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BT has just opened a new data centre hosting facility near St. Marks Place in New York City’s East Village. The new location, which increases the company’s hosting space in Manhattan by 30%, is geared toward financial services firms that want to colocate servers near the exchanges and trade execution venues downtown.

This new facility supplements BT’s existing New York metro data centre as well as those in London, Chicago, Frankfurt, Paris, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney.

Source: Wall Street Tech

Yahoo data centre planned for New York

State officials are working with Internet giant Yahoo to establish a data centre in Western New York. The centre would house computer systems and other equipment. State officials say it wouldn’t result in many jobs, but the symbolism of luring the big-name company could help with other economic development efforts.

Gov. David Paterson asked the New York Power Authority to come up with a low-cost power plan for Yahoo to lure them to the Buffalo area. The company has been expanding its number of data centres around the country.

Source: Wall Street Journal