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Read Thames Water launches probe into data center water use in London
Thames Water launches probe into data center water use in London

Thames Water launches probe into data center water use in London

August 30, 2022 London

It has been revealed that Thames Water has launched a probe into the water use of data centers in the UK's capital, following the utility company’s discovery that UK data centers have been using drinking water to cool down their servers. The news of review comes as the UK’s hosepipe ban comes...

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Read Kennedy Wilson To Develop a 73MW Data Center in Slough, UK
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Kennedy Wilson To Develop a 73MW Data Center in Slough, UK

August 23, 2022 London: Slough

A 73MW data center campus is being planned outside Slough, UK. Developers plan to demolish many office buildings that are not commercially viable to develop the facility. Kennedy Wilson’s affiliate Kwere II filed with the South Buckinghamshire council to develop the data center campus at...

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Read Dominion to reconnect new data center connections in eastern Loudoun
Dominion to reconnect new data center connections in eastern Loudoun

Dominion to reconnect new data center connections in eastern Loudoun

August 19, 2022 Northern Virginia

Dominion, the primary power provider in Loudoun county, has announced that although Loudoun County's data center industry outpaces its capacity to deliver electricity, there is a way forward. In a conversation with Biz Journals, Bob Blue, Dominion's president and CEO, said that the company had...

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Read CyrusOne: Approval granted for Science-Based Carbon Target from SBTi
CyrusOne: Approval granted for Science-Based Carbon Target from SBTi

CyrusOne: Approval granted for Science-Based Carbon Target from SBTi

August 18, 2022 CyrusOne

CyrusOne has announced that it has received approval of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction target by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), reaffirming its commitment to the target of reducing absolute Scope 1 (fuels) and Scope 2 (electricity) GHG emissions by 38% by 2030 from a...

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Read Land meant for data center infrastructure in Fort Worth rezoned
Land meant for data center infrastructure in Fort Worth rezoned

Land meant for data center infrastructure in Fort Worth rezoned

August 18, 2022 Texas

According to reports, a parcel of land in Fort Worth, Texas, has been rezoned for residential and light industrial developments. Previously, the 361 acres of land was set aside for digital infrastructure and data center development, however this was never capitalized on. Specifically, the land...

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Read South Dublin Council & Peter Burke in dispute over data center ban
South Dublin Council & Peter Burke in dispute over data center ban

South Dublin Council & Peter Burke in dispute over data center ban

August 17, 2022 Dublin

A dispute has arisen between Irish Minister for Planning Peter Burke and South Dublin County Councillors over its ban on new data centers in the county. Burke had claimed last month that the county’s decision to make data centers “not permitted” use in the new county development plan breached...

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Read Eurofiber Cloud Infra employs circular economy principles
Eurofiber Cloud Infra employs circular economy principles

Eurofiber Cloud Infra employs circular economy principles

August 15, 2022 Netherlands

Eurofiber Cloud Infra has announced that it is exploring employing circular economy principles in association with housing corporation Volkshuisvesting, infra-specialist for new energy Firan, and Eurofiber-owned Dataplace, for its data center in Arnhem, the Netherlands. The three have partnered...

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Read Segro applies to build new data center park in Slough, UK
Segro applies to build new data center park in Slough, UK

Segro applies to build new data center park in Slough, UK

August 09, 2022 London: Slough

Segro has announced that it has applied to build a new data center park, near Slough, UK. Details outline that the park will span 65,000 sqm (700,000 sq ft) and be located within the Thorney Business Park in Iver. According to the planning statement, the proposed building (DC1) is also...

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Read Frankfurt: Plans for environmental data center zoning updated
Frankfurt: Plans for environmental data center zoning updated

Frankfurt: Plans for environmental data center zoning updated

August 08, 2022 Frankfurt

Frankfurt recently announced an updated plan for commercial developments in the city, which will place a limitation on cloud and colocation data center buildings. This comes as a response to concerns around their land and energy usage. Alongside this announcement, the city also outlined its...

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Read Prince William County officials grant rezoning request for four million sqft data center campus in Bristow
Prince William County officials grant rezoning request for four million sqft data center campus in Bristow

Prince William County officials grant rezoning request for four million sqft data center campus in Bristow

August 04, 2022 Northern Virginia

The ever-expanding data center hub in Prince William County is to see another addition, after Prince William County Officials voted 6-1 to grant a rezoning request for a planned four million sqft data center campus in Bristow. The data center developer is Stanley Martin, which, according to...

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Read The Greater London Authority to halt housing developments due to lack of electricity capacity
The Greater London Authority to halt housing developments due to lack of electricity capacity

The Greater London Authority to halt housing developments due to lack of electricity capacity

August 02, 2022 London

In the wake of a housing crisis, the Greater London Authority (GLA) has informed developers must halt new housing projects, with talk of a potential ban that could last until 2035, in response to energy constraints caused by data centers. Ealing, Hounslow and Hillingdon, which contributed to 11%...

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Read Dominion Energy and data center capacity issues
Dominion Energy and data center capacity issues

Dominion Energy and data center capacity issues

August 01, 2022 Northern Virginia

Dominion Energy, a Northern American utility company, has warned that it may be unable to serve new data center projects in Ashburn, Northern Virginia. According to reports, this could mean that projects, which have seen tens of millions of dollars worth of investment, are stalled and potentially...

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Read Prince William County Planning Commission delves into PW Digital Gateway data center proposal
Prince William County Planning Commission delves into PW Digital Gateway data center proposal

Prince William County Planning Commission delves into PW Digital Gateway data center proposal

July 29, 2022 Northern Virginia

Prince William County officials have begun to delve into the PW Digital Gateway data center proposal in its first public review. Since it was first proposed, the project has been controversial. Proponents argue that the project will bring significant financial gains for the area, while opponents...

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Read American Real Estate Partners (AREP) launches a new data center division called PowerHouse Data Centers
American Real Estate Partners (AREP) launches a new data center division called PowerHouse Data Centers

American Real Estate Partners (AREP) launches a new data center division called PowerHouse Data Centers

July 28, 2022 Northern Virginia

American Real Estate Partners (AREP) has announced that it has launched a new data center division named PowerHouse Data Centers, with Luke Kipfer as Vice President of Data Center Development and Construction and Jarrett Appleby as Data Center Strategy Consultant and Senior Advisor. According to...

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Read Stoneshield looking to Raise €300 million ($307.3m) to Fund 100MW Madrid Campus
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Stoneshield looking to Raise €300 million ($307.3m) to Fund 100MW Madrid Campus

July 25, 2022 Madrid

According to Cinco Dias, Spanish data center developer Xdata is looking to offload a stake in its company to help fund its 100MW Madrid data center campus development. The company has reportedly contacted CBRE and Morgan Stanley to seek an investor. Stoneshield established XData Properties in...

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Read Noise pollution from Prince William data center riles locals
Noise pollution from Prince William data center riles locals

Noise pollution from Prince William data center riles locals

July 22, 2022 Northern Virginia

Prince William County, North Virginia, is often in the spotlight when it comes to locals' gripes and complaints regarding noise and environmental pollution. With the number of facilities in the area growing year on year, a recent report in June estimated that by 2035, the County could run out of...

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Read Singapore authorities to begin taking applications for new data centers
Singapore authorities to begin taking applications for new data centers

Singapore authorities to begin taking applications for new data centers

July 22, 2022 Singapore

Singapore has announced the end of its data center moratorium and is now accepting new applications for facilities, following Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Economic Development Board's (EDB) pilot scheme launch. The moratorium was originally put in place back in 2019 due to...

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Read Loudoun County is updating its guidelines for future data center development
Loudoun County is updating its guidelines for future data center development

Loudoun County is updating its guidelines for future data center development

July 22, 2022 Northern Virginia

Loudoun County, which currently has more data centers than anywhere else in the world, is reportedly updating its guidelines around the development of future data centers in response to the incredible industry growth at work in the area and opposition from locals over noise pollution and data...

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Read SiteGround announces it has opened a new data center in Spain
SiteGround announces it has opened a new data center in Spain

SiteGround announces it has opened a new data center in Spain

July 18, 2022 Madrid

Web hosting service, SiteGround, has announced that it has opened a new data center in Madrid, Spain, the seventh SiteGround data center to open around the world and the fourth in Europe. In addition to the new facility, the company also announced the expansion of its content delivery network in...

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Read ERCOT requests Bitcoin miners switch off to reduce energy consumption in extreme heatwave
ERCOT requests Bitcoin miners switch off to reduce energy consumption in extreme heatwave

ERCOT requests Bitcoin miners switch off to reduce energy consumption in extreme heatwave

July 15, 2022 Texas

Texas is currently experiencing record temperatures, with the state hitting triple figures last week. Waco, for example, reached 108F, beating the 104F high set a century ago back in 1917. Last month, for instance, over a third of those in the US were urged to stay inside. This news comes as...

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