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Microsoft acquires Silicon Valley land; a data centre in the works?

October 3, 2017
Sacha Kavanagh

Microsoft paid $73m for a 65 acre plot of empty land between Alviso and Milpitas in Silicon Valley. ...

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Google to open India data centre before end of the year

October 2, 2017
Sacha Kavanagh

Google is on track to open its first data centre in India. ...

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IBM Cloud reveals VMware data points, new services

October 2, 2017
Sacha Kavanagh

IBM disclosed that its IBM Cloud for VMware is available across nearly 60 data centres in 19 countri...

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Cloud providers driving growth, expansion for VIRTUS

October 2, 2017
Sacha Kavanagh

We caught up with VIRTUS Data Centres management to get an update on takeup at its existing faciliti...

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Sister companies DataBank and Vertical Bridge partner for micro edge data centres

September 29, 2017
Sacha Kavanagh

DataBank is partnering with communications tower owner Vertical Bridge Holdings to develop micro dat...

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1547 appoints DRT-Telx veteran as president

September 29, 2017
Sacha Kavanagh

1547 Datacenters appointed John Bonczek as president. ...

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Irish government pledges regulatory change to underpin data centre industry

September 29, 2017
Sacha Kavanagh

The Irish government is considering new legislation to support the country’s data centre industry....

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KAO Data appoints CTO; phase one on track for 4Q opening

September 29, 2017
Sacha Kavanagh

KAO Data named Gerard Thibault as CTO to oversee the final commissioning of its data centre in Harlo...

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Strong public cloud and private hosting drive Claranet UK; security a new string to the bow

September 29, 2017
Sacha Kavanagh

We caught up with Claranet UK management to get an update on the business and plans in the wake of t...

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Finland’s Ficolo gets new owners, plans new data centre

September 29, 2017
Sacha Kavanagh

Two Finnish companies, financial services company Taaleri and real estate investment firm Pontos, to...

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Zayo building second Atlanta data centre

September 28, 2017
Sacha Kavanagh

Zayo is expanding its presence in Atlanta, Georgia, with a second data centre. ...

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Accenture completes IT modernisation, cloud migration project for Towergate

September 28, 2017
Sacha Kavanagh

Accenture completed an IT modernisation and cloud migration project for UK-based insurance intermedi...

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