London-based data centre operator Global Switch Holdings Ltd. is up for sale and attracting the attention of heavyweights which could result in the second-highest deal in the data centre space to date. Buyout firms Blackstone Inc. (NYSE: BX) and KKR & Co. (NYSE: KKR) alongside digital infrastructure businesses DigitalBridge (NYSE: DBRG), Equinix (NASDAQ: EQIX), and Digi...

Europe’s largest markets – Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam and Paris (FLAP) – experience record uptake during the third quarter of the year, with hyperscale cloud providers accounting for 86% of total take-up. According to CBRE (NYSE: CBRE), in Q3 2021, 134MW of take-up was recorded in the FLAP markets, a new quarterly high for the market after a quieter second quarter. ...

KKR-backed Global Technical Realty (GTR), a US$ 1 billion European build-to-suit acquisition data centre platform, has appointed London-based Neil Grocock as director of operations and construction. Neil Grocock, director of operations and construction for GTR. Source: GTR With more than 20 years in the construction industry, he has expertise in the planning, procurement...