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Read TeraWulf Seeks $3.5 Billion to Build Data Center for Anthropic
TeraWulf is seeking approximately $3.5 billion in debt financing to support construction of its Justified Data campus in Hawesville, Kentucky, which will be leased to AI company Anthropic. Accordin...

TeraWulf Seeks $3.5 Billion to Build Data Center for Anthropic

July 10, 2026 Terawulf

TeraWulf is seeking approximately $3.5 billion in debt financing to support construction of its Justified Data campus in Hawesville, Kentucky, which will be leased to AI company Anthropic. According to Bloomberg, Morgan Stanley is expected to lead the financing package, which is likely to include...

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Read TeraWulf Purchases Kentucky Site for 1GW Data Center Campus
TeraWulf Purchases Kentucky Site for 1GW Data Center Campus

TeraWulf Purchases Kentucky Site for 1GW Data Center Campus

May 28, 2026 Terawulf

Crypto mining and AI infrastructure company TeraWulf is growing its presence with plans for a second facility in Kentucky. The company this week revealed it has acquired a hyperscale high-performance computing (HPC) development site in Eastern Kentucky. Purchased from Industrial Equity Partners,...

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Read TeraWulf Buys Site in Kentucky for 1GW Data Center Campus
TeraWulf Buys Site in Kentucky for 1GW Data Center Campus

TeraWulf Buys Site in Kentucky for 1GW Data Center Campus

May 27, 2026 Terawulf

TeraWulf is expanding its presence in Kentucky with the acquisition of a second planned site for hyperscale high-performance computing. The Nasdaq-listed cryptomining and AI infrastructure firm announced it has acquired the Muskie Data Campus in Eastern Kentucky from Industrial Equity Partners....

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Read TeraWulf Completes Latest Data Center at New York’s Lake Mariner Campus
TeraWulf Completes Latest Data Center at New York’s Lake Mariner Campus

TeraWulf Completes Latest Data Center at New York’s Lake Mariner Campus

March 20, 2026 Terawulf

Cryptomining company turned data center developer TeraWulf has topped out its newest facility in New York.“Today we topped out CB4, marking the final structural beam placed - all thanks to the crews who brought this build to life,” the company announced on LinkedIn this week. “What stands above...

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Read Lumen Appoints Jim Fowler as CTO
Lumen Appoints Jim Fowler as CTO

Lumen Appoints Jim Fowler as CTO

December 11, 2025 Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies has appointed Jim Fowler as its executive vice president and chief technology and product officer. The new CTO is to succeed Dave Ward, who is leaving Lumen to become president and chief architect at Salesforce. Starting from January 6, Fowler will manage global technology and...

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Read Lumen secures new contract from GAO
Lumen secures new contract from GAO

Lumen secures new contract from GAO

April 15, 2024 Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies has secured a contract worth about $73.6 million from the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) under the General Services Administration's Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) program. This multi-million dollar contract will see Lumen modernize network, data, voice,...

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Read H5 expands its San Antonio data center
H5 expands its San Antonio data center

H5 expands its San Antonio data center

November 21, 2023 H5 Data Centers

H5 this week announced the phase three expansion of its 100 Taylor Street facility, adding an additional 340 cabinets and up to 1.5MW of additional UPS capacity. This site, located at 100 Taylor Street, was acquired by H5 in 2018 and was previously owned by the Texas ISP Taylor Telecom. It is an...

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Read US Defense Information Systems Agency awards $110 million contract to Lumen
US Defense Information Systems Agency awards $110 million contract to Lumen

US Defense Information Systems Agency awards $110 million contract to Lumen

November 10, 2023 Lumen Technologies

The US Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Lumen Technologies a $110 million contract to provide mission-critical network services to the US Department of Defense (DoD). This contract has a timeline of five years, from November 30, 2023, through September 30, 2028. This contract is an...

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Read Lumen sells CND customers to Akamai as it shuts down the business
Lumen sells CND customers to Akamai as it shuts down the business

Lumen sells CND customers to Akamai as it shuts down the business

October 16, 2023 Lumen Technologies

Lumen announced that it’s Content Delivery Network (CDN) business will be shut down and it has sold its customer contracts to Akamai. Both companies will undergo a transition services agreement for 90 days before Lumen completes its shut down. "We are deep into our transformation of Lumen and...

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Read Lumen, a US telco, loses $8.74bn due to non-cash impairment
Lumen, a US telco, loses $8.74bn due to non-cash impairment

Lumen, a US telco, loses $8.74bn due to non-cash impairment

August 03, 2023 Lumen Technologies

In the second quarter, Lumen Technologies reported a loss of $8.74 billion, a significant decrease from the $344 million profit in the same quarter last year. The company, formerly CenturyLink Enterprise, has lost more than 66 percent of its value this year, reducing its market capitalization to...

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Read H5 Data Centers to expand its Phoenix data center
H5 Data Centers to expand its Phoenix data center

H5 Data Centers to expand its Phoenix data center

July 04, 2023 H5 Data Centers

H5 Data Centers has announced a 30,000 sqft expansion of its Phoenix colocation facility. Located at 2600 W. Germann Road in Chandler, AZ, this expansion is part of the company's third phase of development at the 180,000-square-foot data center. Further to this square-footage expansion, phase...

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Read JLL releases its 2023 Global Data Center Outlook
JLL releases its 2023 Global Data Center Outlook

JLL releases its 2023 Global Data Center Outlook

April 17, 2023 JLL

JLL recently released its 2023 Global Data Center Outlook and revealed that despite economic uncertainty, the data center industry continues to boom, especially in Northern Virginia, which continues to remain top of the data center market list. The outlook report suggests that demand from...

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Read Construction of H5's Ashburn, VA Data Center Begins
Construction of H5's Ashburn, VA Data Center Begins

Construction of H5's Ashburn, VA Data Center Begins

March 22, 2023 H5 Data Centers

After dismantling the former data center there, H5 Data Centers has started construction on a new one in Ashburn, Virginia. This week, the company started building a 255,000-square-foot, three-story data center with a 42-megawatt capacity. The building is offered for pre-leasing at Loudoun...

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Read New University at Buffalo School of Management research devises data center energy conservation strategy
New University at Buffalo School of Management research devises data center energy conservation strategy

New University at Buffalo School of Management research devises data center energy conservation strategy

March 16, 2023 Buffalo

The University at Buffalo School of Management (UB) has announced that recent research has discovered a strategy to conserve data center energy consumption and optimize processing performance. It found that data center managers can reduce energy consumption 10-30%. This can be done, the...

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Read Virtus Hires JLL For Facility Administration
Virtus Hires JLL For Facility Administration

Virtus Hires JLL For Facility Administration

February 06, 2023 JLL

Virtus, a data center company in the United Kingdom, has hired JLL to manage its centers. This week, JLL confirmed that it had been selected to provide complete facilities management expertise for all of its UK data center facilities. Neil Cresswell, the CEO of Virtus, stated that this is an...

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Read JLL Seeking Buyers For Property in Chicago Billed as Potential 50MW Data Center Development
JLL Seeking Buyers For Property in Chicago Billed as Potential 50MW Data Center Development

JLL Seeking Buyers For Property in Chicago Billed as Potential 50MW Data Center Development

December 15, 2022 JLL

JLL is looking to sell a plot of land outside Chicago, Illinois. The land is being touted for data center development. JLL’s Regional Director, Sean Reynolds, posted on LinkedIn about the land. He said: “Looking for a Chicago area data center development site with quick access to 50 megawatts?”...

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Read Data centers to move onshore in line with privacy laws?
Data centers to move onshore in line with privacy laws?

Data centers to move onshore in line with privacy laws?

November 22, 2022 JLL

Data privacy regulations are tightening across the world. In recent weeks, following data breaches, there have been numerous reports of countries proposing tighter privacy laws. The proposed Digital India Act, for example, would see India strengthen privacy and data localization regulations;...

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Read Lumen To Sell its EMEA Operation to Colt For $1.8 Billion
Lumen To Sell its EMEA Operation to Colt For $1.8 Billion

Lumen To Sell its EMEA Operation to Colt For $1.8 Billion

November 07, 2022 Lumen Technologies

Lumen has announced that it will sell its Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) operations to Colt in a $1.8 billion deal. The deal will see Lumen divest its EMEA business, including its data centers, terrestrial and subsea networks, and network equipment in the EMEA region, to Colt. The deal is...

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Read H5 Data Centers Completes The Acquisition of Seven Data Centers From vXchnge
H5 Data Centers Completes The Acquisition of Seven Data Centers From vXchnge

H5 Data Centers Completes The Acquisition of Seven Data Centers From vXchnge

February 01, 2022 H5 Data Centers

H5 Data Centers has announced that it has completed the acquisition of seven data center facilities from vXchnge across the United States. With this development, vXchnge has just one data center. With this agreement, H5 data centers has added over 250,000 square feet (23,200 square meters) of...

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Read USDA awards Lumen with a $1.2 billion network services contract
USDA awards Lumen with a $1.2 billion network services contract

USDA awards Lumen with a $1.2 billion network services contract

January 21, 2022 Lumen Technologies

Lumen Technologies has won a $1.2 billion contract from the US Department of Agriculture. Lumen is to deliver a fully integrated wide-area data transport service to over 9,500 US Department of Agriculture locations across the country and around the world. With this contract, Lumen will offer a...

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