TOP STORIES FOR SEPTEMBER, 2000:

Exodus Buys Global Center
$6.5 billion deal will create 'Web hosting powerhouse' (Sept. 28, News.com)

BandX to Acquire TeleGeography
Online telecom database products planned (Sept. 27)

France Telecom to Build U.S. Network
Will invest $200M in DWDM infrastructure (Sept. 27)

Level 3, COLO.COM Partner in 10 Facilities
Cross-marketing initiative planned (Sept. 27)

LayerOne Leases Space in Atlanta Carrier Hotel
Takes 16,000 s.f. in NEXUS facility (Sept. 26)

Digital Island Plans Major Dallas Center
Integrator plans 100,000 s.f. facility (Sept. 26)

InFlow Opens St. Louis Facility
Debuts 20,000 s.f. space in growing market (Sept. 26)

Metromedia Plans Nine More Centers
Seattle, Los Angeles, Boston top list (Sept. 26)

AT&T Announces Phoenix Expansion
Opens 100,000 s.f. data center in Mesa (Sept. 20)

ColoConnection Leases First Site
Terremark unit will open Santa Clara site next year (Sept. 20)

Wavve Sacramento Center Opens
Center will host firm's U.S. operations (Sept. 20)

iBiz Launches Phoenix Center
Facility will house 1,200 servers (Sept. 19)

IBM, Equinix Team Up in 4 Metro Areas
Deal is worth $90 million (Sept. 19)

Verio Unveils Northern Virginia Building
Site is company's fourth in D.C. metro market (Sept. 19)

Telehouse Expands NYC Facility
Adds 40,000 s.f. to Broadway Center space (Sept. 18)

IBM Exec Named CityReach CEO
Addanki headed e-hosting in Europe, Africa (Sept. 18)

FirstWorld Launches Irvine Data Center
Adds 30,000 s.f. to network with ninth facility (Sept. 12)

Level 3 Sells Out Sunnyvale Center
Company already planning third Silicon Valley facility (Sept. 11)

West Palm Building to Become Carrier Hotel
TQ buys Meridian Building, S&DFC takes two floors (FloridaBiz, Sept. 7)

Telcordia, Terremark Partner on Miami NAP
Access point cited as gateway to Latin America (Sept. 7)

Telecom Center Planned in Houston
Koontz/McCombs and Insignia/ESG purchase 216,000 s.f. site (Inman, Sept. 7)

Intermedia Breakup Likely
Digex seen as lynchpin of $6 billion WorldCom deal
(TampaBay Online, Sept. 7)

Magazine: NYC is World's Top Telecom Hub
Eight of top 20 cities are in North America (Sept. 6)

Level 3 Starts Work on Second Boston Facility
Center will add 500,000 s.f. to metro presence (Sept. 6)

SAVVIS, COLO.COM Will Partner
Deal spurs deployment of new colocation service to 12 cities (Sept. 5)

Schmid to head Inflow Marketing
Joins hosting provider from Rhthyms NetConnections (Sept. 5)

AT&T, IBM in Web hosting deal
$450M agreement gives Big Blue space in AT&T data centers. (News.com, Sept. 5). Early reaction is mixed, says TechWeb.

WorldCom to buy Intermedia
$6 billion deal will include Digex (MSNBC.com, Sept. 5)

E-Business Alters ABCs of Real Estate
(New York Times)
"Telecom hotels" are changing the nature of deals in the commercial market. Lead story of NYT's Real Estate section (Sept. 3)