• Fujitsu Lights up PCI Express with Intel Silicon Photonics

  n Munich Germany Tuesday Intel and Fujitsu demonstrated a significant advancement in how computers are built and communicate, with the power of silicon photonics technology.

• Equinix Plans Greenfield Data Center in London

  Equinix will build a new data center to expand its technology campus in Slough, England. The new facility, known as London-6, will be a "greenfield" project in which Equinix builds the facility from the ground up.

• New IBM Cloud Ad Campaign Targets Competitor Amazon

  Targeting Amazon Web Services as its competition, IBM wants to remind the public that its cloud hosts 270,000 more websites than AWS. This is part of IBM's new online and print campaign that singles out AWS.

• Four Things Colos Should Consider When Evaluating Modular Construction Solutions

  If you are a colo and looking to partner with a modular data center construction company, there are a few simple steps to consider, writes Stephen Madaffari of Data Centers Delivered. The process includes determine your needs and vetting your potential partner thoroughly.

• DuPont Fabros Buys Land for Expansion in Chicago

  Data center developer DuPont Fabros Technology (DFT) has bought 15 acres of land in Elk Grove Village, Illinois to serve as the home for its second data center in the Chicago market. It expects to begin work on a 26-megawatt facility early next year.

• Amazon Uses NVIDIA GPU to Power G2 Cloud Instance

  NVIDIA (NVDA) announced that its GRID technology is now available from Amazon Web Services (AWS) through its newly announced Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud G2 instance, delivering GPU acceleration to users running graphics-intensive applications and games in the cloud.