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Read Prince William County agrees to pause development of Gainesville data center
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Prince William County agrees to pause development of Gainesville data center

November 12, 2021 Northern Virginia

Prince William County’s planning commission has voted 6-1 to pause the development of a Gainesville data center until late January. CTP-II LLC proposed the data center project in question. CTP-II LLC wanted 22.72 acres of land to be rezoned from business and light industrial to data center...

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Read Netrality requests $36 million in bonds for new data center in Kansas City
Netrality requests $36 million in bonds for new data center in Kansas City

Netrality requests $36 million in bonds for new data center in Kansas City

November 11, 2021 Netrality: Kansas City 7801 Nieman

According to BizJournal, Netrality has applied to the Shawnee City Council for $36 million in federally taxable private activity revenue bonds. Bizjournal says Netrality plans to use the bonds to finance construction materials, equipment, fixtures, and labor for the renovation of 7801 Nieman...

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Read Augusta data center plans curbed
Augusta data center plans curbed

Augusta data center plans curbed

November 09, 2021 Georgia

A data center proposed for the site of a former cotton mill in Augusta, Georgia, is no longer ahead. Back in 2016, Cape Augusta Real Estate Development announced redevelopment plans for the site and outlined the project would go ahead under the name ‘Augusta Cyberworks.’ Original plans for the...

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Read DataBank to open new data in Minnesota
DataBank to open new data in Minnesota

DataBank to open new data in Minnesota

November 08, 2021 DataBank Brooklyn Park MSP3

DataBank has announced the launch of a new data center located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The 86,000 square feet carrier-neutral MSP3 facility is located in Brooklyn Park. MSP3 is DataBank’s fourth Minneapolis data center, and it is built to Tier III standards. The first phase of the facility...

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Read Genesis Digital Assets expands data center footprint in West Texas
Genesis Digital Assets expands data center footprint in West Texas

Genesis Digital Assets expands data center footprint in West Texas

November 03, 2021 Texas

Genesis Digital Assets, a U.S.-based Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm, has announced that it is expanding its data center footprint in Texas. The facility will be industrial-scale with a capacity of 300MW. According to reports, the facility will also have sustainability at its core, with “sustainable...

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Read Switch and the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center to partner and create a water pipeline for recycled water
Switch and the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center to partner and create a water pipeline for recycled water

Switch and the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center to partner and create a water pipeline for recycled water

November 03, 2021 Reno

Switch and the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center have joined forces to create a regional water improvement pipeline. The project in Sparks, Nevada, will see the construction of a 16-mile pipeline that will transport 4,000 acre-feet of “treated effluent water” from the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation...

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Read Expedient acquires data center in Phoenix, Arizona
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Expedient acquires data center in Phoenix, Arizona

November 03, 2021 Five 9s: Blue Shield Phoenix

Expedient has acquired a data center in Phoenix, which Blue Cross Shield formerly owned. The facility it acquired is located at 2475 West Townley Avenue. It is a 2.4MW capacity data center with 45,000 square feet of space. Expedient says the facility was built to Tier III standards. Expedient’s...

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Read Facebook is expanding its Los Lunas data center in New Mexico
Facebook is expanding its Los Lunas data center in New Mexico

Facebook is expanding its Los Lunas data center in New Mexico

October 29, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook announced this week that it is expanding its Los Lunas data center in New Mexico. Facebook plans to add another two buildings to the facility. Upon completion, the site will have almost 3.8 million square feet of space. The social media giant's investment in the facility will also rise...

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Read Stack Infrastructure is expanding its Northern Virginia campus
Stack Infrastructure is expanding its Northern Virginia campus

Stack Infrastructure is expanding its Northern Virginia campus

October 29, 2021 STACK Northern Virginia

Stack Infrastructure has announced that it has broken ground on a new data center on its Northern Virginia Campus in Manassas, Prince William County. According to Stack Infrastructure, the development will bring an additional 36MW of critical capacity with a goal of reaching 72MW. The firm says...

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Read Under the microscope: Ameren's new data center
Under the microscope: Ameren's new data center

Under the microscope: Ameren's new data center

October 26, 2021 Missouri

Ameren's new data center, fuelled by one of its coal-fired power plants in Missouri, has come under the microscope, garnering concerns from those in the local community and beyond. While the company says that the $1 million facility will help to stabilize demand for electricity, critics aren't so...

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Read DataBank has expanded its KC3 facility in Kansas City
DataBank has expanded its KC3 facility in Kansas City

DataBank has expanded its KC3 facility in Kansas City

October 22, 2021 DataBank Kansas City MCI3

DataBank has announced that it has expanded its KC3 facility in Kansas City. The expansion sees DataBank expanding its digital footprint in Kansas. DataBank has built out two new Data Halls; Halls 2 and 3. Hall 2 adds 9,300 square feet of space, while Hall 3 adds 8,050 square feet of space. The...

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Read US army to further reduce its data centers
US army to further reduce its data centers

US army to further reduce its data centers

October 22, 2021 United States

The US army has announced that it will further its data center reduction to six over the next seven years. Army CIO Raj Lyer made the announcement on Thursday and said the move is an effort to transfer more data to cloud-based systems to enhance security. This includes moving complex enterprise...

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Read Office complex and data center auctioned for $15m in Orlando, Florida
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Office complex and data center auctioned for $15m in Orlando, Florida

October 20, 2021 Orlando

Regency Commercial Properties, Inc. has completed the sale of Central Corporate Center at 5915-6035 South Rio Grande Ave in Orlando, Florida, for $15.1 million. This is a five-building office park with 318,516 square feet of space spread across 21.7 acres of land. The property firm sold the...

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Read Landmark Dividend buys 1.2 million square feet of data center space in Northern Virginia
Landmark Dividend buys 1.2 million square feet of data center space in Northern Virginia

Landmark Dividend buys 1.2 million square feet of data center space in Northern Virginia

October 13, 2021 Northern Virginia

Landmark Dividend, which DigitalBridge acquired earlier in the year, has acquired what it refers to as a “portfolio of assets” in Northern Virginia. It acquired 1.2 million square feet of data center space within the Quantum Park in Northern Virginia. According to Landmark Dividend, the property...

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Read The Northern Virginia data center boom: Reactions from the local community are mixed
The Northern Virginia data center boom: Reactions from the local community are mixed

The Northern Virginia data center boom: Reactions from the local community are mixed

October 12, 2021 Northern Virginia

Northern Virginia is in the midst of a data center boom. This has partly developed due to a demand for new data centers resulting from the pandemic, which means that it currently has the highest density of data centers in the world. Loudoun County alone has over 100 data centers, with more than...

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Read Core Scientific's 300MW Blockchain data center in Texas to be 100% net carbon-neutral
Core Scientific's 300MW Blockchain data center in Texas to be 100% net carbon-neutral

Core Scientific's 300MW Blockchain data center in Texas to be 100% net carbon-neutral

October 07, 2021 Core Scientific: Denton, TX

Core Scientific has announced a significant expansion in Denton, Texas. This expansion will see the construction of a 300- megawatt (MW) blockchain data center, and is in association with Tenaska Energy. This announcement was made in a statement by the company on Thursday, which outlined that the...

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Read TierPoint Milwaukee data center sells for $4.66 million
TierPoint Milwaukee data center sells for $4.66 million

TierPoint Milwaukee data center sells for $4.66 million

October 06, 2021 TierPoint Milwaukee-Burnham

According to Biz Times, investors group KCMJ Investments LLC has sold TierPoint’s Milwaukee data center to Milwaukee-based WSP Burnham LLC for $4.66 million. The deal includes the sale of a 3.3-acre plot with the facility. TierPoint’s Milwaukee data center has 70,000 square feet of space with...

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Read Westfield City Council developing cold feet over 40-year tax deal for proposed $2.7 billion data center
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Westfield City Council developing cold feet over 40-year tax deal for proposed $2.7 billion data center

October 06, 2021 Massachusetts

Westfield’s City Council has become skeptical about the 40-year tax break deal it wants to grant the developers of the $2.7 billion data center in the city. The council sat on the matter on Monday, October 4, 2021, but they were not expected to make a final decision then. The project will get...

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Read DataBank acquires land for new data center campus in New York
DataBank acquires land for new data center campus in New York

DataBank acquires land for new data center campus in New York

October 05, 2021 DataBank Orangeburg LGA3

DataBank has announced that it has acquired 34 acres of land in Orangeburg, New York. The land it bought would be the home of its future data center in New York. Building the data center on the land will help the data center firm meet the increasing demand for mission-critical IT infrastructure...

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Read Fueled by renewables: Rowan Green Data to expand in Texas
Fueled by renewables: Rowan Green Data to expand in Texas

Fueled by renewables: Rowan Green Data to expand in Texas

October 05, 2021 Rowan: Moriah DC

Rowan Green Data has announced big plans. The developer and infrastructure builder is to build a 500-megawatt (MW) multi-tenant campus in Temple, Texas. $300 million of investment will go into the construction of 135,000 sqft of new buildings and data center space. The project will be completed...

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