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Data Centre Developer Sues New Jersey Town for $300m

Data centre developer Hexa Builders is seeking $300 million in damages from Monroe Township, New Jersey, after officials rejected its proposed 1 million sq ft data centre in May. The lawsuit, filed...

Data centre developer Hexa Builders is seeking $300 million in damages from Monroe Township, New Jersey, after officials rejected its proposed 1 million sq ft data centre in May. The lawsuit, filed in New Jersey Superior Court, alleges the township council and planning board violated multiple constitutional rights, including zoning authority, fundamental fairness, and First and Fourteenth Amendment protections. Hexa argues the application was rejected because of the township’s opposition to d...

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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 ...
July 13, 2018

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

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 Sentinel buys Washington Dulles Gateway for $82.5m
Sentinel Data Centers is buying a 280-acre plot in Dulles, Loudoun County, for $82.5m. One of the largest available properties for data center development in the region, the site was marketed by...
July 13, 2018

Sentinel buys Washington Dulles Gateway for $82.5m

JLL

Sentinel Data Centers is buying a 280-acre plot in Dulles, Loudoun County, for $82.5m. One of the largest available properties for data center development in the region, the site was marketed by real estate management company Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) on behalf of its majority owner, H. Christophe...

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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 ...
July 12, 2018

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

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 Asian investor consortium acquires 24.99% stake in Global Switch in preparation for listing on a leading international stock exchange
A consortium of six Asian institutional and private investors has acquired a 24.99% stake in the Company in a transaction valued at £2.1 billion The investment by Strategic IDC Limited further d...
July 11, 2018

Asian investor consortium acquires 24.99% stake in Global Switch in preparation for listing on a leading international stock exchange

Global Switch

A consortium of six Asian institutional and private investors has acquired a 24.99% stake in the Company in a transaction valued at £2.1 billion The investment by Strategic IDC Limited further diversifies Global Switch’s sources of equity capital, supports a continuation of the Company’s strategi...

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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...
July 11, 2018

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

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 Euro...

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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...
July 11, 2018

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

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 BLO...

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Read Digital Realty considering $1bn Acquisition of Ascenty
Digital Realty is in talks about buying Ascenty, which operates eight data centres in Brazil and is planning six more. A still unconfirmed report says that Digital Realty is talking to Great Hil...
July 10, 2018

Digital Realty considering $1bn Acquisition of Ascenty

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is in talks about buying Ascenty, which operates eight data centres in Brazil and is planning six more. A still unconfirmed report says that Digital Realty is talking to Great Hill Partners, the private-equity owner of Ascenty. None of the partners are commenting on the report from...

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Read Compass Datacenters To Build Second Data Center Facility For American Electric Power (PR)
Compass Datacenters To Build Second Data Center Facility For American Electric Power (PR)
July 10, 2018

Compass Datacenters To Build Second Data Center Facility For American Electric Power (PR)

Compass New Albany

DALLAS /PRNewswire/ -- Compass Datacenters has completed an agreement with American Electric Power (AEP) to build a second data center facility in southwestern Ohio that expands the company's IT infrastructure and supports its resiliency strategy for IT operations. Compass built AEP's primary ...

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Read Equinix Partners with Omantel to Open a Data Center in Oman
Colocation giant Equinix has partnered with Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel) to build its first data center in Oman. At full capacity, the facility near capital Muscat will offer 18,600 sq...
July 09, 2018

Equinix Partners with Omantel to Open a Data Center in Oman

Equinix Oman

Colocation giant Equinix has partnered with Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel) to build its first data center in Oman. At full capacity, the facility near capital Muscat will offer 18,600 square feet of white space – enough for approximately 750 IT cabinets. The first phase of the project ...

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Read Iron Mountain Begins Expansion at Phoenix Data Center Campus
Iron Mountian announced on July 9th 2018 that it has started construction to expand its data center campus in Phoenix, one of the fastest growing markets in the U.S. The new 550,000 square-foot, 48...
July 09, 2018

Iron Mountain Begins Expansion at Phoenix Data Center Campus

Iron Mountain: AZP1

Iron Mountian announced on July 9th 2018 that it has started construction to expand its data center campus in Phoenix, one of the fastest growing markets in the U.S. The new 550,000 square-foot, 48-megawatt (MW) multi-tenant and cloud facility is designed to meet the security and performance e...

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Read Iron Mountain Acquires Evoswitch's Amsterdam Data Centers
Iron Mountain, the storage and information management services company, acquired EvoSwitch's Amsterdam Data Centers for €205 ($235) million. The transaction provides 11 megawatts (MW) of existing ...
July 09, 2018

Iron Mountain Acquires Evoswitch's Amsterdam Data Centers

Iron Mountain Amsterdam AMS-1

Iron Mountain, the storage and information management services company, acquired EvoSwitch's Amsterdam Data Centers for €205 ($235) million. The transaction provides 11 megawatts (MW) of existing data center capacity in the Netherlands, which is 100% leased, with expansion capability of an add...

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Read Equinix Says Its New Wholesale Data Center Business is Much Bigger Than Previously Thought
Equinix is in the sweet spot to capture a bigger share of the wholesale data center market, which are generally deployments larger than 1 megawatt. Equinix's Interconnection ecosystems are a strong...
July 09, 2018

Equinix Says Its New Wholesale Data Center Business is Much Bigger Than Previously Thought

Equinix

Equinix is in the sweet spot to capture a bigger share of the wholesale data center market, which are generally deployments larger than 1 megawatt. Equinix's Interconnection ecosystems are a strong magnet, even for larger compute deployments. The mid-point of guidance for Equinix’s new wholesale...

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Read QTS is Building a 100MW Data Center on 92 Acres in Hillsboro
QTS Data Centers, a Kansas data hosting company, is the most recent in a line of large data companies to build in Hillsboro, enticed by tax breaks worth $7.6 million USD total over the past three y...
July 05, 2018

QTS is Building a 100MW Data Center on 92 Acres in Hillsboro

QTS: Hillsboro 1 DC1

QTS Data Centers, a Kansas data hosting company, is the most recent in a line of large data companies to build in Hillsboro, enticed by tax breaks worth $7.6 million USD total over the past three years. These tax breaks have become arguably less valuable due to Hillsboro moving in 2016 to match t...

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Read Infomart hires Phil Koen as Interim CEO
Infomart Data Centers, a national wholesale carrier-neutral data center provider, announced today that its board of directors has appointed Phil Koen as a new member. Mr. Koen will also serve as th...
July 05, 2018

Infomart hires Phil Koen as Interim CEO

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Infomart Data Centers, a national wholesale carrier-neutral data center provider, announced today that its board of directors has appointed Phil Koen as a new member. Mr. Koen will also serve as the company’s Interim Chief Executive Officer, succeeding Infomart’s founder and former President, Joh...

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Read Tata Communications Deploys IP Transit Service at EdgeConnex in Portland
EdgeConneX, specializing in global data center solutions at the edge of the network, today announces that Tata Communications, a leading global provider of digital infrastructure, has established a...
July 05, 2018

Tata Communications Deploys IP Transit Service at EdgeConnex in Portland

EdgeConnex POR1

EdgeConneX, specializing in global data center solutions at the edge of the network, today announces that Tata Communications, a leading global provider of digital infrastructure, has established a Point of Presence (PoP) at the EdgeConneX Portland Edge Data Center (EDC). The presence provides i...

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Read T5 Data Centers Signs Hospital Tenant for T5@LA Facility
T5 Data Centers, innovators in providing secure, customizable, hyperscale computing environments for enterprise companies, today announced that a large regional hospital has signed as the newest te...
July 05, 2018

T5 Data Centers Signs Hospital Tenant for T5@LA Facility

Serverfarm LAX1

T5 Data Centers, innovators in providing secure, customizable, hyperscale computing environments for enterprise companies, today announced that a large regional hospital has signed as the newest tenant for its T5@LA data center. The hospital plans to migrate all data operations into T5@LA to take...

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Read Facebook to Build a $750 million Data Center in Huntsville
Facebook announced it will invest $750 million to build a data center on 340 acres in North Huntsville Industrial Park. Once construction is finished, the data center will employ approximately 100 ...
July 04, 2018

Facebook to Build a $750 million Data Center in Huntsville

Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook announced it will invest $750 million to build a data center on 340 acres in North Huntsville Industrial Park. Once construction is finished, the data center will employ approximately 100 people. The company considered numerous locations across the country for the new data center and say...

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Read Colt deploys to EdgeConneX's Amsterdam Datacenter
Colt will be deploying to EdgeConneX's datacenter in Amsterdam. > Colt Technology Services and EdgeConneX have partnered to link up Colt’s IQ Network to several EdgeConneX facilities, offering c...
July 02, 2018

Colt deploys to EdgeConneX's Amsterdam Datacenter

EdgeConnex: AMS01

Colt will be deploying to EdgeConneX's datacenter in Amsterdam. Colt Technology Services and EdgeConneX have partnered to link up Colt’s IQ Network to several EdgeConneX facilities, offering connectivity closer to the edge. Andrew Edison 100x150The partnership will see Colt’s high-bandwidth IQ...

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Read Seaborn Networks Selects EdgeConneX Buenos Aires as a POP for it's ARBR Submarine Cable
This is a big win for EdgeConneX! > EdgeConneX, specializing in global data center solutions at the edge of the network, today announces that Seaborn Networks (“Seaborn”), a leading developer-ow...
July 02, 2018

Seaborn Networks Selects EdgeConneX Buenos Aires as a POP for it's ARBR Submarine Cable

EdgeConnex Buenos Aires

This is a big win for EdgeConneX! EdgeConneX, specializing in global data center solutions at the edge of the network, today announces that Seaborn Networks (“Seaborn”), a leading developer-owner-operator of submarine fiber optic cable systems, has selected its Buenos Aires Edge Data Center (EDC...

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Read Facebook plans two more data centers in Dublin
Two years after breaking ground on its first Irish data center, Facebook is planning another two facilities on the same campus in Clonee, Meath County, 10 miles (17km) north of Dublin, according to...
June 30, 2018

Facebook plans two more data centers in Dublin

Hyperscale Data Center

Two years after breaking ground on its first Irish data center, Facebook is planning another two facilities on the same campus in Clonee, Meath County, 10 miles (17km) north of Dublin, according to the Irish Times. The data centers, representing an investment nearing €300 million ($349m), will be...

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