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Read Microsoft buys Redmond Ridge data center property for $6.2 Million
Microsoft buys Redmond Ridge data center property for $6.2 Million

Microsoft buys Redmond Ridge data center property for $6.2 Million

June 04, 2019 Hyperscale Data Center

The Puget Sound Business Journal Reports that Microsoft has acquired the property that holds its Redmond Ridge data center and offices. The report is below. Microsoft paid nearly $6.2 million to acquire the site of the company's data center in Redmond, King County property records show.The...

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Read H5 Data Centers Announces Phase Two Expansion at its Phoenix Data Center
H5 Data Centers Announces Phase Two Expansion at its Phoenix Data Center

H5 Data Centers Announces Phase Two Expansion at its Phoenix Data Center

May 30, 2019 H5 Phoenix

Chandler, AZ-H5 Data Centers, a national colocation and wholesale data center provider, today announced a 25,000 SF expansion of its Phoenix colocation facility located at 2600 W. Germann Road in Chandler, AZ. The second phase development at the 180,000 square-foot data center adds needed...

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Read First Solar, Rocky Mountain Power to Build 122 MW Solar Facility to Support Facebook's Utah Data Center
First Solar, Rocky Mountain Power to Build 122 MW Solar Facility to Support Facebook's Utah Data Center

First Solar, Rocky Mountain Power to Build 122 MW Solar Facility to Support Facebook's Utah Data Center

May 30, 2019 Hyperscale Data Center

The 122-MW Cove Mountain 2 solar plant will support the Facebook data center through a PPA with Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacifiCorp and part of Berkshire Hathaway Energy. The facility will be built near the town of Enterprise in Iron County, Utah, and is scheduled to begin operations...

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Read Indiana Signs New Tax Exemption Law to Spur Data Center Construction
Indiana Signs New Tax Exemption Law to Spur Data Center Construction

Indiana Signs New Tax Exemption Law to Spur Data Center Construction

May 30, 2019 Indiana

On June 27nd 2019 Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed into law the Indiana Data Center Sales Tax Exemption as an incentive to lure more data center construction to the state. The new legislation pushed by Digital Crossroads and other data centers in Indiana. The Data Center Gross Retail and Use...

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Read Digital Realty Acquires 13-acre property in Ashburn
Digital Realty Acquires 13-acre property in Ashburn

Digital Realty Acquires 13-acre property in Ashburn

May 23, 2019 Digital Realty: IAD-56

Washington Business Journal Reports that Digital Realty acquired a 13-acre property for $28 million. That puts the cost per acre at $2.14 million, which is a record in the region. The property was a former Airbus facility and is adjacent to the Equinix Ashburn Campus. Washington Business Journal...

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Read Compass Datacenters Begins Construction on 75 MW Data Center Campus in Northern Virginia (PR)
Compass Datacenters Begins Construction on 75 MW Data Center Campus in Northern Virginia (PR)

Compass Datacenters Begins Construction on 75 MW Data Center Campus in Northern Virginia (PR)

May 16, 2019 Compass Loudoun County

Dallas – Compass Datacenters is beginning construction of its first data center in Loudoun County, Virginia. The 6MW building is on Compass’ Loudoun campus, which is planned for 500,000 square feet and 75MW of critical IT capacity. “Northern Virginia is one of the most dynamic data center markets...

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Read Flexential Announced the Completion of the Alpharetta 70,000 SqFt Expansion
Flexential Announced the Completion of the Alpharetta 70,000 SqFt Expansion

Flexential Announced the Completion of the Alpharetta 70,000 SqFt Expansion

May 15, 2019 Flexential Atlanta-Alpharetta

In a press release, Flexential announced the completion of the Alpharetta expansion. The expansion added 70,000 square feet of additional space.The company stated it is targeting FinTech with the data center and pointed to their current customer Delta Community Credit Union as an example...

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Read Beeks Expands to Equinix NY5 facility
Beeks Expands to Equinix NY5 facility

Beeks Expands to Equinix NY5 facility

May 14, 2019 Equinix: NY5

Beeks announced on its website that it is growing its portfolio of datacentre locations by deploying in the Equinix NY5 New York datacentre. In addition to this, Beeks has extended its current rackspace in Equinix LD4 by taking a third cage in the London datacentre. With presence in 11 total...

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Read DXC Acquires New Jersey Data Centre Signing Colocation Deal With Credit Suisse (PR)
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DXC Acquires New Jersey Data Centre Signing Colocation Deal With Credit Suisse (PR)

May 13, 2019 Credit Suisse: Clifton

TYSONS, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), the world’s leading independent, end-to-end IT services company, has expanded its presence in data center co-location services by signing a long-term 13-plus year managed co-location services agreement with Credit Suisse (USA), Inc....

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Read Facebook Adding a Fifth Facility in Altoona
Facebook Adding a Fifth Facility in Altoona

Facebook Adding a Fifth Facility in Altoona

May 07, 2019 Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook is building a fifth data center on their campus in Altoona Iowa. The company expect to invest $400 million to build a 1 million sqft H-shapped data center. Altoona City Council approved a deal that would make Facebook exempt from paying property taxes on the new building for 20 years....

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Read Taboola has Expanded with Internap in Los Angeles
Taboola has Expanded with Internap in Los Angeles

Taboola has Expanded with Internap in Los Angeles

April 16, 2019 Evocative Redondo LAX14

Internap (INAP) has announced that Taboola has expanded in their flagship data center in Redondo Beach (South of Los Angeles.) Taboola is known for its "Recommended For You" articles that appear at the bottom of news articles. The articles are actually advertisements that are made to appear as...

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Read Hawaiki Cable Extends Network from Hillsboro to Westin Building in Seattle
Hawaiki Cable Extends Network from Hillsboro to Westin Building in Seattle

Hawaiki Cable Extends Network from Hillsboro to Westin Building in Seattle

April 15, 2019 Westin Building Seattle

Hawaiki Submarine Cable LP has extended its US presence from Hillsboro, OR to the Westin Building Exchange (WBX) carrier hotel and data center in Seattle, WA to support its clients’ capacity requirements between New Zealand, Australia, and the United States. Launched in July 2018, the Hawaiki...

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Read Verizon is Expanding the Legacy Yahoo! Campus in Lockport NY
Verizon is Expanding the Legacy Yahoo! Campus in Lockport NY

Verizon is Expanding the Legacy Yahoo! Campus in Lockport NY

March 31, 2019 H5: Buffalo I

Verizon Media announced that it will build a $28 million data center expansion to the legacy Yahoo facility in Lockport NY. If you include the server equipment Verizon Media is investing approximately $241 million. In January, Verizon announced it was jettisoning the Oath name and will rebrand...

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Read NewCloud Networks Expands at H5 in Cleveland
NewCloud Networks Expands at H5 in Cleveland

NewCloud Networks Expands at H5 in Cleveland

March 29, 2019 H5 Cleveland Technology Center (CTC)

H5 has announced a customer expansion at its Cleveland Data Center. NewCloud Networks, a Denver based cloud services provider, has chosen the H5 facility to expand its Cleveland presence. The building, previously known as the Cleveland Technology Center, has changed hands a few times over the...

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Read Carrier-1 Upgrades Capacity by 5 Megawatts
Carrier-1 Upgrades Capacity by 5 Megawatts

Carrier-1 Upgrades Capacity by 5 Megawatts

March 27, 2019 Evocative DA4

Carrier-1 has announced that it has upgraded the critical power to their Dallas site from 3.5 to 8.5 Megawatts. The facility is over 100,000 square feet and can ultimately support 10 MWs in the current phase.The Dallas facility can grow further. Phase II is 70% sold. Phase II and Phase IV will...

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Read ISI Communications has moved its Core Network into New Continuum's Chicago Facility
ISI Communications has moved its Core Network into New Continuum's Chicago Facility

ISI Communications has moved its Core Network into New Continuum's Chicago Facility

March 26, 2019 SBA Edge: 603 Discovery

New Continuum has persuaded ISI Communications to move its core network node into its facility. This is no easy feat. Certainly the fact that United IX is in the building helped to make the decision easier. The New Continuum Press Release: ISI Communications is leveraging New Continuum’s edge...

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Read $25M HostDime's Eatonville Data Center & HQ Building Set to Begin Construction in June
$25M HostDime's Eatonville Data Center & HQ Building Set to Begin Construction in June

$25M HostDime's Eatonville Data Center & HQ Building Set to Begin Construction in June

March 25, 2019 HostDime Eatonville

Orlando Sentinel reports that HostDime's long delayed data center construction project is back on track. Construction will begin this summer and plans to open next year. Orlando Sentinel: After nearly three years of delays, HostDime said Monday it is set to begin construction this summer in...

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Read L.A. Moving City Operations to State Data Center in $10.5M Deal
L.A. Moving City Operations to State Data Center in $10.5M Deal

L.A. Moving City Operations to State Data Center in $10.5M Deal

March 21, 2019 Dept of Technology Rancho Cordova

The city of Los Angeles is giving up on its 30-year-old legacy mainframe system and is contracting with the California Department of Technology to move its operations to the State Data Center in Sacramento. The city will pay the state $10.5 million for three years of service, with an option to...

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Read QTS files plans to expand Richmond campus in White Oak Technology Park
QTS files plans to expand Richmond campus in White Oak Technology Park

QTS files plans to expand Richmond campus in White Oak Technology Park

March 13, 2019 QTS Richmond I DC1

A development plan was filed in March by an entity tied to QTS Data Centers for new two single-story data center buildings totaling 710,500 square feet on county-owned land in Sandston’s White Oak Technology Park, near Interstates 64 and 295. Dubbed in planning documents as “Project Isaac,” the...

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Read ScaleMatrix Open Its First Data Center in Seattle
ScaleMatrix Open Its First Data Center in Seattle

ScaleMatrix Open Its First Data Center in Seattle

March 08, 2019 ScaleMatrix Seattle

ScaleMatrix has opened its newest data center, operated by Centeris, in the southern part of metro Seattle. The new facility is ScaleMatrix’s first expansion in the Pacific Northwest and will provide a plethora of services for potential enterprise clients. The 200,000-square-foot data center will...

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