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Top 10 Data Center Stories of the Month: June 2021 Top 10 Data Center Stories of the Month: June 2021

Intel takes a big step toward disaggregation, Arm arrives in the data center, Blackstone makes a blockbuster deal to buy QTS, and more.

byData Center Knowledge

Jul 1, 2021

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SiFive RISC-V HiFive Unleashed

Is Intel Really Willing to Pay $2B+ for RISC-V Startup SiFive?Is Intel Really Willing to Pay $2B+ for RISC-V Startup SiFive?

byChristine Hall

Jun 17, 2021

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, delivering the GTC 2020 keynote from his kitchen.

Nvidia CEO Says Confident of Getting Regulators OK for Arm Deal Nvidia CEO Says Confident of Getting Regulators OK for Arm Deal

Jun 2, 2021

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gds shanghai no. 1 data center

Chinese Data Center Giant GDS Said to Weigh Buying GLP’s Data Centers Chinese Data Center Giant GDS Said to Weigh Buying GLP’s Data Centers

byData Center Knowledge

May 18, 2021

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Michael Dell, 2013

Francisco Partners, TPG Agree to Buy Dell’s Boomi for $4 Billion Francisco Partners, TPG Agree to Buy Dell’s Boomi for $4 Billion

May 3, 2021

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Network cables in a data center

Cox Agrees to Buy Enterprise Unit of EQT’s Fiber Provider Segra Cox Agrees to Buy Enterprise Unit of EQT’s Fiber Provider Segra

Apr 27, 2021

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Jensen Huang, founder and CEO, Nvidia, unveiling the DGX-2 supercomputer at GTC Summit 2018

UK Intervenes on Nvidia's $40 Billion Arm Deal on Security Grounds

UK Intervenes on Nvidia's $40 Billion Arm Deal on Security Grounds

Richard Li’s PCCW Weighs $1 Billion IT Solutions and Data Center Unit Sale

Richard Li’s PCCW Weighs $1 Billion IT Solutions and Data Center Unit Sale

Richard Li’s PCCW Weighs $1 Billion IT Solutions and Data Center Unit Sale

Montreal

Buyers Target Canada’s Data Center Market, Lured by Cheap Power

Buyers Target Canada’s Data Center Market, Lured by Cheap Power

IBM’s Patent Income Slips as Companies Resist ‘Godfather’ Deals

IBM’s Patent Income Slips as Companies Resist ‘Godfather’ Deals

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Data Center Exec-Led Digital Infrastructure SPAC Raises $250M in IPO

Data Center Exec-Led Digital Infrastructure SPAC Raises $250M in IPO

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

Cables in a data center

Old Mutual Bets on African Data Center Growth With Ghana Deal

Old Mutual Bets on African Data Center Growth With Ghana Deal

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Data Center Provider Cyxtera to Go Public Via $3.4B Starboard SPAC Deal

Data Center Provider Cyxtera to Go Public Via $3.4B Starboard SPAC Deal

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

Data Center Provider Cyxtera Close to $3.4B Starboard SPAC Merger: WSJ

Data Center Provider Cyxtera Close to $3.4B Starboard SPAC Merger: WSJ

Data Center Provider Cyxtera Close to $3.4B Starboard SPAC Merger: WSJ

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, delivering the GTC 2020 keynote from his kitchen.

Google, Microsoft, Qualcomm Protest Nvidia’s Acquisition of Arm

Google, Microsoft, Qualcomm Protest Nvidia’s Acquisition of Arm

Ford F150 trucks go through robots on the assembly line at the Ford Dearborn Truck Plant on September 27, 2018 in Dearborn, Michigan.

Google Snags Ford Cloud Partnership in Coup Over Microsoft

Google Snags Ford Cloud Partnership in Coup Over Microsoft

VMworld 2019 in San Francisco

Nutanix and VMware Started as Partners. They’re Now Bitter Rivals

Nutanix and VMware Started as Partners. They’re Now Bitter Rivals

byWylie Wong, Chips and Hardware Writer

SAP headquarters in Walldorf, Germany, 2013

SAP in Talks to Buy Apax-Backed Cloud Startup Signavio

SAP in Talks to Buy Apax-Backed Cloud Startup Signavio

StackRox platform dashboard.

Red Hat's StackRox Acquisition Bolsters Its Hybrid Multi-Cloud Strategy

Red Hat's StackRox Acquisition Bolsters Its Hybrid Multi-Cloud Strategy

byChristine Hall

Google Cloud exhibit at the 2019 IAA Frankfurt Auto Show in September 2019

Google and Nokia Partner on Cloudy Infrastructure for Telcos

Google and Nokia Partner on Cloudy Infrastructure for Telcos

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

Acacia Says It’s Ending $2.6 Billion Merger Deal With Cisco

Acacia Says It’s Ending $2.6 Billion Merger Deal With Cisco

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, delivering the GTC 2020 keynote from his kitchen.

Nvidia’s $40 Billion Deal for Arm Faces U.K. Merger Review

Nvidia’s $40 Billion Deal for Arm Faces U.K. Merger Review

Inside Rancher's Silicon Valley office

Rancher Acquisition May Make SUSE a Kubernetes and Hybrid Cloud Powerhouse

Rancher Acquisition May Make SUSE a Kubernetes and Hybrid Cloud Powerhouse

byChristine Hall

EQT Said to Plan IPO of $6 Billion Software Developer SUSE

EQT Said to Plan IPO of $6 Billion Software Developer SUSE

EQT Said to Plan IPO of $6 Billion Software Developer SUSE

Panel, mainframe

Blackstone Boosts Internet Bet With COPT Virginia Data Center Deal

Blackstone Boosts Internet Bet With COPT Virginia Data Center Deal

Data center network

Marvell to Buy Inphi for $8.2 Billion to Grow in Cloud Data Centers, 5G

Marvell to Buy Inphi for $8.2 Billion to Grow in Cloud Data Centers, 5G

Xilinx Versal

AMD Agrees to Buy FPGA Maker Xilinx in $35 Billion All-Stock Deal

AMD Agrees to Buy FPGA Maker Xilinx in $35 Billion All-Stock Deal

Fiber optic cables in a data center

Ex-Digital Realty Deal Architect forms a Data Center Venture With Goldman

Ex-Digital Realty Deal Architect forms a Data Center Venture With Goldman

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

Data center network

GTT Sells Fiber and Data Center Unit to I Squared for $2.15 Billion

GTT Sells Fiber and Data Center Unit to I Squared for $2.15 Billion

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) President and CEO Lisa T. Su greets Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

AMD Tries to Avoid Past Debt-Ridden Deal Mistakes in Xilinx Bid

AMD Tries to Avoid Past Debt-Ridden Deal Mistakes in Xilinx Bid

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) President and CEO Lisa T. Su greets Texas Governor Greg Abbott.

AMD Is Said in Talks to Buy Rival Xilinx in $30 Billion Deal

AMD Is Said in Talks to Buy Rival Xilinx in $30 Billion Deal

colocation data center cage

Stonecourt Capital Acquires 365 Data Centers, Eyes More Deals

Stonecourt Capital Acquires 365 Data Centers, Eyes More Deals

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

Raised floor inside DataBank's data center in Richardson, Texas

Its zColo Acquisition Will Make DataBank a US Data Center Heavyweight

Its zColo Acquisition Will Make DataBank a US Data Center Heavyweight

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

American Tower's edge data center in Atlanta's Ben Hill neighborhood (L) and the Colo Atl data center downtown (R)

Flexential Gets into Edge Colocation, Partners with American Tower

Flexential Gets into Edge Colocation, Partners with American Tower

byYevgeniy Sverdlik, Former Editor-in-Chief

Oracle Wins Deal for TikTok’s US Operations

Oracle Wins Deal for TikTok’s US Operations

Oracle Wins Deal for TikTok’s US Operations

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