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Read Amazon Granted Approval For Rezoning of 243 Acres in Culpeper County, Virginia
Amazon Granted Approval For Rezoning of 243 Acres in Culpeper County, Virginia

Amazon Granted Approval For Rezoning of 243 Acres in Culpeper County, Virginia

April 07, 2022 Amazon AWS

Great news for AWS as the company has had its rezoning request in Culpeper County approved. The company requested 243 acres of farmland in the Northern Virginian town of Stevensburg, and the Board responsible for voting on the decision voted 4-3 in AWS’ favor. AWS plans to develop a data center...

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Read KKR & GIC Make History By Closing CyrusOne's Acquisition for $15bn
KKR & GIC Make History By Closing CyrusOne's Acquisition for $15bn

KKR & GIC Make History By Closing CyrusOne's Acquisition for $15bn

April 04, 2022 CyrusOne

KKR & Global Infrastructure Partners have announced that they have completed and closed the acquisition of CyrusOne. The acquisition sees the public company become private. The acquisition fee is $15 billion, making it the largest Merger and Acquisition deal in the data center industry...

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Read Meta To Develop $800m Data Center in Temple, Texas
Meta To Develop $800m Data Center in Temple, Texas

Meta To Develop $800m Data Center in Temple, Texas

April 01, 2022 Meta

Meta is going to develop a data center in Temple, Texas. The social media giant plans to develop the new facility on a 393-acre site located off Industrial Blvd. and NW H K Dodgen Loop. When completed, the new data center will have up to 83,600 square meters (900,000 square feet) of space. Work...

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Read Meta Puts The Zeewolde Data Center Development on Hold Due To Political Opposition
Meta Puts The Zeewolde Data Center Development on Hold Due To Political Opposition

Meta Puts The Zeewolde Data Center Development on Hold Due To Political Opposition

March 31, 2022 Meta

Meta has finally announced that it is pausing its plans for a mega data center in the Netherlands. The company said it would not be going forward with its plans for the facility in Zeewolde until further notice. Facebook gained approval for the facility from the Zeewolde council. However, it...

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Read Work begins on solar farm that will power Meta's Tennessee campus
Work begins on solar farm that will power Meta's Tennessee campus

Work begins on solar farm that will power Meta's Tennessee campus

March 30, 2022 Meta

Construction on the ​​solar farm that will supply Meta's Gallatin data centers with renewable energy is underway; it has been announced. Based in Madison County, Tennessee, the farm will see an investment of upwards of $90 million, which will be funded, owned, operated, and maintained by...

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Read Meta confirms data center Missouri plans
Meta confirms data center Missouri plans

Meta confirms data center Missouri plans

March 28, 2022 Meta

Meta has confirmed that it will indeed be a tenant at the Golden Plains Technology Park and intends to build a data center at the location in Kansas City, Missouri. The giant said that construction on the facility has begun, and that it expects it to be operational in 2024. According to reports,...

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Read Meta Confirms Development of $800m Data Center in Kansas City
Meta Confirms Development of $800m Data Center in Kansas City

Meta Confirms Development of $800m Data Center in Kansas City

March 25, 2022 Meta

Meta has confirmed that it would be developing a data center in Kansas City. The Kansas City Area Development Council announced that the social media giant has chosen Kansas for its next data center development. Meta will be starting work at the site soon and the data center is scheduled to be in...

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Read Another racist incident recorded at Facebook's Utah data center
Another racist incident recorded at Facebook's Utah data center

Another racist incident recorded at Facebook's Utah data center

March 24, 2022 Meta

Further controversy ensues at the construction site of Meta's data center in Eagle Mountain, Utah, with the discovery of a noose. This is not the first time racist activity has been found to be occurring on the site. Back in November, racist graffiti was written across the site's toilets....

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Read Report Shows Switch is Considering Sale of Its Business
Report Shows Switch is Considering Sale of Its Business

Report Shows Switch is Considering Sale of Its Business

March 22, 2022 Switch

According to Bloomberg, Switch Inc. is mulling over different strategic options, including a potential sale. Reports show that the firm is working with advisers to determine the best option. The company is currently valued at over $7 billion. Cowen analysts wrote to clients earlier in the month...

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Read Facebook's Meta to build $1 billion facility for the Metaverse
Facebook's Meta to build $1 billion facility for the Metaverse

Facebook's Meta to build $1 billion facility for the Metaverse

March 18, 2022 Meta

As Meta gets underway with its Metaverse plans, it has announced that it will be investing $1 billion in a new data center campus in Castilla La Mancha in the Toledo region of Spain, which will form the basis of the project. The facility will reportedly be built on a 191-hectare parcel of land....

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Read CyrusOne joins the orchard initiative
CyrusOne joins the orchard initiative

CyrusOne joins the orchard initiative

March 18, 2022 CyrusOne

As more and more companies in the digital infrastructure sector realize the efforts required to change the trajectory of our planet’s path, more are joining different eco projects to contribute to the transformation. CyrusOne is one of these companies and has announced that it has joined Host in...

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Read AWS To Invest £1.8 billion in The UK
AWS To Invest £1.8 billion in The UK

AWS To Invest £1.8 billion in The UK

March 18, 2022 Amazon AWS

AWS has announced its plans to invest up to £1.8 billion ($2.37bn) in the UK over the next two years. The funds will go into developing and operating data centers. Worthy of note is that the company did not reveal how it would specifically spend the funds. A blog post by the company said it would...

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Read Amazon's Closes MGM $8.5bn Acquisition
Amazon's Closes MGM $8.5bn Acquisition

Amazon's Closes MGM $8.5bn Acquisition

March 18, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon has closed the acquisition of the US media company Metro Goldwyn Meyer (MGM). The transaction was worth $8.5 billion. The primary goal of the deal is to strengthen its Prime Video division. However, it also secures another cloud contract for AWS. AWS and MGM started working together in...

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Read Amazon Proposal For Land Rezoning in Culpeper County Denied
Amazon Proposal For Land Rezoning in Culpeper County Denied

Amazon Proposal For Land Rezoning in Culpeper County Denied

March 14, 2022 Amazon AWS

The Culpeper County Planning Commission has denied Amazon's proposal to rezone over 200 acres of land in Stevensburg, Virginia, for data center use. The commission voted 5-4 against the company's proposal. It wasn't an easy decision for the council as the discussions and decision took over 5...

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Read Meta To Develop a €1bn Data Center in Toledo, Spain
Meta To Develop a €1bn Data Center in Toledo, Spain

Meta To Develop a €1bn Data Center in Toledo, Spain

March 14, 2022 Meta

Meta is developing a €1 billion ($1.1bn) data center campus in Spain. The social media giant says the facility will be developed near Talavera de la Reina, in the Toledo region. Emiliano Garcia-Page, the socialist president of Toledo, was happy about the development and said the project would...

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Read Skybox's Pflugerville data center could see up to $548M in investment
Skybox's Pflugerville data center could see up to $548M in investment

Skybox's Pflugerville data center could see up to $548M in investment

March 11, 2022 Skybox Datacenters

Skybox Data Centers has announced it is partnering with Prologis to develop a data center in Austin, Texas. This news comes following Pflugerville City Council approving an economic development performance agreement between the Pflugerville Community Development Corp. and Skybox. As per this...

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Read Meta/Facebook is Project Velvet's First Tenant
Meta/Facebook is Project Velvet's First Tenant

Meta/Facebook is Project Velvet's First Tenant

March 11, 2022 Meta

According to Biz Journal, Meta will be the first tenant at the new large data center campus in Kansas, Missouri. Plans for a Golden Plains Technology Park, also known as Project Velvet, were first submitted in 2021. The developer has plans for a 510,000 square meters (5.5 million square feet)...

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Read DataBank is Expanding its Las Vegas Data Center
DataBank is Expanding its Las Vegas Data Center

DataBank is Expanding its Las Vegas Data Center

March 10, 2022 DataBank

DataBank has announced that it will be expanding its LAS1 data center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The facility is located at 7185 Pollock Drive. DataBank will add 929 square meters (10,000 square feet) of data center space to the facility. Upon completion of the expansion, the data center’s total space...

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Read AWS says it will share its emissions data
AWS says it will share its emissions data

AWS says it will share its emissions data

March 04, 2022 Amazon AWS

In a bid to catch up with competitors Microsoft Azure and Google, AWS has announced the launch of a new free carbon tracker tool for customers. This tool, ​​the 'Customer Carbon Footprint Tool' comes as part of its commitment to The Climate Pledge and will enable its cloud customers to track,...

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Read DataBank Acquires Four CyrusOne Data Centers For $670M
DataBank Acquires Four CyrusOne Data Centers For $670M

DataBank Acquires Four CyrusOne Data Centers For $670M

March 03, 2022 DataBank

DataBank has announced that it has completed and closed the acquisition of four data centers from CyrusOne. The data centers are all located in Houston, Texas. The deal was also worth $670 million. DataBank sees over 300,000 square feet of raised-floor data center capacity through the...

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