Savvis is deploying approximately 220,000 square feet of new raised floor space across seven geographic markets, bringing its total data center footprint to more than 2 million square feet in 50 sites.

Web host Lunarpages expands colo presence with Latisys, Equinix selected by Front Porch Digital for new cloud solution, foreign exchange platform FXall renews agreement with Savvis.

Windstream opens Little Rock data center, Cognizant selects Savvis (CTL) for cloud services, AboveNet (ABVT) accesses BATS Europe and Chi-X Europe, Rackspace (RAX) launches Exchange 2010 solution.

Digital Realty (DLR) and Savvis have formed a joint venture to acquire a 165,000 square foot (15,247 square meter) property in Hong Kong. The joint venture continues active expansion in the Asia-Pacific market by both firms.

Sanofi consolidates Asia-Pacific footprint at Equinix (EQIX), Power Assure gains investment from Dominion Power, Radware (RDWR)announces new ADC platform, Savvis completes SSAE 16.

Oracle partner news from OpenWorld: Emerson Network Power discusses Oracle Fusion Middleware and its new Trellis DCIM platform, Savvis launches Symphony cloud-based database, EMC unveils Oracle best practices.

Savvis outlines data center expansions and openings, Selerity selects Equinix for low-latency colocation in Frankfurt, Monsters Invade Nuclear Bunker in UK, Colt and BT Access sign agreement.

Top stories in the data center and IT sector today: Cisco (CSCO) buys collaboration company Versly; Savvis announces Symphony VPDC Premier; Viridity to incorporate Intel DCIM; and Embrane secures $18 million in funding.

VMware (VMW) to acquire Digital Fuel, CenturyLink prices $2 billion of debt securities, Layered Tech achieves PCI DSS 2.0 compliance, SGI ships more than 500 Altix UV systems.

CenturyLink, Inc. said today that it has agreed to acquire Savvis, Inc. for $2.5 billion in cash and stock in a deal that will boost the telco's capabilities in managed hosting and cloud computing.