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IXAfrica discusses new data centre in Kenya; emerging hyperscale needs

March 23, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

We caught up with management at newly announced IXAfrica as it breaks ground on its first data centr...

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InterPrivate IV InfraTech Partners raises $250m in IPO

March 19, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

A new infrastructure-focused SPAC raised $250m in an IPO on Nasdaq. ...

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Gaming platform Roblox using colocation, AWS; infrastructure costs steadily rising

March 18, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

We trawled through the S1 filing of online game platform and game creation system Roblox to get some...

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Cromwell withdraws from Stratus Data Centres proposal

March 18, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Australia’s Cromwell Property Group and Stratus Data Centres issued a joint statement with regards...

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Digital Realty boosts SDN capabilities by bringing in Pureport assets

March 17, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Digital Realty acquired the IP and engineering team of Raleigh, NC-based SDN provider Pureport to bo...

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Landmark Dividend acquires three data centres from Chirisa Investments

March 17, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Landmark Dividend confirmed it is the real estate fund that has recently acquired three data centres...

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Zoom reports FY21 results; exceeds guidance once again

March 17, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Zoom reported its financial results for 4QFY21 and FY21 (ended January 31, 2021), with a record year...

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Ascenty continues significant expansions in Brazil, LatAm

March 16, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

A quick update on Ascenty’s expansion activity and potential. ...

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Zayo deepens Indiana footprint with Intelligent Fiber Network acquisition

March 15, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

Having just completed the disposal of its colocation business, Zayo agreed to buy Intelligent Fiber ...

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Fire takes four OVH data centres offline, completely destroys one

March 15, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

OVH’s SBG2 data centre in Strasbourg, France has been completely destroyed by fire and the SBG1 fa...

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AWS secures new UK government cloud contracts

March 12, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

The UK government recently posted details of new contracts awarded to AWS by HM Revenue & Custom...

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Vantage exits Etix with sale of Ghana data centre; new pan-African platform founded

March 12, 2021
Sacha Kavanagh

African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) and management of Onix Data Centres acquired a maj...

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