Packets Down Range #31:Meta, Google, Indiana Digital Equity

It’s the beginning of the year. Do you know what that means? It’s time for conferences. FISPA livejust wrapped up. Metro Connect and others are coming. Also lots of news out of my home state of Indiana this edition. Data Center News •Meta to open a data center in Jeffersonville, Indiana. •Google is set to … Read more

Packets Down Range #30:Lumen, Databank, and investments in networks

Greetings from the great frozen Tundra of Indiana. It was 21 degrees today, which has been a heatwave. In this issue, we have a lot of data center news. Lunmen shuts down their CDN, Databank expands, and some great tech topics. Data Center News •DataBank expands in Utah. •DigitalBridge announced a 6.4 Billion equity investment … Read more

Packets Down Range #28:Databank expands, H5 Expands, fiber isn’t King everywhere

This is going to be a quick PDR. I am getting back into the swing of blog posts, and now back into Packets Down Range. More regular PDR’s coming. Data Center News •Netrality secures $380 Million sustainability-linked credit facility. • H5 Announces San Antonio expansion. •Databank is one of the latest to expand in Virginia. … Read more

Packets Down Range #23:Events, new backbone routes, data center fire

Patreon Edition is available here Data Center News •Databank starts construction on ATL4. . The colocation facility will feature 200,000 square feet of raised floor space and four megawatts of power. •Don’t let a tree cause an outage for your Data Center. •DartPoints acquires Louisiana provider Venyu. Data center provider DartPoints has acquired Louisiana-based Venyu … Read more

Packets Down Range #22:Databank, Bluebird, war over undersea cables

Data Center News •Databank completes a 24,000-square-foot expansion in SNA, which is in Irvine, California •More Data Centers coming to Ashburn. Both H5 and Edgecore announce new builds. Backbone and Fiber news •Cogent Earnings call on May 4th. •Bluebird Networks announces John Nolan as the new Chief Development Officer. •War over undersea cables. Subsea cables, … Read more