Colocation

After years of trending upward, pricing for large colocation deals is stabilizing in some markets due to increased competition between wholesale data center providers and colocation companies, according to industry sources.

Interxion (INXN) upgrades Dusseldorf data center, Paetec opens Phoenix data center, PacketExchange joins Telx Ethernet Exchange, Emerson Software chooses Peak 10 for cloud services.

Zayo Colocation (zColo) has expanded into five new markets, the company said today, adding more than 46,000 square feet of colocation space.

Iowa-based data center provider Involta LLC said this week that it has raised $8 million in expansion capital, which will be used to build two new data centers.

Telehouse America this week become the latest colocation provider to introduce a modular data center offering, which it calls Data Center Anywhere.

Calfornia colocation and managed hosting provider UnitedLayer has been acquired by private equity firm Accelon Capital, the company said today.

NYSE Euronext (NYX) plans to expand its infrastructure to add a point of presence in 25 to 40 data centers around the world. The move extends the NYSE's platofmr beyond its two new major data centers, and appears likely to boost colocation...

TelecityGroup expands in the Docklands and Manchester, Global Crossing (GLBC) acquires Genesis Networks, Savvis (SVVS) expands access to trading platforms.

Global Switch reports record leasing and plans expansion in Paris, Global Connect relocates payment paltform to Equinix Amsterdam facility, Interxion achieves BS25999 certification for business continuity,

More colocation providers are struggling to keep up with demand. More than 41 percent of global colocation sites surveyed by TeleGeography were at least 80 percent full at mid-2010, up from 34 percent of sites a year earlier.