Logicalis, Inc., (www.us.logicalis.com ) a global provider of high-performance technology solutions, today announced its acquisition of Carotek's Information Technology Division (Carotek ITD), based in Matthews, NC. The acquisition will increase Logicalis' presence in the Carolinas, Georgia , Alabama , Tennessee and Florida while strengthening its ability to service HP business accounts. The acquisition of Carotek ITD will add approximately 30 staff members and increase revenue by an estimated $25 million in the coming fiscal year.
Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:TMRK), a leading global operator of carrier-neutral integrated Internet Exchanges and a provider of managed IT infrastructure solutions utilizing cutting edge virtualization and utility computing technologies, has announced that it has secured commitment letters from Credit Suisse and Tennenbaum Capital Partners for a total of $250 million. Once funded, the Company intends to utilize the funds to repay all of the company's current outstanding secured debt as well as provide capital for the company's expansion plan.
Internap Network Services Corporation (NASDAQ: INAP), a global provider of optimized, reliable end-to-end Internet business solutions, has announced that it has approved an investment of up to 40 million dollars to fund the expansion of its colocation facilities in several key markets. The company anticipates implementing the expansion over the next three to four calendar quarters, with any potential funding to be provided under standard commercial financing arrangements.
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a leading provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, has announced the planned acquisition of a new data center property in the Los Angeles area and the expansion of an existing center in the Silicon Valley. The announcement of the expansions comes as the demand for data center and network exchange services continues to accelerate, far outpacing supply. According to Tier1 Research's Mid Year 2007 Internet Data Center Supply Report, North American data center demand is outpacing supply by a factor of two to one.
Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (Nasdaq:TMRK), a leading global operator of carrier-neutral integrated Internet exchanges and a provider of managed IT infrastructure solutions utilizing cutting edge virtualization and utility computing technologies, has reported its results for the quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2007.
TelecityRedbus, one of Europe's leading data centre and managed services companies, today announced it has begun construction of a new £50m data centre in Central London. The Powergate facility will be one of the highest specification data centres in Europe, with a planned 25 megawatts of resilient power and approximately 50,000sq feet of capacity. The facility is expected to be ready for customers in Q2 2008. On completion, Powergate will be TelecityRedbus's eighth data centre in London.
Queensland based finance group Suncorp is set to rationalise its data centre infrastructure as part of its plan to move into the A$212 million greenfield Polaris site at Springfield, southwest of Brisbane. Suncorp is an investor in the Polaris project, which is being managed by the Springfield Land Corporation. Along with NEC, Suncorp will be a key tenant in the new facility, taking up a third of the data centre floor space with its primary data centre.
According to press reports in India, France Telecom and two other international companies are understood to have expressed interest in acquiring GTL's Enterprise Networks and Managed Services businesses. The Mumbai-based GTL intends to hive-off the two business domains in order to concentrate more on its telecom network-related business. Enterprise Network offers services including converged enterprise networks, contact centre solutions, disaster recovery, security solutions and professional services.
US-based Digital Realty Trust (DRT) has announced its first quarter 2007 financial results for the three months to the end of March 2007. The company saw first quarter revenues of USD 89 million with net income of USD 18.6 million and acquired five Data Centre properties for a total outlay of USD 160 million. The properties acquired included three in Virginia, one in New York and one in Santa Clara, California.
TelecityRedbus, a carrier neutral Pan European Data Centre operator, is considering a stock market flotation, according to a report in the UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper. The company is currently owned by a number of venture capital investors including 3i and US firm Oak Hill Investors. Deutsche Bank has been retained to advise on the strategic options for the company which may also include a trade sale. For the 2006 financial year according to a company statement made after the acquisition of Globix UK in September 2006 the company expected to have achieved GBP76 million of revenues.
Carrier neutral Data Centre provider IXEurope has announced that it is in preliminary talks with a number of potential parties which may or may not lead to an offer for the company. The company stated that the talks were at an early stage and further details would be forthcoming in due course the announcement was issued on May 21st. The firm has been quoted on the London AIM (Alternative Investment Market) since April 2006.
Danish provider TDC Hosting part of TDC Solutions, the IT subsidiary of TeleDenmark Corporation has acquired Uni-2 from Tele-2 Denmark. As a result of the deal TDC Hosting has consolidated its position as Denmark's largest hosting provider with a 20% market share. Uni-2 specialises in providing services to the Small & Medium Enterprise sector and has around 3,500 customers.
US-based Managed Hosting provider RackSpace has announced its final quarter results for the three months to the end of March 2007. The company reported revenues of USD 67 million and USD 227 million for the full year a year on year revenue increase of 61%. The company added some 3,000 new customers during the 12 month period and 900 for the final quarter.
IBM Global Financing is offering a new range of asset recovery products to assist clients make the change-over to greener Data Centre technologies. The programme includes free disposal of older servers (if committed within a certain period and if the upgrade is to IBM products); disk wiping services to help protect data on all Intel-based servers and a green line Data Centre asset recovery help-line.
Calyx has revealed ambitions to become the UK's largest single source of networking and IT services after receiving the go ahead for a management buyout (MBO). The company's management have secured backing from private equity house Alchemy Partners to acquire the London and Dublin listed firm in a deal worth GBP 70.2m. Calyx has seen its annual turnover rise to above GBP 80m following a series of purchases since it went public in 2005.
Lance Tracey, chairman and CEO of PEER 1 Network Enterprises, Inc. (TSX-V: PIX), a leading provider of Internet infrastructure, today announced that the board of directors has approved the grant of 2,662,100 options to members of the executive management group (non-director officers) pursuant to the company's Long Term Incentive Plan approved by the shareholders at PEER 1's most recent annual general meeting.
RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and NEON Communications Group, Inc. (AMEX: NGI) have announced they have entered into a definitive agreement for RCN to acquire NEON for up to $5.25 per share of NGI common stock, in cash, for expected total consideration of up to approximately $260 million. The transaction has been approved by the Board of Directors of both companies, and is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2007, subject to regulatory approvals and the approval of NEON's stockholders as well as certain other closing conditions described below.
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a leading provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, has announced its firm intention to make an offer for the entire issued share capital of IXEurope Plc (IXEurope, AIM: IXE), a provider of colocation services in Europe. The acquisition comes as Equinix is in the midst of a more than $450 million expansion program in the U.S. and Asia-Pacific since 2006, and it is expected to strengthen Equinix's market leading position by enabling the company to offer a comprehensive global solution for customers.
Mellon Financial Corporation will significantly expand its data center northeast of Pittsburgh. Representing an investment of approximately $70 million, the expansion project will increase staffing in the Pittsburgh area by up to 200 positions. The expanded facility will serve as one of two data centers supporting the global operations of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, which will be formed by the proposed merger of Mellon Financial Corporation and The Bank of New York. Pending regulatory approvals, the merger is expected to close on or about July 1, 2007.
SAVVIS, Inc. (Nasdaq: SVVS), a global leader in IT infrastructure services for business applications, today announced it has sold assets in two adjacent data centers in Santa Clara, CA to Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) for $200 million, including $190 million cash and forgiveness of approximately $10 million of previously-advanced revenue. The $200 million consideration also reflects early termination of service contracts between SAVVIS and Microsoft related to those data centers.
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