Analyst Notes

Nuveen enters data centre sector with Hong Kong data centre asset acquisition

April 11, 2022
Jabez Tan

Nuveen acquired a data centre asset in Hong Kong for HK$2.88b (US$371m) through its Asia Pacific Ci...

Read more...

GCX opens Oman PoP with Equinix

April 11, 2022
Sacha Kavanagh

Connectivity provider Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) deployed a PoP in Equinix’s MSC1 data centre in M...

Read more...

Google leading Topaz subsea cable project connecting Canada, APAC; cloud, data centre implications

April 11, 2022
Philbert Shih

Summary: Google is leading the Topaz subsea cable project that will directly connect Canada to Japan...

Read more...

Sherweb partners with Canadian bank RBC for infrastructure services

April 11, 2022
Philbert Shih

Canadian MSP Sherweb partnered with RBC to help out with its Go Digital program. ...

Read more...

Rackspace, Cohesity for backup, recovery on VMware-based cloud infrastructure

April 11, 2022
Philbert Shih

Rackspace partnered with Cohesity to enable backup and recovery capabilities. ...

Read more...

Report finds basic failings contributed to devastation of OVH data centre fire

April 11, 2022
Sacha Kavanagh

The local fire service released its report on the March 2021 fire at OVH’s SBG2 data centre in Str...

Read more...

CDN, security, managed public cloud, appointments, edge, integrations, hyperscale, overflow

April 11, 2022
Philbert Shih

The past week saw a number of developments across the various segments within the sector. There wer...

Read more...

Meta’s huge Netherlands data centre on hold; overflow implications in Benelux

April 8, 2022
Sacha Kavanagh

Meta (parent company of Facebook et al) has put its plans for a huge data centre in Zeewolde, 55km e...

Read more...

ThinkOn brings in channel-oriented chief strategy officer

April 8, 2022
Philbert Shih

Toronto-based cannel-focused managed infrastructure provider ThinkOn named Dan Timko chief strategy ...

Read more...

Skytap shifting business to managing public cloud; adds support for SAP

April 8, 2022
Philbert Shih

Skytap is a Seattle-based MSP that is focused on hosting legacy systems such as IBM hardware on Micr...

Read more...

Meta begins second Texas data centre campus

April 8, 2022
Sacha Kavanagh

Meta (parent company of Facebook), will invest $800m to build a 900k sqft data centre in Temple, Tex...

Read more...

Faction expands senior management team with new VPs

April 7, 2022
Philbert Shih

Faction expanded its management team with new VPs in marketing and finance. ...

Read more...