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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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)…
