North America

Hostway will build a new data center in Chicago, taking over space initially developed by SBC.

Microsoft has purchased 75 acres of land in Grant County, Washington for a data center.

Digital Realty Trust spends $57 million to buy five sites, including two unoccupied properties for conversion to data center use.

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Switch and Data has expanded its presence at 111 Eighth Avenue, adding 25,000 square feet of space at the carrier hotel in New York City.

SuperbServers has opened a new data center in Tukwila, Wash. to serve the Seattle market.

365 Main has expanded into the Los Angeles market with the purchase of a 131,000 square foot facility in El Segundo.

Equinix has acquired a 107,000 square foot data center in the Los Angeles market, and is unveiling plans for additional expansion and data center purchases.

C I Host has opened a data center in Newark, New Jersey.

SAVVIS said it will soon complete work on a 127,000 SF Santa Clara data center, which will open for customers early next year.