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Digital Colony raises $4.1b for second fund, more to come

February 19, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Media reports Digital Colony raised over $4.1b in a first close for a second communications infrastr...

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Khazna plans significant data centre expansion in UAE

February 17, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Middle Eastern data centre wholesaler Khazna Data Centers is planning to expand its capacity in Unit...

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Orange buys Morocco data centre from Vantage’s Etix assets

February 17, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Orange Maroc (Orange Morocco) recently acquired the Etix Everywhere data centre in Casablanca. ...

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PacketFabric extends in Europe with Colt Technology Services partnership

February 16, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

PacketFabric directly integrated Colt Technology Service’s On Demand offering into its Network-as-...

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Oracle Cloud to partner with Bynet Data for new Israel region

February 15, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Local media outlets report that Oracle’s new cloud region in Israel will open this year in Jerusal...

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Amazon behind plans for new UK hyperscale data centres?

February 11, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

An unnamed cloud company has put in a planning application to build two data centres in the UK and i...

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VTB Bank takes stake in, becomes strategic partner of Rostelecom Data Centers

February 11, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Russian telco Rostelecom signed a strategic partnership with VTB Bank for the latter to take a 44.8%...

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DE-CIX Mumbai adds connectivity to Oracle Cloud

February 11, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

DE-CIX Mumbai brought online connectivity to Oracle Cloud via Oracle Cloud Infrastructure FastConnec...

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Teraco raises funds for latest Johannesburg data centre

February 10, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Local media reports South Africa’s Teraco completed a R2.5b ($166m) funding round. ...

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euNetworks, Light Blue Fibre partner for Cambridge fibre network

February 10, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

euNetworks is providing operational and maintenance support for Light Blue Fibre, a JV between the U...

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China Mobile International opens second European data centre in Frankfurt

February 9, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

China Mobile International (CMI) opened a Frankfurt data Centre. ...

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Azure boosts resiliency with new AZs in US, Germany

February 5, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Microsoft put Azure AZs into general availability in its South Central US and Germany West Central r...

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