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Read AWS Reveals 300MW Data Center Campus Plan In Walla Walla County
Amazon Web Services has revealed plans for a three-building data center campus on 134 acres in Walla Walla County, [Washington](https://baxtel.com/regions/washington). Documents posted by the count...

AWS Reveals 300MW Data Center Campus Plan In Walla Walla County

November 06, 2026 Washington

Amazon Web Services has revealed plans for a three-building data center campus on 134 acres in Walla Walla County, Washington. Documents posted by the county, reported by Data Center Dynamics on Nov. 5, describe the Amazon Attalia Data Center Campus as three 220,000-square-foot buildings with...

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Read Google Backstops TeraWulf Debt for $19B Anthropic Campus in Kentucky
TeraWulf has secured Google as a credit backstop for the debt financing behind its Justified Data Campus in Hawesville, Kentucky ([TeraWulf press release](https://investors.terawulf.com/news-events...

Google Backstops TeraWulf Debt for $19B Anthropic Campus in Kentucky

November 05, 2026 Kentucky

TeraWulf has secured Google as a credit backstop for the debt financing behind its Justified Data Campus in Hawesville, Kentucky (TeraWulf press release). The campus carries a 20-year lease with Anthropic worth about $19 billion (Reuters). Baxtel reported in July that the company was seeking...

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Read Meta Named on 400MW Kentucky Campus With 40-Year Local Tax Break
Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve a development and community revenue agreement with Meta, ending two years in which the company behind a planned hyperscale campus n...

Meta Named on 400MW Kentucky Campus With 40-Year Local Tax Break

October 16, 2026 Kentucky

Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve a development and community revenue agreement with Meta, ending two years in which the company behind a planned hyperscale campus near Maysville, Kentucky was kept unnamed (Mason County Fiscal Court announcement). The site covers...

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Read Mason County Approves 40-Year Tax Deal for Meta's 400MW Kentucky Campus
The Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve three agreements that clear the way for [Meta](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/meta) to build a hyperscale data center campus o...

Mason County Approves 40-Year Tax Deal for Meta's 400MW Kentucky Campus

October 16, 2026 Kentucky

The Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve three agreements that clear the way for Meta to build a hyperscale data center campus on nearly 3,000 acres near Maysville in northeastern Kentucky. The approvals, set out in the county's news release, cover a 40-year...

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Read Washington Officials Introduce Data Center Moratorium to Block 20MW Project
Real estate developer Blue Fern Development is planning a 20MW data center in Cle Elum, Washington, despite local officials introducing a moratorium in an effort to block the project. The proposed ...

Washington Officials Introduce Data Center Moratorium to Block 20MW Project

August 06, 2026 Washington

Real estate developer Blue Fern Development is planning a 20MW data center in Cle Elum, Washington, despite local officials introducing a moratorium in an effort to block the project. The proposed facility would span 100,000 sq ft (9,290 sqm) near Interstate 90 and require around $200 million in...

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Read Off-Grid Data Center Planned for Letcher County, Kentucky
A new data center could be coming to Kentucky. WYMT reports that the Appalachian Industrial Development Authority (AIDA) has signed an agreement with Diversified Gas and Oil Corporation and Maveric...

Off-Grid Data Center Planned for Letcher County, Kentucky

July 20, 2026 Kentucky

A new data center could be coming to Kentucky. WYMT reports that the Appalachian Industrial Development Authority (AIDA) has signed an agreement with Diversified Gas and Oil Corporation and Maverick Holdings to potentially acquire a 100-acre site at Gateway Business Park in Letcher County. The...

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Read 20MW Data Center Proposed for Starbucks’ Seattle HQ in Washington
Colossus Data Center Advisors has submitted plans to develop a data center in Seattle, Washington, within the same building that houses Starbucks' global headquarters. According to *Puget Sound Bus...

20MW Data Center Proposed for Starbucks’ Seattle HQ in Washington

June 24, 2026 Washington

Colossus Data Center Advisors has submitted plans to develop a data center in Seattle, Washington, within the same building that houses Starbucks' global headquarters. According to Puget Sound Business Journal, The Seattle Times, and The Registry, the proposed facility would be located at...

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Read 25MW AI Data Center Planned for McMinnville
25MW AI Data Center Planned for McMinnville

25MW AI Data Center Planned for McMinnville

May 27, 2026 Tennessee

A new 25MW AI data center campus is planned for McMinnville in Warren County. Known as Hixson Data Center, the facility will span 96,065 square feet (8,925 square meters) across two levels and is being purpose-built for high-density AI workloads, including support for Nvidia’s GB200 NVL72...

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Read NDSU and RII Launch Study Exploring the Reuse of Data Center Waste Heat for Greenhouses in North Dakota
NDSU and RII Launch Study Exploring the Reuse of Data Center Waste Heat for Greenhouses in North Dakota

NDSU and RII Launch Study Exploring the Reuse of Data Center Waste Heat for Greenhouses in North Dakota

February 23, 2026 North Dakota

Researchers at North Dakota State University (NDSU) and Resource Innovation Institute have formally launched a public-private research initiative to assess the possibility of colocating large-scale greenhouses with data centers in North Dakota.As part of the initiative, US data center operator...

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Read North Dakota State University Awarded $3.85m for Supercomputer
North Dakota State University Awarded $3.85m for Supercomputer

North Dakota State University Awarded $3.85m for Supercomputer

September 03, 2025 North Dakota

North Dakota State University (NDSU) has been awarded $3.85 million to acquire and deploy an AI supercomputer named Bison, which will be housed in the university’s Center for Computationally Assisted Science and Technology (CCAST) data center and is expected to come online in the summer of...

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Read Kairos gets construction permits for Hermes Two Demonstration Plant
Kairos gets construction permits for Hermes Two Demonstration Plant

Kairos gets construction permits for Hermes Two Demonstration Plant

November 26, 2024 Tennessee

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued construction permits to Kairos Power for its Hermes Two Demonstration Plant at the Heritage Center Industrial Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The plant will also host a proposed single 35MW Hermes One Test Reactor, a non-nuclear engineering test...

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Read BW digital & Telin partner up on a portion of Hawaiki Nui subsea system
BW digital & Telin partner up on a portion of Hawaiki Nui subsea system

BW digital & Telin partner up on a portion of Hawaiki Nui subsea system

May 16, 2024 Washington

BW Digital and PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Telin) have signed a memorandum of understanding in Washington DC this week to team up on constructing the 10,000km Hawaiki Nui 1 cable, which will be part of the wider 26,000km system. The Hawaiki Nui 1 cable will link Australia,...

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Read Armada raises funds for data center modules
Armada raises funds for data center modules

Armada raises funds for data center modules

December 16, 2023 Washington

Washington-based Edge computing firm Armada has announced that it recently raised $55 million for its Edge computing modules and management platform. The funds was raised from investors including Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Shield Capital, and 8090 Industries, with participation from Felicis,...

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Read Carter Funds acquires data center in Collierville, Tennessee
Carter Funds acquires data center in Collierville, Tennessee

Carter Funds acquires data center in Collierville, Tennessee

November 11, 2023 Tennessee

This week, Aphorio Carter Fund Management Company, the critical infrastructure and data center division of Carter Funds, announced that it had acquired a fully leased enterprise data center property in Collierville for about $13 million. John Regan, chief investment officer of Aphorio Carter,...

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Read Palisade Infrastructure acquires ISP Rainier Connect
Palisade Infrastructure acquires ISP Rainier Connect

Palisade Infrastructure acquires ISP Rainier Connect

November 11, 2023 Washington

Australian infrastructure investment firm Palisade Infrastructure this week completed the acquisition of 100 percent of the equity interests in Mashell, Ranier's parent company. Following this acquisition, Rainier Connect has been rebranded as Lightcurve with immediate effect. Mike Reynolds,...

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Read Washington House Bill 1416 signed into law to regulate emissions tied to crypto mining and data centers
Washington House Bill 1416 signed into law to regulate emissions tied to crypto mining and data centers

Washington House Bill 1416 signed into law to regulate emissions tied to crypto mining and data centers

May 09, 2023 Washington

In Washington, House Bill 1416, a Bill set on regulating carbon emissions tied to crypto mining and data centers has been signed into law. Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on May 3, the legislation closed a loophole in the previously passed Clean Energy Transformation Act, which enabled crypto mining...

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Read Oppidan Submits Paperwork For a 99,000 sq ft Data Center in Memphis, Tennessee
Oppidan Submits Paperwork For a 99,000 sq ft Data Center in Memphis, Tennessee

Oppidan Submits Paperwork For a 99,000 sq ft Data Center in Memphis, Tennessee

May 05, 2023 Tennessee

The US real estate development company Oppidan has filed plans to construct a data center in Memphis, Tennessee. The company has filed with the Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning and Development for permission to build a data center at 3900 S. Mendenhall Road. The permit encompasses...

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Read Kentucky GE Data Facility For Sale or Lease
Kentucky GE Data Facility For Sale or Lease

Kentucky GE Data Facility For Sale or Lease

February 20, 2023 Kentucky

GE Appliances is offering its data center in Louisville, Kentucky, for purchase or lease. General Electric has hired JLL, according to a report this week, to market the data center at 4000 Buechel Bank Road in the 1,000-acre GE Appliance Park in Jefferson District for sale or lease. The GE Data...

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Read Basin Electric seeks state approval for power plant expansion to accommodate burgeoning data center industry
Basin Electric seeks state approval for power plant expansion to accommodate burgeoning data center industry

Basin Electric seeks state approval for power plant expansion to accommodate burgeoning data center industry

December 19, 2022 North Dakota

Basin Electric has reportedly reached out for state approval for a power plant expansion in McKenzie County to accommodate the growing power requirements of the data center industry. The state Public Service Commission (PCS) received the company's expansion request back in October, which...

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Read Applied Digital Breaks Ground on New 5MW Facility in North Dakota
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Applied Digital Breaks Ground on New 5MW Facility in North Dakota

December 16, 2022 North Dakota

Applied Digital Corporation has announced that it is developing a 5MW data center in North Dakota. The facility will be designed to host Graphics Processing Units GPUs for non-cryptocurrency use cases. Applied Digital’s new data center will be located next to its existing 100MW hosting facility...

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