Data Center Finance: Lightower Acquires ColocationZone and Chicago Data Center
In early March, Lightower announced that it had finalized its acquisition of ColocationZone, an enterprise data center service provider based in Chicago.
In early March, Lightower announced that it had finalized its acquisition of ColocationZone, an enterprise data center service provider based in Chicago.
Fieldglass, a subsidiary of SAP, announced in early March that it had launched three new Europe data centers.
Canadian telecommunications provider Videotron Business Solutions announced in mid-March that it has acquired 4Degrees Colocation and its accompanying Quebec data center.
Two of U.S. Signal’s Michigan data centers will expand this year. This continued growth builds on the company’s expansion of a West Michigan data center it opened back in 2014.
A new Nebraska data center is being established to support universities in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota.
At the beginning of March, NTT Communications announced it had acquired a majority stake in Germany’s top data center service provider, e-shelter.
IBM announced in early March that it is continuing to expand its North American cloud footprint with the opening of a new SoftLayer Montreal data center.
Telehouse Europe announced in early March that it is expanding its London data center campus, adding an additional building to the site.
A new Iowa data center is being built by Microsoft. This major new development, which cost Microsoft $1.1 billion dollars, is stirring major headlines in Iowa.
A Minneapolis data center created by Cologix was recently opened.