 Hey everybody, I'm James Gadokitaya of JSA. This is your monthly industry news headlines. Three minutes tops. Let's try this out. Click on the logo over my shoulder if you want to hear more details of the story. Kicking off our headlines, a new agreement between Ben with IG, a MetroDark fiber provider in Northern California and Greater Atlanta, and QTS Realty Trust, making the quick transmission of data in Silicon Valley a little easier. Ben with IG worked with QTS to create a custom solution, constructing a new, completely diverse entrance with QTS in the QTS Santa Clara campus. Heading down south to sunny SoCal, the cloud scene heating up there continuing with the theme of ensuring that customers have the very best cloud options, EdgeConnect's announcing Telia Carrier has expanded its network within the EdgeConnect's Edge data center in San Diego. Over to Utah, DataBank's SLC5 data centers giving Silicon slopes an edge, DataBank just announced expansion of its facility there, which is strategically located than the company's Granite Point North Campus complex in Blockdale, Utah. This data center is located in the heart of Silicon slopes and Utah's growing tech ecosystem. As our previous headlines testified, data centers hot market right now. Of course, global data center investment poised to increase from 244 billion in 2019 to 432 billion 2025 to meet this expanding demand, coal or power, the data center industry's global power partner just unveiled its global power partner program, delivering 247 ongoing and tailored support for data centers clients requiring the power solutions capable of helping build tomorrow's data landscape. Let's go ahead and head southeast now to Atlanta EXquared Technology, just announcing the completion of the advanced communication network that transforms 15.8 miles of the Atlanta Beltline into a smart city corridor. EXquared working with Atlanta Beltlining there to design and deploy the communications network consisting of a multi-depth and fiber optic network system. And exciting news out of the lion city, enterprises, cloud providers, multinationals seeking color capacity in Singapore now have an exciting new option, big data exchange or BDX, one of the fastest growing data center clusters in Asia Pacific, just announcing completion the first phase of capacity upgrade at SIN1, the company's award-winning Singapore data center. Stream data center is an industry leader delivering turnkey powered shell and builds a suit data center solutions for global enterprises proud to announce its recent recognition of with an EPA certification. Yes, the US environment protection agency ordered streams Chicago data center in Elk Grove Village with a 2021 designed to earn the energy star certificate of achievement. Talking Chicago, of course, the largest, third largest city in the US now home to Crosslake Fibers new on ramp location at 350 Eastern map. Of course, we know the CIRMAP, the major data center, key location for financial service firms, network service providers. Now customers can gain access to Crosslake's philosophy trading network platform with a multitude of asset engines housed in a near 350 Eastern map. And shifting now to pandemic stories we have of course the pandemic shedding a light on the digital inequities in communities across America. YMCA seeking to keep communities connected by developing programming that increases internet access for all people they serve. They reached out and worked with Horizon a fiber optic broadband company operating out of Columbus, Ohio. Horizon selected by the YMCA of central Ohio to provide enhanced dedicated internet access and close to those solutions. Also, as we know, our home serving triple duty these days for play, learning hubs, consolidated communications, meeting that demand by bringing fiber upgrades to more than 300,000 residents this year across seven states and the work well underway. Most recently completed work includes buildouts in Vermont and California that will upgrade existing speeds or bring symmetrical one gig internet to new locations entirely. This upgrade from the new fiber builds are part of a five year fiber to the premises plan announced last December. Which is going to upgrade 1.6 million locations across consolidated 23 state footprint. Unbelievable. Congrats guys. And again, signing the times we need to pivot during this pandemic. Well, ComStar technologies created a versatile and effective solution the ComStar collaboration card which was just named a 2021 pandemic tech innovations award winner. So congrats ComStar that collaboration card created after a client sports and fitness industry leader reached out to ComStar seeking a solution for their immunocompromised members. Love that. For us in Sullivan, just called it guys. NetSafiens, the San Diego B2B provider of UCAS and contact center solutions to service providers is the third party platform provider with the fastest growth rate in North America ranked fourth by UCAS seats overall in North America. NetSafiens now part of the conversation that includes other big names such as Cisco, Mitel and Microsoft. Congrats NetSafiens. And congrats also to Connected to Fibre. We love those guys. We at that company named Ink Magazine's annual list of the best workplaces for 2021. Also note server farm launched its new podcast the future of data centers. That's a mini podcast series from the viewpoint of server farmers and data growers. One to definitely check out lots of talk there regarding its sustainability mission too. Great topic today. And congratulations to our media partner Interclobix Magazine releasing its success shoe of the coveted publication. Mind you, one of the best features there. They sit down with the father of the internet and Google chief internet evangelist Ben Surf who shares his perspective on how the internet is changing the socioeconomic paradigm. Definitely a story not to miss. So check that out Interclobix Magazine. All right guys, that's a wrap for your monthly news headlines in three minutes top. Itch. I'm James Godoxiah of JSA and happy networking.