| Time |
Event |
| 12:06a |
Oracle Launches Cloud Data Centers in Frankfurt
First region of the company’s new cloud platform outside of US is up and running; next up, UK |
| 12:45a |
Iron Mountain Buys Credit Suisse Data Centers in London and Singapore
Makes first move to expand internationally; enters two of world's hottest data center markets |
| 1:24a |
Data Center Provider Switch Raises $531M in IPO
With market value of $4.2 billion, the deal is year’s second-largest tech IPO. |
| 5:50p |
Switch Shares Up 44 Percent after Debut on NYSE
Year’s second-largest tech IPO shows solid day-one performance |
| 6:22p |
Switch IPO Cements a $2.2 Billion Fortune for California Tycoon
Dennis Troesh has a $600 million stake in data center Switch; billionaire’s cement company was valued at $2 billion in 2012 |
| 7:03p |
Google Cloud Platform Introduces 96-CPU Machines
The company claims the new VMs make available the most Skylake vCPUs of any cloud provider. |
| 7:40p |
DCK Investor Edge: What to Watch for as Data Center Firms Report Q3 Results
In a few weeks' time, investors will have the information they need to place their bets going into 2018. |
| 7:46p |
How the Finance Industry Uses Cloud to Streamline Compliance
After migrating data centers and applications, financial companies often find that the cloud delivers other unexpected benefits in the area of compliance. |
| 9:06p |
Friday Funny: Doing Away with (Live) Humans in the Data Center
The Data Center Knowledge cartoon caption contest |