European data center and colocation provider TelecityGroup has acquired Internet Facilitators Limited (IFL), a carrier neutral data center in Manchester, UK, for £21.1million ($33.4 million US).
PEER 1 signs deal with Capgemini Canada, Global Switch sees "huge growth" in data center industry, Century Tel acquisition of Qwest meets opposition.
Atlantic Metro Communications and Data Center NYC Group announced the opening of new facility in Manhattan, a former printing plant that is being converted to data center usage.
Interconnection and colocation provider Telx today announced a 13,500 square foot expansion of its data center footprint at 350 East Cermak Road, the primary connectivity hub in the Chicago market.
Digital Realty Trust said it has already signed leases for more than 65,000 square feet of data center in two Santa Clara properties it acquired in May.
Data center growth in Asia is moving beyond the historic business hubs in Tokyo and Hong Kong. The latest sign comes in this week's announcements of new projects from NTT Comms and KDDI/Telehouse.
Telehouse expands with new data centers in China, Cloudera helps Netezza leverage Hadoop, EMC unveils new deduplication products based on Data Domain acquisition.
Shares of European data center operator TelecityGroup moved higher Friday following market rumors that the company may be the focus of merger interest from industry rivals.