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With Strong xScale Leasing, Equinix Steps Up Its Hyperscale Game

By Rich Miller - April 30, 2021

The Equinix LD13x data center in Slough, England is an example of the xScale design for hyperscale computing. (Photo: Equinix)

Equinix is making waves in hyperscale computing with its xScale initiative, pre-leasing two entire data center buildings in Europe. The strong results suggest the colo market leader is also becoming a formidable player in the hyperscale market

Tagged With: Dublin, Equinix, London

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

By Rich Miller - October 25, 2019

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

Digital Realty Lines Up Green Power, Property in Key Data Center Markets

By Rich Miller - October 2, 2019

The sun sets over a new data center on the Digital Realty campus in Ashburn, Virginia. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Digital Realty has provisioned renewable energy to support its growing data center footprint in Northern Virginia, the latest in a series of moves to secure its competitive position in strategic markets.

Tagged With: Digital Realty, London, Northern Virginia, Solar, Tokyo, Wind

Going xScale: Equinix, GIC Partner on Hyperscale Data Centers in Europe

By Rich Miller - July 1, 2019

The Equinix LD10 Data Center in Slough, England. (Photo: Equinix)

Equinix will form a joint venture with Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC to build six new hyperscale data centers in Europe. The JV will target the FLAP markets of Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam and Paris.

Tagged With: Amsterdam, Equinix, Frankfurt, GIC, London, Paris

Equinix Acquires IO London Data Center Business

By Rich Miller - February 10, 2017

The Equinix LD10 Data Center in Slough, England. (Photo: Equinix)

Equinix is acquiring IO UK’s data center operating business in Slough, which comes with existing customers and space for an additional 3,000 cabinets of gear in one of the world’s busiest data center markets.

Tagged With: BASELAYER, Equinix, IO, London

Digital Realty Acquires Equinix Data Centers in Key European Markets

By Rich Miller - May 16, 2016

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In a major deal between the industry’s two largest players, Digital Realty has agreed to acquire eight data centers being divested by Equinix as part of the colocation firm’s deal to buy Telecity Group.

Tagged With: Amsterdam, Digital Realty, Equinix, Europe, Frankfurt, London

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Overcoming Supply Chain Roadblocks: How to Avoid Disruptions in Your Data Center

Overcoming Supply Chain Roadblocks: How to Avoid Disruptions in Your Data Center The data center industry continues to experience significant global supply chain problems. Brett Williams of Service Express, explores the importance of leveraging the secondary hardware market to overcome supply chain roadblocks.

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Data Center Microgrids Changing Energy Delivery for a Digital Economy

Uptime and performance are critical for data centers, but they can not continue to rely on diesel generators for reliable backup power, especially as they respond to price pressure and environmental sensibilities. Download the new special report from Microgrid Knowledge and Data Center Frontier that explores why microgrid use is on the rise and how microgrids improve resiliency, uptime, and a data center’s environmental profile.

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Edge Computing is Poised to Remake the Data Center Landscape

Data center leaders are investing in edge computing and edge solutions and actively looking at new ways to deploy edge capacity to support evolving business and user requirements.

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Northern Virginia Data Center Market: The Focal Point for Cloud Growth

The Northern Virginia data center market is seeing a surge in supply and an even bigger surge in demand. Data Center Frontier explores trends, stats and future expectations for the No. 1 data center market in the country.

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Data Center 101: Mastering the Basics of the Data Center Industry

Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Open Spectrum, brings our readers a series that provides an introductory guidebook to the ins and outs of the data center and colocation industry. Think power systems, cooling, solutions, data center contracts and more. The Data Center 101 Special Report series is directed to those new to the industry, or those of our readers who need to brush up on the basics.

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