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Read Microsoft to acquire AT&T’s Network Cloud; AT&T to move its 5G network to Azure
Microsoft to acquire AT&T’s Network Cloud; AT&T to move its 5G network to Azure

Microsoft to acquire AT&T’s Network Cloud; AT&T to move its 5G network to Azure

June 30, 2021 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft will acquire AT&T’s Network Cloud technology and intellectual property. It will also be making job offers to hundreds of AT&T engineers. As part of the deal, AT&T will move its 5G mobile network to Microsoft Azure. AT&T’s 5G core would be the starting point. This deal...

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Read Microsoft intends to open four data centers in China by in 2022
Microsoft intends to open four data centers in China by in 2022

Microsoft intends to open four data centers in China by in 2022

June 18, 2021 Microsoft Azure

According to reports from Bloomberg, Microsoft is looking to add four new data centers in China by Q1 of 2022. The report states that Microsoft wants to expand its service across Asia and opening data centers in China is a step towards achieving that. Asides from that, the Company also intends to...

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Read Blackstone to acquire QTS Realty Trust for $10 billion
Blackstone to acquire QTS Realty Trust for $10 billion

Blackstone to acquire QTS Realty Trust for $10 billion

June 07, 2021 QTS Data Centers

Blackstone Group Inc has reportedly entered into an agreement to purchase QTS Realty Trust Inc for a total of $6.7 billion. According to the WSJ, the group's infrastructure unit, Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, with BREIT, its non-traded real-estate investment trust, has agreed to pay $78 a...

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Read Google to migrate parts of YouTube to Google Cloud
Google to migrate parts of YouTube to Google Cloud

Google to migrate parts of YouTube to Google Cloud

June 04, 2021 Google

Google has decided to migrate some of its YouTube infrastructure to its own Google Cloud Service. Initially, many of Google’s key services like YouTube and its search engine are being hosted on internal infrastructure that isn’t Google Cloud Computing Service (GCP). Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google...

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Read QTS Realty Trust launches new Smart Family of data center remote management solutions
QTS Realty Trust launches new Smart Family of data center remote management solutions

QTS Realty Trust launches new Smart Family of data center remote management solutions

June 01, 2021 QTS Data Centers

QTS Realty Trust has announced its new Smart Family of data center remote management solutions. The Smart Family solution is built on advanced tech, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and preemptive understanding into customers’ colocation environment.QTS Smart family solutions...

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Read STACK to run on 100 percent renewable energy by end of 2021
STACK to run on 100 percent renewable energy by end of 2021

STACK to run on 100 percent renewable energy by end of 2021

May 19, 2021 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has announced that it would be running 100% on renewable energy by the end of 2021. The Company made the promise of running all its current and future data centers with 100% green energy while launching its new social responsibility program. The Chief strategy officer at...

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Read Google opens quantum computer data center and R&D lab, plans commercial system by 2029
Google opens quantum computer data center and R&D lab, plans commercial system by 2029

Google opens quantum computer data center and R&D lab, plans commercial system by 2029

May 19, 2021 Google

Google just opened its new Quantum campus, which houses its quantum computers and serves as a Research and Development lab for future developments. The latest data center campus is located in Santa Barbara County, California. Google is also planning to spend billions of dollars on building a...

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Read Google plans to use greener energy by moving workloads between data centers
Google plans to use greener energy by moving workloads between data centers

Google plans to use greener energy by moving workloads between data centers

May 18, 2021 Google

Google will be moving workloads to data centers where renewable energy is available to boost renewable energy usage. Ross Koningstein, Co-founder of Google’s Carbon Intelligence Computing program, said that shifting compute tasks across locations is the Company’s first step in carbon-aware...

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Read Google Cloud and SpaceX's Starlink to Deliver Secure, Global Connectivity
Google Cloud and SpaceX's Starlink to Deliver Secure, Global Connectivity

Google Cloud and SpaceX's Starlink to Deliver Secure, Global Connectivity

May 15, 2021 Google

Google Cloud and SpaceX have announced that they have entered a new partnership which will see SpaceX's Starlink begin to locate its satellite ground stations within Google data centers. Together, through the partnership, the two firms will deliver cloud services, data and applications to...

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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 STACK closes an additional $325 Million in Debt Financing
STACK closes an additional $325 Million in Debt Financing

STACK closes an additional $325 Million in Debt Financing

September 01, 2020 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Denver-based Stack Infrastructure, a data center company, has closed a $325 million debt offering. Stack also issued securitized notes in February and November of last year. Including the latest round, the company has so far raised a total of $1.4 billion to fuel its growth. Stack's Press Release...

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Read Segra Acquires NorthState
Segra Acquires NorthState

Segra Acquires NorthState

May 19, 2020 Segra

Charlotte, NC – Segra, one of the largest fiber infrastructure bandwidth companies in the Eastern U.S., today announced it has acquired NorthState, a provider of high-speed bandwidth services in the fast-growing Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina. The acquisition expands Segra’s fiber...

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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 SUNeVision lands Microsoft ExpressRoute on MEGA Campus
SUNeVision lands Microsoft ExpressRoute on MEGA Campus

SUNeVision lands Microsoft ExpressRoute on MEGA Campus

April 01, 2020 Microsoft Azure

SUNeVision Holdings Ltd, a Data centre provider in Hong Kong, has announced a new Microsoft Azure ExpressRoute on-ramp. Enterprises will have the ability to directly connect to Azure in MEGA-i, either through an onsite point of presence (PoP) or via telco partners, managed service providers or...

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Read STACK INFRASTRUCTURE Expands Securitization by $225 million to Fund Growth
STACK INFRASTRUCTURE Expands Securitization by $225 million to Fund Growth

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE Expands Securitization by $225 million to Fund Growth

November 22, 2019 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Long-Term, Low-Cost, Investment-Grade Facility Provides Additional Capital to Drive Market and Client Expansion DENVER, CO – NOVEMBER 22, 2019 – STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (“STACK” or the “Company”), the data center company built from the ground up to address the technology infrastructure needs of...

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Read Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden
Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden

Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden

March 25, 2019 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft is reportedly building two new datacenters in Sweden, according to Swedish Newspaper Gefle Dagblad (via MSN). It was previously reported in December that the company had acquired 130 hectares of land in the municipalities of of Gävle and Sandviken, near the Swedish capital Stockholm....

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Read Microsoft and EDP Renewables Execute a Wind Energy Agreement in Ohio
Microsoft and EDP Renewables Execute a Wind Energy Agreement in Ohio

Microsoft and EDP Renewables Execute a Wind Energy Agreement in Ohio

March 07, 2019 Hyperscale Data Center

HOUSTON, and REDMOND, Wash. — March 7, 2019 — EDP Renewables SA (EDPR), through its fully owned subsidiary EDP Renewables North America LLC, and Microsoft Corp. have executed two 15-year power purchase agreements (PPA) totaling 125 megawatts (MW) that will bring the Timber Road IV Wind Farm to...

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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 Microsoft Announces Sixth Expansion in Mecklenburg County, Virginia
Microsoft Corporation will invest significant capital to expand its Boydton enterprise data center in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.

The project is Microsoft’s sixth expansion at the facility sin...

Microsoft Announces Sixth Expansion in Mecklenburg County, Virginia

January 24, 2019 Hyperscale Data Center

Microsoft Corporation will invest significant capital to expand its Boydton enterprise data center in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. The project is Microsoft’s sixth expansion at the facility since 2010 and will allow the company to further enhance its ability to serve customers in the U.S. and...

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Read STACK INFRASTRUCTURE announces the Combination of Data Center Assets to create a new company
STACK INFRASTRUCTURE announces the Combination of Data Center Assets to create a new company

STACK INFRASTRUCTURE announces the Combination of Data Center Assets to create a new company

January 15, 2019 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

DENVER, CO – STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (“STACK” or the “Company”), the data center company built from the ground up to address the technology infrastructure needs of rapidly scaling enterprises and hyperscale companies, today announced the launch of its newly established platform and strategy....

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