• Equinix Completes Switch & Data Merger

    May 2nd, 2010 : Rich Miller

    Equinix (EQIX) has completed its acquisition of Switch & Data, creating a colocation juggernaut spanning three continents. The purchase of its long-time rival gives Equinix a global footprint of more than 6 million square feet of data center space across 87 data centers. Read More

  • DOJ Clears Way for Equinix, Switch & Data Deal

    April 23rd, 2010 : Rich Miller

    Equinix (EQIX) is expected to successfully complete its acquisition of Switch and Data (SDXC) next week after the United States Department of Justice told the companies it will allow the deal to go forward. The $689 million merger brings together two of the industry's leading colocation providers. Read More

  • Roundup: Active Power, Interxion, Amazon

    March 25th, 2010 : John Rath

    Active Power (ACPW) reports $6 million in orders, Interxion expands Amsterdam data center, Equinix (EQIX) and Switch & Data (SDXC) disclose another extension for closing their merger. Read More

  • Switch & Data Shareholders OK Equinix Deal

    February 1st, 2010 : Rich Miller

    Shareholders of Switch & Data (SDXC) have voted to approve the company's proposed acquisition by Equinix (EQIX), the companies said Friday. Completion of the $700 million deal is expected in the second quarter. Read More

  • Switch & Data Sale Slowed by Regulators

    January 7th, 2010 : Rich Miller

    Colocation provider Switch & Data (SDXC) said today that its planned $700 million sale to Equinix (EQIX) will be delayed by requests for additional information from federal antitrust regulators. The company said the transaction is now likely to close in the second quarter of the year, rather than the first quarter. Read More

  • Switch and Data Had Another Suitor

    December 29th, 2009 : Rich Miller

    The biggest deal in the data center industry for 2009 was the news that Equinix (EQIX) would acquire Switch and Data in a $689 million transaction. As the year draws to a close, we're learning more about the behind-the-scenes maneuvering that led to the deal, in which Switch and Data (SDXC) spent months weighing competing bids from Equinix and an unnamed international provider. Read More

  • Equinix, Switch & Data Prep Integration

    November 18th, 2009 : John Rath

    Teams arrived at Switch and Data (SDXC) Tuesday to begin integration plans for the company's planned $689 million acquisition by Equinix (EQIX). In the meantime, both companies are keeping busy, issuing a series of news announcements this week. Read More

  • Equinix, Switch & Data Prep Integration

    November 18th, 2009 : John Rath

    Teams arrived at Switch and Data (SDXC) Tuesday to begin integration plans for the company's planned $689 million acquisition by Equinix (EQIX). In the meantime, both companies are keeping busy, issuing a series of news announcements this week. Read More

  • Roundup: Equinix, Switch & Data, The Planet

    November 11th, 2009 : John Rath

    A roundup of data center industry news headliens from Hibernia Atlantic, Equinix (EQIX), Switch and Data (SDXC), Nimsoft and The Planet. Read More

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