Levono gets green light for IBM x86 purchase

August 26, 2014

It seems that Levono are extremely happy with the continuing acquisition of IBM’s hardware. After the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment approved the $2.3 billion purchase, Levono announced their new offices in Danbury, Connecticut.

Lenovo, which has locations in China and North Carolina, leased more than 10,000 square feet worth of office space in the Lee Farm Corporate Park in June. Company officials said at the time that the location would be used for sales and marketing efforts in anticipation of future business needs and brings the company closer to its customers in the northeast.

Company officials declined to comment Monday on the level of staffing in the office or whether those future business needs could include the x86 server business.

Lenovo, which has annual sales of more than $34 billion, acquired IBM’s personal computing division including the ThinkPad brand in 2005 for a deal reportedly worth more than $1.2 billion in cash and stock.

Officials with IBM also declined to comment Monday on the pending deal or what it could mean for the area. The company has a major data center located in four buildings on a campus in Southbury as well as executive offices in Somers, N.Y.