Data Centers

In Joint Venture with Digital Realty, Mitsubishi Is Paying $265M for 65% Interest in Two Dallas-Area Data Centers

by | Mar 4, 2024
The joint venture with Austin-based Digital Realty, which has an office in Dallas, is for two data centers that are "100% pre-leased to an S&P 100 investment grade customer on a long-term basis," said Digital Realty—which is maintaining 35% interest in the projects.
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Big Demand Meets Tight Supply: JLL’s 2023 North American Data Center Report
by | Feb 29, 2024
If data centers are the bricks holding society together, then the power that operates them is the mortar, according to JLL’s new H2 2023 North American Data Center Report. Here's why demand has stayed strong, why supply has tightened, and why ChatGPT uses "roughly as much power as 33,000 households."
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Dallas’ Divcon Controls Snags Investment from Goldman Sachs Alternatives
by | Feb 21, 2024
The investment positions the Dallas-based systems integrator to expand market share for its facility management automation and monitoring solutions in the mission-critical data center market. 
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North Texas’ Forward Vision Acquired by Las Vegas Branding & PR Agency
by | Feb 8, 2024
JSA said the addition of Forward Vision's B2B marketing team—including its top executives, creatives, and digital, social and PR professionals—will allow for the same "seamless dedication to customer service" that Forward Vision customers have come to depend upon.
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North Texas-Based Aligned Data Centers Launches Liquid Cooling for High-Density Computing

by | Jan 19, 2024
Think your laptop gets hot? Imagine the computing power in a data center packed with supercomputers running AI and machine learning applications. Aligned's new DeltaFlow liquid cooling technology aims to help customers realize the benefits of graphics processing units across a wide range of computing applications, while mitigating time-to-market, cost, and risk.
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Dallas’ Evoque Data Center Solutions Closes Acquisition of Cyxtera
by | Jan 16, 2024

Evoque, a Dallas-based provider of comprehensive colocation, connectivity, and infrastructure solutions, has completed its previously announced acquisition of Cyxtera’s data center portfolio.

Evoque and Florida-based Cyxtera will combine to form a leading data center company with more than 50 locations, mostly in North America. No financial details were released.

“Combining Evoque and Cyxtera is a strategic step that aligns seamlessly with our vision for data infrastructure investments,” Udhay Mathialagan, board chair at Evoque and CEO, Global Data Centers, Brookfield Infrastructure, said in a statement....

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Dallas-Based Global Data Center Operator and Developer CyrusOne Announces 2 Executive Moves
by | Jan 12, 2024

Dallas-based global data center developer and operator CyrusOne announced a couple of executive moves for the company that specializes in delivering state-of-the-art digital infrastructure solutions.

Owen Morris was announced as its new chief financial officer, effective March 11....

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Carrollton-Based Concentric Acquires East Coast Power Services Company
by | Dec 21, 2023
Concentric, which calls itself the first national industrial power services organization, said the acquisition expands its capabilities to serve mission-critical businesses such as data centers, hospitals, financial institutions and other facilities.
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Skybox Datacenters Begins Work on Massive Data Center in Southern Dallas County

by | Nov 20, 2023
"PowerCampus Dallas will raise the bar in the North Texas data center market and beyond," Skybox CEO Rob Morris said of the project in Lancaster. It's slated to provide up to 300 megawatts of power supported by a private onsite substation while offering up to one million square feet of data center space.
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Six Ellis County Organizations Receive $180K in Funding from Google
by | Nov 18, 2023

Google announced that six Ellis County organizations collectively will receive more than $180,000 from the company to support the physical and mental well-being of the county’s residents....

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$100K Google Grants Give High-Tech Boost to Two Ellis County Libraries
by | Oct 31, 2023
Libraries have always been engines of growth, enabling self-improvement through free access to information and resources. Now, thanks to Google, libraries in Midlothian and Red Oak are getting high-tech makeovers.
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Dallas’ CyrusOne Announces Joint Venture for $7 Billion Project in Japan
by | May 22, 2023
In addition to forming CyrusOne KEP, the Japan joint venture with Kansai Electric Power Co., CyrusOne also announced that Chief Financial Officer Katherine Motlagh will step down from that role effective June 1, and that Michael Schafer, its SVP of finance, will assume the role of interim CFO.
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Dallas’ CyrusOne Adds Chief Investment Officer to Leadership Team

by | May 12, 2023

Fran Federman has joined CyrusOne as chief investment officer of the Dallas-based global data center developer and operator specializing in delivering state-of-the-art digital infrastructure solutions.

In this new role, Federman is responsible for leading CyrusOne’s capital markets activities and related strategic transactions.

“I am excited to take on my new role as chief investment officer at CyrusOne....

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Compass Datacenters’ CIO Wins Infrastructure Masons Luminary Award
by | May 1, 2023
Nancy Novak received the iMasons Luminary Award at an international event in Monaco in April. The award is given to individuals who exemplify iMasons' values and who have made significant, lasting contributions to the digital infrastructure industry. Recipients are also inducted into the iMason Hall of Fame.
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DataBank Secures Another $325M in Financing to Expand Edge Data Center Footprint
by | Apr 5, 2023

DataBank, a Dallas-based provider of enterprise-class edge colocation, interconnection, and managed cloud services, has secured another $325 million in financing to fund the ongoing expansion of its edge data center footprint....

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Dallas’ Compass Datacenters Teams Up with Luminosity Gaming
by | Mar 1, 2023
Calling it "a first-of-its-kind" partnership between the data center and online gaming industries, Dallas-based Compass Datacenters announced that it's teaming up with Toronto-based Luminosity Gaming. Raymond Hawkins, Compass’ chief revenue officer, says the partnership "will put a spotlight on how essential data centers are to gaming, and how gaming is driving tremendous cloud innovation."
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