DuPont Fabros Technology Inc.

Dollars into Data Centers

As new technologies ramp up the volume of the nation’s data, companies are clamoring for more storage capacity. That’s good news for investors.

Economy Watch: Top Data Center Markets

Nine of the top 20 markets generating more than 59 percent of worldwide retail and wholesale colocation revenues are in the U.S., according to a new Synergy Research Group report.

Bo Bond

Data Center Sector Driven by M&A, Cloud Demand

Construction rose by a whopping 43 percent in the first half of 2017, while industry consolidation powered a $13 billion surge in mergers and acquisitions, according to a new JLL report.

A. William Stein, Digital Realty

Digital Realty, DuPont Fabros to Merge

The all-stock transaction valued at $7.6 billion paves the way for the creation of the second-largest data center REIT and the eighth-largest publicly traded REIT in the country.