Round Rock City Council approves rezoning at Dell HQ for Switch data center
The Rock takes a step closer to its debut
News - Business Operations, Switch
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Switch plans 1.5 million square foot data center at Dell HQ in Texas, called The Rock
Following Data Foundry acquisition
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Switch to borrow $500 million to pay for Data Foundry acquisition
Includes a surplus for ‘general corporate purposes’
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Switch to enter Texas with $420m purchase of Data Foundry
Gives the provider a new large campus
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Michigan passes bill cutting tax for data centers
Not everyone's happy about it
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Switch appoints new CTO, Eddie Schutter
Schutter previously led data center engineering operations at AT&T and eBay, and recently joined the Infrastructure Masons’ board of directors
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Switch backs one gigawatt solar farm in Nevada
The largest in the US to date, and the third largest in the world
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Switch raises $531.3 million in $17 per share IPO
The second largest US tech IPO of 2017
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Switch launches prefabs for edge and hyperscale
Vegas operator’s proprietary designs, now available in two off-the-peg offerings
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Switch sues NV Energy, Nevada PUC in $30m monopoly claim
While Elon Musk’s Tesla piles in to take on NV Energy
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Switch contracts for 100% solar power
Colocation data center player goes all-renewable