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Former AWS VP will return to fill Jassy’s CEO position

March 30, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

When Andy Jassy steps into the role of Amazon CEO this summer, the position of AWS CEO will be fille...

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Aqua Comms to be acquired by new digital infra fund

March 30, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Ireland-based Aqua Comms is being acquired by new digital infrastructure fund Digital 9 Infrastructu...

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Morgan Stanley using owned, third party data centres and Azure cloud

March 30, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

A couple of Morgan Stanley job postings give insight into the company’s data centre portfolio and ...

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New IX comes to the UK via Stellium Data Centers

March 29, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

The UK’s Stellium Data Centers launched NCL-IX at its campus in Newcastle in northeastern England....

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Piemonte closes acquisition of Brazil data centres

March 26, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Brazil-based Piemonte Holding closed its acquisition, announced last summer, of five data centres fr...

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DataBank completes $658m securitization; positioning for more expansion

March 25, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Digital Colony-backed DataBank is issuing $658m of secured notes in what is said to be the first eve...

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Aligned signs up gaming company for colocation in Dallas data centre

March 25, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

An unnamed global cloud-based gaming company awarded Aligned a multi-year contract for colocation at...

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Sungard AS builds private data centre for NY medical centre

March 25, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Sungard AS built a 1MW 5k sqft data centre for NYU Langone, a medical centre based in NYC. ...

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IBM Cloud opens first LatAm region in Brazil

March 24, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

IBM Cloud opened its first region in Latin America, building on an existing data centre footprint in...

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Ford to use Google Cloud for connected vehicles; consumers and operations

March 24, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Ford awarded Google a six-year deal for cloud and other services. ...

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OVH does not plan to restart second data centre damaged by fire

March 23, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

More bad news for beleaguered OVHcloud as it abandons – permanently – efforts to restart its SBG...

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EEA moves from on-premise to colocation with DigiPlex in Denmark

March 23, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

The European Environment Agency (EEA) selected DigiPlex for colocation in its home city of Copenhage...

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