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Read Cosentry’s Omaha-Midlands Data Center Becomes the First LEED Gold Certified Data Center in Iowa
Cosentry’s Omaha-Midlands Data Center Becomes the First LEED Gold Certified Data Center in Iowa

Cosentry’s Omaha-Midlands Data Center Becomes the First LEED Gold Certified Data Center in Iowa

February 27, 2021 TierPoint Omaha Midlands

OMAHA, NE (PRWEB) Cosentry, the Midwest leader in data center services, announced today that their Omaha-Midlands Data Center has achieved LEED Gold Certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), making it the only LEED Gold Data center in Nebraska and one of just 21 data...

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Read Google Slows Hiring for Remainder of 2020
Google Slows Hiring for Remainder of 2020

Google Slows Hiring for Remainder of 2020

April 15, 2020 Google

Google has announced a significant slow down in new staff hires. Bloomberg published an email from CEO Sundar Pichai which details its plan to recalibrate hiring because of the economic slowdown. In 2019, Google hired 20,000 people and had planned to hire an additional 20,000 employees. The...

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Read TierPoint Raises $320 Million from Consortium of Investors (PR)
TierPoint Raises $320 Million from Consortium of Investors (PR)

TierPoint Raises $320 Million from Consortium of Investors (PR)

March 24, 2020 TierPoint

ST. LOUIS – TierPoint, a leading provider of secure, connected data center and cloud solutions at the edge of the internet, announced it has reached an agreement that will result in new, preferred equity investments totaling $320 million, which the company expects to be closed and funded by...

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Read Facebook Plans to Wholesale Its Fiber
Facebook Plans to Wholesale Its Fiber

Facebook Plans to Wholesale Its Fiber

March 06, 2019 Meta

Facebook plans to sell excess fiber on its owned long haul routes that interconnect Facebook data centers. As part of the plan, Facebook will allow local and regional network providers to acquire capacity. Fast Facts: Initially, Facebook is focused on the network connecting their data centers in...

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Read Google's Curie Cable System to Land at Equinix LA4 (PR)
Google's Curie Cable System to Land at Equinix LA4 (PR)

Google's Curie Cable System to Land at Equinix LA4 (PR)

February 07, 2019 Google

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. /PRNewswire/ -- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection and data center company, today announced that Google has selected Equinix for its Los Angeles area cable landing station (CLS) supporting the Curie subsea cable system, the first subsea cable to Chile in...

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Read Another data center in the works for Sarpy County
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Another data center in the works for Sarpy County

December 31, 2018 Omaha

PAPILLION — Another company data center is in the works for Sarpy County in eastern Nebraska — a project that's raised questions about data center saturation. The identity of the company is being kept a secret until the land transaction on the west side of Papillion is ensured and utility...

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Read TierPoint Launches Cloud Connect Express for connections to Azure and AWS from All TierPoint Locations
TierPoint, a leading provider of secure, connected data center and cloud solutions at the edge of the internet, today announced the launch of its new Cloud Connect Express (CCX) service.

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TierPoint Launches Cloud Connect Express for connections to Azure and AWS from All TierPoint Locations

October 16, 2018 TierPoint

TierPoint, a leading provider of secure, connected data center and cloud solutions at the edge of the internet, today announced the launch of its new Cloud Connect Express (CCX) service. Leveraging TierPoint’s network assets and Zayo’s CloudLink solution, CCX provides TierPoint customers with...

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Read Light Edge Acquires OnRamp (PR)
Light Edge Acquires OnRamp (PR)

Light Edge Acquires OnRamp (PR)

July 17, 2018 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...

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