Data center demand from social media companies and cloud-builders contributed to a surge in leasing of wholesale data center suites in 2013, with total leasing volume up about 25 percent from 2012, according to a report from a real estate firm.
New Jersey colocation proivder Net Access has named industry veteran Raul Martynek as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer. Martynek succeeds Blake Ellman, who will transition into a new role as the company’s Chief Technology Officer.
Compass Datacenters has bought land for a data center campus near Columbus, Ohio where the company plans to build up to five data centers, representing up to $60 million in investment.
Data center connectivity is becoming a key differentiator as wholesale data center providers compete for customers with colocation companies. As the industry heads into 2014, the blurring of lines between "retail" colo and wholesale space is...
ViaWest powers a Top500 supercomputer and an extension for Webtrends in Oregon, Compass Raleigh-Durham receives LEED Gold, and FORTRUST is awarded the Uptime Institute's Management & Operations Stamp of Approval in Denver.
Equinix opens its Osaka Japan data center, SunGard finds its third quarter sweet spot with customer success stories, and Online Tech is set to exhibit its HIPAA compliant products at the mHealth Summit in Washington D.C.
In a session at 7x24 conference, Compass Datacenters CEO Chris Crosby looked at the key trends in the maturity of the data center industry, including the shift from customization to industrialization to productization.
Streaming music service Rhapsody expands with Internap (INAP), NzingaNet hosts with 365 Main in Philadelphia, DataBank completes Minnesota data center expansion, DataPipe supports LionsGate Entertainment on AWS.
GI Partners acquired a Telx-operated data center in Clifton, New Jersey. This represents a financing transaction for Telx and will not change the way the facility is operated, according to Telx executives. For the investors, it represents another...