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Read Amazon and others to back US start-up Electric Hydrogen
Amazon and others to back US start-up Electric Hydrogen

Amazon and others to back US start-up Electric Hydrogen

July 08, 2022 Amazon AWS

As green hydrogen turns the heads of big investors, Amazon, Equinor, and others have announced they are backing energy startup Electric Hydrogen (EH2) with a $198 million round, led by Fifth Wall Climate Tech. EH2 is reportedly working on a ‘100MW-minimum’ electrolyzer technology for...

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Read Sustainable financing for EdgeConneX
Sustainable financing for EdgeConneX

Sustainable financing for EdgeConneX

June 23, 2022 EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX has announced that it has secured $1.7 billion in sustainability-linked debt financing, including the company's first-ever Asset-Backed Securitization (ABS) and multi-currency term loan (ESG Term Loan). The company will reportedly use this to finance its growth and keep up with...

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Read Aligned To Develop a 100MW Facility in Salt Lake City, Utah
 Aligned To Develop a 100MW Facility in Salt Lake City, Utah

Aligned To Develop a 100MW Facility in Salt Lake City, Utah

June 23, 2022 Aligned

Aligned has announced that it is developing a new data center in Salt Lake, Utah. The data center will be called SLC-03, and it will be developed on its campus in West Jordan, Utah. The development will see Aligned add over 100MW capacity to the West Jordan campus. When this happens, it will add...

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Read AWS Acquires 58-Acre Land in Virginia For Data Center Development
AWS Acquires 58-Acre Land in Virginia For Data Center Development

AWS Acquires 58-Acre Land in Virginia For Data Center Development

June 21, 2022 Amazon AWS

According to BizJournal, Amazon Web Services has acquired a 58.5-acre land in Prince William County, Virginia, for $87.8m. Local County records also show that the land is located at 5845 Wellington Road, Gainesville. Interestingly, the company also acquired a 58.5-acre plot in April last year. It...

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Read Amazon's Local Zones To Be Launched in Hundreds In Future
Amazon's Local Zones To Be Launched in Hundreds In Future

Amazon's Local Zones To Be Launched in Hundreds In Future

June 15, 2022 Amazon AWS

AWS has announced its plans to launch hundreds of Local Zones to expand its Edge cloud network extensively. Local Zones serve as Edge locations hosting applications that need low latency to final users or on-premises installations. Some of the services the zone offers include database, storage,...

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Read AWS To Develop a Data Center in Warrenton, Virginia
AWS To Develop a Data Center in Warrenton, Virginia

AWS To Develop a Data Center in Warrenton, Virginia

June 09, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services plans to develop a new data center in Warrenton, Northern Virginia. The company has already filed with officials to develop a single-story, 220,000 square feet (20,400 square meters) data center at the intersection of Lee Highway and Blackwell Road in Warrenton town. AWS...

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Read CoreSite Absorbs Three American Tower's Data Centers
CoreSite Absorbs Three American Tower's Data Centers

CoreSite Absorbs Three American Tower's Data Centers

June 09, 2022 American Tower Corporation

CoreSite has integrated three data centers from American Tower into its data center portfolio. The data centers are located in Florida and Georgia. The three data centers are Orlando OR1, located at 9701 S. John Young Parkway, Orlando, Atlanta AT1, located at 55 Marietta Street NW, Atlanta), and...

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Read Supernap Thailand Shareholders Mulling Over Sale
Supernap Thailand Shareholders Mulling Over Sale

Supernap Thailand Shareholders Mulling Over Sale

June 02, 2022 Switch

According to reports, Supernap Thailand investors are looking to sell their stake in the business. Some shareholders including Kasikornbank Pcl and Siam Commercial Bank are working with financial advisers to make the sale possible. Supernap Thailand is said to be worth up to $800m. Supernap...

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Read AWS, biometrics and human rights
AWS, biometrics and human rights

AWS, biometrics and human rights

May 27, 2022 Amazon AWS

AWS is under pressure to drop a contract it holds with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which will see it host the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) biometric database, which, according to a recent report by Mijente, Just Futures Law and the Immigrant Defense Project, holds...

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Read Sustainably-linked loan for Aligned
Sustainably-linked loan for Aligned

Sustainably-linked loan for Aligned

May 20, 2022 Aligned

Aligned Data Centers has announced that it has increased its existing sustainability-linked (SLL) from $375 million to $1.75 billion in an effort to “accelerate its next phase of strategic growth and expansion.” This loan is linked to ESG goals, and if the company manages to reach the pre-agreed...

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Read AWS To Develop Third Campus in Hilliard, Ohio
AWS To Develop Third Campus in Hilliard, Ohio

AWS To Develop Third Campus in Hilliard, Ohio

May 19, 2022 Amazon AWS

BizJournal reports that Amazon Web Services is looking to develop a third data center campus in Hilliard, Ohio. Hilliard’s economic development director, David Meadows, told BizJournal, that AWS will start developing a 151-acre site located at 4120 Scioto Darby Road, near I-270. The planned data...

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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 DigitalBridge and IFM Taking Switch Private For $11 billion
DigitalBridge and IFM Taking Switch Private For $11 billion

DigitalBridge and IFM Taking Switch Private For $11 billion

May 12, 2022 Switch

DigitalBridge Group and IFM Investors have entered an agreement with Switch to take it private. The deal to take the US data center company private is worth $11 billion. The CEO and Founder of Switch, Rob Roy, said the development is a crucial moment in the company’s vision for its evolution and...

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Read Culpeper County sued by neighbors over rezoning
Culpeper County sued by neighbors over rezoning

Culpeper County sued by neighbors over rezoning

May 10, 2022 Amazon AWS

According to reports, residents in Culpeper County, Virginia, are suing the county board after it approved the rezoning of a 230-acre property for an AWS data center. The giant is seeking to build two six-story data centers, a 12-acre power station and new power lines, however, six landowners in...

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

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

May 09, 2022 Cogent Communications

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 AWS Expanding Presence in Oregon with Four More Data Centers in Morrow County
AWS Expanding Presence in Oregon with Four More Data Centers in Morrow County

AWS Expanding Presence in Oregon with Four More Data Centers in Morrow County

May 05, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Service (AWS) has plans to develop up to four data centers in Boardman, Oregon. The company filed with Oregon’s Marrow County to develop a data center campus on a 127-acre site. The site is located on the west side of Bombing Range Road, a mile away from Interstate 84 Interchange and...

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Read Amazon To Develop New Data Center in Chantilly, Virginia
Amazon To Develop New Data Center in Chantilly, Virginia

Amazon To Develop New Data Center in Chantilly, Virginia

May 03, 2022 Amazon AWS

Amazon is going to develop another data center in Chantilly, Virginia. The news was first broken by BizJournal. However, it has now been confirmed with local county records that the company has been granted permission to develop the data center at 3980 Virginia Mallory Drive. The filing didn’t...

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Read Planned AWS data center in Dublin to go ahead despite challenge
Planned AWS data center in Dublin to go ahead despite challenge

Planned AWS data center in Dublin to go ahead despite challenge

April 29, 2022 Amazon AWS

After a prolonged battle by charity An Taisce to defeat Amazon's Co Meath 48 megawatt (MW) data center proposal at the IDA Business & Technology Park, it has been announced that the giant's plans have been given the green light. The charity had opposed the facility based on environmental...

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Read AWS Given Green Light To Purchase Land For New Zealand Cloud Region cloud region
 AWS Given Green Light To Purchase Land For New Zealand Cloud Region cloud region

AWS Given Green Light To Purchase Land For New Zealand Cloud Region cloud region

April 29, 2022 Amazon AWS

It is good news for Amazon Web Services as it has been granted permission to acquire land for its planned data center development in New Zealand. In September last year, the company revealed plans to launch its new Cloud Region in the country in 2024. Consistent with Microsoft’s previous regions,...

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