Global Data Center News

Flexential Completes $32M Portland Data Center Expansion, Adds 115,000 Sq. Ft.

Nov 11, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | Flexential Hillsboro 2

Flexential, formerly known as Peak 10 + ViaWest, has completed a $32 million expansion of its data center at 5737 NE Huffman Street outside of Portland, Oregon. This Portland data center houses the U.S. cable landing station for the Hawaiki submarine cable, which delivers “low-latency” connection...

CyrusOne Enters Into Strategic Partnership to Develop Hyperscale Data Centers in The Netherlands

Nov 11, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | CyrusOne Middenmeer, Netherlands

CyrusOne Inc announced an agreement with Agriport A7 for the development of hyperscale data centers in Middenmeer, The Netherlands. Under the terms of the agreement, CyrusOne will have the option to purchase up to 33 hectares of land, in parcels as demand dictates, for a 270MW master planned mult...

e-shelter to Develop Large UK Data Center Campus in London

Nov 05, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | NTT London 1 (Dagenham)

NTT Communications subsidiary, e-shelter, a European data center colocation operator with presence in all key city-markets of the DACH-region leveraging 300MW of power capacity to deliver scalable data center solutions, has announced the development of a new, large data center campus in the UK. ...

IX Reach expands partnership with eStruxture

Nov 05, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | eStruxture

IX Reach has partnered with pan-Canadian data centre solutions firm eStruxture to offer connectivity solutions across the North America market. The two firms are strengthening an existing partnership by offering customers access to major IXPS through a single port, including access to optimise...

Infomart Data Centers Appoints Brian Cox as Chief Executive Officer

Nov 03, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Infomart Data Centers, a leading provider of wholesale data center solutions focused on the unique requirements of hyperscale and enterprise customers, today announced the appointment of distinguished data center executive Brian Cox as Chief Executive Officer and member of the board of directors....

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II Completes a $23.2 Million Acquisition of Canton Data Center

Nov 02, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | Ark: Canton

On October 3, 2018, the Company acquired the Canton Data Center for approximately $9.4 million excluding acquisition fees and costs. The facility is a colocation data center delivering 1.5 Megawatts of existing capacity expandable to 3.0 Megawatts. Located in Canton, Ohio, the data center is situ...

AT&T Data Center Fire in Richardson Texas Causes Internet Outage for North Texas Customers

Oct 26, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | AT&T Switching Station (Richardson)

Electrical fire at an AT&T data center in Richardson, Texas, caused the company’s customers in North Texas to lose internet connectivity and U-Verse TV services for several hours Monday, city officials said in a statement. The fire started in the facility’s power switch and “burned primary and...

Huge Expansions in Montreal Makes COLO-D one of the Largest Data Center Providers in Canada

Oct 26, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | Cologix Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville (Colo-D3 Proposed)

MONTREAL - COLO-D is proud to announce that it will develop a new 150 MW data center in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, 15 km from downtown Montreal. This move makes COLO-D Canada's largest data center provider for enterprise customers. Simultaneously, COLO-D will add 15 MW to its D2 facility in Lon...

Facebook and First Solar plan a 58 MW solar project for Prineville Oregon data center

Oct 23, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | Facebook Prineville

Story originally appeared on Solar Power WorldA solar power plant developed and to be built by First Solar will help support Facebook’s Prineville, Oregon, data center with 100% renewable energy. Through a power purchase agreement (PPA) with PacifiCorp, the 58-MWac Cove Mountain Solar Project ...