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Read SiteGround announces it has opened a new data center in Spain
SiteGround announces it has opened a new data center in Spain

SiteGround announces it has opened a new data center in Spain

July 18, 2022 Madrid

Web hosting service, SiteGround, has announced that it has opened a new data center in Madrid, Spain, the seventh SiteGround data center to open around the world and the fourth in Europe. In addition to the new facility, the company also announced the expansion of its content delivery network in...

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Read Niagara Falls data center debate
Niagara Falls data center debate

Niagara Falls data center debate

July 11, 2022 New York

As reported by Baxtel at the end of June, Niagara Falls is being targeted as the site of a $1.5 billion technology and data center by New York City developer Howard Milstein and his partners, while the city launches a legal effort to create a new public park. While developers claim that the data...

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Read Greenidge gas powered cryptomining data center denied air permit renewal
Greenidge gas powered cryptomining data center denied air permit renewal

Greenidge gas powered cryptomining data center denied air permit renewal

July 05, 2022 New York

It has been announced that New York's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has denied an air permit renewal by Greenidge Generation, which could see its gas-powered Bitcoin mining data center close. This follows the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruling on West Virginia v...

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Read A $1.5 Billion Data Center in Niagara Falls is Being Planned
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A $1.5 Billion Data Center in Niagara Falls is Being Planned

June 29, 2022 New York

Urbacon and Niagara Falls Redevelopment (NFR) have announced plans for a $1.5 billion data center park on land in Niagara Falls, New York City. Urbacon is an Ontario-based construction company with an excellent track record of developing massive data center campuses in Richmond Hill, Montreal,...

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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 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 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 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 iM Critical Opens Data Center in Miami
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iM Critical Opens Data Center in Miami

June 10, 2022 Miami

iM Critical has announced the opening of its new data center in Miami, Florida. The 9,290 square meter (100,000 square foot) data center building offers 5MW capacity and more than 5,575 square meters (60,000 square feet) of colocation space. The CEO of iM Critical, Michael Roark, said the Miami...

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Read Bristow Officials To Allow Data Center Development on Stanley Martin’s Devlin Technology Park
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Bristow Officials To Allow Data Center Development on Stanley Martin’s Devlin Technology Park

May 30, 2022 Northern Virginia

Bristow’s officials have voted in favor of a Comprehensive Plan Amendment. This amendment could see the development of a 4.25 million square feet data center campus in the area. Stanley Martin, a Virginia-based developer, is looking to have over 250 acres in Prince William County rezoned. The...

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Read iM Critical Starts Work on its Pittsburgh Modular Edge Campus
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iM Critical Starts Work on its Pittsburgh Modular Edge Campus

May 18, 2022 Pittsburgh

iM Critical has begun constructing a modular Edge data center campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The data center campus will have three buildings when fully built out. It will also include EV charging stations and on-site solar power. iM Critical says the data center will support more than 35kW...

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Read Application for 277-acres of data center development filed in Nokesville
Application for 277-acres of data center development filed in Nokesville

Application for 277-acres of data center development filed in Nokesville

May 11, 2022 Northern Virginia

According to a report by Inside NoVa, an application has been filed in Nokesville, in Virginia’s Prince William County, for 277-acres of data center development. The application, submitted by the House family, seeks to change their property designation from an agricultural estate to a...

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Read Triple Double and Stonerock Capital Partners Acquire Two Properties in Miami Including a Cogent-occupied Facility
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Triple Double and Stonerock Capital Partners Acquire Two Properties in Miami Including a Cogent-occupied Facility

May 09, 2022 Miami

Stonerock Capital Partners and Triple Double have completed the acquisition of two properties in downtown Miami. The properties are located at 200 SE 1st Street and 44 W. Flagler Street. They paid $56.7 million for both properties. The 200 SE 1st property is a 12-story, 13,200 square meter...

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Read iM Critical To Develop 10MW Data Center Campus in Pittsburgh
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iM Critical To Develop 10MW Data Center Campus in Pittsburgh

April 27, 2022 Pittsburgh

iM Critical has announced its plans to develop a modular data center campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The campus will be developed on a 5.4-acre site. In addition, it will provide 10MW in capacity. According to the company, the first phase of development will offer 3MW, and it will come online...

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Read Thor Equities Sets Up Data Center Unit, To Develop a 100MW Facility in Madrid, Spain
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Thor Equities Sets Up Data Center Unit, To Develop a 100MW Facility in Madrid, Spain

April 22, 2022 Madrid

Thor Equities has announced its plans to move into data centers. The US real estate group, is also looking to develop its first data center in Madrid, Spain. Thor Equities will be doing this by launching a new data center division called Thor Digital. The new unit will be headed by Roy Gibbens,...

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Read 685,404 sq ft Data Center in Sterling, Virginia, Coming after Rezoning Approval
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685,404 sq ft Data Center in Sterling, Virginia, Coming after Rezoning Approval

April 14, 2022 Northern Virginia

Another data center is coming to Sterling, Northern Virginia, as county officials have approved a rezoning request in the area. Long Drive Land Company LLC sought to rezone up to 39.82 acres of land in Loudoun County to develop a data center with up to 63,675 square meters (685,404 square feet)...

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Read PRP Buys Land in Manassas To Develop Three Data Centers
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PRP Buys Land in Manassas To Develop Three Data Centers

April 11, 2022 Northern Virginia

According to BizJournal, PRP has completed the acquisition of 22 acres of land in Prince William County, Virginia. The property is located at 7816 Bethlehem Road in Manassas. The Real estate firm paid $22 million to Allan Myers for the property. It is also negotiating for another 13 acres with...

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Read Amsterdam to impose fines on data centers failing to switch off idle servers
Amsterdam to impose fines on data centers failing to switch off idle servers

Amsterdam to impose fines on data centers failing to switch off idle servers

April 08, 2022 Amsterdam

In Amsterdam, an argument around data center energy usage has been brewing for some time. Back in 2019, in response to the amounts of energy being used up by data centers, the municipalities of Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer announced a moratorium on new projects. This was eventually lifted, but...

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Read Stratosfair announces plans for its second facility
Stratosfair announces plans for its second facility

Stratosfair announces plans for its second facility

April 04, 2022 Brittany

Stratosfair has announced plans for a second facility, located in Pontivy in Brittany, west of Rennes. Due to come online in the second quarter 2023, the Pontivy facility will span 500 sqm (5,380 sq ft) and be built from recovered containers. This announcement comes just a month after the company...

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