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Read Edisun to supply AI-driven data centers with power from Madrid solar plant
Edisun to supply AI-driven data centers with power from Madrid solar plant

Edisun to supply AI-driven data centers with power from Madrid solar plant

December 23, 2024 Madrid

European solar power producer Edisun Power plans to direct power from its 941MW Fuencarral solar power plant in Madrid to data centers in the region.The company noted that the additional electricity demand from artificial intelligence and the increasingly stringent European regulations for the...

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Read Centersquare sued by investment manager CenterSquare
Centersquare sued by investment manager CenterSquare

Centersquare sued by investment manager CenterSquare

December 20, 2024 Philadelphia

Philadelphia-based investment manager CenterSquare has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against data center firm Centersquare. The lawsuit, filed on August 24, includes allegations of cybersquatting, or using a domain name too similar to a protected trademark with the intent to profit from...

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Read Data Journey acquires South Carolina data center site
Data Journey acquires South Carolina data center site

Data Journey acquires South Carolina data center site

December 10, 2024 South Carolina

Cryptocurrency and power generation company Greenidge Generation has agreed to sell its 152-acre Spartanburg, South Carolina property to Data Journey for $12.1 million in cash and an 8 percent profit participation interest in a planned data center on the site. Greenidge will support Data Journey...

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Read Vegas Sphere powered by 150 Nvidia RTX A6000 GPUs
Vegas Sphere powered by 150 Nvidia RTX A6000 GPUs

Vegas Sphere powered by 150 Nvidia RTX A6000 GPUs

July 15, 2024 Las Vegas

The Sphere in Las Vegas, popularly known for its globe shape and LED displays that cover 750,000 sq ft (69,677 sqm) inside and out is reportedly powered by 150 of Nvidia's RTX A6000 GPUs with each having a 48GB memory and maximum power consumption of 300W. “Sphere is captivating audiences not...

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Read FC Barcelona and Hewlett Packard Enterprise sign new cloud offering agreement
FC Barcelona and Hewlett Packard Enterprise sign new cloud offering agreement

FC Barcelona and Hewlett Packard Enterprise sign new cloud offering agreement

June 12, 2024 Barcelona

FC Barcelona and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have signed an agreement for the football club to deploy HPE GreenLake and Aruba Networks at its new facilities. Following this agreement, HPE will be the new Espai Barça Official Edge-to-Cloud Partner for the next four seasons, until 30 June...

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Read Atlanta City Council members propose new bill to block data center developments
Atlanta City Council members propose new bill to block data center developments

Atlanta City Council members propose new bill to block data center developments

May 10, 2024 Atlanta

Atlanta City Councilmen Jason Dozier and Matt Westmoreland have introduced bills to block data center developments around certain areas of the Georgia city near transit stops and the Beltline. “Excited to introduce legislation alongside Matt Westmoreland to address the rapid growth of data...

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Read Hydrogen demonstration facility launches in Austin, Texas
Hydrogen demonstration facility launches in Austin, Texas

Hydrogen demonstration facility launches in Austin, Texas

April 29, 2024 Austin

A hydrogen demonstration facility has launched in Austin, Texas and will help provide power to the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) data center via a fuel cell. The project – located at the University of Texas (UT) J.J. Pickle Research Campus in Austin – is a collaboration between GTI...

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Read Edged Energy plans new data center in Texas
Edged Energy plans new data center in Texas

Edged Energy plans new data center in Texas

April 13, 2024 Edged Energy

Edged Energy announced this week that it was pressing ahead with building the data center in Irving. This comes after the Irving City Council voted unanimously in support of the development of a new data center campus in the Dallas Fort Worth area of Texas “Sustainability is at the core of our...

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Read Mapfre sells 10MW facility in Madrid
Mapfre sells 10MW facility in Madrid

Mapfre sells 10MW facility in Madrid

February 23, 2024 Madrid

Spanish insurance firm Mapfre has sold its data center in Madrid. The company received advise on the sale-leaseback deal of its 10MW facility in Alcalá de Henares from CBRE’s Spanish unit. Paul Mortlock, senior director and head of European data center capital markets at CBRE, said, "CBRE's...

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Read Edged Energy starts operations at Barcelona facility
Edged Energy starts operations at Barcelona facility

Edged Energy starts operations at Barcelona facility

January 12, 2024 Barcelona

Edged Energy has commenced operations at its facility in Barcelona, Spain, named ‘Merlin.” The company completed the construction of this facility with a critical load capacity of 16MW and uses 100 percent renewable energy in the fall of 2023. Bryant Farland, CEO of Edged Energy said, “We are...

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Read New supercomputer inaugurated in Barcelona, Spain
New supercomputer inaugurated in Barcelona, Spain

New supercomputer inaugurated in Barcelona, Spain

December 27, 2023 Barcelona

The MareNostrum 5 supercomputer was recently inaugurated in Barcelona, Spain, hosted by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. It cost roughly €151 million to acquire and maintain this supercomputer, a fee which was split evenly between the EU and a Spanish-led consortium which includes Portugal...

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Read Prea obtains authorization for 100MW Berlin data center
Prea obtains authorization for 100MW Berlin data center

Prea obtains authorization for 100MW Berlin data center

September 20, 2023 Berlin

The construction of a 100MW data center in Berlin, Germany, has received planning approval. This week, the German consulting and services firm Prea announced that it has received approval to construct a new data center in Berlin in collaboration with the Dutch developer Van Caem. Four four-story...

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Read Bitcoin Miner GDA opens of three new data centers in South Carolina
Bitcoin Miner GDA opens of three new data centers in South Carolina

Bitcoin Miner GDA opens of three new data centers in South Carolina

August 01, 2023 South Carolina

Genesis Digital Assets (GDA) has announced the opening of three new data centers in South Carolina's Western region. The company is one of the world's largest Bitcoin mining companies, and has 400 MW of capability spread across three continents. It reportedly accounts for about 2% of the Bitcoin...

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Read Spanish insurer Mapfre looks for buyer of 8MW Madrid data center
Spanish insurer Mapfre looks for buyer of 8MW Madrid data center

Spanish insurer Mapfre looks for buyer of 8MW Madrid data center

July 13, 2023 Madrid

In anticipation of a potential sale-leaseback transaction, Spanish insurance company Mapfre is listing its data center for sale. According to Cinco Dias, the company has hired CBRE to find a buyer for the Tales de Mileto building in the Alcalá de Henares neighborhood of Madrid. Mapfre launched...

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Read Wells Fargo relocates, exiting office and data center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wells Fargo relocates, exiting office and data center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wells Fargo relocates, exiting office and data center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

July 07, 2023 Philadelphia

Wells Fargo has announced that it is exiting its lease at the Philadelphia Plaza building at 101 N. Independence Mall, leaving its office and data center and relocating to offices in Two Logan Square and Commerce Square.According to the company, no layoffs are set to take place, and there will be...

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Read Edged Energy begins work on Atlanta data center
Edged Energy begins work on Atlanta data center

Edged Energy begins work on Atlanta data center

July 04, 2023 Atlanta

Construction on Edge Energy's Atlanta, Georgia data center is underway, with the company commencing work on July 1st. Located at Tilford Yard, the company bought the 158 acre-site back in July 2021; 70 acres will be dedicated to data center development. In January 2023, it filed a building permit...

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Read Phoenix Data center with 6 MW up for sale
Phoenix Data center with 6 MW up for sale

Phoenix Data center with 6 MW up for sale

June 27, 2023 Phoenix

A 6MW data facility is up for lease or purchase in Phoenix, Arizona. Located in the desirable Deer Valley neighborhood, CBRE has listed 20435 North 26th Avenue for sale or lease. There was no listed pricing. The 6MW facility was completed in 2003 and sits on 3.66 acres of land, with a raised...

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Read York County's $1bn data center proposal
York County's $1bn data center proposal

York County's $1bn data center proposal

June 06, 2023 South Carolina

South Carolina is planning a $1 billion data center development. This week, the York County Council will discuss and vote on tax incentives for a data center proposal in the county. York County is located in northeast South Carolina, toward the east of Greenville and Spartanburg, and adjacent to...

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Read NCR Resume Additional Services After a Ransomware Breach
NCR Resume Additional Services After a Ransomware Breach

NCR Resume Additional Services After a Ransomware Breach

April 28, 2023 Atlanta

After a ransomware assault caused a data center outage that disrupted its Aloha cloud-based services and Counterpoint apps, NCR is making progress toward restoring services. For the subset of CMC customers who were impacted by the incident, online ordering has resumed and NCR's Command Center...

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Read AtlasEdge forms partnership with PacketFabric
AtlasEdge forms partnership with PacketFabric

AtlasEdge forms partnership with PacketFabric

April 05, 2023 Berlin

Atlas Edge has announced that it has partnered with PacketFabric, to expand cloud access across its network. The strategic partnership will see the company’s facilities connect to PacketFabric’s TruNaas Converge Platform, which will reportedly allow AtlasEdge customers to access PacketFabric’s...

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