Data Center Finance
WiredRE offers data center finance, development and investment support via our unparalleled access to buyer relationships and capital. The company’s experience encompasses users and investors in greenfield developments, conversion, NNN leased, or other mission critical real estate projects. For data center end users, the firm offers build-to-suit, buy-to-suit and redevelopment opportunities. For investor clients WiredRE offers the opportunity to participate in strategic joint ventures, opportunity funds, and targeted investment development programs.

Florida Signs Data Center Tax Incentives
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 »
U.S. Venture Capital Market – Online and Software Industry
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 »
2017: Data Center Pricing, Supply & Demand
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 »
$20 Billion CAPEX Spend For Big 6 U.S. Data Center Companies
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. READ MORE »
Infrastructure Cost Perspectives: Cloud, Colocation, Build-To-Suit
In today’s world an Infrastructure Demand Response (iDR) approach to data center capacity management of application workloads and physical infrastructure is key to cost and risk management. “Demand Response” has been used for decades in the power industry to manage just-in-time power resources to fulfill demand. This approach in the power industry is analogous to […] READ MORE »

WiredRE Completes International Market Advisory for Top 5 Investment Bank
WiredRE has recently completed an international multi-market assessment for a top 5 international investment bank. Data center market research and advisory for investors, investment banks as well as data center operators or allied industries is a key consulting activity for Wired Real Estate Group. Each assessment includes supply and demand characteristics, pricing dynamics, competitive set […] READ MORE »

Data Center Finance: Equinix Purchased Land In Silicon Valley
Colocation services giant Equinix recently purchased land in Silicon Valley for a possible future San Jose data center. READ MORE »

Data Center Finance: Containerized Data Center Market
The global containerized data center market is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of 20.91 percent from 2015 to 2019. READ MORE »

Data Center Finance: CenturyLink Expands Into Six Markets In 2015
Communications and colocation data center services provider CenturyLink announced mid-July that it now offers around 2.6 million square feet of raised-floor space. READ MORE »

Data Center Finance: Colocation Market Growth By 2020
The global colocation market is expected to be worth $51.8 billion by 2020. READ MORE »

Telx Announces Support For FASTER Cable System
Data center solutions provider Telx announced its support for the FASTER cable system READ MORE »

Data Center Finance: Cologix Secures Debt Funding For Expansion
Colocation services provider Cologix recently secured $225 million in debt capital. READ MORE »

Minneapolis Data Center Site For EdgeConneX And MICE Partnership
Edge hosting solutions provider EdgeConneX announced mid-July a partnership with the Midwest Internet Cooperative Exchange. READ MORE »

London Data Center Site For Interxion And NexGen Partnership
Europe-based colocation and data center services provider Interxion announced mid-July a partnership with fiber-optic services company NexGen. READ MORE »

Data Center Finance: Digital Realty Common Stock Offering
Data center and colocation services provider Digital Realty announced that a public offering of 10.5 million shares of its common stock would sell for $68.00 per share. READ MORE »

Digital Realty Acquires Telx
Colocation services provider Digital Realty announced mid-July its intent to purchase the U.S.-based data center solutions company Telx for $1.9 billion. READ MORE »

Pennsylvania Data Centers May Receive Tax Breaks
Bills moving through state legislature could make some new Pennsylvania data centers and those undergoing expansion exempt from sales tax in the near future. READ MORE »

Republic of Georgia Data Center Planned By BitFury
Bitcoin vendor BitFury recently secured $20 million in funding for a technology park in the Republic of Georgia, which will include a Georgia data center. READ MORE »

Phoenix Data Center Acquired by JDM Partners
Real estate company JDM Partners purchased a Phoenix data center from State Farm Insurance. READ MORE »

Data Center Tax Incentives Extended In Washington State
The state legislature of Washington passed a bill at the beginning of July that would extend data center tax incentives. READ MORE »

New Jersey and Virginia Data Centers for Sale by Net Data Centers
Colocation services provider Net Data Centers is selling facilities on the East Coast in order to exit bankruptcy. READ MORE »

India Data Centers Announced By Amazon
Online retail giant and cloud services provider Amazon, Inc. announced at the beginning of July that it would be expanding its cloud colocation real estate with new India data centers in 2016. READ MORE »

Colorado Data Center Acquired By Uber
Rideshare company Uber recently bought a Colorado data center outside Boulder from Microsoft in order to strengthen its map imaging operations. READ MORE »

Data Center Finance: OnRamp Names New VP of Operations
Hybrid cloud hosting and colocation services provider OnRamp named a new vice president of operations June 16. READ MORE »

Intel Expands Data Center Market With Altera Acquisition
Microchip manufacturer and technology industry giant Intel Corporation announced its purchase of Altera Corporation for $16.7 billion. READ MORE »

Digital Realty Reports Strong Earnings For Q1
Data center and colocation solutions provider Digital Realty announced Q1 earnings after market close May 5. READ MORE »

Data Center Finance: QTS Realty Trust Acquires Carpathia Hosting
QTS Realty Trust announced in early May that it signed a deal to acquire colocation data center and managed services provider Carpathia Hosting. READ MORE »

Internap Announces Q1 2015 Financial Details
Internap, a global Internet infrastructure provider, announced its first quarter 2014 financial results recently. READ MORE »

Data Center Finance: CyrusOne Acquires Cervalis Holdings
CyrusOne announced in late April that it completed the acquisition of Cervalis Holdings, a privately-held data center owner and operator. READ MORE »

Data Center Finance: Green House Data Acquires FiberCloud
Green House Data announced in early April that it had acquired fellow data center service provider FiberCloud. READ MORE »