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EU-US Privacy Shield comes into force, what about Britain?

July 15, 2016
Sacha Kavanagh

The EU and US signed the Privacy Shield replacement to the Safe Harbour agreement. ...

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DRT expands Dallas-Fort Worth data centre

July 15, 2016
Sacha Kavanagh

Local media reports that Digital Realty added 70k sqft of raised floor space at one of its data cent...

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21Vianet extends colocation deal with Kingsoft

July 14, 2016
Sacha Kavanagh

Chinese data centre operator 21Vianet extended its data centre cabinet leasing agreement with Kingso...

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Leased Equinix Frankfurt data centre acquired

July 14, 2016
Sacha Kavanagh

German real estate company Art-Invest Real Estate acquired a Frankfurt data centre that is leased to...

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ColoCrossing Buffalo data centre accredited to SSAE 16 Type II

July 13, 2016
Sacha Kavanagh

ColoCrossing recently achieved SSAE 16 Type II accreditation for its data centre in Buffalo, NY. ...

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Everest expands Reading data centre

July 13, 2016
Sacha Kavanagh

Everest Data Centres recently began work on its fourth data hall at its Link33 data centre in Readin...

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IIJ opens 21st Japanese data centre

July 12, 2016
Sacha Kavanagh

Japanese CSP Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) opened a new data centre at Fukuoka Airport. ...

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Ecologic Datacentres gets green light in Ireland

July 12, 2016
Sacha Kavanagh

A protracted battle to build a massive data centre in Wicklow County in Ireland may finally be comin...

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New majority owner for NGD for expansion, growth

July 12, 2016
Sacha Kavanagh

Paris-based investment firm InfraVia Capital Partners will take a controlling stake in the UK’s Ne...

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Equinix plans expansion, launches AWS Direct Connect, in Amsterdam

July 12, 2016
Sacha Kavanagh

Equinix will invest $113m in the first phase of a new data centre at its Amsterdam Science Park camp...

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DATA4 experiences strong growth in Paris, shares expansion plans

July 12, 2016
Sacha Kavanagh

France’s DATA4 signed contracts for in excess of 6MW at its Paris data centre in the second quarte...

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Tax breaks for 1025Connect data centre renovation, expansion

July 12, 2016
Sacha Kavanagh

Media reports indicate the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency approved tax benefits for a $...

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