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Read Questions raised over Loudoun County data center proposal
Questions raised over Loudoun County data center proposal

Questions raised over Loudoun County data center proposal

May 14, 2021 Northern Virginia

BlackChamber Group’s application to build a 530,000 sq ft (49,000 sq m) data center in Loudoun County has split the county’s board of supervisors. According to a report published in Washington Business Journal, the group’s proposal to build two facilities on the 23-acre plot could be rejected in...

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Read Amazon submits plans for second data center in County Meath, Ireland
Amazon submits plans for second data center in County Meath, Ireland

Amazon submits plans for second data center in County Meath, Ireland

May 05, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

According to Planning documents filed with Meath Local Authorities, Amazon is proposing to build a new data center at the IDA Business & Technology Park in Drogheda, County Meath. The new data center will be a two-story building, and it will have a floor area of 28,566 square meters. Tunis...

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Read TA Realty planning $1.8 billion, 300MW data center campus in Loudoun County, Virginia
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TA Realty planning $1.8 billion, 300MW data center campus in Loudoun County, Virginia

May 04, 2021 Northern Virginia

TA Realty has announced that it will be developing a new $1.8 billion secure data center in Loudoun County, VA. The initial buildings of the data center are expected to be ready by late 2021. Upon completion, the fully built-out campus will be over 1.5 million square feet. It will also have 300...

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Read New Dark Fiber Provider, DF&I, Announced Investment from IPI (PR)
New Dark Fiber Provider, DF&I, Announced Investment from IPI (PR)

New Dark Fiber Provider, DF&I, Announced Investment from IPI (PR)

June 16, 2020 Northern Virginia

ASHBURN, Va., /PRNewswire/ -- Dark Fiber & Infrastructure, LLC ("DF&I" or the "Company") today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to receive a majority investment from IPI Partners, LLC ("IPI"). IPI's investment will be used to accelerate the growth of DF&I's footprint and...

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Read Amazon adds 112-acre lot adjacent to its New Albany campus
Amazon adds 112-acre lot adjacent to its New Albany campus

Amazon adds 112-acre lot adjacent to its New Albany campus

May 04, 2020 Hyperscale Data Center

Amazon acquired a 112-acre lot adjacent to its New Albany campus. The lot is on the Northeastern corner of Beech Road Northwest and Jug Street. It's just to the north of its 68-acre New Albany campus.Amazon Data Services bought the new lot for $21.8 million on April 20. The $195,000-an-acre price...

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Read AWS is fast-tracking construction of three NOVA data centers
AWS is fast-tracking construction of three NOVA data centers

AWS is fast-tracking construction of three NOVA data centers

March 27, 2020 Hyperscale Data Center

Amazon submitted a fast-track application last week to build three data centers totaling approximately 300,000 SqFt on 90 acres in the South Riding area of Loudoun County. According to the company plans, the development will be completed in three phases, with the first ~260K SF phase being the...

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Read New Albany Council Approves Incentives for 3rd Amazon facility
New Albany Council Approves Incentives for 3rd Amazon facility

New Albany Council Approves Incentives for 3rd Amazon facility

December 18, 2019 Hyperscale Data Center

Amazon Web Services appears once again to be expanding its footprint in New Albany. The company now has three sites for data-center complexes in the city, with a total investment of $1.7 billion in the New Albany International Business Park, according to a fact sheet provided at the New Albany...

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Read Construction is started on the AWS Facility in Mulhaddart, Ireland
Construction is started on the AWS Facility in Mulhaddart, Ireland

Construction is started on the AWS Facility in Mulhaddart, Ireland

September 09, 2019 Hyperscale Data Center

The Business Post reports that work has begun on the Amazon Mulhuddart data center campus. The project was known as "Project G" was originally approved in 2017, but was held up by environmental groups. The initial phase will be over 220,000 and is expected to be completed by mid-2021 at the latest.

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 Amazon will Power Mulhuddart campus with 91.2 megawatt Wind farm in Donegal
Amazon will Power Mulhuddart campus with 91.2 megawatt Wind farm in Donegal

Amazon will Power Mulhuddart campus with 91.2 megawatt Wind farm in Donegal

April 09, 2019 Hyperscale Data Center

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced it will invest in a the Donegal wind farm, a renewable energy project in Ireland. The 91.2 megawatt wind farm will be developed by Invis Energy and is expected to begin providing energy to AWS Data Centers in Ireland by the end of 2021.The Donegal wind farm...

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Read Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden
Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden

Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden

March 25, 2019 Sweden

Microsoft is reportedly building two new datacenters in Sweden, according to Swedish Newspaper Gefle Dagblad (via MSN). It was previously reported in December that the company had acquired 130 hectares of land in the municipalities of of Gävle and Sandviken, near the Swedish capital Stockholm....

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Read Amazon secures land in Dublin and Hilliard for new data centers
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Amazon secures land in Dublin and Hilliard for new data centers

February 27, 2015 AWS US East (Ohio)

Amazon Web Services has tied up two of the three sites for its planned data center network in Central Ohio. Public records show Amazon Web Services' Vadata Inc. affiliate bought 58.2 acres at Hayden Run Road between Britton Parkway and Interstate 270 in Hilliard from Trueman LP for $8.3 million....

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