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Read DigiPlex data center will help keep Oslo warm
Nordic data center operator DigiPlex has announced plans to recover waste thermal energy from its campus in Ulven, Oslo, and use it to heat residential properties.

The company has agreed on a pa...

DigiPlex data center will help keep Oslo warm

August 22, 2018 STACK OSL01 Ulven

Nordic data center operator DigiPlex has announced plans to recover waste thermal energy from its campus in Ulven, Oslo, and use it to heat residential properties. The company has agreed on a partnership with a subsidiary of utility provider Fortum, which has similar arrangements with data center...

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Read Sabey Data Centers to add 14MW in Washington
## Intergate.Columbia is adding another data center building.

Seattle-based wholesale colocation provider Sabey Data Centers has started work on a new facility at its Intergate.Columbia campus i...

Sabey Data Centers to add 14MW in Washington

August 22, 2018 Sabey Intergate.Columbia

Intergate.Columbia is adding another data center building. Seattle-based wholesale colocation provider Sabey Data Centers has started work on a new facility at its Intergate.Columbia campus in East Wenatchee, Washington. Building D will span 140,000 square feet (13,000 sq m) across four data...

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Read Google plans $600M data center expansion in South Carolina
Google plans $600M data center expansion in South Carolina

Google plans $600M data center expansion in South Carolina

August 13, 2018 Hyperscale Data Center

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) — Google plans a $600 million expansion of its data center in South Carolina. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports records regarding the expansion were filed with Berkeley County, which will consider a property tax break for the unit of California-based Alphabet...

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Read Cologix Announces 3rd Vancouver Data Center to be Ready in Q2 2019
Cologix, a network-neutral interconnection, data center and cloud exchange company, announced today the development of its new VAN3 data center located at 2828 Natal Street, just a 20-minute drive ...

Cologix Announces 3rd Vancouver Data Center to be Ready in Q2 2019

July 25, 2018 Cologix Vancouver VAN3

Cologix, a network-neutral interconnection, data center and cloud exchange company, announced today the development of its new VAN3 data center located at 2828 Natal Street, just a 20-minute drive from the heart of downtown Vancouver. VAN3 is expected to be completed in Q2 2019 and will deliver...

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Read Colony Bank Chooses Colo Atl Data Center
Colo Atl, the leading provider of carrier-neutral colocation, data center and interconnection services at 55 Marietta Street in Atlanta, is proud to welcome Colony Bankcorp, Inc., a bank holding co...

Colony Bank Chooses Colo Atl Data Center

July 24, 2018 American Tower: 55 Marietta

Colo Atl, the leading provider of carrier-neutral colocation, data center and interconnection services at 55 Marietta Street in Atlanta, is proud to welcome Colony Bankcorp, Inc., a bank holding company headquartered in Fitzgerald, GA with twenty-seven offices located in central, southern and...

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Read Facebook Migrates to Solar Energy for Oregon Data Centers
Facebook and Pacific Power said they are joining up to construct solar projects that will generate energy to offset what Facebook uses at its data centers in Prineville, Oregon. 

The solar proje...

Facebook Migrates to Solar Energy for Oregon Data Centers

July 19, 2018 Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook and Pacific Power said they are joining up to construct solar projects that will generate energy to offset what Facebook uses at its data centers in Prineville, Oregon. The solar projects, two near Prineville and four in Utah, expect to produce 437 megawatts of power when finished by the...

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Read MIX Peering PoP Established at Aruba’s Global Cloud Data Center
Aruba S.p.A. inked a deal with the Milan Internet eXchange (MIX) to see the addition of new interconnections with Aruba launching a point of presence (PoP) directly accessible from its Global Cloud...

MIX Peering PoP Established at Aruba’s Global Cloud Data Center

July 19, 2018 Aruba Global Cloud IT3

Aruba S.p.A. inked a deal with the Milan Internet eXchange (MIX) to see the addition of new interconnections with Aruba launching a point of presence (PoP) directly accessible from its Global Cloud Data Center – the largest data center campus in Italy – thanks to equipment linked to Milan via...

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Read Keysource Expands ITPS Data Centre In Response to Azure and NHS Cloud Demand
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Keysource Expands ITPS Data Centre In Response to Azure and NHS Cloud Demand

July 19, 2018 Partnership House

Keysource has been brought in by managed IT services firm ITPS to upgrade and expand its colocation facility in County Durham, north east England. The need was driven by increased demand for ITPS’ services, following its selection by Microsoft as one of the early adopters of the Azure Stack...

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Read Construction of data center prototype starts in Boden
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Construction of data center prototype starts in Boden

July 18, 2018 Stockholm

After a few months of planning and preparatory works the European consortium broke ground and started the construction works of building the prototype of one of the worlds most efficient data center. The project funded by EU’s innovation and research programme Horizon 2020 kicked-off in October...

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Read VIRTUS Opens London’s Largest Colocation Campus
VIRTUS Data Centres (VIRTUS), the UK’s fastest growing data centre provider, has announced that its Stockley Park campus is now online, with the first pre-let customer to be live imminently. VIRTUS...

VIRTUS Opens London’s Largest Colocation Campus

July 18, 2018 VIRTUS Stockley Park Campus

VIRTUS Data Centres (VIRTUS), the UK’s fastest growing data centre provider, has announced that its Stockley Park campus is now online, with the first pre-let customer to be live imminently. VIRTUS LONDON5 and LONDON6 are the first two data centres to open on the campus, delivering 40 MW of IT...

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Read H5 Data Centers Announces Acquisition of Intuit Inc. Data Center
H5 Data Centers, a national colocation and wholesale data center provider, today announced it has acquired from Intuit Inc. a 240,000 square-foot, purpose-built data center in Quincy, Washington. T...

H5 Data Centers Announces Acquisition of Intuit Inc. Data Center

July 18, 2018 H5 Quincy

H5 Data Centers, a national colocation and wholesale data center provider, today announced it has acquired from Intuit Inc. a 240,000 square-foot, purpose-built data center in Quincy, Washington. The acquisition expands H5 Data Centers’ national portfolio to 12 data centers and compliments its...

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Read Singapore Internet Exchange deploys to STT Tai Seng 1
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) today announced a partnership with Singapore Internet Exchange Ltd (SGIX) to augment Singapore’s Internet interconnectivity with the launch of a SGIX poin...

Singapore Internet Exchange deploys to STT Tai Seng 1

July 17, 2018 STT Singapore 5

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) today announced a partnership with Singapore Internet Exchange Ltd (SGIX) to augment Singapore’s Internet interconnectivity with the launch of a SGIX point of presence (PoP) in STT Tai Seng 1, a colocation facility hosting network service providers,...

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Read Cirrus Data Services plans 160MW campus in Salt Lake City
Cirrus Data Services plans 160MW campus in Salt Lake City

Cirrus Data Services plans 160MW campus in Salt Lake City

July 16, 2018 Cirrus DS View 78

SALT LAKE CITY, UT. Cirrus Data Services believes the Salt Lake City region can support hyperscale and wholesale data center colocation offerings and this week publicly announced the View 78 data center campus in Midvale; a suburb of Salt Lake City. The first phase includes a 32MW wholesale and...

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Read Hut 8 Completes Construction at Medicine Hat Facility Ahead of Schedule, 40 BlockBoxes Now Operational
Hut 8 Completes Construction at Medicine Hat Facility Ahead of Schedule, 40 BlockBoxes Now Operational

Hut 8 Completes Construction at Medicine Hat Facility Ahead of Schedule, 40 BlockBoxes Now Operational

July 16, 2018 Hut 8: Medicine Hat, Alberta

Operational capacity increases by 150% in the City of Medicine Hat to a total of 40 BlockBoxesTORONTO, July 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hut 8 Mining Corp. (“Hut 8” or the “Company”) (TSXV:HUT) (OTCQX:HUTMF), one of the world’s largest public cryptocurrency mining companies by operating capacity,...

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Read Flexential Adds 70,000 SqFt of Capacity at Alpharetta Data Center
Flexential is expanding at their Alpharetta data center site. The new two-story data center will add 75,000 sqft to the existing 15,000 sqft site. The new site will host both retail and wholesale c...

Flexential Adds 70,000 SqFt of Capacity at Alpharetta Data Center

July 15, 2018 Flexential Atlanta-Alpharetta

Flexential is expanding at their Alpharetta data center site. The new two-story data center will add 75,000 sqft to the existing 15,000 sqft site. The new site will host both retail and wholesale customers. Press Release: Flexential.com

Read Global Switch Expands European Footprint With Frankfurt Construction
Global Switch’s move further adds to the data centre ‘hotspot’ reputation of Frankfurt, and with the arrival of a new Chinese customer to Europe as part of the development currently going up, Globa...

Global Switch Expands European Footprint With Frankfurt Construction

July 13, 2018 Global Switch: Frankfurt South

Global Switch’s move further adds to the data centre ‘hotspot’ reputation of Frankfurt, and with the arrival of a new Chinese customer to Europe as part of the development currently going up, Global Switch says it’s keen to add to its sites to support further demand. Construction has started on...

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Read Fairfax County Approves CoreSite's 22-Acre Data Center Campus Expansion In Reston
CoreSite is closer to approval at Sunrise Technology Park, a 21-acre office park in Reston with four existing buildings slated for data center redevelopment. The Fairfax County Planning Commission ...

Fairfax County Approves CoreSite's 22-Acre Data Center Campus Expansion In Reston

July 13, 2018 CoreSite: VA3

CoreSite is closer to approval at Sunrise Technology Park, a 21-acre office park in Reston with four existing buildings slated for data center redevelopment. The Fairfax County Planning Commission approved the project by CoreSite Realty Corp. on June 28. The proposal is part of a move by CoreSite...

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Read MAREA and BRUSA Subsea Cables Managed by Telxius will Extend to Equinix DC2 Data Center
Equinix has won two subsea deployments (MAREA and BRUSA) that will extend from their landing in Virginia Beach to Equinix DC2 in Ashburn.  

From the Press Release:
> The two subsea cables will ...

MAREA and BRUSA Subsea Cables Managed by Telxius will Extend to Equinix DC2 Data Center

July 12, 2018 Equinix Ashburn DC2

Equinix has won two subsea deployments (MAREA and BRUSA) that will extend from their landing in Virginia Beach to Equinix DC2 in Ashburn. From the Press Release: The two subsea cables will terminate in the U.S. directly into the MAREA and BRUSA cable landing station located in Virginia Beach, VA,...

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Read NTT adds it's First PoP in Dublin at Equinix DB1
NTT Communications has launched a new point of presence in Ireland, located at Equinix’s DB1 data centre in Dublin, marking its first PoP in the city.

The global carrier said its new PoP will al...

NTT adds it's First PoP in Dublin at Equinix DB1

July 11, 2018 Equinix Dublin DB1

NTT Communications has launched a new point of presence in Ireland, located at Equinix’s DB1 data centre in Dublin, marking its first PoP in the city. The global carrier said its new PoP will allow it to offer high-quality global IP transit services to a number of companies which have set up...

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Read DC BLOX Building ‘Flagship’ Data Center on 27-acre former Trinity Steel site in Birmingham
Atlanta-based DC BLOX said today it is building a data center on the former Trinity Steel site in downtown Birmingham, creating 20 jobs initially with the potential to grow up to $785 million in ca...

DC BLOX Building ‘Flagship’ Data Center on 27-acre former Trinity Steel site in Birmingham

July 11, 2018 DC BLOX: BHM1-A

Atlanta-based DC BLOX said today it is building a data center on the former Trinity Steel site in downtown Birmingham, creating 20 jobs initially with the potential to grow up to $785 million in capital investment and add jobs over the next decade. “The significant investment being made by DC...

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