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AMS-IX USA Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of AMS-IX (Amsterdam Internet Exchange), and Hurricane Electric have announced that AMS-IX Bay Area Internet Exchange has been extended to Hurricane Electric’s Fremont 2 data center.

Seeley International has acquired the business of Coolerado Corporation.

Jaguar Network and the Open-IX Association, a 501(c)(6) non-profit industry association formed to promote better standards for data center interconnection and Internet exchanges, announced that Jaguar Network’s JN MRS01 data center has been awarded the prestigious OPEN-IX® OIX-2 certification.

451 Research’s Voice of the Enterprise (VotE): Datacenters Q2 2015 quarterly survey on data center trends indicates that, despite increased investment in cloud and colocation providers, 87% of data center operators surveyed from North America and Europe are maintaining or increasing their data center facility spending, with 25% expecting to increase spending over the next 90 days.

MOD Mission Critical (‘MOD’) has announced a strategic partnership with 365 Data Centers.

Siemens Building Technologies Division has released version 2.2 of its Datacenter Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution Datacenter Clarity LC1 at Datacloud Europe held June 3-4, 2015, in Monaco.

Siemens has launched SIERS, the company’s new Integrated Electric-Racking System that provides additional protection against arc-flash exposures by allowing operators to control the circuit breaker remotely.

In a blog post published June 24, 2015, on the Google Official Blog, Patrick Gammons, Google’s senior manager, data center energy and location strategy, announced that that the company will build a new data center in Alabama on the grounds of the Widows Creek coal power plant in Jackson County.

New Q1 data from Synergy Research Group shows the leaders in the worldwide colocation market, with Equinix generating the most colocation revenue and achieving a 9.5% market share.

Anord Critical Power, Inc. has announced the appointment of Graham Carr as U.S. Western Regional sales manager and Rick Wright as plant manager at Sandston headquarters.