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Read A $1.5 Billion Data Center in Niagara Falls is Being Planned
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A $1.5 Billion Data Center in Niagara Falls is Being Planned

June 29, 2022 New York

Urbacon and Niagara Falls Redevelopment (NFR) have announced plans for a $1.5 billion data center park on land in Niagara Falls, New York City. Urbacon is an Ontario-based construction company with an excellent track record of developing massive data center campuses in Richmond Hill, Montreal,...

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Read Virginia’s Warren County considers adding data centers to zoning laws
Virginia’s Warren County considers adding data centers to zoning laws

Virginia’s Warren County considers adding data centers to zoning laws

June 17, 2022 Northern Virginia

Virginia's Warren County officials have announced that they are considering a proposal to amend zoning laws which could lead to a new wave of data center development in the County, in the northwest of the state and west of Loudoun and Fauquier Counties. As per the proposal, an amendment would be...

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Read Compass Data Centers announces plans for over 10 million sq ft of data centers
Compass Data Centers announces plans for over 10 million sq ft of data centers

Compass Data Centers announces plans for over 10 million sq ft of data centers

June 17, 2022 Northern Virginia

It has been confirmed that Compass Data Centers is one of the companies that is involved in the Prince William Digital Gateway Project in Virginia, a plan that is steeped in controversy and would see over 2,000 acres of land in the County used for data center construction. If the plan is given...

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Read Material and labor shortages in the data center
Material and labor shortages in the data center

Material and labor shortages in the data center

June 14, 2022 San Francisco Bay Area

As the need for data grows and grows, demand for data center construction is as strong as ever, however, the boom is being hampered by a number of factors, including supply and labor shortages, and price hikes. In a recent report named 'Data center market conditions update - Q1, 2022,'...

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Read Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants
Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants

Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants

June 13, 2022 New York

The New York Legislature has passed a landmark bill to ban cryptocurrency data centers that use fossil fuels to power their operations, in an effort to reduce statewide emissions by 85% by 2050. Specifically, the bill will impose a two-year moratorium on these activities, however, Governor Kathy...

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Read iM Critical Opens Data Center in Miami
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iM Critical Opens Data Center in Miami

June 10, 2022 Miami

iM Critical has announced the opening of its new data center in Miami, Florida. The 9,290 square meter (100,000 square foot) data center building offers 5MW capacity and more than 5,575 square meters (60,000 square feet) of colocation space. The CEO of iM Critical, Michael Roark, said the Miami...

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Read Bristow Officials To Allow Data Center Development on Stanley Martin’s Devlin Technology Park
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Bristow Officials To Allow Data Center Development on Stanley Martin’s Devlin Technology Park

May 30, 2022 Northern Virginia

Bristow’s officials have voted in favor of a Comprehensive Plan Amendment. This amendment could see the development of a 4.25 million square feet data center campus in the area. Stanley Martin, a Virginia-based developer, is looking to have over 250 acres in Prince William County rezoned. The...

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Read Atmos Energy and its natural gas-powered fuel cell
Atmos Energy and its natural gas-powered fuel cell

Atmos Energy and its natural gas-powered fuel cell

May 20, 2022 Texas

Atmos Energy has announced that it has installed a 460-kilowatt natural gas powered-fuel cell at its corporate data center, located in Dallas, Texas. According to the company, the fuel cell will be powered by methane-derived natural gas, which will be captured at landfills and livestock farms,...

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Read DataBank To Develop a 40MW Data Center at Newly Acquired Property
DataBank To Develop a 40MW Data Center at Newly Acquired Property

DataBank To Develop a 40MW Data Center at Newly Acquired Property

May 18, 2022 DataBank

DataBank has announced the acquisition of an existing data center and 18-acre land in Atlanta, Georgia. The property acquired is located at 200 Selig Drive, Atlanta. Although the company did not reveal the transaction terms, CoStar reports that DataBank paid $10.9 million for the property. The...

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Read iM Critical Starts Work on its Pittsburgh Modular Edge Campus
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iM Critical Starts Work on its Pittsburgh Modular Edge Campus

May 18, 2022 Pittsburgh

iM Critical has begun constructing a modular Edge data center campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The data center campus will have three buildings when fully built out. It will also include EV charging stations and on-site solar power. iM Critical says the data center will support more than 35kW...

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Read Application for 277-acres of data center development filed in Nokesville
Application for 277-acres of data center development filed in Nokesville

Application for 277-acres of data center development filed in Nokesville

May 11, 2022 Northern Virginia

According to a report by Inside NoVa, an application has been filed in Nokesville, in Virginia’s Prince William County, for 277-acres of data center development. The application, submitted by the House family, seeks to change their property designation from an agricultural estate to a...

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Read Triple Double and Stonerock Capital Partners Acquire Two Properties in Miami Including a Cogent-occupied Facility
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Triple Double and Stonerock Capital Partners Acquire Two Properties in Miami Including a Cogent-occupied Facility

May 09, 2022 Miami

Stonerock Capital Partners and Triple Double have completed the acquisition of two properties in downtown Miami. The properties are located at 200 SE 1st Street and 44 W. Flagler Street. They paid $56.7 million for both properties. The 200 SE 1st property is a 12-story, 13,200 square meter...

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Read Riot Blockchain's 1GW cryptomining farm in Texas
Riot Blockchain's 1GW cryptomining farm in Texas

Riot Blockchain's 1GW cryptomining farm in Texas

May 03, 2022 Texas

Riot Blockchain Inc. has announced that it is going to build a new cryptomine data center in Texas, on a 265-acre site that will utilize 1GW of energy, with an initial capacity of 400MW. According to reports, if used at full capacity constantly, the facility would consume the same amount of...

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Read iM Critical To Develop 10MW Data Center Campus in Pittsburgh
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iM Critical To Develop 10MW Data Center Campus in Pittsburgh

April 27, 2022 Pittsburgh

iM Critical has announced its plans to develop a modular data center campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The campus will be developed on a 5.4-acre site. In addition, it will provide 10MW in capacity. According to the company, the first phase of development will offer 3MW, and it will come online...

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Read DataBank Is Expanding its SNA2 Facility
DataBank Is Expanding its SNA2 Facility

DataBank Is Expanding its SNA2 Facility

April 20, 2022 DataBank

DataBank has announced that it is expanding its SNA2 data center in Irvine, California. The expansion will see the company add 4MW of critical power and 24,000 square feet (2,200 square meters) of raised floor space. The facility currently offers 4MW of critical power and 3,100 square meters...

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Read 685,404 sq ft Data Center in Sterling, Virginia, Coming after Rezoning Approval
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685,404 sq ft Data Center in Sterling, Virginia, Coming after Rezoning Approval

April 14, 2022 Northern Virginia

Another data center is coming to Sterling, Northern Virginia, as county officials have approved a rezoning request in the area. Long Drive Land Company LLC sought to rezone up to 39.82 acres of land in Loudoun County to develop a data center with up to 63,675 square meters (685,404 square feet)...

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Read 'Trash-powered' data center campus on its way to East London
'Trash-powered' data center campus on its way to  East London

'Trash-powered' data center campus on its way to East London

April 12, 2022 London

Stratus Data Centres has announced its intention to construct two 18MW Tier III data centers on a brownfield site at Belvedere, South East London, part of Riverside Energy Park. The Riverside Energy Park is a development of waste management firm Cory, which, it says, intends to meet "London's...

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Read PRP Buys Land in Manassas To Develop Three Data Centers
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PRP Buys Land in Manassas To Develop Three Data Centers

April 11, 2022 Northern Virginia

According to BizJournal, PRP has completed the acquisition of 22 acres of land in Prince William County, Virginia. The property is located at 7816 Bethlehem Road in Manassas. The Real estate firm paid $22 million to Allan Myers for the property. It is also negotiating for another 13 acres with...

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Read DataBank is Expanding SAN1 Data Center To Meet Demands
DataBank is Expanding SAN1 Data Center To Meet Demands

DataBank is Expanding SAN1 Data Center To Meet Demands

March 22, 2022 DataBank San Diego SAN1

DataBank has announced that it is expanding its SAN1 facility in San Diego, California. The data center is located at 12270 World Trade Drive. DataBank will be adding 3,700 square meters (40,000 square feet) of raised floor space to the facility. By so doing, SAN1 will have a total capacity of...

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Read Publix Wants To Develop a $40 Million Data Center in Florida
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Publix Wants To Develop a $40 Million Data Center in Florida

March 21, 2022 Miami

Publix has plans to develop a data center at a former FedEx building in Florida. According to reports, the Supermarket chain is looking to invest $40 million in the building located in Polk County, Florida. However, the details of the project aren’t concrete enough at this time, as Publix claims...

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