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Read Warrenton, Virginia To See Data Center Development Skyrocket
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Warrenton, Virginia To See Data Center Development Skyrocket

June 29, 2022 Virginia

Virginia’s Warrenton town could see the development of data centers skyrocket due to the change of zoning laws. Amazon Web Services has plans to develop a large data center in the town due to the zoning law change. The company filed to develop a 20,400 square meter (220,000 square feet) single...

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Read Prologis Takes Over NTT's 2300 W. Plano Parkway Site
Prologis Takes Over NTT's 2300 W. Plano Parkway Site

Prologis Takes Over NTT's 2300 W. Plano Parkway Site

June 27, 2022 NTT 2300 W Plano

According to Dallas Morning News, Prologis is looking to develop an industrial warehouse park on a site at 2300 W. Plano Parkway occupied by NTT for an office complex and data center. The company plans to develop a 64-acre, eight-building warehouse which will span 92,900 square meters (1 million...

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Read Renewable energy credits (RECs) and greenwashing
Renewable energy credits (RECs) and greenwashing

Renewable energy credits (RECs) and greenwashing

June 27, 2022 Canada

New research shows that while an increasing number of companies are making ambitious and climate promises and claiming they’re powered by renewable energy, many of their pledges are often exaggerated as a result of an over-reliance on Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). RECs are received by...

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Read Groton Town Places Moratorium on Large Data Centers
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Groton Town Places Moratorium on Large Data Centers

June 26, 2022 Connecticut

Groton Town in Connecticut has placed a one-year moratorium on the development of large data centers pending when it enacts its data center industry regulation. According to CT Examiner, the Groton Planning and Zoning Commission voted to place a moratorium on large data centers. The new rule will...

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Read H5 Acquires 505 Marquette
H5 Acquires 505 Marquette

H5 Acquires 505 Marquette

June 24, 2022 H5 Albuquerque

H5 Data Centers has acquired 505 Marquette in downtown Albuquerque. The building is a carrier hotel from which H5 DC currently operates a data center. The 225,000-square-feet building is a critical interconnection point for New Mexico. This is because it has 20 on-site communications carriers. It...

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Read PubMatic announces its global data centers are now fully powered by renewable energy
PubMatic announces its global data centers are now fully powered by renewable energy

PubMatic announces its global data centers are now fully powered by renewable energy

June 23, 2022 California

PubMatic has reportedly achieved 100% renewable energy across all of its data centers globally, including in California, New Jersey, London, Amsterdam, and Singapore. Sourced from wind and solar power, this achievement is a significant one for the company, whose energy usage is 90% composed of...

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Read Netrality Expands Its St. Louis Data Center
Netrality Expands Its St. Louis Data Center

Netrality Expands Its St. Louis Data Center

June 23, 2022 210 N Tucker (Netrality) St Louis Carrier Hotel

Netrality Data Centers has completed the expansion of its St Louis data center in Missouri. The facility is located at 210 North Tucker. Netrality added two new data halls with 1.2MW capacity across 1,077 square meters (11,600 square feet) of space. Netrality DC’s Chief Revenue Officer, Amber...

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Read Layer 9 Plans 64MW Data Center in Mexico
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Layer 9 Plans 64MW Data Center in Mexico

June 23, 2022 Mexico City / Ciudad de México

Layer 9 Data Centers has completed a Series A investment round. The company is also planning to develop a 64MW data center in Mexico from the fund raised. However, it didn’t reveal the amount it raised. The Series A investment was led by a consortium of top-shots in the industry. Layer 9 DC was...

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Read Boston Properties Sells Virginia-95 Business Park To Finmarc For $127.5m
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Boston Properties Sells Virginia-95 Business Park To Finmarc For $127.5m

June 22, 2022 Virginia

Finmarc Management Inc. has completed the acquisition of the Virginia-95 Business Park from Boston Properties Inc. The property consists of data center buildings and industrial buildings. The purchase price is $127.5 million. The 740,000 square feet properties feature 11 buildings that comprise...

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Read Virginia’s Warren County considers adding data centers to zoning laws
Virginia’s Warren County considers adding data centers to zoning laws

Virginia’s Warren County considers adding data centers to zoning laws

June 17, 2022 Northern Virginia

Virginia's Warren County officials have announced that they are considering a proposal to amend zoning laws which could lead to a new wave of data center development in the County, in the northwest of the state and west of Loudoun and Fauquier Counties. As per the proposal, an amendment would be...

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Read DOE launches $8bn H2Hubs program
DOE launches $8bn H2Hubs program

DOE launches $8bn H2Hubs program

June 17, 2022 United States

The US Department of Energy recently launched an $8 billion program through which it will develop a network of regional clean hydrogen hubs across America, to fast-track the use of hydrogen as a clean energy source. Although the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has outlined plans for at least four...

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Read Compass Data Centers announces plans for over 10 million sq ft of data centers
Compass Data Centers announces plans for over 10 million sq ft of data centers

Compass Data Centers announces plans for over 10 million sq ft of data centers

June 17, 2022 Northern Virginia

It has been confirmed that Compass Data Centers is one of the companies that is involved in the Prince William Digital Gateway Project in Virginia, a plan that is steeped in controversy and would see over 2,000 acres of land in the County used for data center construction. If the plan is given...

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Read San Jose: Microsoft to use a biofuel-powered microgrid for backup
San Jose: Microsoft to use a biofuel-powered microgrid for backup

San Jose: Microsoft to use a biofuel-powered microgrid for backup

June 16, 2022 California

Microsoft has announced that it will be using renewable natural gas to fuel its backup energy at its San Jose data center, which is currently under construction. This move aligns with the company’s target of being carbon negative by 2030, and the project will also provide power locally with...

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Read Bit Origin Enter Agreement To Develop a 75MW Cryptominine Data Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming
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Bit Origin Enter Agreement To Develop a 75MW Cryptominine Data Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming

June 16, 2022 Cheyenne

Bit Origin Limited has announced that it will be developing a cryptomine data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The company revealed that it had entered some agreements to invest up to $3m in a private crypto mining fund. The fund will then be used to develop a cryptomine with up to 75MW capacity in...

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Read Cloud at Work Opens New Data Center in Toronto
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Cloud at Work Opens New Data Center in Toronto

June 15, 2022 Toronto

Cloud at Work has announced the launch of a new data center in Toronto, Canada. The move sees the company expand into the Canadian market as it already has two world-class data centers in the US. According to Cloud at Work, the new facility will ensure that its customers in Canada have access to...

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Read Virginia's Culpeper County Could See Development of 765,000 Sq ft Data Center Campus
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Virginia's Culpeper County Could See Development of 765,000 Sq ft Data Center Campus

June 15, 2022 Virginia

The president of AttoTek, a software development firm, David Martin, has filed for rezoning in Culpeper County, Virginia. The filing details involve rezoning 88 acres of his property around Stevensburg Road and Brandy Road. Once approved, it can lead to over 700,000 square feet (65,000 square...

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Read Material and labor shortages in the data center
Material and labor shortages in the data center

Material and labor shortages in the data center

June 14, 2022 San Francisco Bay Area

As the need for data grows and grows, demand for data center construction is as strong as ever, however, the boom is being hampered by a number of factors, including supply and labor shortages, and price hikes. In a recent report named 'Data center market conditions update - Q1, 2022,'...

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Read Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants
Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants

Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants

June 13, 2022 New York

The New York Legislature has passed a landmark bill to ban cryptocurrency data centers that use fossil fuels to power their operations, in an effort to reduce statewide emissions by 85% by 2050. Specifically, the bill will impose a two-year moratorium on these activities, however, Governor Kathy...

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Read Mapletree Industrial Trust Announces Sale of Michigan Data Center
Mapletree Industrial Trust Announces Sale of Michigan Data Center

Mapletree Industrial Trust Announces Sale of Michigan Data Center

June 13, 2022 Mapletree: 19675 W Ten Mile

Mapletree Industrial Trust (MIT) has announced the sale of its data center located at 19675 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield, Michigan, to its tenant. The data center sits on 121,100 square feet (11,250 square meters) of land. In addition, the four-story facility has up to 52,940 square feet (4,900...

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Read Meta Adding Two More Buildings To Its Huntsville Facility in Alabama
Meta Adding Two More Buildings To Its Huntsville Facility in Alabama

Meta Adding Two More Buildings To Its Huntsville Facility in Alabama

June 10, 2022 Hyperscale Data Center

Meta has announced that it is expanding its Huntsville facility in Alabama. The company revealed that it is adding two new buildings to the data center to allow the data center buildings to span 3.5 million square feet of space. According to Meta, its investment in the facility will exceed $1.5...

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