By Josh Symonds, March 7, 2017, AppDynamics. Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s best-in-class cloud services offering, had downtime of only 2.5 hours in 2015. You may think their uptime of 99.9997 percent had something to do with an engineering team of hundreds, a budget of billions, or dozens of data centers across the globe—but you’d … Read more
The Florida Legislature and Governor put the final signatures on its tax package (HB 7109) that includes a sales and use tax exemption for property and equipment and electricity for qualifying data centers. With this legislation, Florida becomes the 27th state to have data center tax exemptions and is one of only four states to … Read more
VC investment activity jumped in 2014 by 53% over 2013, growing from $45 billion to $69 billion. The market has sustained momentum with $79 billion in 2015 and $71 billion in 2016. 2017 activity is anyone’s guess at this early stage. Software companies are some of the biggest consumers of data centers. For Q1 2017, … Read more
2016 wrapped up for the data center Big 6 public providers (EQIX, DLR, CONE, DFT, QTS and COR) with stable to modestly improving price dynamics, and a supply/demand balance in most markets. While pricing has been stable for the last few years, it is the industry’s continued commitment to underwriting deals based on sustaining ROIC … Read more
Data center solutions provider Telx announced its support for the FASTER cable system mid-July. FASTER is a transpacific, underwater network that will connect the west coast of the U.S. to the Asia Pacific region.
VC Investment Activity Jumped In 2014 By 53% Over 2013, Growing From $45 Billion To $69 Billion. The Market Has Sustained Momentum With $79 Billion In 2015 And $71 Billion In 2016. 2017 Activity Is Anyone’s Guess At This Early Stage. Software Companies Are Some
Meet decision makers at the defining data center and cloud event of the year Datacloud Europe, June 6-8, Monaco Another year with an innovative enterprise lead program – Do not miss: A European first with Infrastructure Masons panel with Christian Belady (Microsoft), Joseph Kava (Google) & Dean Nelson (Uber) Complimentary tickets for enterprise end-users Chief … Read more
Aggregate development CAPEX over the next four years is estimated at $20 billion. While the top 10 global investment banks will capture the lions share of the credit/debt financing sought by these companies, the remainder of the data center market will need capital too.
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