Tim Anker

Colo-X was pleased to attend the grand opening of the new 400-rack 4D Gatwick data centre on the Manor Royal business park, just south of Gatwick Airport.

Equinix have announced yet another acquisition in the UK, following hot on the heels of last year’s audacious £2.6bn bid for Telecity.

The sale of a 49% stake in Global Switch to a consortium of Chinese investors marks a major shift to the east for the London-based data centre operator.

News of continued data centre capacity increases in the UK continues at such a pace I struggle to keep up with them all. Here is a brief summary.

Colo-X recently spent the afternoon with NTT, who proudly showed us around the fleet of ever impressive Gyron data centres in Hemel Hempstead.

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