The Planet(SM) has acquired 72,000 square feet of additional data centre space in Dallas. The initial phase includes 30,000 square feet of finished Tier 1 data centre and support space. The new facility has more than US$14 million in improvements with future capacity for 36,000 servers. The acquisition of this facility is the first step in The Planet's plans to deliver new industry-leading product offerings, details of which will be announced soon.
3PAR has secured $30 million in equity financing, its first fundraising in more than two years. The investment resulted in less than 10% dilution to 3PAR's existing shareholders. New investors in 3PAR include lead investor Integral Capital Partners, AllianceBernstein LP (formerly Alliance Capital) and Open Field Capital. Integral Capital invests in information technology and life sciences companies that have completed the start-up phase. This includes late-stage privately held firms as well as those that are already publicly traded at the time of investment.
IX Europe plc has acquired its eleventh datacentre, in Munich, and signed a substantial contract with a leading global internet company. The contract is worth in excess of £6.9 million (10 million) over a six year period. The 11,600m2 Munich datacentre, the Group's fourth in Germany, was built in 2000 for KPNQwest at a cost in excess of £17 million (25 million) to provide approximately 4,600m2 of net datacentre space. The datacentre asset has been acquired for a nominal amount together with a long lease for the property.
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