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Focused on France: Digital Realty Building Big in Paris, Marseille

By Rich Miller - July 6, 2020 Leave a Comment

Digital Realty has created data center campuses from a former helicopter plant (Paris) and submarine base (Marseille) as it boosts its data center capacity and connectivity in France.

Tagged With: Digital Realty, Europe, France, Marseilles, Paris

Iron Mountain Lands 27-Megawatt Data Center Lease

By Rich Miller - June 10, 2020 Leave a Comment

Iron Mountain has signed a 27-megawatt lease for a new data center in Frankfurt, serving notice that it has joined the top tier of developers that can provide capacity to the largest clients.

Tagged With: Europe, Frankfurt, Iron Mountain

Focusing on FLAP: The European Data Center Boom

By Rich Miller - June 10, 2020 Leave a Comment

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In the European data center business, the focus is on FLAP – short for Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam and Paris. DCF talks with Iron Mountain’s Eric Boonstra about hyperscale trends in these markets.

Tagged With: Amsterdam, Europe, Frankfurt, Iron Mountain

KKR Puts $1 Billion Behind New Data Center Development Platform

By Rich Miller - May 28, 2020 Leave a Comment

KKR is the latest marquee investing firm to enter the data center industry, forming Global Technical Realty (GTR) to develop more than $2.5 billion in data centers across Europe in the coming years.

Tagged With: Europe, Global Technical Realty, KKR

Vantage Acquires NGD to Continue European Expansion

By Rich Miller - April 7, 2020 Leave a Comment

Vantage Data Centers is continuing its expansion into European markets with a definitive agreement to acquire Next Generation Data (NGD), a massive data center facility in Cardiff, Wales.

Tagged With: Colony Capital, Europe, Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers Plans $2 Billion Expansion into Europe

By Rich Miller - February 10, 2020 Leave a Comment

Vantage Data Centers is going global with a $2 billion push into Europe, acquiring service provider Etix Everywhere along with land parcels in five markets.

Tagged With: Etix Everywhere, Europe, Vantage Data Centers

Brexit Prep Has Boosted Data Centers, Subsea Cables. But What Now?

By Rich Miller - October 25, 2019 Leave a Comment

European data centers are preparing contingencies for a potential “no deal” Brexit, which could impact everything from energy pricing to delivery of generators. But the runup to Brexit has been a period of surprisingly strong investment in digital infrastructure.

Tagged With: Amsterdam, Dublin, Europe, Frankfurt, London, Undersea Cables

Where Fields Become Clouds: The CyrusOne Approach to Speed and Scale

By Rich Miller - April 17, 2019 1 Comment

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The growth of the CyrusOne Phoenix campus demonstrates why the company has been a pioneer in the rapid growth of the data center industry, advancing new ways of building at speed and scale. Its next phase of growth will target European markets.

Tagged With: CyrusOne, Europe, Phoenix, Phoenix Data Center Market

State of the European Data Center Market

By Voices of the Industry - October 22, 2018 Leave a Comment

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In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Eric Boonstra, VP & GM of Iron Mountain Data Centers Western Europe explores how the European data center market is evolving and poised for future growth.

Tagged With: Colocation, Europe, european data center market, Iron Mountain

Navigating the Continent: Four Steps to Doing Business in Europe

By Voices of the Industry - August 9, 2018 1 Comment

In this edition of Voices of the Industry, Norbert Kutter, Director of Global Business Development for Instor, leads readers through the four most important steps to consider when looking to do business in Europe in the data center industry. 

Tagged With: Colocation Provider, Data Center Site Selection, Europe, Instor

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