All Data centre articles – Page 11
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Nabiax offloads ex-Telefónica data centres to Actis
Asterion–Telefónica JV shifts operational focus to Spain with sale of North and Latin American data centres to investment firm Actis.
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Cube Infrastructure Managers buys out GleSYS
Cube Infrastructure Managers acquires majority stake in Nordic data centre operator.
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Venturing & Investments
maincubes fuels German ramp-up with new financing
maincubes receives finance facility to fuel ‘next phase’ of growth in Germany.
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Vantage continues European expansion with new UK data centres
Construction of a campus in London announced.
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Digital 9 to increase capex, reinvest for growth
Infrastructure investor’s portfolio now worth £1.3bn after an acquisitive two years.
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Macquarie funds VIRTUS Data Centres’ European expansion
Macquarie Asset Management completes significant minority stake acquisition in London-based DC operator.
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People
Vantage DC installs new CIO
Purnima Wagle takes new chief information officer role at data centre operator.
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Network & Infra
Virgin Media O2 sparks Ciena tie-up for 10Gbps wholesale
Virgin Media O2’s wholesale arm deploys new Ciena-backed network core to enhance National High Capacity Services proposition.
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Financial & Performance
DigitalBridge ‘full of ideas’ in troubled infra deal waters
US investment group says growth opportunities are still out there in tougher climate for infrastructure investors who get “creative” and “work a little harder”.
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Network & Infra
Ab Initio to ‘unlock’ BT’s data fabric vision
BT partner Ab Initio’s automated data management solutions will play a critical role in operator’s data fabric strategy, says Principal Architect Ben Clinch.
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Elsewhere in Vodafone Africa: STE strikes deal with IPDC to build Addis Ababa data centre
Vodafone Foundation commits to national expansion of maternal health programme; M‑PESA leads growth in real‑time A2A transactions.
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Network & Infra
US subsea data centre startup preps Scottish venture
Founder flags plan to ‘start UK business development’, building beyond first two trial deployments in USA.
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Telefónica España praises new OCI Dedicated Region
Senior executive likes the look of Oracle’s lower‑priced and leaner on‑prem OCI solution.
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Elsewhere in Vodafone Partner Markets: VfNZ exploring tower sales
Entel sells four data centres to Equinix; VfNZ kicks off towers sale process, and acquires majority share in cybersecurity provider DEFEND.
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Nabiax mulling sale of ex-Telefónica data centre bundle
Business set up through Asterion–Telefónica partnership reported to be assessing demand for set of eleven data centres in Americas. Move appears to shift focus of Nabiax, and its commercial tie-up with Telefónica, towards Spain. Centres were picked up in 2019 and 2021, as part of Telefónica’s trimming of Hispam ...
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Venturing & Investments
Telefónica partner Asterion fills infra fund number two
Investment manager with close links to Telefónica completes set up of a new €1.8bn pot. Five European markets in sights for energy and telecoms opportunities. Madrid-based business has various ex-Telefónica staffers on team and a history of deal-making with Group.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Telefónica deepens Oracle on-prem cloud ties in Spain
Operator unveiled as host partner for Oracle Cloud Madrid Region. Highlights (again) importance of using in-country data centres to ensure compliance with national data sovereignty regs and help business continuity. Telefónica Tech to offer Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services and boost PaaS offering.
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Operations
Safaricom Ethiopia splashes out $100m on first data centre
Located in capital city Addis Ababa, the installation accounts for one third of a total $300m investment pegged for first year of operations. Data centre, which will house “core network infrastructure”, was built in China and transported to Ethiopia. Rabacal indicates the same business model will be used for ...
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Partnerships & Alliances
DT ties with China Mobile on international connectivity
Deutsche Telekom wholesale division ties with China Mobile International for connectivity services in Asia and Europe. Agreement launches point of presence at CMI’s German data centre. Ciena technology leveraged for access and transport services.