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Digital Realty to Combine with Interxion

By Cloudscene

Digital Realty, one of the world’s largest data center providers, has entered into a strategic agreement to combine businesses with European colocation data center operator, Interxion.  The proposed transaction…

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Announced: H1, 2019 Data Center Ecosystem Leaderboard

By Cloudscene

Cloudscene’s Data Center Ecosystem Leaderboard ranks the top operators based on both the connectivity and density of data centers across North America, EMEA, Oceania and Asia.   The results…

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Latest Tech Predictions and their Influence on Data Center Business Series: Artificial Intelligence and the Talent Gap

By Cloudscene

Global business advisory firm, BDO, recently released its report on technology predictions for 2019. The trends, predicted to shape tech this year and beyond, provide foresight for tech companies…

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Data Center REIT Equities Recover in Q1 2019

By Cloudscene

After a tumultuous Q4 2018, which saw the leading data center real estate investment trusts (REITs) experience one-year lows in late December, stock prices of Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX), Digital Realty…

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Zayo to be acquired in US $14.3b cash transaction

By Cloudscene

Boulder-based fiber-network operator Zayo announced a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by affiliates of global investment firms, Digital Colony and the EQT Infrastructure. The transaction would result in Zayo, currently…

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Data Center Outages Affect Content Providers and Corporations Alike: Google, Facebook, Wells Fargo

By Cloudscene

According to a recent report by Information Technology Intelligence Consulting, an hour of downtime cost data center operators USD $260,000 on average in 2018. Here is a summary of…

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In Cloud/ Data Centers/ Green

Tech Giants Invest in Renewable Energy

By Cloudscene

In 2018, there was 59 power purchase agreement (PPA) deals signed by US corporates for a total of 4.96 gigawatts (GW), the most number of first-time buyers in a single…

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New Data Centers Planned As Global Demand Grows

By Cloudscene

This round-up of recent announcements of planned data centers across the globe highlights expected demand in both established and emerging markets. Apple Apple has committed more than US$10 billion…

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Global Data Center Openings Round-up: Oracle, Facebook, Alibaba Cloud, Inwi

By Cloudscene

2019 is in full swing, with several prominent and emerging players opening data centers throughout the globe boasting advanced networking facilities, robust infrastructures, renewable technologies, and secured data management…

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Digital Realty’s $1.8b acquisition of Ascenty provides access to growing Latin America market

By Cloudscene

San Francisco-based Digital Realty announced this week the agreement to purchase Brazil’s Ascenty, one of Latin America’s leading data center providers, for an estimated $1.8 billion. Digital Realty will…

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Data Center Industry Rumor Mill: T5 Data Centers, Macquarie, Digital Realty, Ascenty and Amazon

By Cloudscene

The data center industry rumor mill is in overdrive this week amid speculation of a big buy-out, a $1b acquisition and the cloud fight for a multi-billion dollar partnership…

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In General News

Global Switch Sells 24.99% Stake in the Company for $2.77 Billion in Preparation for Public Listing

By Cloudscene

Global Switch, a leading operator of large-scale data centers in Europe and Asia-Pacific, has sold a 24.99% slice of its business to Strategic IDC Limited for $2.77 billion. A…

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AT&T Offloads 31 Data Centers to Brookfield for $1.1 billion

By Cloudscene

Global telecommunications giant AT&T has announced a strategic partnership with Brookfield Infrastructure which will see AT&T transfer 31 data centers to Brookfield. The deal includes 18 Internet Data Centers (IDCs)…

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