TAX BREAK WORTH UP TO $25B The tech giant Google is considering a $600 million data center project in Kansas City, Missouri, with approval from local authorities. As reported by The Kansas City Star, the Port Authority of Kansas City’s…
COMPASS ACQUIRES ROOT DATA CENTER Compass Datacenters has just announced its acquisition of Montreal based wholesale colocation provider Root Data Center, for an undisclosed amount. This acquisition deal is coming barely a week after Compass announced a plan to develop…
ASCENTY EXPANDS LATAM NETWORK Latin American colocation provider Ascenty, has just announced the opening of four new data centers in the greater Sao Paulo metropolitan area of Brazil. The new Brazil facilities are located in Jundiai, Hortolandia and Paulinia, which…
IBM STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH AT&T IBM and AT&T have announced signing a new cloud deal. This is coming about a week after IBM acquired Red Hat for $34 Billion. The multi-year strategic alliance will have AT&T Communications use IBM’s knowledge…
NO MORE DATACENTERS TILL 2020 The Dutch capital Amsterdam, has just declared a stop in the establishment of more data centers in its municipality and adjoining Haarlemmermeer. Amsterdam claims to be a major city in the world with the highest…
AWS TAKES CHARGE OF THE OPERATIONS Cloud-based software provider Gotransverse, has today launched its new, multi-tenant data center facility in Sydney, Australia. The data center was built for regulatory compliance and to accommodate Gotransverse’s intelligent billing customers in Australia, starting…
DC BLOX OPENS BIRMINGHAM FACILITY Data center provider DC Blox has just opened the first phase of its $785 million Birmingham, Alabama data center facility with the ability to withstand 150mph winds. This is the company’s fourth data center facility…
DIGITAL REALTY BUYS LAND IN PARIS Digital Realty has just purchased a 3.5 acre (152,460 square feet) land parcel in Ferriers-en-Brie, Paris, for €6.1 million ($6.9m). The company is coming back to Paris to build a 12MW data center, after…
COMPASS STARTS GOODYEAR DATACENTERS Compass Datacenters has begun construction on the first two data centers in its Goodyear, Arizona campus. The project is to be completed by Q4 2019. The two buildings, which mark the first phase of development on…
GTT TO ACQUIRE KPN DIVISION GTT Communications has entered a definitive agreement to acquire global IP network operator KPN International, for a fixed amount of €50 million. KPN International is a division of KPN N.V. headquartered in Netherlands, which will…
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