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Read EdgeConneX Granted Property Tax Break For its 22MW data center in Elk Grove
EdgeConneX Granted Property Tax Break For its 22MW data center in Elk Grove

EdgeConneX Granted Property Tax Break For its 22MW data center in Elk Grove

February 01, 2022 EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX is developing a new data center in Elk Grove, Illinois. It has also been granted property tax breaks for the facility. The Elk Grove Village officials met last week and endorsed a proposed Cook County property tax for the company. EdgeConneX plans to develop a 22MW data center on the...

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Read Meta signs wind PPA in Iowa
Meta signs wind PPA in Iowa

Meta signs wind PPA in Iowa

January 26, 2022 Meta

In its latest move towards attaining more green credentials, Meta has announced the signing of a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Apex for its 225-MW Great Pathfinder Wind project in Iowa. This is the energy company’s fifth deal with the social media giant. According to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, as...

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Read The Dublin City Council Challenges AWS' Plans For Another Data Center
The Dublin City Council Challenges AWS' Plans For Another Data Center

The Dublin City Council Challenges AWS' Plans For Another Data Center

January 25, 2022 Amazon AWS

Plans for another Amazon Web Services data center in Dublin, Ireland, are at risk of being stopped by the local council. The council asked AWS for proof that another data center would not over-saturate the area. AWS plans to build some facilities in north Dublin near its existing data center...

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Read Verizon signs seven Power Purchase Agreements
Verizon signs seven Power Purchase Agreements

Verizon signs seven Power Purchase Agreements

January 22, 2022 Verizon Enterprise

As it expands its usage of green energy, Verizon, has announced that it has signed seven new Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for renewable energy representing 910MW. The company's sustainability goals are to have carbon neutrality across all its operations (scope 1 and 2) by 2035. Renewable...

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Read USDA awards Lumen with a $1.2 billion network services contract
USDA awards Lumen with a $1.2 billion network services contract

USDA awards Lumen with a $1.2 billion network services contract

January 21, 2022 Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies has won a $1.2 billion contract from the US Department of Agriculture. Lumen is to deliver a fully integrated wide-area data transport service to over 9,500 US Department of Agriculture locations across the country and around the world. With this contract, Lumen will offer a...

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Read Verizon expands in Colorado Springs
Verizon expands in Colorado Springs

Verizon expands in Colorado Springs

January 18, 2022 Verizon Enterprise

Verizon has announced that it is expanding its digital footprint with the addition of a second data center in Colorado Springs. The company has submitted a proposal for a 49,000 square-foot (4,500 sqm) data center on Arrowswest Drive in El Paso County, with plans for a potential second phase for...

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Read Facebook's DeKalb data center in first stage of construction
Facebook's DeKalb data center in first stage of construction

Facebook's DeKalb data center in first stage of construction

January 18, 2022 Meta

Facebook’s data center in DeKalb located east of Route 23 and south of Gurler Road, has almost reached its first phase of completion, while the second phase of construction has been approved. According to reports, an initial investment of $800 million has been made, a figure that is likely to...

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Read Skybox Datacenters finishes construction on Illinois data center
Skybox Datacenters finishes construction on Illinois data center

Skybox Datacenters finishes construction on Illinois data center

January 17, 2022 Skybox Datacenters

Construction on Skybox Datacenters's 189,000 sq ft (17,600 sq m) facility Elk Grove Village facility is complete, the company has announced. The project, first announced in March 2021, is the company's first outside of Texas and has a capacity of 30MW. Rob Morris, CEO of Skybox Datacenters, said...

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Read AWS continues to expand its local zones
AWS continues to expand its local zones

AWS continues to expand its local zones

January 14, 2022 Amazon AWS

Ever-growing and expanding its reach, AWS has announced that local zones are now available in Atlanta, Phoenix, and Seattle. This expansion means that the giant now has 17 Edge locations in 16 US metros. Its zones now include Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Las...

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Read Amazon data center in store for Desoto?
Amazon data center in store for Desoto?

Amazon data center in store for Desoto?

January 11, 2022 Amazon AWS

Reports are circulating about Amazon's recent purchase of a 9-acre development site on Hampton Road south of Interstate 20 in DeSoto, southern Dallas County. This latest land acquisition has got people talking about whether the giant is planning another data center, considering its recent and...

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Read Leeward repowers wind farm supplying Amazon with renewable energy
Leeward repowers wind farm supplying Amazon with renewable energy

Leeward repowers wind farm supplying Amazon with renewable energy

January 07, 2022 Amazon AWS

Leeward Renewable Energy LLC has announced that it has completed the repowering of its 54.4-MW Crescent Ridge wind farm in Illinois, which will provide Amazon with renewable energy. This process involved decommissioning nine turbines, installing Vestas turbines, and replacing 24 legacy turbines....

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Read Digital Realty acquires 55% of Teraco and enters South Africa
Digital Realty acquires 55% of Teraco and enters South Africa

Digital Realty acquires 55% of Teraco and enters South Africa

January 07, 2022 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has bought the majority stake in Teraco. The data center giant announced the acquisition of the South African data center company from a consortium of investors, including Permira and Berkshire Partners. The deal sees Teraco valued at about $3.5 billion. The transaction sees...

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Read AWS expands data center footprint in Indonesia with significant investment
AWS expands data center footprint in Indonesia with significant investment

AWS expands data center footprint in Indonesia with significant investment

January 05, 2022 Amazon AWS

Further to AWS announcing that it is establishing its AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region, reports are now circulating that the giant will be investing an estimated $5 billion (IDR$71 trillion) in Indonesia across the 15 years through the region.According to reports, this investment will cover...

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Read $800 million data center for Temple (Bell County)
$800 million data center for Temple (Bell County)

$800 million data center for Temple (Bell County)

December 31, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

Polmer LLC has reportedly signed an economic development agreement with Temple (Bell County) to build one or more new data centers in the area, accompanied by associated facilities. In addition, the company which was recently incorporated has entered into a tax abatement and water and wastewater...

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Read American Tower Finalizes CoreSite Acquisition
American Tower Finalizes CoreSite Acquisition

American Tower Finalizes CoreSite Acquisition

December 31, 2021 American Tower Corporation

American Tower Corporation has announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of CoreSite Realty Corporation. The company completed the acquisition by merging one of its subsidiaries with CoreSite. American Tower funded the transaction through borrowings revolving around term loans...

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Read EdgeConneX strategically invests in China's Chayora
EdgeConneX strategically invests in China's Chayora

EdgeConneX strategically invests in China's Chayora

December 28, 2021 EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX has announced that it has made a strategic investment in Chinese data center company Chayora. The investment will see both EdgeConneX and Chayora offer data center services out of Chayora’s data centers in China. The firm will also expand on the existing data centers across Mainland...

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Read San Jose data center site to be transformed by big developer
San Jose data center site to be transformed by big developer

San Jose data center site to be transformed by big developer

December 17, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it has sold its San Jose data center to developer Hines. Documents filed on December 15 with the Santa Clara County Recorder's Office outline that Hines paid just under $60 million ($59.6 million) for the complex. The building spans 179,800 sqft; meanwhile, the...

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Read AWS: New Indonesian cloud region for Jakarta
AWS: New Indonesian cloud region for Jakarta

AWS: New Indonesian cloud region for Jakarta

December 15, 2021 Amazon AWS

AWS has announced the launch of a new cloud region in Jakarta, Indonesia, and has been created to support the 'fast-growing startup ecosystem, large Indonesian enterprises, and government agencies.' The region is now the tenth active in the Asia Pacific and mainland China after Beijing, Hong...

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Read AWS to develop data center region in Queretaro, Mexico
AWS to develop data center region in Queretaro, Mexico

AWS to develop data center region in Queretaro, Mexico

December 10, 2021 Amazon AWS

According to Bloomberg, Amazon Web Services plans to open a new data center region in Mexico. The report claims AWS is close to signing a deal with the Mexican federal government over opening a new region in Queretaro. Although no date has been set, an official report is expected soon....

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Read AWS announces new AWS Top Secret Region
AWS announces new AWS Top Secret Region

AWS announces new AWS Top Secret Region

December 09, 2021 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has announced another Top Secret cloud region to host classified government data. The new region will operate workloads at the Top-Secret United States security classification level, which is the highest security classification in the US. The new Top-Secret West region will...

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