Public cloud provider AWS, part of Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN), has opened new Local Zones in Atlanta, Phoenix, and Seattle. AWS Local Zones are a type of AWS infrastructure deployment that places AWS compute, storage, database, and other select services closer to large population, industry, and IT centres where no AWS Region exists today. The Local Zones are used to ...

EdgeConneX, and EQT-backed hyperscale operator, has named three industry veterans to its executive leadership team. Firstly, Jonathan Schildkraut has joined EdgeConneX as Chief Strategy Officer. As CSO of EdgeConneX, he has been charged with guiding the next chapter of the company’s growth. Before joining EdgeConneX, Schildkraut has served as EVP and Chief Strategy Off...

American Real Estate Partners (AREP), an institutional fund manager, and Harrison Street, an investment management firm, have signed a joint venture (JV) to invest US$1 billion in the development of six powered shell data centres in Ashburn and Arcola, Virginia. The facilities will amount to 2.1 million square feet of space with each building ranging from 265,000 to 440,000...