US data centre biz Digital Realty is proposing a takeover of Dutch colocation flogger Interxion for an eye-popping $8.4bn.The move comes 22 months after Digital Realty's $7.6bn all-stock deal to snaffle DuPont Fabros in late 2017 – one of the fattest data centre buys that year – and around 11 months since the slurp of Brazil-based bit barn biz Ascenty for $2.25bn.The latest proposal will be a boost for Digital Realty's capacity in Europe, where it currently has a presence in four cities. Interxion will add 13 cities to this list, and take the local operation to anticipated revenue of $1.1bn, behind the biggest player in the continent, Equinix at $1.8bn.Interxion shareholders will get 0.7067 Digital Realty shares for each stock they own. The purchase values Interxion shares at $93.48 a piece, considerably higher than yesterday's price of $88.67.
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