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Read EdgeConneX Portland Data Center Campus Now Enabled with 100Gbps AWS Direct Connect Offering
EdgeConneX Portland Data Center Campus Now Enabled with 100Gbps AWS Direct Connect Offering

EdgeConneX Portland Data Center Campus Now Enabled with 100Gbps AWS Direct Connect Offering

September 01, 2021 EdgeConnex POR1

EdgeConnex has announced that it has deployed Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect 100Gbps capability at its Portland data center. The Company has been an AWS Partner Network since 2016. It has now expanded its connection options from 1Gbps and 10Gbps to 100Gbps. The expansion will enable...

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Read Novva Data Centers acquires Colorado Springs Campus
Novva Data Centers acquires Colorado Springs Campus

Novva Data Centers acquires Colorado Springs Campus

August 31, 2021 NOVVA Colorado Springs

Novva Data Centers has announced that it has acquired a 37-acre campus and 190k sqft of data center and supporting facilities, which features a Tier 3+ data center and industrial building in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The data center has a 6 MW designed capacity, but Novva will inject $200...

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Read Brazilian government clamps down on federal data centers over energy usage, amid drought
Brazilian government clamps down on federal data centers over energy usage, amid drought

Brazilian government clamps down on federal data centers over energy usage, amid drought

August 30, 2021 Brazil / Brasil

The Brazilian government is clamping down on excessive energy use amid a drought across the country. As part of this, the government is introducing measures such as a mandate to federal data centres to moderate power use. According to a source speaking to Reuters, these measures are being made in...

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Read 2.7 million square feet data center campus proposed in Westfield, Massachusetts
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2.7 million square feet data center campus proposed in Westfield, Massachusetts

August 27, 2021 Massachusetts

According to Westfield News, a data center campus with 2.7 million square feet of floor space is being proposed in Westfield, Massachusetts. The campus will be at 199 Servistar Industrial Way. This campus will have ten three-story data center buildings. It would also be built over 13-18 years....

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Read VPLS acquires 18.8-acre land and data center in Texas
VPLS acquires 18.8-acre land and data center in Texas

VPLS acquires 18.8-acre land and data center in Texas

August 27, 2021 Evocative: DAL1

VPLS has acquired land and data center in Texas. The land it acquired is an 18.8-acre plot, and it has a 75,000 square foot, 10MW facility. However, the facility is currently leased to an anonymous data and technology Company. The facility also supports 2.5MW of critical IT load, and it can be...

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Read vXchnge sells its Austin data center to Element Critical
vXchnge sells its Austin data center to Element Critical

vXchnge sells its Austin data center to Element Critical

August 23, 2021 Element Critical Austin

According to multiple reports, vXchange has sold its Austin, Texas data center to Element Critical. The data center has a 104,000 square feet space, and it is located in the middle of an 18-acre campus. Besides, the facility also has the capacity to expand to up to 26MW of power. The sale of the...

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Read Mapletree acquires Lumen’s Minnesota data center for $26 million
Mapletree acquires Lumen’s Minnesota data center for $26 million

Mapletree acquires Lumen’s Minnesota data center for $26 million

August 18, 2021 Lumen Minnetonka

As part of its acquisition of Sila Realty Trust’s data center portfolio, Mapletree Investment Trust has also acquired a Lumen data center in Minnesota. The facility is at 5400-5500 Feltl Road inside the Opus Business Park, Minnetonka. It is reported that Sila paid $26 million for the facility....

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Read AWS buys 17 acres in Loudoun County, North Virginia for $32.5m
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AWS buys 17 acres in Loudoun County, North Virginia for $32.5m

August 17, 2021 AWS US East (N. Virginia)

According to BizJournal, Amazon Web Services is looking to expand its data center footprint in Loudoun County, North Virginia, by acquiring more land in the county. The report states that AWS bought 17.15 acres of land in the county for $32.5 million. The plot of land is currently empty, and it...

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Read Facebook revealed as the company behind $800m Mesa project
Facebook revealed as the company behind $800m Mesa project

Facebook revealed as the company behind $800m Mesa project

August 16, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

Last week, Facebook announced that it is the tech company behind the data center in Mesa. The 960,000 sqft facility will see a projected $800 million investment, and an estimated 100 operational jobs and 1,500 construction jobs. That said, the tech giant's plans haven't been without opposition....

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Read Aligned invests in green future with $1.25B for waterless data center
Aligned invests in green future with $1.25B for waterless data center

Aligned invests in green future with $1.25B for waterless data center

August 11, 2021 Aligned SLC-04

Aligned has announced plans to develop its $1.25 billion SLC-04, a waterless data center, based in Salt Lake City. Instead of cooling its data centers with water, SLC-04 will use the cold desert climate to eliminate heat. The company's Delta3 cooling technology will accompany this. According to...

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Read AUBix LLC to build 40,000 sq ft data center in Auburn, Alabama
AUBix LLC to build 40,000 sq ft data center in Auburn, Alabama

AUBix LLC to build 40,000 sq ft data center in Auburn, Alabama

August 10, 2021 AUBix Auburn

AUBix LLC, a new Company, has broken ground on its new data center in Auburn, Alabama. The firm says it will build a $120 million, 40,000 square foot facility on Samford Avenue, close to Auburn University’s campus. The first phase of the project is scheduled to be completed in Q1 of 2022. The...

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Read Unnamed firm signs 2.4MW lease for Iron Mountain Boyers data center
Unnamed firm signs 2.4MW lease for Iron Mountain Boyers data center

Unnamed firm signs 2.4MW lease for Iron Mountain Boyers data center

August 10, 2021 Iron Mountain The Underground

An unnamed hyperscale enterprise software provider has entered into a 2.4MW data center lease agreement with Iron Mountain. The unknown firm will deploy at Iron Mountain’s WPA-1 data center facility in Boyers, Pennsylvania. Besides, the firm also has existing deployments at other Iron Mountain...

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Read Flexential to spend $4.8m in expanding its data center in Franklin, Tennessee
Flexential to spend $4.8m in expanding its data center in Franklin, Tennessee

Flexential to spend $4.8m in expanding its data center in Franklin, Tennessee

July 30, 2021 Flexential Franklin TN

BizJournal reports that Flexential is expanding its Franklin, Tennessee data center. The report states that Flexential has been granted building permits to expand its data center at 4600 Carothers Parkway. The Company is reportedly calling on Turner Construction for the project dubbed as ‘Phase...

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Read Piemonte Holding announces agreement to purchase Globo's data center in Rio de Janeiro
Piemonte Holding announces agreement to purchase Globo's data center in Rio de Janeiro

Piemonte Holding announces agreement to purchase Globo's data center in Rio de Janeiro

July 28, 2021 Elea: RJO1

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The financial group Piemonte Holding, Globo Comunicação e Participações and Drammen Elea Digital, Piemonte's data center holding company, announced this Wednesday (28) that they have signed a sale and purchase agreement concerning Globo's data center...

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Read Round Rock votes to rezone land for Switch data center campus
Round Rock votes to rezone land for Switch data center campus

Round Rock votes to rezone land for Switch data center campus

July 26, 2021 Switch Austin "The Rock"

This week, Round Rock City Council unanimously voted to approve the rezoning of two plots of land for Switch’s 'The Rock' data center, which will span 1.5 million square feet (140,000 sq m). The two plots of land totaL 35.71 acres, and are either side of Dell Technologies' global headquarters,...

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Read Logistics park and data center to go ahead in Winchester, Virginia, despite backlash
Logistics park and data center to go ahead in Winchester, Virginia, despite backlash

Logistics park and data center to go ahead in Winchester, Virginia, despite backlash

July 21, 2021 Northern Virginia

In Winchester, Virginia, local officials have voted to rezone more than 277 acres for a new data center and logistics park despite significant public backlash. The development project is known as One Logistics Park and has received. The Winchester Star reported that the response from locals has...

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Read Stro acquires office and data center building belonging to Bank of New York Mellon in New Jersey
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Stro acquires office and data center building belonging to Bank of New York Mellon in New Jersey

July 21, 2021 BNY: 19 Vreeland Rd

Stro Companies has acquired an office and data center building owned by Bank of New York Mellon in Florham Park, New Jersey. It is reported that the Company acquired the buildings for $7.3 million. The acquired building also has 141,000 square feet of space. Jack Shulman, director of acquisitions...

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Read Sophos sets its sights on expansion
Sophos sets its sights on expansion

Sophos sets its sights on expansion

July 21, 2021 Canada

As part of Sophos ongoing expansion, it has moved into Montreal, Canada, meaning the company now has a presence in the U.S., Germany, and Ireland, as well as Sydney, Australia and Tokyo, Japan. In a statement speaking about the rollout of these new data centers, the company said: "We're delighted...

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Read Facebook's Eagle Mountain data center moves online
Facebook's Eagle Mountain data center moves online

Facebook's Eagle Mountain data center moves online

July 16, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook has announced that its data center in Eagle Mountain, Utah is now up and running. Although officially serving traffic, the site is still under construction, with a view to span to 1.5 million square feet (140,000 sq m). At the peak of construction, the site employed a total of 1,250...

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Read NTT reveals details of its 240 MW Phoenix data center campus
NTT reveals details of its 240 MW Phoenix data center campus

NTT reveals details of its 240 MW Phoenix data center campus

July 15, 2021 NTT PH1

NTT has revealed plans for its new 240MW data center campus in Mesa, Arizona. It has also broken ground on the site. The facility is on a 102-acre site, and it is located on Elliot Road Technology Corridor, Mesa, Arizona. It will have a 240MW capacity and 1.5 million square feet of floor space...

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