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Read Aligned Tops out New Maryland Data Center
Aligned Tops out New Maryland Data Center

Aligned Tops out New Maryland Data Center

March 12, 2026 Maryland

Aligned has reached the topping-out milestone for a data center in Frederick, Maryland. Turner Construction Company and Aligned announced that the structural phase of the 72MW Aligned IAD-06 facility is now complete.The two-story, 450,000 sq ft (41,805 sqm) data center sits on a 75‑acre campus...

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Read 150MW Data Center Proposed for Baltimore County, Maryland
150MW Data Center Proposed for Baltimore County, Maryland

150MW Data Center Proposed for Baltimore County, Maryland

December 09, 2025 Maryland

A report by Fox45 News revealed that applicant Security Land and Development LP is seeking to develop the data center campus on a 42-acre site in the Woodlawn area of the county. In addition to the campus, the applicant will donate five acres to BGE to develop an electrical substation and will...

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Read DartPoints Announces 10MW Expansion in South Carolina
DartPoints Announces 10MW Expansion in South Carolina

DartPoints Announces 10MW Expansion in South Carolina

November 15, 2025 South Carolina

US data center operator DartPoints this week announced a $125 million expansion of its Greenville County facility, increasing its capacity from 2.5MW to 12.5MW, and adding 88,000 square feet (8,175 sqm) of high-density space.“This project builds on DartPoints’ collaboration with state and local...

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Read Santee Cooper proposes nuclear power station acquisition
Santee Cooper proposes nuclear power station acquisition

Santee Cooper proposes nuclear power station acquisition

January 25, 2025 South Carolina

Santee Cooper, South Carolina’s state-owned electric and water utility, has launched a Request for Proposals (RFP) to acquire and complete or propose alternatives for two partially constructed generating units at the Virgil C Summer Nuclear Power Station in Fairfield County, South Carolina.The...

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Read TPG Real Estate takes full control of Quantum Frederick Project
TPG Real Estate takes full control of Quantum Frederick Project

TPG Real Estate takes full control of Quantum Frederick Project

December 27, 2024 Maryland

Quantum Loophole will no longer have any "active involvement" in the Quantum Frederick Project, a 2,100-acre data center campus and fiber optic loop (QLoop) in Frederick County, Maryland. This September, TPG sought a court order to remove Quantum Loophole from its role as manager of the $5...

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Read Data Journey acquires South Carolina data center site
Data Journey acquires South Carolina data center site

Data Journey acquires South Carolina data center site

December 10, 2024 South Carolina

Cryptocurrency and power generation company Greenidge Generation has agreed to sell its 152-acre Spartanburg, South Carolina property to Data Journey for $12.1 million in cash and an 8 percent profit participation interest in a planned data center on the site. Greenidge will support Data Journey...

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Read IonQ unveils two rack-mounted quantum solutions
IonQ unveils two rack-mounted quantum solutions

IonQ unveils two rack-mounted quantum solutions

October 04, 2023 Maryland

A leading quantum computing firm, IonQ has announced plans for two rack-mounted solutions that introduce quantum capabilities to existing infrastructures: IonQ Forte Enterprise and IonQ Tempo. These solutions are mainly to help businesses leverage the power of quantum directly from their own data...

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Read Construction starts on the county government data center in Maryland
Construction starts on the county government data center in Maryland

Construction starts on the county government data center in Maryland

September 07, 2023 Maryland

The Frederick County Government office building in Maryland, which includes a data center, is still under construction. The Prospect Center on Himes Avenue in Frederick will be converted as part of this undertaking. The county paid $20 million for the building in 2021, and it will house multiple...

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Read Data centers could be built on Maryland's old mall site for FBI HQ
Data centers could be built on Maryland's old mall site for FBI HQ

Data centers could be built on Maryland's old mall site for FBI HQ

August 16, 2023 Maryland

Lerner Enterprises is evaluating a former Maryland mall as a possible campus for a data center if the FBI does not relocate there. Brightseat Associates LLC, a Lerner affiliate, filed a preliminary application for a "qualified data center" with Prince George's County's land use regulatory body...

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Read Bitcoin Miner GDA opens of three new data centers in South Carolina
Bitcoin Miner GDA opens of three new data centers in South Carolina

Bitcoin Miner GDA opens of three new data centers in South Carolina

August 01, 2023 South Carolina

Genesis Digital Assets (GDA) has announced the opening of three new data centers in South Carolina's Western region. The company is one of the world's largest Bitcoin mining companies, and has 400 MW of capability spread across three continents. It reportedly accounts for about 2% of the Bitcoin...

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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 York County's $1bn data center proposal
York County's $1bn data center proposal

York County's $1bn data center proposal

June 06, 2023 South Carolina

South Carolina is planning a $1 billion data center development. This week, the York County Council will discuss and vote on tax incentives for a data center proposal in the county. York County is located in northeast South Carolina, toward the east of Greenville and Spartanburg, and adjacent to...

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Read Diode Ventures Planning a 220MW Facility in Kansas
Diode Ventures Planning a 220MW Facility in Kansas

Diode Ventures Planning a 220MW Facility in Kansas

April 26, 2022 Kansas City

Diode Ventures is looking to develop a massive data center campus in Kansas. The company filed a preliminary plan for a data center campus called Creek Technology Park. The campus will sit on an undeveloped 359 acres of land in the northeast of US Highway 169 and Interstate 435 in Missouri....

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Read North Myrtle Beach City To Invest $12m In Developing an Emergency Operations and Data Management Center
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North Myrtle Beach City To Invest $12m In Developing an Emergency Operations and Data Management Center

April 26, 2022 South Carolina

The City of North Myrtle Beach in South Carolina has announced that it is developing an emergency operations and data management center. The city’s council members initially planned to spend $2 million developing the data center. However, the budget has risen to $12 million. North Myrtle Beach is...

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Read AWS Project Withdrawal Prompts Frederick County To Consider Amending Zoning Laws
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AWS Project Withdrawal Prompts Frederick County To Consider Amending Zoning Laws

March 04, 2022 Maryland

Frederick County officials met this week to address a data center zoning law. They are looking to change a Maryland County’s zoning law to allow the development of data centers. This move happened after Amazon Web Services rescinded a project plan because of restrictive timelines. The officials...

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Read ECU students protest potential data center facility in the Greenville area
ECU students protest potential data center facility in  the Greenville area

ECU students protest potential data center facility in the Greenville area

January 21, 2022 South Carolina

Students and staff at East Carolina University have voiced significant concerns around the potential arrival of a crypto mining facility in the Greenville area. This week, those opposing the proposed data center, came together to protest, with the slogan "Say No To Crypto." A number of protesters...

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Read COPT forms joint ventures with Blackstone, buys two data center shells
COPT forms joint ventures with Blackstone, buys two data center shells

COPT forms joint ventures with Blackstone, buys two data center shells

June 03, 2021 Maryland

Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT) has announced a new joint venture with funds affiliated with Blackstone Real Estate to purchase data center shells. The JV has acquired a 90% stake in two single-tenant data center shell properties totalling 432,000 square feet (40,100 sqm). The properties...

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Read KCP&L and Westar Energy are now Evergy
KCP&L and Westar Energy are now Evergy

KCP&L and Westar Energy are now Evergy

October 07, 2019 Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Local energy providers, Westar Energy and KCP&L are now serving customers as Evergy, the name of the holding company established when the companies merged last year. “This is an exciting time for our company,” Terry Bassham, president and chief executive...

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