OVHcloud eyes edge computing acquisition to speed up continental rollout
European cloud operator OVHcloud is in exclusive negotiations for the full acquisition of German hyperconverged infrastructure software provider gridscale. gridscale offers a range of multi-tenant IaaS and PaaS products and services. The company's main presence is in Germany, Austria, Switzer...
August 07
DigitalBridge, Brookfield seal $19bn takeover of GD Towers
DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (NYSE: DBRG) together with Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE: BIP, TSX: BIP.UN) have completed the partial purchase of Deutsche Telekom’s tower business GD Towers in Germany and Austria. The deal will see the two venture parties become majority shareholders with a combined 51% stake in GD Towers. The transaction has featured an enterprise value ...
February 02
Brookfield, American Tower eye $54bn takeover of Spain’s Cellnex
Digital infrastructure investor and operator American Tower (NYSE: AMT) and Canadian multinational Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM) are reportedly weighing up a potential takeover bid for European telecoms giant Cellnex. According to a report in Ok Diario, the two giants are considering the acquisition of Cellnex, with one source claiming that a takeover could happen...
January 25
‘Data centres are not the enemy’ – How the industry can aid in Europe’s worst power crisis in decades, part 1
Europe is at the beginning of 2023 navigating its darkest period since the end of the Second World War with one of the worst armed conflicts on the continent in decades, a looming recession expected to hit shore this year, and a precarious energy crisis. Energy is, without taking way from the seriousness of the other ongoing events, a growing concern amongst communities and...
January 17
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