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The transaction was unanimously approved by a special board committee at Switch and is expected to close in the second half of the year.

Data centers in California take advantage of the sun.

Switch’s market capitalization stood at about $7 billion as of Monday afternoon.

The effort comes amid warnings from U.S. officials that Russia could seek to sway voters during the midterms.

The company is building nearly 2.4 million square feet of data center space at once, in a single location.

The two facilities could offer more than 110MW of power capacity once fully built out.

Omdia Senior Analyst Hollie Hennessy says the new threat to multiple ICS and SCADA devices underscores the importance of a rapid response to IoT and OT security risks.