Microsoft acquires Cycle Computing; going after HPC
Microsoft acquired Stamford, Connecticut-based Cycle Computing.
Rackspace partnership with AWS expanding; on-site support
Rackspace confirmed that it now has AWS engineers working on-site at its San Antonio headquarters in a shared work space.
Colt DCS Frankfurt 1 now DE-CIX enabled
Colt Data Centre Services (DCS) will offer DE-CIX interconnection services in its Frankfurt 1 data centre.
GDS reports 2Q17 results; bookings growth continues to accelerate through cloud relationships
GDS reported its 2Q17 results which showed a slight downtick in revenue growth though it did make meaningful headway in terms of deploying its colocation backlog which should translate into a notable amount of revenue growth in the coming quarters. GDS continues to take advantage of its position as one of the few carrier-neutral colocation providers in mainland China that is able to effectively cater to the large scale requirements coming from the large cloud, Internet and enterprise firms.
Equinix to launch fifth Hong Kong data centre in the Tseung Kwan O region
Equinix confirmed plans to invest US$32m to bring online its fifth data centre (HK5) in Hong Kong and is expected to open by 4Q17.
