Monthly Archives: December 2013

Samsung to establish Shanghai datacentre

The South Korean electronics giant, Samsung Electronics plans to establish a datacentre at its Media Solution Center in Shanghai, China. Reports have speculated that the company is planning to utilise the move tp the datacentre to push software and service businesses. Further … Continue reading

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Amazon will open Chinese datacentre

Amazon Web Services has announced that is set to launch its AWS cloud computing platform in China in early 2014, The company has announced the upcoming limited preview of its China Region for the AWS cloud computing platform.  The company … Continue reading

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Gulf Data Hub set to open new UAE datacentre

The UAE’s first carrier- and vendor-neutral data centre facility, Gulf Data Hub has said it will open a new datacentre in January 2014. The purpose-built facility currently consists of two buildings, each of which will have with 3,000 sq m of data … Continue reading

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NextDC ponders sixth datacentre investment

Australian data centre operator NextDC is reported to be considering further footprint expansion to the Northern Territory or South Australia. The company currently operates datacentres in Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane and will open a new facility in Perth in February 2014. … Continue reading

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SuneVision moving forward on Hong Kong datacentre

The recent announcement form Google that it had abandoned its plans for a datacentre in Hong Kong and would instead concentrate its Asian datacentres in Taiwan and Singapore,  has not deterred SuneVision, the technology arm of Sun Hung Kai Properties, from pursuing its … Continue reading

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Global Switch raises £405 million

Datacentre owner and operator, Global Switch, has completed two further bond transactions in Sterling and Australian dollars, raising an equivalent total of £405m.  Global Switch issued its inaugural €600m seven year bond, in 2011. With the assignment of a BBB credit … Continue reading

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MDNX acquires Easynet

The UK carrier integrator and hosting provider, MDNX Group, has announced its agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Easynet, a global provider of managed networking, hosting and cloud integration services, from Lloyds Development Capital. The combination of Easynet and MDNX … Continue reading

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Sberbank to open new Skolkovo datacentre

Russian media reports are suggesting that the largest bank in Russia and Eastern Europe, Sberbank will start the deployment of its new datacentre in Skolkovo technology park in Moscow in 2014 No details on the amount of the investment were … Continue reading

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CBRE wins £4 billion Google estate contract

The Global property consultancy firm, CBRE has been chosen by search engine giant, Google to manage its global property portfolio. The instruction includes the company’s office and datacentre properties across the world. According to results from Google for the quarter ended March … Continue reading

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citadel100 inks deal with Mercury CLOUDCOVER for its Mission Critical Data Centre needs

Expert team delivers mission critical to one of Ireland’s leading data centres (Image: Joe Morgan, MD, Mercury CLOUDCOVER & Karl Hennessy, CEO, Citadel100) Mercury Cloud Cover (MCC), a leading Total Facilities Management (TFM) whole lifecycle service provider, today announced a … Continue reading

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