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Data Center Expansion Or Opening
Hurricane Electric Opens New Internet Data Center in Fremont, California - Read about the newest Internet data center opened by Hurricane Electric.  This new "Class A" Internet Data Center was opened in March of 2006 in Silicon Valley near San Jose and is 208,000 square feet in size.   (see also Colocation Facility Ratings for the rating and reviews of this Internet Data Center)

Telehouse Europe Opens New Internet Data Center in Paris, France - Read about the newest Internet data center opened by Telehouse Europe.  This new "Class A" Internet Data Center was opened in June of 2006 in Paris, France and is 60,000 square feet in size.   (see also Colocation Facility Ratings for the rating and reviews of this Internet Data Center)

Equinix Opens New Internet Data Center in Los Angeles, California - Read about the newest Internet data center opened by Equinix.  This new "Class A" Internet Data Center was opened in May of 2006 in Los Angeles, California and is 80,000 square feet in size.   (see also Colocation Facility Ratings for the rating and reviews of this Internet Data Center)

Switch and Data Opens New Internet Data Canter in New York City, New York - Read about the newest Internet data center opened by Switch and Data.  This new "Class A" Internet Data Center was opened in May of 2001 in New York City, New York and is 20,000 square feet in size.   (see also Colocation Facility Ratings for the rating and reviews of this Internet Data Center)

Network Outages
Level 3 Network Outage Pattern Affects Customers - Read article about a pattern of power outages at Level 3 data centers affecting their network at various locations.    (see also Colocation Facility Ratings for the rating and reviews of this Internet backbone and services)

Cogent and Level 3 Financial Disagreements Causing Problems For Both Networks - Read article about how the Cogent and Level 3's disagreement led to long service blackouts for both companies' networks.    (see also Colocation Facility Ratings for the rating and reviews of this Internet backbone and services)

Savvis Network Outage Knocks Lycos Offline - Read article about fiber cut exposing Savvis lack of network redundancy.  Outage takes thousands of customers at two Savvis Data Centers offline for lengthy outage.  (see also Colocation Facility Ratings for the rating and reviews of this Internet backbone and services)

Cogent Financial Troubles Causing Network Outages - Read article about how the Cogent financial woes affected the relationship with AOL causing yet another outage on this network.    (see also Colocation Facility Ratings for the rating and reviews of this Internet backbone and services)

Cogent Financial Problems Causing Repeated Network Outages - Read article about the Cogent financial and peering disagreements with France Telecom, Level 3, AOL, and many other large networks is part of a pattern caused by Cogent's financial problems.    (see also Colocation Facility Ratings for the rating and reviews of this Internet backbone and services)

Colocation Provider Debt & Bankruptcy
Cogent and Level 3 Financial Disagreements Causing Problems For Both Networks - Read article about how the Cogent and Level 3's disagreement led to long service blackouts for both companies' networks.    (see also Colocation Facility Ratings for the rating and reviews of this Internet backbone and services)

Level 3 Floating In a Sea Of Debt - Read article about Level 3's financial status and how they spin going deeper into debt as being "fully funded".    (see also Colocation Facility Ratings for the rating and reviews of this Internet backbone and services)

Cogent Financial Problems Worsen - Defaults On Debt - Read article about how Cogent faces Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing if it can't renegotiate debt to Cisco  (see also Colocation Facility Ratings for the rating and reviews of this Internet Data Center)

Cogent Financial Troubles Causing Network Outages - Read article about how the Cogent financial woes affected the relationship with AOL causing yet another outage on this network.    (see also Colocation Facility Ratings for the rating and reviews of this Internet backbone and services)

Cogent Financial Problems Causing Repeated Network Outages - Read article about the Cogent financial and peering disagreements with France Telecom, Level 3, AOL, and many other large networks is part of a pattern caused by Cogent's financial problems.    (see also Colocation Facility Ratings for the rating and reviews of this Internet backbone and services)

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