Digital Realty Buys Data Centers in Virginia

Digital Realty 收購維吉尼亞州數據中心


Introduction

Digital Realty will buy parts of three data centers in Virginia from Blackstone.

Digital Realty 將從 Blackstone 手中收購維吉尼亞州三個數據中心的部分資產。

Main Body

Digital Realty will pay $3.5 billion. They will use cash and company shares. The three buildings are in Manassas and Sterling.

Digital Realty 將支付 35 億美元。他們將使用現金和公司股份進行交易。這三棟建築位於 Manassas 和 Sterling。

More people need data centers now. This is because of AI and cloud computing. These buildings will be ready by 2027 and 2028.

現在對數據中心的需求增加。這是由於 AI 和雲端運算。這些建築將在 2027 年和 2028 年前完工。

Blackstone is a big company. They spend a lot of money on data centers. They have spent over $130 billion since 2018.

Blackstone 是一家大公司。他們在數據中心投入了大量資金。自 2018 年以來,他們已投入超過 1,300 億美元。

Conclusion

The deal ends on June 30. Digital Realty will now have more buildings in Virginia.

該交易將於 6 月 30 日結束。Digital Realty 將在維吉尼亞州擁有更多建築物。

Vocabulary Learning

Talking about the Future

In this text, we see the word will. We use it to say what happens later.

The Pattern: Person/CompanywillAction

Examples from the text:

  • Digital Realty will buy... (They plan to do this)
  • They will use cash... (This is the plan)
  • Buildings will be ready... (The future state)

Quick Tip: Whether the company is big (Blackstone) or small, will never changes. It stays the same for everyone.

  • I will buy
  • They will buy
  • The company will buy

Vocabulary Learning

shares (n.)
Parts of a company that people can buy
Example:He owns ten shares in the company.
computing (n.)
The use of computers to process information
Example:Cloud computing lets you save files on the internet.
deal (n.)
An official agreement between two people or companies
Example:The two companies signed a business deal.
Practice A2 words in a crossword