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DigitalBridge and IFM Acquire Switch for $11 Billion

EXPECTED TO CLOSE IN SECOND HALF OF 2022 Exascale data center provider Switch, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with DigitalBridge Group, Inc., under which DigitalBridge Partners II and an affiliate of IFM Investors will…

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Equinix Completes Acquisition of Four Data Centers in Chile

CLOSED AT US$735 MILLION WITH ANOTHER FACILITY IN PERU Equinix, Inc. has announced the completion of its deal to acquire four data centers in Chile from Empresa Nacional De Telecomunicaciones S.A. (Entel), expanding Platform Equinix® footprint in Latin America. Also…

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EdgeConneX Enters Indonesia with GTN Data Center Acquisition

PLANS TO FORM A 90MW CAMPUS Hyperscale data center service provider EdgeConneX, has announced the expansion of its Asian data center portfolio into Indonesia through the acquisition of GTN Data Center. Located in Bekasi Cikarang, GTN has been operating a…

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CyrusOne Purchases 40MW of Renewable Energy in North Texas

REACHING 85% GREEN POWER IN THE REGION Data center developer and operator, CyrusOne, has announced that it plans to purchase solar and wind energy from Gexa Energy, LP, to power its northern Texas data center facilities which include Carrolton, Allen…

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Google Plans $9.5 Billion 2022 Investment in the US

TARGETING OFFICES AND DATA CENTERS Google has just announced that it plans to invest about $9.5 billion in its offices and data centers across the United States (US) in 2022. As announced, this investment will be spread across Google’s offices…

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Digital 9 to Acquire London Data Center Firm Volta for £45 Million

EXPANDING ITS EDGE FOOTPRINT Digital 9 Infrastructure (D9) has just announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire GAData Holdings Limited which trades as Volta Data Centres. Priced at £45 million, Volta owns and operates a 6MW data center…

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AWS Plans £1.8 Billion Data Center Investment in the UK

EXPANDING UK DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud service arm of Amazon, has announced that it plans to significantly expand its data center and cloud footprint in the UK over the next two years. In a bid to…

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Equinix Closes $320 Million Acquisition of MainOne

MAKES ITS FIRST FOOTPRINT IN AFRICA Digital infrastructure company, Equinix, Inc., has just announced the completion of its deal to acquire West African data center and connectivity solutions provider MainOne, following its agreement as announced last year. Acquired at US$320…

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NTT and QD.TEK Partner to Develop 6MW Data Center in Vietnam

SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN 2024 NTT Global Data Centers Corporation (NTT GDC) and Quang Dung Technology Distribution Joint Stock Company (QD.TEK) have announced a joint venture for the development and operation of a new data center in Ho Chi Minh…

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KKR and GIP Complete Acquisition of CyrusOne at $15 Billion

GAINING ABOUT 50 DATA CENTERS Data center developer and operator, CyrusOne Inc., has just announced the completion of its acquisition by funds managed by KKR, a global investment firm, and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), in an all-cash transaction valued at…

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