Global Data Center News

DATA4 is now Fully Owned by Axa Investment Managers – Real Assets, Acting on Behalf of Axa France

Jul 28, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | DATA4 Group

Involved in the governance of DATA4 since 2012, AXA IM – Real Assets has supported the company in taking on the challenges of the digital transformation of companies and recognised the strong potential of the Internet infrastructure sector, two areas that are key to the digital economy. Establ...

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

Jul 25, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | 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 a...

Colony Bank Chooses Colo Atl Data Center

Jul 24, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | 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 coa...

Digital Realty, IBM Expand Cloud Connections

Jul 24, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty, a global provider of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions and an IBM Business Partner, announced today it will expand dedicated, private access to the IBM Cloud in 15 major metropolitan areas around the world. These on-ramps help ensure efficient and secure access...

Facebook Migrates to Solar Energy for Oregon Data Centers

Jul 19, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | Facebook Prineville

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...

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

Jul 19, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | 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 two...

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

Jul 19, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | ITPS Newcastle

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 roll-...

Construction of data center prototype starts in Boden

Jul 18, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | 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 2...

VIRTUS Opens London’s Largest Colocation Campus

Jul 18, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | 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 ca...

H5 Data Centers Announces Acquisition of Intuit Inc. Data Center

Jul 18, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | 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 30...

Singapore Internet Exchange deploys to STT Tai Seng 1

Jul 17, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | 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, digi...

Light Edge Acquires OnRamp (PR)

Jul 17, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | LightEdge Solutions

DES MOINES, IA – LightEdge expands its geographical reach and redundancy and invests further into the company’s world-class compliant cloud solutions as it acquires Austin, Texas-based OnRamp. “LightEdge is thrilled to announce the expansion of our secure and compliant hosting and colocation ...

Cirrus Data Services plans 160MW campus in Salt Lake City

Jul 16, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | 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 wholesal...

Orange acquires nordic provider Basefarm

Jul 16, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | Basefarm Holding AS

Major European telecom operator Orange has acquired Basefarm Holding AS, a Norwegian-founded cloud infrastructure and critical application services company, for €350 million. The deal has been made by Orange Business Services, the telco's enterprise subsidiary.

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

Jul 16, 2018 | Posted by Eric Bell | 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 capaci...