Archive for October, 2007

Really Big Data Centers for Lease

Sunday, October 21st, 2007

This past Friday, DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT) raised $640 million in an IPO. DFT is a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) which specializes in large-scale commercial data centers. More to the point, they specialize in the sort of facilities which are desired by the largest technology companies. I’ve mentioned before that building and operating facilities is often desirable for larger players, but when it isn’t, they increasingly turn to DFT.

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Be nice

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

It’s been well-reported that AOL made cuts today. While I wasn’t among those affected, naturally with any event this large, quite a few people I knew and worked with were amongst those impacted. (more…)