It was announced this week that Sanchack, former COO of Digital Realty, has taken the helm at data center services provider Salute. The company is known for its outreach to members of the military community.

In this week's top data center news stories, Lonestar takes steps toward a lunar data center, Meta plans mass layoffs, and—surprise!—women are underrepresented in the data center industry.

Biden Commerce Secretary Raimondo on weeklong New Delhi trip. Raimondo says US wants India to play bigger supply-chain role.

Minority stake sale in Vantage may raise over $1.5 billion. Investors are keen to gain exposure to digital infrastructure.

In its earlier round of cuts, Meta slashed 11,000 workers in what was its first-ever major layoff. Zuckerberg has dubbed 2023 Meta’s “year of efficiency.”

The company will use the money for ESG, carbon-cutting plans in their data centers.

In this week's top data center news stories, Salesforce considers more layoffs, outages plague Dish, Gmail, and Twitter, and Iceland models sustainable energy practices.

Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust, a landlord for Google and Morgan Stanley, is selling data centers in downtown Toronto.

Price increases are moderating following a surge last year. After a pandemic-era retreat, more insurers enter the market.