Roundup: SoftLayer says it will open new data center pods in Dallas, Seattle and northern Virginia, adding capacity for another 20,000 servers. Also, Power Loft opens for business and wins NVTC Green Award, and Level 3 expands relationship with...
Horizon Data Center Solutions has raised $7.5 million in equity funding from Ballast Point Ventures, and will use the money to open new data centers in Virginia and Los Angeles, the company said this week.
High-density colocation provider CyrusOne has secured a new $150 million credit facility from a syndicate of banks, the company said today. The company said the additional financing will accelerate growth in its core Texas market.
A report published by Tariff Consultancy Ltd notes that European data centre revenue is "set to more than double over the five year period from 2010 to 2015, with net raised floor space to increase by 70%, driven primarily by price increases."
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