Sources: Twitter is leaving at least 12 international offices due to closures or not paying rent, including in Hong Kong, Mexico, Ghana, Australia, and India (Kali Hays/Insider)

David Seeley / Dallas Innovates:
An investor group led by Swiss Life and others agree to pay $1.5B for a 35% stake in DataBank, which owns 65+ data centers and 20 interconnection hubs in the US  —  DataBank—a leader of the booming data center market, with over 65 data centers and 20 interconnection hubs in over two dozen metros …

Kali Hays / Insider:
SEC filing: Jack Dorsey has agreed to rollover his remaining 2.4% in Twitter, worth over $1B, into X Holdings, an amount Elon Musk won’t have to pay  —  – Dorsey left his second stint as CEO of Twitter last year.  — A co-founder of the platform and friend of Musk, he’s been supportive of the $44 billion takeover.

Kali Hays / Insider:
A comedian, who is a verified user, puts Twitter’s moderation practices to the test by starting the #TrumpIsDead hashtag, which began trending on Tuesday  —  – A comedian intentionally started the claim, in what could be a test for Elon Musk.  — The claim was trending on Twitter.

Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal:
Hong Kong officials and legislators criticize Google over a pro-democracy song, “Glory to Hong Kong”, appearing among the top results for the national anthem  —  Officials and lawmakers call on company to alter its results page to show China’s national anthem instead of a song made popular by antigovernment protesters

Bradley Saacks / Semafor:
Sources: Sam Bankman-Fried and most of his inner circle are still in the Bahamas but many senior FTX executives left for Hong Kong and elsewhere in recent days  —  Bradley is a Business & Finance reporter for Semafor, joining us from Business Insider.  Sign up for Semafor Business to get his scoops and coverage of the industry.

ProPublica:
Many big US property managers use RealPage’s YieldStar software to set rent prices, raising questions about potential collusion in violation of federal law  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.