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Read OVHcloud suffers outage affecting global backbone
OVHcloud suffers outage affecting global backbone

OVHcloud suffers outage affecting global backbone

October 13, 2021 OVH Group

French colocation and cloud provider OVHcloud has experienced a global outage. The company experienced an outage that lasted more than one hour when it started at around 7:00 UTC. OVH revealed that a maintenance reconfiguration error caused it. Besides, OVHcloud’s status page was brought down due...

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Read Vantage is expanding into Johannesburg, South Africa
Vantage is expanding into Johannesburg, South Africa

Vantage is expanding into Johannesburg, South Africa

October 13, 2021 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers is expanding into Africa by breaking ground on a new 80MW campus in Johannesburg, South Africa. The campus will be developed in phases, with the first 16MW phase scheduled to be completed in 2022. The new facility is located in Waterfall City in Johannesburg. Also, the campus...

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Read Microsoft expands adds South Korea and South Africa Azure regions
Microsoft expands adds South Korea and South Africa Azure regions

Microsoft expands adds South Korea and South Africa Azure regions

October 12, 2021 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced that it has added Availability Zones to its Cloud regions in South Korea and South Africa. It has also de-listed another region in South Africa. Each of the newly expanded Cloud regions in South Korea and South Africa now has three Availability Zones. Microsoft Cloud...

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Read Google and Thales Partner to form French sovereign cloud service
Google and Thales Partner to form French sovereign cloud service

Google and Thales Partner to form French sovereign cloud service

October 08, 2021 Google

Google and Thales have announced a new Joint Venture that will offer a sovereign cloud service in France. The companies announced that they would develop a sovereign hyperscale cloud offering for France. The new company aims to provide cloud services to local private and public companies that...

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Read Infratil buys 40 percent stake in UK's Kao Data
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Infratil buys 40 percent stake in UK's Kao Data

October 05, 2021 KAO Data

New Zealand investor Infratil has acquired a 40 percent stake in UK data center firm Kao Data. It has also acquired two data centers to add to the company’s portfolio. Infratil is paying £120-130 million” (US$163-177m) for the acquisition of the stakes in the company. CEO of Kao Data, Lee Myall,...

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Read Google to move into Eagle Mountain, Utah?
Google to move into Eagle Mountain, Utah?

Google to move into Eagle Mountain, Utah?

October 05, 2021 Google

Google has reportedly purchased 300 acres in Eagle Mountain, Utah, which could potentially be home to a new data center. Google already has offices in the region, in Salt Lake City and Provo. The plot of land is located in the south on Pony Express Parkway, near Facebook’s 1.5 million-square-foot...

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Read Strasbourg fire could cost OVHcloud €105 million ($122m)
Strasbourg fire could cost OVHcloud €105 million ($122m)

Strasbourg fire could cost OVHcloud €105 million ($122m)

October 01, 2021 OVH Group

OVHcloud could be seeing up to €105 million ($122m) leave its coffers because of the fire that destroyed its Strasbourg data center in March. The document the firm filed with a French financial authority is responsible for revealing this. Although insurance has covered most of the cost of the...

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Read Google announces expansion plans in The Dallas, Oregon
Google announces expansion plans in The Dallas, Oregon

Google announces expansion plans in The Dallas, Oregon

September 29, 2021 Google

According to Oregon Live, Google plans to build more data centers in The Dalles, in Oregon’s Wasco County. The report shows that the search engine giant wants to build two more data centers in The Dalles. It is also looking to get access to more water and tax breaks. Google will be building one...

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Read Microsoft opens Availability Zones in Norway East Azure Cloud region
Microsoft opens Availability Zones in Norway East Azure Cloud region

Microsoft opens Availability Zones in Norway East Azure Cloud region

September 29, 2021 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced the launch of its Availability Zones in its Norway East Azure Cloud region in Oslo. However, it has also canceled its plan for the region in Stavanger, which is to the west. The Company first revealed its plans to open two Azure Cloud regions in the country in 2018. One...

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Read CyrusOne exploring the sale of its company
CyrusOne exploring the sale of its company

CyrusOne exploring the sale of its company

September 29, 2021 CyrusOne

According to Reuters, CyrusOne is considering the sale of its business. It is said to be exploring some strategic changes that might include a sale. CyrusOne is a real estate investment trust that has a market cap of up to $9 billion. The Company is exploring its options with investment bank...

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Read BentallGreenOak completes the acquisition of two Canadian IBM data centers in sale-leaseback deals
BentallGreenOak completes the acquisition of two Canadian IBM data centers in sale-leaseback deals

BentallGreenOak completes the acquisition of two Canadian IBM data centers in sale-leaseback deals

September 28, 2021 Kyndryl

A Canadian property manager called BentallGreenOak has acquired two IBM data centers in Canada in sale-leaseback transactions. BGO announced that it bought the two facilities. One of the facilities it acquired is in Montreal, while the other is in Markham. The facility in Montreal is at 275 Viger...

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Read Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers
Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers

Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers

September 27, 2021 Equinix

Much has been said about how data centers adversely affect the environment. However, more data centers have begun to become 'Greener.' Besides, in order to leave a better environmental footprint, many data center companies are now spending more on green energy. Investors and data center financers...

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Read Microsoft's Ginger East data center project gets approval
Microsoft's Ginger East data center project gets approval

Microsoft's Ginger East data center project gets approval

September 24, 2021 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has reportedly been given the go-ahead to move onwards with the construction of its first building (DSM 14) as part of its Ginger East data center project, based in West Des Moines, Iowa. The West Des Moines City Council voted through the planning approval this week, and it is expected...

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Read Menlo Equities acquires four Digital Realty data centers in Silicon Valley
Menlo Equities acquires four Digital Realty data centers in Silicon Valley

Menlo Equities acquires four Digital Realty data centers in Silicon Valley

September 24, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Menlo Equities has completed the acquisition of four Digital Realty data centers in Silicon Valley. The firm acquired the facilities for a combined $108.8 million. First, it acquired a facility at 4650 Old Ironside Drive in Santa Clara for $35.8 million. The facility has 124,400 square feet of...

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Read OVHcloud plans to raise €400 million ($469m) in new IPO
OVHcloud plans to raise €400 million ($469m) in new IPO

OVHcloud plans to raise €400 million ($469m) in new IPO

September 22, 2021 OVH Group

According to the Wall Street Journal, French data center and cloud services provider OVHcloud plans to raise €400 million ($469m) in an IPO in Paris, France. According to the reports from WSJ, the listing could see the Company’s value rise to over $4.7 billion. OVHcloud was founded in 1999 as OVH...

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Read I Squared Capital closes the acquisition of GTT, launches Exa Infrastructure
I Squared Capital closes the acquisition of GTT, launches Exa Infrastructure

I Squared Capital closes the acquisition of GTT, launches Exa Infrastructure

September 20, 2021 EXA Infrastructure

I Squared Capital has completed the acquisition of GTT’s infrastructure business. It has also launched a new Company with the name Exa Infrastructure in the process. I Squared Capital acquired GTT Communications’ subsea, data center assets, and terrestrial network infrastructure. The acquired...

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Read AtlasEdge Data Centres officially launches
AtlasEdge Data Centres officially launches

AtlasEdge Data Centres officially launches

September 20, 2021 AtlasEdge

It has been announced that Liberty Global and DigitalBridge’s joint venture, AtlasEdge Data Centres, has officially launched. After being announced back in May, the deal closed this week and will be headed by executive chairman Josh Joshi, former CFO of Interxion and Telecity. Zahl Limbuwala,...

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Read UBS Asset Management completes the acquisition of Datum Datacentres
UBS Asset Management completes the acquisition of Datum Datacentres

UBS Asset Management completes the acquisition of Datum Datacentres

September 17, 2021 Datum Datacentres Limited

UBS Asset Management has completed the acquisition of UK data center firm Datum Datacentres. UBS says it has acquired a 100 percent stake in the data center company from Darwin Private Equity. Datum operates a 40,000 square feet facility called FRN1 in the QinetiQ Cody Technology Park in...

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Read AEW close to selling 1 million sq ft office park in Slough to unnamed data center developer
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AEW close to selling 1 million sq ft office park in Slough to unnamed data center developer

September 17, 2021 London: Slough

According to multiple reports, Real estate firm AEW is close to selling a 1 million square feet (92,000 square meters) office park to an unidentified data center firm. AEW will be selling the Bath Road Central office campus for a fee of around £420 million ($579.5m). The real estate firm first...

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Read Microsoft granted 'Tolerance decision' for construction of its Holland Kroon data center
Microsoft granted 'Tolerance decision' for construction of its Holland Kroon data center

Microsoft granted 'Tolerance decision' for construction of its Holland Kroon data center

September 17, 2021 Microsoft Azure

Permission has been granted to Microsoft to resume construction work on its Hollands Kroon data center in the Netherlands. But it would be doing so at its own risk. The Hollands Kroon municipality, through the North Sea Cana Area Environment Agency, has allowed Microsoft to continue work on its...

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