What’s the state of data center management software in the age of cloud computing? In our DCF Executive Roundtable, thought leaders from Digital Realty, Vertiv and BASELAYER provide their take.
Digital Realty Acquires Brazil’s Ascenty for $1.8 Billion
Digital Realty will boost its presence on Brazil by acquiring Ascenty in a $1.8 billion deal that illustrates the global growth of data center development and digital transformation.
Executive Roundtable: Hyperscale Is A New Market Segment
In our Executive Roundtable, thought leaders from Digital Realty, Vertiv and BASELAYER debate data center trends. Today: The emergence of hyperscale computing as a separate market segment.
Facebook Expanding Prineville Campus To 3.2 Million SF
Facebook continues to accelerate its data center construction. The company will build two more data centers in Prineville, Oregon, which will be Facebook’s largest cloud campus.
Dulles Land Buy Gives Digital Realty Runway for Data Center Expansion
Digital Realty has acquired 424 acres of land near Dulles Airport, providing the company with a long-term runway for growth in Northern Virginia, the world’s largest data center market.
NJFX Welcomes Subsea Cable On-Ramp for Google, Facebook
A new trans-Atlantic cable carrying Facebook and Google traffic from Europe will land at the NJFX colocation campus in Wall, NJ, boosting its bid to make New Jersey a strategic landing point for the world’s subsea cables.
EdgeCore Enters Northern Virginia Market, Plans Huge Campus in Sterling
EdgeCore Internet Real Estate has become the latest entrant in the Northern Virginia data center market, announcing plans for a major campus in Sterling featuring 144 megawatts of data center space.
Aligned Building on History With 180 MW Ashburn Campus
Aligned Energy has entered the Northern Virginia market, and plans to create a huge data center campus on a historic property in Ashburn’s “Data Center Alley.”
Flexential Sees Wholesale Opportunity in Portland and Beyond
Flexential has expanded into the market for wholesale data center space, and begun expanding its facilities, including a 115,000 SF addition in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Phoenix Data Center Business Driven by Both Local & National Demand
The Phoenix market sees demand from local businesses, but has become a destination for providers from other markets — particularly California — who are seeking to place data center assets in a location with low disaster risk, either for primary or backup data centers.
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