Keppel has exited data centre operator Etix Everywhere, which has been acquired as part of Vantage Data Centers' $2bn European expansion.

Data centre operator Vantage Data Centers acquired Luxembourg-headquartered peer Etix Everywhere yesterday for an undisclosed amount, allowing infrastructure group Keppel to exit.

Etix operates 12 data centres covering 50 MW of capacity and has a large-scale 55 MW hyperscale campus under construction in Frankfurt, Germany.

Although US-based Vantage did not disclose how much it paid for Etix, it said the deal forms part of a $2bn European growth push. The purchase also gives it four greenfield land sites in the…

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Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.