Analyst Notes

Subscale, CDN, edge, M&A, SEA, Local Zones, global expansions

February 21, 2022
Philbert Shih

A busy week was highlighted by movement to the edge as Akamai acquired Linode and AWS revealed ...

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Rackspace expands partnership with Cloudflare for security capabilities

February 18, 2022
Philbert Shih

Rackspace expanded its partnership with Cloudflare and will add its security services to the Elastic...

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Akamai acquires cloud provider Linode; core to edge platform play

February 18, 2022
Philbert Shih

Akamai entered into an agreement to acquire Philadelphia-based cloud infrastructure provider Linode ...

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AWS completes initial Local Zones footprint in US; moves to add global footprint across 32 metros

February 18, 2022
Philbert Shih

AWS confirmed the completion of its build-out of an initial 16 Local Zones nodes in the US. It will ...

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Acronis partners with Crayon to bring online new data centre location in Finland

February 18, 2022
Philbert Shih

Acronis brought online another data centre location for its cybersecurity and backup services. ...

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The Netherlands puts a second moratorium into place for new data centre builds above 70MW

February 17, 2022
Jabez Tan

The Dutch government confirmed that it will impose tigher national control and stricter licensing ru...

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Singtel, Gulf Energy form JV to develop data centres in Thailand (update)

February 17, 2022
Philbert Shih

The agreement signed last year between Singtel and Gulf Energy to build data centres in Thailand mov...

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Hut 8 names James Beer SVP, operations

February 17, 2022
Ainsley Woods

Cryptocurrency mining firm Hut8 named James Beer as SVP, operations. ...

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Telefonica to host Oracle Cloud region in Madrid, provide OCI services

February 17, 2022
Sacha Kavanagh

Telefonica Tech struck a global partnership agreement with Oracle that will see it provide Oracle Cl...

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Reports point to EdgeConneX acquisition of GTN in Jakarta, Indonesia; southeast Asia entry

February 17, 2022
Philbert Shih

Media reports indicate EdgeConneX has agreed to acquire a data centre in Jakarta, Indonesia operatin...

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Internet Initiative Japan to develop 10MW phase two building at its Shiroi data centre campus east of Tokyo

February 17, 2022
Jabez Tan

Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) confirmed plans to develop the second phase building of its Shiroi D...

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CyrusOne brings in VP, public sector

February 16, 2022
Philbert Shih

CyrusOne named Anthony Rizzo as VP, public sector, a role that will oversee the firm’s public sect...

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