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Read UK Brent Council plans to upgrade data center with £3.8 million ($5.3 million)
UK Brent Council plans to upgrade data center with £3.8 million ($5.3 million)

UK Brent Council plans to upgrade data center with £3.8 million ($5.3 million)

June 15, 2021 London

Brent Council, a governing body of a borough of London, just revealed its plan to spend £3.8 million ($5.3 million) to upgrade data centers over the next four years. The council says it is part of its plan to create a modern and robust IT system. The upgrades involve upgrading physical storage...

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Read Real estate firm Hickory enters the data center arena, with plans for a 36MW facility in Melbo
Real estate firm Hickory enters the data center arena, with plans for a 36MW facility in Melbo

Real estate firm Hickory enters the data center arena, with plans for a 36MW facility in Melbo

June 09, 2021 Melbourne

Hickory, an Australian real estate development firm, has announced that it is entering the data center arena with plans to construct a 36MW facility in Truganina, west Melbourne, following development approval from Wyndham City Council. The data center will be built on a 3.5-hectare site and have...

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Read Hanley Energy expands in Virginia, will base US headquarters in Loudoun County
Hanley Energy expands in Virginia, will base US headquarters in Loudoun County

Hanley Energy expands in Virginia, will base US headquarters in Loudoun County

May 26, 2021 Northern Virginia

Hanley Energy has decided to expand its operations in Loudoun County, Virginia. The Irish company will be leasing a 36,600 square foot building from Merritt Properties for this purpose. Merritt initially bought the 6.7-acre site with plans to build a light industrial building over it. Besides,...

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Read $800M Data Center Coming To Mesa, Arizona Amidst Water Concerns
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$800M Data Center Coming To Mesa, Arizona Amidst Water Concerns

May 26, 2021 Phoenix

The Mesa City Council just approved the development for a Company that plans to build a data center on Elliot and Ellsworth roads in the northwest corner of Eastmark. Although the Company remains in mystery, the Mayor of Mesa City said the mystery Company would be investing $800 million to bring...

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Read Data Center Review conducted in Prince William County
Data Center Review conducted in Prince William County

Data Center Review conducted in Prince William County

May 19, 2021 Northern Virginia

Prince William County, Virginia, may see more data centers being built in the region after County supervisors approved moves that could expand the Data Center Opportunity Zone Overlay District. This “overlay district” is the area where building data facilities is permitted. Established back in...

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Read Questions raised over Loudoun County data center proposal
Questions raised over Loudoun County data center proposal

Questions raised over Loudoun County data center proposal

May 14, 2021 Northern Virginia

BlackChamber Group’s application to build a 530,000 sq ft (49,000 sq m) data center in Loudoun County has split the county’s board of supervisors. According to a report published in Washington Business Journal, the group’s proposal to build two facilities on the 23-acre plot could be rejected in...

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Read Frankfurt to restrict and regulate data centers
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Frankfurt to restrict and regulate data centers

May 14, 2021 Frankfurt

Frankfurt has proposed a development plan to regulate data centers in the area. The plan, it says, will prevent the “uncontrolled growth” of data centers. The city is the hub of the data center industry in Germany, and one of the four largest hubs in Europe, taking up 64 hectares (640,000 sqm) of...

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Read Vantage provides more Renewable Energy options to Customers
Vantage provides more Renewable Energy options to Customers

Vantage provides more Renewable Energy options to Customers

May 06, 2021 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has announced that it is now providing its customers access to renewable energy at each of its North American and European campuses. This development will help its customers reduce their carbon emissions. Currently, four of the campuses are now being powered by 99% renewable...

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Read TA Realty planning $1.8 billion, 300MW data center campus in Loudoun County, Virginia
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TA Realty planning $1.8 billion, 300MW data center campus in Loudoun County, Virginia

May 04, 2021 Northern Virginia

TA Realty has announced that it will be developing a new $1.8 billion secure data center in Loudoun County, VA. The initial buildings of the data center are expected to be ready by late 2021. Upon completion, the fully built-out campus will be over 1.5 million square feet. It will also have 300...

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Read Vantage Data Centers Opens Second Data Center on its Northern Virginia Campus
Vantage Data Centers Opens Second Data Center on its Northern Virginia Campus

Vantage Data Centers Opens Second Data Center on its Northern Virginia Campus

April 28, 2021 Vantage VA11

Vantage Data Centers just announced that it has completed the first phase of VA12. VA12 is the second of the five planned facilities situated at its Northern Virginia campus. The completed first phase of VA12 will provide 16MW of critical IT capacity to enterprises, hyperscalers, and cloud...

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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 Vantage Data Centers Completes First Phase of Zurich Facility
Vantage Data Centers Completes First Phase of Zurich Facility

Vantage Data Centers Completes First Phase of Zurich Facility

December 18, 2020 Vantage: ZRH11

Vantage announced the completion of an 8-megawatt concrete shell in Winterthur, Switzerland which is Northeast of Zurich. The facility is Vantage's first greenfield EU hyperscale building that will be delivered as part of an aggressive $2 billion EU expansion announced in February 2020. At full...

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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 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 Montreal Internet Exchange expanding to Hypertec YUL01
Montreal Internet Exchange expanding to Hypertec YUL01

Montreal Internet Exchange expanding to Hypertec YUL01

August 25, 2020 Vantage: QC42

Montreal Internet Exchange (QIX) has announced that it is expanding its fabric to Hypertec's Pointe-Claire two-facility campus (YUL01.) The announcement was made on twitter. See below.

Read Colony Capital and Vantage Data Centers to Form Strategic Partnership to Advance Data Center Growth
Colony Capital and Vantage Data Centers to Form Strategic Partnership to Advance Data Center Growth

Colony Capital and Vantage Data Centers to Form Strategic Partnership to Advance Data Center Growth

July 08, 2020 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage has announced that Colony Capital will invest $1.2 billion into Vantage. This is on top of the $800 million it raised in February 2020 and $692 million it raised in 2019. A massive war chest to fund Vantage's aggressive expansion into Europe. Earlier this year the company announced it was...

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Read New Dark Fiber Provider, DF&I, Announced Investment from IPI (PR)
New Dark Fiber Provider, DF&I, Announced Investment from IPI (PR)

New Dark Fiber Provider, DF&I, Announced Investment from IPI (PR)

June 16, 2020 Northern Virginia

ASHBURN, Va., /PRNewswire/ -- Dark Fiber & Infrastructure, LLC ("DF&I" or the "Company") today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to receive a majority investment from IPI Partners, LLC ("IPI"). IPI's investment will be used to accelerate the growth of DF&I's footprint and...

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Read Vantage Acquires NGD, one of Largest Data Centres in Europe
Vantage Acquires NGD, one of Largest Data Centres in Europe

Vantage Acquires NGD, one of Largest Data Centres in Europe

April 07, 2020 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage has announced it is set to acquire Next Generation Data (NGD), one of the largest data centres in Europe. The NGD campus is in the Cardiff Capital Region in South Wales.The acquisition provides Vantage with one of Europe’s largest data center campus totaling 180MW, including an existing...

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Read Vantage makes big bet on Europe, Buys Etix and expands into 4 new markets
Vantage makes big bet on Europe, Buys Etix and expands into 4 new markets

Vantage makes big bet on Europe, Buys Etix and expands into 4 new markets

February 10, 2020 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers announced its expansion into Europe through the acquisition of Etix Everywhere and greenfield developments in four additional European markets. Etix’s data center portfolio includes a 55MW hyperscale data center campus in Frankfurt, Germany, which is currently under...

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