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Read Google data center pioneer Luiz André Barroso passes away
Google data center pioneer Luiz André Barroso passes away

Google data center pioneer Luiz André Barroso passes away

September 28, 2023 Google

59-year-old data center luminary Luiz André Barroso unexpectedly passed away on September 16, 2023. The DC legend joined Google in 2001 and was fundamental in remodeling the company's DC design, impacting the industry. Before his journey with Google, Barroso worked at Digital Equipment...

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Read Google-affiliated company buys 143 acres in South Carolina
Google-affiliated company buys 143 acres in South Carolina

Google-affiliated company buys 143 acres in South Carolina

September 26, 2023 Google

A Google-affiliated company has acquired 143 acres in Moncks Corner industrial site, Berkeley Country, where the Silicon Valley tech giant has operated a data center since 2007. Arum Composites LLC purchased this parcel, comprising five parcels across Mount Holly Commerce Park Cypress Gardens...

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Read Sabey plans to construct Umatilla Data Center Facility
Sabey plans to construct Umatilla Data Center Facility

Sabey plans to construct Umatilla Data Center Facility

September 15, 2023 Sabey Data Centers

Sabey Data Centers, an industry leader in designing, constructing, and operating multi-tenant data centers, has announced its expansion into Umatilla, Oregon. Sabey has acquired 60 acres to construct an ultramodern 100+ MW data center campus. SDC Umatilla will feature award-winning,...

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Read Google proposes to build a data center in Kansas City
Google proposes to build a data center in Kansas City

Google proposes to build a data center in Kansas City

September 11, 2023 Google

Google has submitted two planning applications to Kansas City to develop its Northland at the Hunt Midwest Business Center site. The cloud computing company acquired 78.9 acres in Northland, Kansas City, in 2019, followed by an additional 236.4 acres in December 2021, stating that the parcel of...

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Read Crusoe plans to install gas flare data centers in Utah
Crusoe plans to install gas flare data centers in Utah

Crusoe plans to install gas flare data centers in Utah

September 01, 2023 Crusoe

Crusoe Energy will install data center modules at Utah oil wells and power the facilities with excess natural gas. This week, Crusoe Energy Systems and XCL Resources announced a new agreement to deploy Crusoe's Digital Flare Mitigation (DFM) technology at XCL sites in Utah's Uinta Basin. Large...

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Read Google announces intentions for Texas's Red Oak data center facility
Google announces intentions for Texas's Red Oak data center facility

Google announces intentions for Texas's Red Oak data center facility

September 01, 2023 Google

Google will construct a second campus in Texas in the Red Oak neighborhood of Dallas. This week, the company announced intentions to invest $600 million in the Dallas-Fort Worth region of Texas to build its second data center. The search, advertising, and cloud company stated that it would invest...

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Read Google to procure wind energy in North Carolina
Google to procure wind energy in North Carolina

Google to procure wind energy in North Carolina

August 31, 2023 Google

Google has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Apex Clean Energy for wind energy in North Carolina. Through the deal, the giant will offtake the full capacity from the Timbermill Wind project, which is in the process of being built. Located in Chowan County, the project will offer 189MW...

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Read Google launches Nvidia H100 GPUs and TPUs, adding generative AI cloud services
Google launches Nvidia H100 GPUs and TPUs, adding generative AI cloud services

Google launches Nvidia H100 GPUs and TPUs, adding generative AI cloud services

August 29, 2023 Google

Google unveiled several cloud-based tools and services centered on artificial intelligence. Cloud TPU v5e, the company's newest Tensor Processing Unit, is now available for preview, according to the company. Google claims that, compared to TPU v4, which was released in 2021, the chip has up to...

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Read Google confirms participation in Lincoln, Nebraska 2 million sq ft data center facility
Google confirms participation in Lincoln, Nebraska 2 million sq ft data center facility

Google confirms participation in Lincoln, Nebraska 2 million sq ft data center facility

August 24, 2023 Google

Google has verified its involvement in the Lincoln, Nebraska, data center proposal. This week, the company announced it was constructing a third data center in Papillion and a data center in Lincoln. The search and cloud firm will invest $1.2 billion in the project. Long suspected to be Google,...

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Read Google will invest $350 million to expand data center in Iowa
Google will invest $350 million to expand data center in Iowa

Google will invest $350 million to expand data center in Iowa

August 09, 2023 Google

The Council Bluffs data center, located on the Nebraska/Iowa border, will be expanded by Google for $350 million. Plans for a data center in Council Bluffs were first made public in 2007. Google announced expansion plans in 2012 and 2015 and has since spent approximately $5 billion on the...

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Read Lumen, a US telco, loses $8.74bn due to non-cash impairment
Lumen, a US telco, loses $8.74bn due to non-cash impairment

Lumen, a US telco, loses $8.74bn due to non-cash impairment

August 03, 2023 Lumen Technologies

In the second quarter, Lumen Technologies reported a loss of $8.74 billion, a significant decrease from the $344 million profit in the same quarter last year. The company, formerly CenturyLink Enterprise, has lost more than 66 percent of its value this year, reducing its market capitalization to...

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Read Google data center initiatives postponed, but increases in AI compute expenditure made
Google data center initiatives postponed, but increases in AI compute expenditure made

Google data center initiatives postponed, but increases in AI compute expenditure made

July 28, 2023 Google

Alphabet reported quarterly sales of $74.6 billion, an increase of 7% from the same period last year. Profits increased by 15% to $18.4 billion. While advertising sales drove the majority of the company's development, cloud sales increased by 28 % to $8 billion. Google Cloud reported its...

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Read Google’s Water Consumption in Data Centers Soars by 20%
Google’s Water Consumption in Data Centers Soars by 20%

Google’s Water Consumption in Data Centers Soars by 20%

July 27, 2023 Google

The 2023 Google environmental report shows a considerable increase in data center water consumption. The company consumed an astounding 5.6 billion gallons of water in 2022, of which 5.2 billion were used solely for data centers. Compared to the previous year, this is 20% higher. Large data...

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Read Google's data center plans in Uruguay spark outrage as country faces water crisis
Google's data center plans in Uruguay spark outrage as country faces water crisis

Google's data center plans in Uruguay spark outrage as country faces water crisis

July 21, 2023 Google

Uruguay is currently battling a water crisis, facing its worst drought in more than 70 years. The country has now experienced years of low rainfall, something which is likely to only continue as climate change exacerbates the issue. However, it's not just the result of climate change, according...

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Read Google breaks ground on Mesa data center campus
Google breaks ground on Mesa data center campus

Google breaks ground on Mesa data center campus

July 14, 2023 Google

Google has announced that it has begun work on a new data center in the Mesa area of Phoenix, Arizona. A $1 billion project, the facility will span 750,000 square feet (70,000 sqm) once fully built out. Previously known as "Redhawk," the project's first 288,530 sq ft (26,805 sqm) phase is due to...

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Read Stream DC files for 200MW campus expansion in Phoenix
Stream DC files for 200MW campus expansion in Phoenix

Stream DC files for 200MW campus expansion in Phoenix

July 10, 2023 Stream Data Centers

Stream Data Centers has submitted plans to build a 2 million-square-foot data center campus in the Goodyear neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona. Last week, the Goodyear Planning and Zoning Commission approved Stream's request to rezone 104 acres on Litchfield Road and Lower Buckeye Road from I-1...

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Read Google submits plans for a three-building data center facility in Belgium
Google submits plans for a three-building data center facility in Belgium

Google submits plans for a three-building data center facility in Belgium

July 10, 2023 Google

Initially announced by the mayor of Farciennes, Hugues Bayet, the search and cloud company intends to construct three facilities in the Ecopôle business park in Wallonia. The campus will encompass 570,500 square feet. The project will begin construction by the end of the year and be completed in...

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Read Data center expansion targetted in Elk Grove, Chicago
Data center expansion targetted in Elk Grove, Chicago

Data center expansion targetted in Elk Grove, Chicago

July 06, 2023 Stream Data Centers

The Elk Grove area of Chicago is being targeted as a site of data center expansion by numerous operators. Aligned, Stream and Nexstar are all seeking to develop data centers in the area. Aligned, for example, is planning to demolish three office buildings it acquired for $29 million, along...

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Read Officials make progress on a massive data center in Hutto
Officials make progress on a massive data center in Hutto

Officials make progress on a massive data center in Hutto

June 19, 2023 Skybox Datacenters

City Council took action to move the development process along almost a year after it was revealed that Dallas-based Skybox Datacenters and its San Francisco-based partner Prologis Inc. bought more than 220 acres in Hutto. At a meeting on June 15, officials granted preliminary approval to annex...

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Read Sabey Data Centers announces completion of its Quincy data center expansion
Sabey Data Centers announces completion of its Quincy data center expansion

Sabey Data Centers announces completion of its Quincy data center expansion

June 16, 2023 Sabey Data Centers

Sabey Data Centers has completed the expansion of its Quincy data center, it has announced. The facility now features two buildings, offering over 85 MW; it also incorporated construction methods that reportedly reduce reliance on carbon-intensive concrete. Spanning 525,000 sqft across five...

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