it will build a $28 million data center expansion to the legacy Yahoo facility in Lockport NY. If you include the server equipment Verizon Media is investing approximately $241 million. In January, Verizon announced it was jettisoning the Oath name and will rebrand...

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Read NewCloud Networks Expands at H5 in Cleveland
NewCloud Networks Expands at H5 in Cleveland

NewCloud Networks Expands at H5 in Cleveland

March 29, 2019 H5 Cleveland Technology Center (CTC)

H5 has announced a customer expansion at its Cleveland Data Center. NewCloud Networks, a Denver based cloud services provider, has chosen the H5 facility to expand its Cleveland presence. The building, previously known as the Cleveland Technology Center, has changed hands a few times over the...

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Read Carrier-1 Upgrades Capacity by 5 Megawatts
Carrier-1 Upgrades Capacity by 5 Megawatts

Carrier-1 Upgrades Capacity by 5 Megawatts

March 27, 2019 Evocative DA4

Carrier-1 has announced that it has upgraded the critical power to their Dallas site from 3.5 to 8.5 Megawatts. The facility is over 100,000 square feet and can ultimately support 10 MWs in the current phase.The Dallas facility can grow further. Phase II is 70% sold. Phase II and Phase IV will...

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Read ISI Communications has moved its Core Network into New Continuum's Chicago Facility
ISI Communications has moved its Core Network into New Continuum's Chicago Facility

ISI Communications has moved its Core Network into New Continuum's Chicago Facility

March 26, 2019 SBA Edge: 603 Discovery

New Continuum has persuaded ISI Communications to move its core network node into its facility. This is no easy feat. Certainly the fact that United IX is in the building helped to make the decision easier. The New Continuum Press Release: ISI Communications is leveraging New Continuum’s edge...

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Read AMS-IX Caribbean deploys Point-of-Presence in Blue NAP Americas data centre
AMS-IX Caribbean deploys Point-of-Presence in Blue NAP Americas data centre

AMS-IX Caribbean deploys Point-of-Presence in Blue NAP Americas data centre

March 26, 2019 Blue NAP Americas Curaçao

AMS-IX announced today that it has expanded its Caribbean Internet Exchange to a second data center in Curacao. Customers of the Blue NAP Americas can now connect directly to the IXP. Curaçao is a small island in the Southern Caribbean and without a doubt a niche Interconnection market, but...

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Read NEXTDC appointed Enterprise data centre provider for Queensland Government
NEXTDC appointed Enterprise data centre provider for Queensland Government

NEXTDC appointed Enterprise data centre provider for Queensland Government

March 26, 2019 NEXTDC: B1 Brisbane

NextDC will provide the Queensland government with data center-as-a-Service (DCaaS) solutions from its Brisbane facilities. The Australian colo company is the second provider to join the Queensland government’s ICT supplier panel in addition to Pulse Data Centre. NEXTDC's Announcement: We have...

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Read $25M HostDime's Eatonville Data Center & HQ Building Set to Begin Construction in June
$25M HostDime's Eatonville Data Center & HQ Building Set to Begin Construction in June

$25M HostDime's Eatonville Data Center & HQ Building Set to Begin Construction in June

March 25, 2019 HostDime Eatonville

Orlando Sentinel reports that HostDime's long delayed data center construction project is back on track. Construction will begin this summer and plans to open next year. Orlando Sentinel: After nearly three years of delays, HostDime said Monday it is set to begin construction this summer in...

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Read Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden
Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden

Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden

March 25, 2019 Sweden

Microsoft is reportedly building two new datacenters in Sweden, according to Swedish Newspaper Gefle Dagblad (via MSN). It was previously reported in December that the company had acquired 130 hectares of land in the municipalities of of Gävle and Sandviken, near the Swedish capital Stockholm....

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Read L.A. Moving City Operations to State Data Center in $10.5M Deal
L.A. Moving City Operations to State Data Center in $10.5M Deal

L.A. Moving City Operations to State Data Center in $10.5M Deal

March 21, 2019 Dept of Technology Rancho Cordova

The city of Los Angeles is giving up on its 30-year-old legacy mainframe system and is contracting with the California Department of Technology to move its operations to the State Data Center in Sacramento. The city will pay the state $10.5 million for three years of service, with an option to...

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Read Orange Belgium Opens a New Data Center in Antwerp
Orange Belgium Opens a New Data Center in Antwerp

Orange Belgium Opens a New Data Center in Antwerp

March 19, 2019 Orange Belgium Hoboken

Orange Belgium has opened a $15.8 million data center in Antwerp, Belgium. Michaël Trabbia, CEO of Orange, and president of the board Johan Deschuyffeleer officially opened the 1,000 square meter (10,800 sq ft) data center at a event yesterday. Orange Datacenter in Belgium The data center will be...

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Read QTS files plans to expand Richmond campus in White Oak Technology Park
QTS files plans to expand Richmond campus in White Oak Technology Park

QTS files plans to expand Richmond campus in White Oak Technology Park

March 13, 2019 QTS Richmond I

A development plan was filed in March by an entity tied to QTS Data Centers for new two single-story data center buildings totaling 710,500 square feet on county-owned land in Sandston’s White Oak Technology Park, near Interstates 64 and 295. Dubbed in planning documents as “Project Isaac,” the...

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Read Equinix is Building ME2 in Melbourne
Equinix is Building ME2 in Melbourne

Equinix is Building ME2 in Melbourne

March 12, 2019 Equinix Melbourne ME2

ARNnet.com.au reports that Interconnection and data centre provider Equinix is investing $117 million (US$84 million) in a new International Business Exchange (IBX) data centre in Melbourne. The site, named ME2, is expected to open by September this year and will be the company’s fourth in the...

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Read Google Launches New GCP Region in Zurich
Google Launches New GCP Region in Zurich

Google Launches New GCP Region in Zurich

March 12, 2019 Hyperscale Data Center

Google announced on their Blog that they have launched the Zurich region. Our Google Cloud Platform (GCP) region in Zurich is now live and ready for business. Our sixth European region and nineteenth overall, this new region gives companies doing business in Switzerland more opportunities with...

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Read ScaleMatrix Open Its First Data Center in Seattle
ScaleMatrix Open Its First Data Center in Seattle

ScaleMatrix Open Its First Data Center in Seattle

March 08, 2019 ScaleMatrix Seattle

ScaleMatrix has opened its newest data center, operated by Centeris, in the southern part of metro Seattle. The new facility is ScaleMatrix’s first expansion in the Pacific Northwest and will provide a plethora of services for potential enterprise clients. The New ScaleMatrix Site will be at...

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Read Cavern Expanding KC Data Center by 40,000 SqFt
Cavern Expanding KC Data Center by 40,000 SqFt

Cavern Expanding KC Data Center by 40,000 SqFt

March 07, 2019 Lightedge: Lenexa (Cavern)

Cavern Technologies announced via Twitter that the company is building a 40,000 SqFt expansion at their Underground Kansas Facility. The data center, which is used by the Kansas City Chiefs, is one of the largest facilities in Kansas City. Cavern said the space will be available by June and it...

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