Data Center News

Stack Overflow Fully Exits Data Centers

New Jersey

Stack Overflow, a question-and-answer website for computer programmers, has officially exited its data center in New Jersey as part of its cloud migration effort. Stack noted that for the past 16 years it had been operating out of a physical data center in which the site reliability engineer (...

OADC Acquires NTT Data Centers in South Africa

NTT Data

Pan-African data center firm Open Access Data Centres (OADC) is acquiring a portfolio of NTT data centers in South Africa. According to CCSA, the deal is set to see OADC affiliates, OADC Propco and OADC Opco, acquire seven data centers currently owned and operated by NTT Data SA.The facilities...

Georgia-Based Film Studio Considers Converting to Data Center

Georgia

Athens, Georgia-based Athena Studios is considering converting into a data center, its CEO Joel Harber has said. The film studio has seen a significant decline in movie production demand, according to Harber, which has led to an “oversupply of space and an undersupply of demand.”Athena Studios...

Verdantas Proposes New Data Center in Newark, Delaware

Delaware

A new data center has been proposed in New Castle County, Newark, Delaware. The proposed data center would sit just off of Ogletown Road, on a 44-acre site currently occupied by the White Clay Center Industrial Park.The application describes consolidating the seven buildings of the campus into...

Elisa Confirms Plans to Cut 357 Jobs Following Personnel Negotiations

Finland

Finnish telco Elisa has confirmed it will cut 357 jobs. The announcement comes after the company launched its transformation program in October, when the carrier hinted up to 450 jobs could be lost."As part of the transformation program, Elisa is streamlining its organization and optimizing it...

Trump Media & Technology Group Merges with TAE Technologies

Google-backed nuclear fusion company TAE Technologies has merged with President Donald Trump's social media firm, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), in a $6 billion deal.The new company is expected to encompass several businesses, including Truth Social, TAE Power Solutions, and TAE Li...

Lumen Appoints Jim Fowler as CTO

Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies has appointed Jim Fowler as its executive vice president and chief technology and product officer. The new CTO is to succeed Dave Ward, who is leaving Lumen to become president and chief architect at Salesforce.Starting from January 6, Fowler will manage global technology an...

Equinix's Jeremy Mickler Joins OpenAI

Equinix

Jeremy Mickler has joined OpenAI's growing internal data center team to support its Stargate buildout. Mickler spent nearly ten years at Equinix, most recently as the design director of the global design and construction team."This transition comes with tremendous gratitude — for the people, c...

Microsoft Receives Approval for Data Center Campuses in Aragón, Spain

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has received the initial approval for its planned data center campuses in the Aragón region in Spain, dubbed MSFT Region, that will see the development of three campuses in La Muela, Villamayor de Gállego, and Zaragoza, as well as their interconnection via fiber optics.The project is...

OVHcloud Reappoints Founder Octave Klaba as CEO

OVH Group

European and US cloud provider OVHcloud has reappointed its founder and chairman of the board, Octave Klaba, as CEO, ending the separation of the chairman and CEO roles, and also ending Benjamin Revcolevschi's term of office after just one year, effective October 20, 2025.Newly-instated CEO Kl...

365 Data Centers CEO Bob DeSantis to Retire

365 Data Centers

Bob DeSantis, the co-founder and CEO of US operator 365 Data Centers, is to retire. The company announced the news this week, and DeSantis has initiated the transition of his responsibilities to the company’s chief revenue officer, Derek Gillespie, and CFO Steve Amelio, who has been promoted t...

Verizon Names Dan Schulman as CEO

Verizon Enterprise

Verizon has announced former PayPal CEO Dan Schulman as the carrier's next CEO. The CEO transition at the company means that current chief Hans Vestberg steps down from the role, which he has held since 2018.“I believe in Verizon and its future, and I am honored to be chosen to serve as CEO,” ...

Agency Established to Streamline Data Center Projects in Australia

Australia

An agency has been established to streamline data center investments in New South Wales, Australia. The Investment Delivery Authority (IDA), which began accepting Expressions of Interest (EoI) on September 30, promises to support major investment projects in the southeastern Australian state b...

Rostelecom to Build Data Center for PhosAgro

Russia / Россия

The Russian telco Rostelecom this week said it is beginning construction of a new data center for the PhosAgro Group at the Volkhov branch of PhosAgro subsidiary Apatit JSC. A groundbreaking ceremony has taken place, and construction is expected to be completed by 2026.Denis Novikov, general d...

EcoDataCenter Breaks Ground on Borlänge Facility

EcoDataCenter (EcoDC AB)

EcoDataCenter has broken ground on a new data center in Borlänge, Sweden, marking the beginning of construction on 20 hectares of land formerly occupied by a paper mill. At completion, the first phase of the facility will have access to 250MW of energy, with the company’s LinkedIn post stating...

Lumen data center in Reno gets operating license 26 years after launching

Reno

An existing data center in Reno, Nevada, was granted a new business license to operate after going without one for nearly 20 years. The 5,925 sq ft (550 sqm) building, on a 0.28-acre site at 220 Gardner Street, was set up in 1999 by Williams Telecommunications as a telecommunications facility....

Expansion Underway at Globalstar's Ground Station Site in Estonia

Estonia

Globalstar has announced that construction has started to double the size of its existing ground station in Estonia to assist the expansion of its mobile satellite system and services.“Our ground station in Estonia, like our facilities in Greece, Spain, and France, is supporting critical commu...

Cologix Takes Full Ownership of Two Toronto Facilities

Cologix

Cologix has taken full ownership of two data centers it occupies in Toronto, Canada.The Stonepeak-backed company acquired full ownership of TOR4, a purpose-built hyperscale data center in Toronto, from CIM Group. Located on a 3.4-acre site in Markham, Ontario, the 11MW, 50,000 sq ft (4,645 sqm...

EdgeConneX Partners with Ral Estate Firm Stockland

EdgeConneX

ASX-listed real estate firm Stockland announced it had formed an exclusive arrangement with EdgeConneX to establish a partnership to develop, own, and operate a data center portfolio, and was “exploring opportunities across Stockland’s logistics pipeline.”This partnership will combine “Stockla...

Intel Announces Leadership Shuffle

United States

Intel has announced a leadership shuffle, the largest change being the departure of Michelle Holthaus, chief executive of Intel Products, who will remain as a “strategic advisor over the coming months.”Kevork Kechichian will join Intel as executive vice president and general manager of Intel’s...