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Read Frederick County establishes work group to look at data centers
Frederick County establishes work group to look at data centers

Frederick County establishes work group to look at data centers

June 28, 2023 Maryland

In Frederick County, a place which has become a highly attractive data center zone and is the location site of Quantum Loophole’s massive and recently paused data center campus, Frederick County Executive Jessica Fitzwater has formed a workgroup for data centers. Fitzwater formed the group in...

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Read Phoenix Data center with 6 MW up for sale
Phoenix Data center with 6 MW up for sale

Phoenix Data center with 6 MW up for sale

June 27, 2023 Phoenix

A 6MW data facility is up for lease or purchase in Phoenix, Arizona. Located in the desirable Deer Valley neighborhood, CBRE has listed 20435 North 26th Avenue for sale or lease. There was no listed pricing. The 6MW facility was completed in 2003 and sits on 3.66 acres of land, with a raised...

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Read Pittsburgh Data Center up for Sale or Lease
Pittsburgh Data Center up for Sale or Lease

Pittsburgh Data Center up for Sale or Lease

June 01, 2023 Pittsburgh

A data center for sale or lease is available in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Colliers and Five 9s Digital are offering the McKees Rock facility located at 615 McMichael Road. The site is listed for lease in Colliers' materials, but Five 9s claims it can be purchased or leased. The circa...

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Read Aligned Data Centers Concludes the Purchase of Odata
Aligned Data Centers Concludes the Purchase of Odata

Aligned Data Centers Concludes the Purchase of Odata

May 25, 2023 Aligned

Odata, a LATAM provider of data centers, has been fully acquired by Aligned Data Centers. According to Aligned, the transaction places the company among the biggest private data center owners in the Americas, with more than 2.5GW of critical capacity throughout over 40 data centers at full...

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Read Virginia's Culpeper County Receive Permit Requests For Zoning of Two 4.46M Sq Ft Data Center Campuses
Virginia's Culpeper County Receive Permit Requests For Zoning of Two 4.46M Sq Ft Data Center Campuses

Virginia's Culpeper County Receive Permit Requests For Zoning of Two 4.46M Sq Ft Data Center Campuses

May 25, 2023 Northern Virginia

The Virginian county of Culpeper may soon see the construction of more than four million square feet of data centers. The Culpeper Town and County Councils have received rezoning requests that would enable the construction of approximately 17 buildings on two campuses on the town's border...

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Read Aligned Gets Maryland Data Center Planning Permission
Aligned Gets Maryland Data Center Planning Permission

Aligned Gets Maryland Data Center Planning Permission

May 18, 2023 Aligned

Planning approval has been given for Aligned Data Centers to build a data center on the enormous Quantum Loophole campus in Frederick County, Maryland. Last week, the Frederick County Planning Commission authorized the initial site plan for the Quantum Loophole campus's first data center. The...

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Read Poll in Northern Virginia reveals local opposition to data center development near national parks
Poll in Northern Virginia reveals local opposition to data center development near national parks

Poll in Northern Virginia reveals local opposition to data center development near national parks

May 15, 2023 Northern Virginia

A poll of Northern Virginia residents by the National Parks Conservation Association has found that the majority oppose the development of data centers near public land, including national parks. The survey polled 300 voters from several Northern Virginia jurisdictions. Of those polled, 77%...

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Read Data Center Expansion in Spotsylvania
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Data Center Expansion in Spotsylvania

May 14, 2023 Northern Virginia

Spotsylvania County officials are planning to capitalize on data center building expansion. They are modifying the county's Comprehensive Plan as part of their efforts. The county Planning Commission scheduled data center-specific Comprehensive Plan amendment public hearings Wednesday night after...

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Read Fairfax County to look at new rules for data centers
Fairfax County to look at new rules for data centers

Fairfax County to look at new rules for data centers

May 12, 2023 Northern Virginia

According to a report by FFXNow, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is set to look into the environmental impact of data centers in the midst of its ongoing data center boom. This week, following a unanimously approved motion introduced by Board Chairman Jeff McKay, county staff were...

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Read Aligned Data Centers Enters Canada, Invests In QScale
Aligned Data Centers Enters Canada, Invests In QScale

Aligned Data Centers Enters Canada, Invests In QScale

May 09, 2023 Aligned

Aligned Data Centers has invested in the Canadian company QScale. The "strategic investment" received "strong support" from existing shareholders, according to QScale. The scale of the investment was not disclosed; however, it is described as a "major financing round" and is anticipated to close...

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Read NCR Resume Additional Services After a Ransomware Breach
NCR Resume Additional Services After a Ransomware Breach

NCR Resume Additional Services After a Ransomware Breach

April 28, 2023 Atlanta

After a ransomware assault caused a data center outage that disrupted its Aloha cloud-based services and Counterpoint apps, NCR is making progress toward restoring services. For the subset of CMC customers who were impacted by the incident, online ordering has resumed and NCR's Command Center...

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Read Demonstration Scheduled at Prince William's Digital Gateway Event
Demonstration Scheduled at Prince William's Digital Gateway Event

Demonstration Scheduled at Prince William's Digital Gateway Event

April 25, 2023 Northern Virginia

The debate surrounding the construction of a massive data center facility in Prince William County persists. Tuesday evening, residents planned to hold a protest against the Prince William Digital Gateway prior to a developer-hosted open house. Maureen Umeh of FOX 5 reports that the controversy...

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Read Aligned Acquires 177k Sq. Ft. Office Building in Chicago for New Data Center Campus
Aligned Acquires 177k Sq. Ft. Office Building in Chicago for New Data Center Campus

Aligned Acquires 177k Sq. Ft. Office Building in Chicago for New Data Center Campus

April 18, 2023 Aligned

Aligned bought an office property in the Chicago, Illinois neighborhood of Elk Grove. It is currently unknown whether the company intends to convert the facility occupied by CitiBank into a data center. The Real Deal reports, citing Cook County public records, that Aligned purchased 50 Northwest...

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Read Big data center development & hydrogen fuel hub on the way to Surry County, North Virginia
Big data center development & hydrogen fuel hub on the way to Surry County, North Virginia

Big data center development & hydrogen fuel hub on the way to Surry County, North Virginia

April 13, 2023 Northern Virginia

A first-of-its-kind combination data center and hydrogen fuel hub is on its way to Surry County, North Virginia, it has been announced. Middleburg-based Green Energy Partners LLC is leading the project, which is called the Surry Green Energy Center (SGEC) and comes after GEP secured 641 acres of...

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Read Aligned joins the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership
Aligned joins the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership

Aligned joins the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership

April 11, 2023 Aligned

Aligned Data Centers has announced that it has joined the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership, which aims to encourage organizations to voluntarily utilize green power for the benefit of the planet and human health. Through signing up for the Green Power Partnership,...

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Read 5.5 million sq ft data center park proposed in Stafford County, Virginia
5.5 million sq ft data center park proposed in Stafford County, Virginia

5.5 million sq ft data center park proposed in Stafford County, Virginia

April 11, 2023 Northern Virginia

In Stafford County, Stafford Technology LC, a company affiliated with US real estate firm Peterson, has outlined plans to develop a 5.5 million sq ft data center park. In order to accommodate the 25-building data center campus, the company is seeking to rezone 524 acres in the Falmouth Election...

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Read Community And Business Groups Challenge Loudoun Data Center Emissions Permit
Community And Business Groups Challenge Loudoun Data Center Emissions Permit

Community And Business Groups Challenge Loudoun Data Center Emissions Permit

April 07, 2023 Northern Virginia

This spring and summer, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is mulling over a proposal enabling data facilities in Loudoun County to draw power more routinely from on-site disaster diesel generators. The proposal aims to alleviate pressure on the transmission system, which transports...

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Read Direct Line Global triples presence at Ashburn Crossing, Virginia
Direct Line Global triples presence at Ashburn Crossing, Virginia

Direct Line Global triples presence at Ashburn Crossing, Virginia

April 06, 2023 Ashburn: Data Center Alley

Direct Line Global has announced that it has signed the lease for a 17,040-square-foot research and development space within Ashburn Crossing, an 80-acre business park in Ashburn, Virginia. Through this move, the company has tripled its presence in the area. Speaking about this expansion, Vern...

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Read Dominion Energy and PowerHouse Discover Solution to The Data Center Power Difficulties in Loudoun.
Dominion Energy and PowerHouse Discover Solution to The Data Center Power Difficulties in Loudoun.

Dominion Energy and PowerHouse Discover Solution to The Data Center Power Difficulties in Loudoun.

March 30, 2023 Northern Virginia

PowerHouse anticipates that the 265,000-square-foot building will be occupied by tenants in July, with complete construction scheduled for completion in October. Nonetheless, there is a pervasive power issue. Buddy Rizer, head of Loudoun County Economic Development, stated that each project has a...

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Read Concerns over Northern Virginia diesel generators leads to DEQ revising its relaxation of generator restrictions
Concerns over Northern Virginia diesel generators leads to DEQ revising its relaxation of generator restrictions

Concerns over Northern Virginia diesel generators leads to DEQ revising its relaxation of generator restrictions

March 22, 2023 Northern Virginia

Residents in North Virginia had recently raised their concerns about the decision made by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to permit diesel generators to power data centers in the region. The DEQ announced that it would be looking into the permittance to preserve data center...

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