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Read Expansion of Data Center Utilities Approved by Leesburg Council
Expansion of Data Center Utilities Approved by Leesburg Council

Expansion of Data Center Utilities Approved by Leesburg Council

March 20, 2023 Northern Virginia

Leesburg may create a data center alley. Last Tuesday, the Town Council authorized water and sewer connections for two two-story data centers proposed for the Compass Creek retail development along the Dulles Greenway north of Microsoft's data center facility. A 400,000-square-foot data center...

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Read DigitalBridge Selling Vantage Data Centers Minority Interest
DigitalBridge Selling Vantage Data Centers Minority Interest

DigitalBridge Selling Vantage Data Centers Minority Interest

March 09, 2023 Vantage Data Centers

Inquiries are being made by DigitalBridge Group about selling a small portion of Vantage Data Centers. The CEO of DigitalBridge, Marc Ganzi, stated on the company's most recent quarterly results call that it wanted to raise more money while also focusing on the deconsolidation more of its...

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Read TexAmericas Center announces initiative to develop green data center park
TexAmericas Center announces initiative to develop green data center park

TexAmericas Center announces initiative to develop green data center park

March 08, 2023 Texas

TexAmericas Center has announced its plan to develop green energy data centers, which it has said will be suitable for major companies eyeing expansion. The property pegged for this development has over 400 acres, which reports outline would be suitable for hyperscale, corporate, retail and...

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Read Prince William County to pursue noise regulations for data centers
Prince William County to pursue noise regulations for data centers

Prince William County to pursue noise regulations for data centers

March 07, 2023 Northern Virginia

Virginia's Prince William County officials are looking into amending the county's noise regulations around data centers, having passed a resolution to initiate amendments to the Design Construction Standards Manual (DCSM) and zoning ordinance. These will reportedly assist officials in addressing...

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Read PowerHouse Data Centers & DPR Construction Mark 50% Completion for ABX-1 Data Center
PowerHouse Data Centers & DPR Construction Mark 50% Completion for ABX-1 Data Center

PowerHouse Data Centers & DPR Construction Mark 50% Completion for ABX-1 Data Center

March 02, 2023 Northern Virginia

PowerHouse Data Centers, a partnership between American Real Estate Partners (AREP) and Harrison Street that provides turnkey facility location, powered shell, and build-to-suit data center implementations, and DPR Construction, one of the nation's leading five data center contractors, have...

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Read LSEG Data Center Hosts TNS Trading & Market Data Systems
LSEG Data Center Hosts TNS Trading & Market Data Systems

LSEG Data Center Hosts TNS Trading & Market Data Systems

March 01, 2023 London

The trading and market data systems of its clients are being transferred from the Main Data Center, which is now in the City of London, to the new London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Data Center, which is located close to the Docklands. After securing considerable infrastructure capacity in the...

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Read Transaction Network Services Moves to New LSE Data Facility
Transaction Network Services Moves to New LSE Data Facility

Transaction Network Services Moves to New LSE Data Facility

March 01, 2023 London

The new London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) data center is now home to a number of clients of Transaction Network Services (TNS). TNS was compelled to move after LSEG declared that its present City of London data center would be shut down. The brand-new colocation facility in Docklands still...

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Read Prince William County’s planning director and deputy resign amid data center controversy
Prince William County’s planning director and deputy resign amid data center controversy

Prince William County’s planning director and deputy resign amid data center controversy

February 24, 2023 Northern Virginia

Reports reveal that in recent months, a wave of Prince William County planning officials have resigned from their positions just as the data center development controversy heats up. County Planning Director Mark Buenavista, had only been in the job a month, but left his position last week....

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Read What Republican Bob Weir's election win means for the PW Gateway
What Republican Bob Weir's election win means for the PW Gateway

What Republican Bob Weir's election win means for the PW Gateway

February 24, 2023 Northern Virginia

As covered extensively by Baxtel, the PW Digital Gateway data center campus, planned outside Manassas, is the most controversial data center development in recent times. It has been opposed from many angles, with environmentalists arguing that it jeopardizes net-zero goals, and others arguing it...

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Read Powerhouse data center developments and sustainability
Powerhouse data center developments and sustainability

Powerhouse data center developments and sustainability

February 23, 2023 Northern Virginia

PowerHouse is one of the latest companies to enter Northern Virginia and join the data center boom. A division of American Real Estate Partners, and backed by investment firm Harrison Street, the company also recently joined the Infrastructure Masons (iMasons) Climate Accord, becoming one of 170...

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Read Plans For a Three-story Data Facility in Loughton, Northeast London
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Plans For a Three-story Data Facility in Loughton, Northeast London

February 23, 2023 London

A 185,150-square-foot data center is projected for northeast London. Alandale Scaffolding has applied to Epping Forest District Council for permission to construct a new center in Loughton, close to the Debden station, as first revealed by EssexLive. The company intends to construct a...

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Read Airtrunk data center development at Tokyo data center
Airtrunk data center development at Tokyo data center

Airtrunk data center development at Tokyo data center

February 22, 2023 Tokyo

AirTrunk has announced that it has broken ground on the second phase of its TOK2 data center located in Tokyo, Japan. This follows the groundbreaking of the first phase only three months ago. The company has outlined that the new phase is scalable to approximately 50MW of capacity and...

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Read Data center impact study legislation defeated in Virginia
Data center impact study legislation defeated in Virginia

Data center impact study legislation defeated in Virginia

February 20, 2023 Northern Virginia

A piece of legislation that would have compelled the Virginia Department of Energy to study the impacts of data center development on the state’s environment, economy, energy resources and carbon-reduction goals has been defeated. A number of bills have been proposed by Del. Danica Roem, D-Prince...

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Read Data center approval sought by Finmarc for Telos HQ campus
Data center approval sought by Finmarc for Telos HQ campus

Data center approval sought by Finmarc for Telos HQ campus

February 17, 2023 Northern Virginia

Finmarc Management Inc. has reportedly applied six years in advance for a data center development. Some have suggested that this is to avoid being halted by future restrictions imposed by legislation; others have argued it's due to energy capacity limitations in the Ashburn area. Although Loudoun...

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Read Spotsylvania in the spotlight: Officials discuss data centers
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Spotsylvania in the spotlight: Officials discuss data centers

February 16, 2023 Northern Virginia

As the spotlight circles around Spotsylvania County for data center development, the Board of Supervisors is discussing how the county could be affected and how to plan accordingly. So far, one proposal in the region, filed by SpotsyTechnoCampus LLC, could bring forth a new facility in...

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Read Roblox Constructs Ashburn Data Center and Edge Facilities for $400m
Roblox Constructs Ashburn Data Center and Edge Facilities for $400m

Roblox Constructs Ashburn Data Center and Edge Facilities for $400m

February 16, 2023 Northern Virginia

Roblox, a maker of video games, invested hundreds of millions of dollars on data center and edge infrastructure in 2022 to serve its own gaming platform. Roblox reported earnings that were higher than forecasted and a rising user base, which caused the company's shares to increase by 25%. Roblox...

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Read Telstra Exchange Facility and Property for Sale Near Melbourne, Australia.
Telstra Exchange Facility and Property for Sale Near Melbourne, Australia.

Telstra Exchange Facility and Property for Sale Near Melbourne, Australia.

February 16, 2023 Melbourne

Under a sale-leaseback agreement, Telstra is offering a minor exchange facility in the environs of Melbourne for sale. The east Melbourne neighborhood of Rowville's 12 Lambourne Avenue is being put up for sale by the Australian telecom. A brick structure of 1,430 square feet on one story, sitting...

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Read Bristow Data Center Park Approval Delayed by Prince William County Officials
Bristow Data Center Park Approval Delayed by Prince William County Officials

Bristow Data Center Park Approval Delayed by Prince William County Officials

February 09, 2023 Northern Virginia

Officials from Prince William County have postponed the vote on a data center construction plan. Following a lengthy discussion that ended at 3 am this Thursday, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors unanimously decided to postpone the Devlin Technology Park proposal until March 7. The...

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Read Application Submitted by Vantage For a 134-acre Data Center Facility in Ashburn, Virginia
Application Submitted by Vantage For a 134-acre Data Center Facility in Ashburn, Virginia

Application Submitted by Vantage For a 134-acre Data Center Facility in Ashburn, Virginia

February 07, 2023 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has filed for a Loudoun County campus near Ashburn. Vantage applied for federal and state approvals for its VA3 data center facility with the US Army Corps of Engineers district commander. Vantage plans to build a "large-scale data center complex" on 134 acres west of Belmont...

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Read Citigroup Is Equipping Two Of Its Data Centers in Texas With Battery Rooms
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Citigroup Is Equipping Two Of Its Data Centers in Texas With Battery Rooms

February 06, 2023 Texas

CitiGroup is initiating two data center expansion projects in the Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth regions of Texas. Two applications for 'Battery Room Buildouts' have been submitted to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). Its Georgetown Data Center is located at 201 Blue Ridge...

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