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eStruxture Acquires Shaw’s Calgary-1 Data Center

A QUEST FOR CLOUD LEADERSHIP Canadian provider of carrier and cloud-neutral data center solutions eStruxture, has signed an agreement to acquire Shaw Communications’ Calgary data center. Code named “Calgary-1”, the data center acquisition deal gives eStruxture all contractual relationships residing…

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AWS joins Microsoft in the Middle East Bahrain

AWS OPENS FIRST M.E. REGION IN BAHRAIN The cloud giant AWS (Amazon Web Services) has just opened its first Middle Eastern region in Bahrain, following rival Microsoft. About a month ago, Microsoft outran AWS and Google Cloud to open its…

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Colony Capital Acquires Digital Bridge for $325M

COLONY WILL NOW HAVE $60B ASSETS Investment management company Colony Capital, has just announced its acquisition of Digital Bridge Holdings LLC for $325 million. The acquisition of Digital is coming just after the final closing of Digital Colony Partners, a…

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Equinix Opens Its Eleventh Data Center TY11 in Tokyo

INVESTS $70M ON FIRST PHASE Equinix has graced Japan with the launching of another data center facility in Tokyo, and dedicated $70 million to the first phase development. The new data center facility provides a capacity of 950 cabinets and…

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Google Plans a $600M Data center in Kansas City

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…

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Compass DC acquires Montreal based Root Data Center

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…

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IBM Partners with AT&T Just after Its $34B Red Hat Acquisition

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…

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Amsterdam Puts a Halt on Data Center Establishments

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…

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Gotransverse Opens Multi-Tenant Data Center in Sydney

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…

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Digital Realty Acquires 3.5 acres in Paris for $6.9M

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…

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