EU regulators conditionally approve Equinix's purchase of Telecity
BRUSSELS, Nov 13 (Reuters) - European regulators on Friday said they had approved U.S (Other OTC: UBGXF - news) data centre operator Equinix (NasdaqGS: EQIX - news) 's $3.7 billion purchase of Telecity Group (LSE: TCY.L - news) on condition it sold off data centres in Amsterdam, Frankfurt and London.
"With (Other OTC: WWTH - news) the ever growing economic importance of 'cloud' services, it is crucial to maintain competition between data centres," Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said in a statement.
"The Commission is satisfied that the commitments offered by Equinix will ensure that companies continue to have a choice for hosting their data at competitive prices." (Reporting by Barbara Lewis, editing by Julia Fioretti)