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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 Cologix Acquires vXchnge's Santa Clara Facility
Cologix Acquires vXchnge's Santa Clara Facility

Cologix Acquires vXchnge's Santa Clara Facility

April 15, 2021 Cologix Santa Clara

Cologix has announced it has acquired a silicon valley data center from vXchnge. The Santa Clara facility sits on 5 acres with a 84,000 sqft building. The building currently supports 9MW of critical load with the ability to expand to a total 19 MWs. The acquisition provides an instant entry into...

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Read NTT Opens SV1
NTT Opens SV1

NTT Opens SV1

April 13, 2021 NTT Silicon Valley SV1

NTT Ltd., has announced that its Global Data Centers Americas division has opened a new 16MW Silicon Valley Data Center called SV1. NTT Ltd. is a world-leading global technology services provider and this center marks the sixth U.S. data center campus and third data center opening in 2021. The...

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Read Digital Realty Introduces New Connections to Google Cloud In 5 Major Metros
Digital Realty Introduces New Connections to Google Cloud In 5 Major Metros

Digital Realty Introduces New Connections to Google Cloud In 5 Major Metros

March 23, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty recently said that it has expanded secure, private access to Google Cloud’s global network in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Vienna in Austria, and Dusseldorf in Germany. Digital Realty also announced that it had added its second direct interconnect to Google Cloud in Frankfurt. The direct...

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Read STACK INFRASTRUCTURE Raises $400 million in Another Round of Structured Debt Financing
STACK INFRASTRUCTURE Raises $400 million in Another Round of Structured Debt Financing

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE Raises $400 million in Another Round of Structured Debt Financing

March 19, 2021 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE has lined up another large round of financing. The Data Center operator has borrowed $400 million through the sale of securitized notes, the latest in four transactions that have raised $1.8 billion to build more data centers.Last September STACK raised $325 million in...

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Read DataBank issues $658M of Secured Notes
DataBank issues $658M of Secured Notes

DataBank issues $658M of Secured Notes

March 12, 2021 DataBank

Colocation provider DataBank will issue $658 million of secured notes. The new securitization notes will refinance DataBank's existing credit facility. This securitization and refinancing of previous loans adds more than $200M in liquidity to DataBank's balance sheet, providing funding for...

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Read Digital Realty plans to build 430,000 sqft four story Santa Clara facility
Digital Realty plans to build 430,000 sqft four story Santa Clara facility

Digital Realty plans to build 430,000 sqft four story Santa Clara facility

February 05, 2021 Digital Realty: SJC37

Digital Realty will add to its dominant position in the Silicon Valley data center market with a new 48 MW, 430,000 sqft, four-story data center. The first phase 8-megawatts of customer capacity is targeted for the third quarter of 2022.The facility's address is 641 Walsh Ave and is adjacent to...

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Read Looking back on 2020, Vantage Data Centers doubled in size, raised $3.6B in new capital, entered international markets and increased IT capacity by more than 90 percent
Looking back on 2020, Vantage Data Centers doubled in size, raised $3.6B in new capital, entered international markets and increased IT capacity by more than 90 percent

Looking back on 2020, Vantage Data Centers doubled in size, raised $3.6B in new capital, entered international markets and increased IT capacity by more than 90 percent

January 27, 2021 Vantage Data Centers

DENVER (January 27, 2021) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, announced today that it doubled its size in terms of markets served and increased IT capacity by more than 90 percent in 2020 with the company’s entrance into the European market and...

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Read Digital Realty Relocates Headquarters to Austin
Digital Realty Relocates Headquarters to Austin

Digital Realty Relocates Headquarters to Austin

January 15, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty (DLR) has announced it will relocate its corporate headquarters to Austin, Texas from San Francisco, California. DLR will maintain a presence in the San Francisco Bay Area as one of the world's leading technology hubs.Digital Realty already operates a significant data center...

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Read DataBank closes Acquisition of Zayo's data centers
DataBank closes Acquisition of Zayo's data centers

DataBank closes Acquisition of Zayo's data centers

December 15, 2020 DataBank

DataBank has closed deal to acquire 45 of Zayo's data centers across 20 markets in the US and UK. A second closing for zColo’s data centers in France is expected to be completed in Q1 2021. The deal instantly transforms Databank into a large player in the colocation market. With zColo's...

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Read Vantage Acquires Hypertec's Data Centers becomming a large provider in Montreal
Vantage Acquires Hypertec's Data Centers becomming a large provider in Montreal

Vantage Acquires Hypertec's Data Centers becomming a large provider in Montreal

November 23, 2020 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has acquired the data center business of services company Hypertec. With Hypertec's facilities, Vantage will become a large player with additional capacity in the Montreal market. Hypertec’s 49MW campus includes 25MW across two existing facilities and 24MW of expansion...

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Read Vantage Raises an additional 1.25 Billion in Equity Capital from Digital Colony
Vantage Raises an additional 1.25 Billion in Equity Capital from Digital Colony

Vantage Raises an additional 1.25 Billion in Equity Capital from Digital Colony

November 19, 2020 Vantage Data Centers

DENVER (November 19, 2020) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced that it has raised US$1.25 billion in incremental equity capital from its existing investors, led by Digital Colony. This funding will be used to fuel ongoing expansion...

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Read 365 Data Centers Acquires Atlantic Metro
365 Data Centers Acquires Atlantic Metro

365 Data Centers Acquires Atlantic Metro

November 16, 2020 365 Data Centers

365 Data Centers, a leading provider of network-centric colocation and other Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solutions, announces its acquisition of Atlantic Metro Communications, which provides tailored colocation, network and cloud services to large and mid-size enterprises. While continuing...

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Read Prime Data Centers Develops New 9MW Santa Clara Data Center
Prime Data Centers Develops New 9MW Santa Clara Data Center

Prime Data Centers Develops New 9MW Santa Clara Data Center

October 20, 2020 Prime Santa Clara

SANTA CLARA, CA — Prime Data Centers, a wholesale data center real estate developer, today announces the development of a four-story, 121,000-square-foot data center in the heart of Silicon Valley. Located at 1111 Comstock Street in Santa Clara, CA, Prime will begin construction within the next...

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Read T5 Acquires an Apple data center in Silicon Valley
T5 Acquires an Apple data center in Silicon Valley

T5 Acquires an Apple data center in Silicon Valley

October 07, 2020 T5@Silicon Valley Bldg 1

T5 has announced that it has acquired an enterprise data center in Newark, CA. The description matches an Apple data center near Fremont. It's a legacy site and Apple is continuing to build monster data center campuses, so it makes sense that the iPhone make would divest the property. The nearest...

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Read Stonecourt Capital Acquires a Majority stake in 365 Data Centers
Stonecourt Capital Acquires a Majority stake in 365 Data Centers

Stonecourt Capital Acquires a Majority stake in 365 Data Centers

October 06, 2020 365 Data Centers

Private equity investor Stonecourt Capital has acquired a majority stake in 365 Data Centers. The original investors (Lumerity Capital and Longboard Advisors) have reinvested into 365. However, Chirisa Investments and Turning Rock Partners have exited as investors.365 Press Release is below:...

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Read Vantage Data Centers Raises US$1.3 Billion in Securitized Notes to Accelerate North American Expansion
Vantage Data Centers Raises US$1.3 Billion in Securitized Notes to Accelerate North American Expansion

Vantage Data Centers Raises US$1.3 Billion in Securitized Notes to Accelerate North American Expansion

October 06, 2020 Vantage Data Centers

Company leverages favorable interest rates to reduce costs, extend debt maturity profile and fund expansion opportunities DENVER – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced that the company raised US$1.3 billion in securitized notes. The...

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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 DataBank acquires zColo sites from Zayo for $1.4 Billion
DataBank acquires zColo sites from Zayo for $1.4 Billion

DataBank acquires zColo sites from Zayo for $1.4 Billion

September 30, 2020 DataBank

DataBank will acquire Zayo's zColo division for $1.4 billion. The deal includes the sale of 44 data centers in more than 20 markets across the United States and Europe. The transaction is expected to close in December 2020. Once closed, DataBank will operate 1.1 million square feet of data center...

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Read Tom Marx joins Evoque as Chief Revenue Officer
Tom Marx joins Evoque as Chief Revenue Officer

Tom Marx joins Evoque as Chief Revenue Officer

September 28, 2020 Csquare

Tom Marx will join Evoque as Chief Revenue Officer. Marx, who is based in Denver, spent the majority of his career at tw telecom subsequently Level3/CenturyLink via acquisition. Evoque Press Release on Sept 28, 2020:DALLAS – Evoque Data Center Solutions™, one of the world’s 20 largest data center...

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