GOOGLE CLOUD BIGGEST ACQUISITION Google Cloud has just completed its acquisition of the California-based data analytics firm Looker. The deal is expected to boost Google’s cloud offering. This transaction is now the biggest acquisition by Google Cloud and a major…
THE WESTIN BUILDING EXCHANGE Digital Realty has just reached an agreement with Clise Properties to acquire a 49% ownership interest in the Westin Building Exchange in Seattle, Washington. With this transaction, Digital Realty will have a majority stake in the…
ANCHOR TENANT ACROSS 30+ SITES Edge colocation and micro data centers provider EdgeMicro, has entered into a customer agreement with Cloudflare that makes the latter an anchor tenant across more than 30 EdgeMicro’s facilities. These edge deployments are expected to…
A 28,573 SQUARE METER FACILITY Amazon has secured a planning permission for its new data center facility at the IDA Business and Technology Park, Donore Road, Drogheda, Ireland. Application for the approval was submitted by U.S. firm, CAP Developments LLC…
PLANS FIVE CAMPUSES IN EUROPE North American wholesale data center provider Vantage Data Centers, has today acquired Etix Everywhere, an EMEA data center provider for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition marks the launch of Vantage’s European expansion for which it…
EXPANDING LATAM PORTFOLIO Amazon’s cloud services arm AWS, has revealed it plans to invest $236 million (R$1 billion) in Brazil to strengthen its cloud infrastructure over the next two years. The company’s cloud region is precisely in São Paulo, and…
FINALIZING TAX INCENTIVE AGREEEMENT CoreSite Realty Corporation, a data center services provider, has announced that its application with the Illinois Data Centers Investment Program has been accepted by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. This application is in…
ARVIND KRISHNA AND JAMES WHITEHURST TO LEAD IBM Also known as Big Blue, IBM has appointed Arvind Krishna as its new CEO. He will be taking over from Ginni Rometty who has handled this role for about 8 years. Arvind…
$1.5B DATA CENTER EXPANSION SETS FOR INDIA Japanese networking giant and global data center provider NTT, has officially launched its new NTT Global Data Centers division after consolidating its affiliates under the NTT brand name. Last year, the company brought…
PHASE I IS PLANNED FOR 2021 Chinese data center developer and operator GDS Holdings Ltd, has signed a definitive legal agreement through its subsidiary to acquire a data center site in Shanghai for ¥1.37 billion (approx. $200 million). The 212,000…
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