What Equinix did for colocation provider cloud connectivity it is now doing for cloud app connectivity with Direct Access to Office 365

Edge-focused vXchnge expands reach to 15 markets total

Deal is biggest of three this year, as company continues to sell “non-core” properties

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Publicly committed to 100-percent-renewable operations, company says energy storage helps use more renewable energy, improve reliability

Vert.com’s design inspired by Quebec’s cylindrical supercomputer data center

Applied Micro’s X-Gene shows performance similar to “incumbent” servers at lower cost

Combined company will cover Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest

Makes headway in error detection and system scalability