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New entrant targeting underserved Alabama market

September 6, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

New operator AUBix is planning to build a new data centre in Auburn, Alabama. ...

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DE-CIX Phoenix to open in 2022; fifth US location

September 3, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

DE-CIX will open its fifth US Internet exchange in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2022. ...

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Google doubling down in Germany; second cloud region, new Hanau data centre

September 2, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Google is expanding its Frankfurt cloud region in Germany with a new owned data centre that will go ...

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Zoom reports 2QFY22 results; first $1b quarter

September 2, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Zoom reported its 2QFY22 results for the quarter ended July 31, 2021 that exceeded expectations and ...

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Global Switch exec joins Actis, Convergence Partners for planned African data centres

September 2, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Actis and Convergence Partners named Jasper Lankhorst as CEO of its planned (and as yet unnamed) pan...

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Kao Data eliminates diesel from backup generators in UK data centre

September 2, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Kao Data transitioned the backup generators at its data centre in Harlow from diesel to HVO (hydrotr...

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Megaport acquires InnovoEdge to boost AI, orchestration capabilities

September 2, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Megaport acquired InnovoEdge via its US subsidiary, for US$7.5m in cash plus up to US$7.5m in shares...

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ODATA outlines LATAM expansion progress, considering Peru

September 1, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

ODATA management went on record with an update on its expansions in Latin America. ...

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Huawei Cloud to launch second Mexico data centre, roll out more LatAm infrastructure

September 1, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Local media reports point to Huawei Cloud working on a second data centre for its Mexico cloud regio...

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Lumen divesting LATAM business to Stonepeak

August 31, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Lumen agreed to sell its Latin American business to Stonepeak for $2.7b in a deal that is expected t...

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Hyperscalers behind Africa, Asia, US subsea cable developments

August 31, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

There’s been some noteworthy activity from hyperscalers in new international subsea cable systems,...

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Microsoft poaches AWS senior cloud executive

August 31, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Media reports indicate Microsoft has hired long-time AWS exec Charlie Bell. ...

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