Construction Magazine October 2017 | Page 40

DATABANK LTD

“ With DigitalBridge we have a very active M & A program . We ’ re constantly looking at new opportunities .”

– Raul Martynek , CEO the development of a purpose-built 94,000 sqft data in partnership with Georgia Tech ; the construction of a third data center in Dallas ; the acquisition of C7 Data Centers , the primary interconnection hub and largest data center service provider in Salt Lake City ; the construction of a third 15,000 sqft data hall at its Minneapolis-area data center ; and the acquisition of carrier-rich downtown data centers in Cleveland and Pittsburgh from 365 Data Centers .

Its most recent activity , announced on September 21 , saw DataBank acquire Edge Hosting . DataBank said the acquisition will provide both market expansion and additional expertise in the delivery of cloud solutions and managed services , especially for clientele requiring comprehensive operational controls for a number of commercial and government compliance standards .
Raul Martynek is key to the story , having acted as a Senior Advisor to Digital Bridge before taking over as CEO at DataBank when the acquisition completed . Speaking exclusively ,
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