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Read Deutsche Telekom opens twin data centers in the Netherlands
Deutsche Telekom opens twin data centers in the Netherlands

Deutsche Telekom opens twin data centers in the Netherlands

June 16, 2021 T-Systems International GmbH

German telecom firm, Deutsche Telecom just announced that it is opening two new data centers in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The Company confirmed that the data centers have a combined floor space of 226,000 square feet. It also said that the two facilities would serve its Open Telekom Cloud...

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Read Equinix partners with GIC to invest additional $3.9 billion in its Hyperscale Program
Equinix partners with GIC to invest additional $3.9 billion in its Hyperscale Program

Equinix partners with GIC to invest additional $3.9 billion in its Hyperscale Program

June 15, 2021 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it has signed agreements for additional joint ventures with GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, which will add $3.9 billion to expand its data center program. The agreements come in the form of limited liability partnerships with GIC. The close, which is expected...

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Read NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT to launch data center in space
NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT to launch data center in space

NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT to launch data center in space

May 20, 2021 NTT

Is space the new edge? NTT is planning to develop a data center in space. NTT will be working with SKY Perfect Holdings, a Japanese satellite company, to develop the project. Plans are in place for trials to start in 2022, launch in 2025, and for operations to begin in 2026. The orbiting data...

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Read Equinix is Exiting Eight Leased Data Centers In The US
Equinix is Exiting Eight Leased Data Centers In The US

Equinix is Exiting Eight Leased Data Centers In The US

May 10, 2021 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it would not be renewing the leases for eight of its data centers in the US. The data centers are situated in New York, Georgia, and some in California and Atlanta. Equinix commented that the reason for the development is that some of the facilities don’t meet the...

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Read Equinix prices $2.6 billion "Green" Bond Sale
Equinix prices $2.6 billion "Green" Bond Sale

Equinix prices $2.6 billion "Green" Bond Sale

May 04, 2021 Equinix

Equinix has announced that it priced $2.6 billion principal amount of notes, including $1.0 billion of green bonds in its third green bond offering. The green bonds will be used to help advance the company's longstanding commitment to sustainability leadership and reducing its environmental...

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Read EdgeConneX Expands in 6 North American Markets
EdgeConneX Expands in 6 North American Markets

EdgeConneX Expands in 6 North American Markets

April 28, 2021 EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX has announced that it will add almost 20MW of new capacity across six of its data centers in North America. The facilities that will benefit from this expansion are Seattle, Portland, Phoenix, Miami, Detroit, and Chicago. According to Phillip Marangella, Chief Marketing Officer at...

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Read Equinix Completes US$780 Million Acquisition of 13 Bell Data Centers in Canada
Equinix Completes US$780 Million Acquisition of 13 Bell Data Centers in Canada

Equinix Completes US$780 Million Acquisition of 13 Bell Data Centers in Canada

October 01, 2020 Equinix

Equinix has completed it's acquisition of 13 Bell Canada's data centers. The acquisition was first announced in June 2020. Bell had operated the facilities under the Q9 brand. It partially acquired Q9 in 2012 for $1.1 billion and in 2016 it acquired the remainder for $675 million. This deal...

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Read EQT acquires EdgeConneX
EQT acquires EdgeConneX

EQT acquires EdgeConneX

August 19, 2020 EdgeConneX

The Swedish investment firm EQT AB has announced that it acquired the US-based colocation company EdgeConneX. EdgeConneX has a global footprint, operating over 40 facilities in 33 markets across North America, Europe and South America and continues to expand after being founded a decade ago. EQT...

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Read Equinix Prices Offering Of $2.6 Billion Senior Notes (PR)
Equinix Prices Offering Of $2.6 Billion Senior Notes (PR)

Equinix Prices Offering Of $2.6 Billion Senior Notes (PR)

June 08, 2020 Equinix

REDWOOD CITY, Calif /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. ("Equinix") (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, announced the pricing of its underwritten public offering of $2.6 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes, consisting of $500,000,000 of 1.250% Senior Notes...

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Read NTT completes shell of 14 MW data center on Munich, Germany, campus
 NTT completes shell of 14 MW data center on Munich, Germany, campus

NTT completes shell of 14 MW data center on Munich, Germany, campus

March 20, 2020 NTT Munich 2

NTT has announced that it completed the shell of a second building on it's Munich 2 campus. The NTT Munich 2 (MUC2) data center will have 66,700 SqFt of IT space and 14 MW of total IT load. The new building is scheduled to go online in Q4 2020.Read more on NTT.com

Read NLDC and The Datacenter Group Rebrand as NorthC
NLDC and The Datacenter Group Rebrand as NorthC

NLDC and The Datacenter Group Rebrand as NorthC

February 17, 2020 NorthC Datacenters

The Datacenter Group (TDCG) and NLDC, who merged in July of 2019, will be rebranded under a new name: NorthC. With ten data centers across the Netherlands, NorthC is the largest regional data center business in the country, serving both large organizations and government institutions as well as...

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Read Equinix Completes US$175 Million Acquisition of Three Axtel Data Centers in Mexico
Equinix Completes US$175 Million Acquisition of Three Axtel Data Centers in Mexico

Equinix Completes US$175 Million Acquisition of Three Axtel Data Centers in Mexico

January 09, 2020 Equinix

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced the completion of its acquisition of three data centers from Axtel S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: AXTELCPO) that serve the Mexico City and Monterrey metro areas of Mexico....

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Read Equinix to Expand into Mexico With US$175 Million Acquisition of Three Axtel Data Centers (PR)
Equinix to Expand into Mexico With US$175 Million Acquisition of Three Axtel Data Centers (PR)

Equinix to Expand into Mexico With US$175 Million Acquisition of Three Axtel Data Centers (PR)

October 04, 2019 Equinix

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced it has entered into an agreement with Axtel S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: AXTELCPO) to acquire three data centers that serve the Mexico City and Monterrey metro areas of...

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Read NTT to rebrand regional subsidiaries, impacts RagingWire, e-shelter, Gyron, NetMagic
NTT to rebrand regional subsidiaries, impacts RagingWire, e-shelter, Gyron, NetMagic

NTT to rebrand regional subsidiaries, impacts RagingWire, e-shelter, Gyron, NetMagic

September 18, 2019 NTT

Data Center Frontier reports that NTT plans to rebrand all its data center subsidiaries into one brand. The combined company will be launched at PTC in January 2020 and be headquartered in LondonThe rebrand includes all of NTT subsidiaries. RagingWire e-shelter NetMagic Gyron and NTT branded data...

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Read The Datacenter Group acquires data centers from NovoServe
The Datacenter Group acquires data centers from NovoServe

The Datacenter Group acquires data centers from NovoServe

July 18, 2019 NorthC Datacenters

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, - The Datacenter Group (TDCG) has acquired the data center infrastructure of NovoServe in Doetinchem and Enschede. By selling its two data centers, NovoServe is able to apply focus to their international IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) hosting activities, whilst...

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Read Equinix Appoints Jon Lin as President, Americas
Equinix Appoints Jon Lin as President, Americas

Equinix Appoints Jon Lin as President, Americas

June 17, 2019 Equinix

Congrats to Jon Lin who was promoted by Equinix to President of the Americas. Jon will oversee existing operations in North and South America. Equinix Press Release: REDWOOD CITY, Calif – Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced that it has...

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Read KPN sells NLDC subsidiary to Deutsche Bank's DWS
KPN sells NLDC subsidiary to Deutsche Bank's DWS

KPN sells NLDC subsidiary to Deutsche Bank's DWS

May 20, 2019 NorthC Datacenters

Dutch telco KPN has agreed to sell its data center division, NLDC, to a fund managed by DWS, a global infrastructure investment manager and part of Deutsche Bank. NLDC consists of six colocation data centers in Aalsmeer, Almere, Eindhoven, Groningen, Oude Meer (Schiphol) and Rotterdam. Terms of...

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Read Eugene Henegouwen is Appointed as President of EMEA for Equimix
Eugene Henegouwen is Appointed as President of EMEA for Equimix

Eugene Henegouwen is Appointed as President of EMEA for Equimix

April 15, 2019 Equinix

Equinix has appointed Eugene Bergen Henegouwen as the new President of EMEA. Eugene has been at Equinix since 2013. Since that that time, he has held the role of SVP of Sales in the EMEA region, overseeing the tripling of revenue in the region over the last 6 years. Before joining Equinix,...

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Read EdgeConneX Enters the Munich Market with the Acquisition of a Vodafone Facility
EdgeConneX is entering Munich market through the acquisition of a Vodafone data center. The facility will be ready by Q2 2019. 

The Press Release is below.

Munich facility becomes EdgeConneX’...

EdgeConneX Enters the Munich Market with the Acquisition of a Vodafone Facility

January 26, 2019 EdgeConnex Munich

EdgeConneX is entering Munich market through the acquisition of a Vodafone data center. The facility will be ready by Q2 2019. The Press Release is below. Munich facility becomes EdgeConneX’s 9th Data Center in Europe Herndon, VA, – January 21, 2019 — EdgeConneX®, pioneers in edge data center...

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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...

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

July 09, 2018 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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