Deal underscores telco’s intentions to remain active in IT services post-data center sale

In a move that was anticipated before, during, and after its $34 billion acquisition deal for Level 3 Communications announced earlier this week, CenturyLink — America’s third-largest phone service provider — now says it is selling its colocation...

Expects CenturyLink to complete review process by year end as planned

CenturyLink Inc. agreed to buy Level 3 Communications Inc. for about $34 billion in cash and stock, creating a more formidable competitor to AT&T Inc. in the market to handle heavy internet traffic for businesses.

Company expanding data centers in Phoenix, Chicago, London, growing carrier diversity

Will upgrade cooling systems to improve PUE by 25 percent across 30-plus US data centers

Managed hosting and cloud service provider CenturyLink has bought managed security technology company netAura.