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Read Ex-Walmart Site in Milwaukee Could Become a Data Center
Ex-Walmart Site in Milwaukee Could Become a Data Center

Ex-Walmart Site in Milwaukee Could Become a Data Center

May 12, 2026 Walmart

A former Walmart property in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, could be redeveloped into a data center. The city’s plan commission is reviewing two proposals that would permit the development of an “indoor self-storage facility and data processing/computer services/computer research facility” at 5825 W. Hope...

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Read QTS Drops Plan for Data Center near Madison, Wisconsin
QTS Drops Plan for Data Center near Madison, Wisconsin

QTS Drops Plan for Data Center near Madison, Wisconsin

January 30, 2026 QTS Data Centers

QTS has backed off plans to develop a data center near Madison, Wisconsin, after pushback from local officials. The company has dropped plans for a campus in the Village of DeForest after the village announced its intention to deny an annexation request related to the project.“After individual...

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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 QTS Starts Preparation for $13bn UK data center
QTS Starts Preparation for $13bn UK data center

QTS Starts Preparation for $13bn UK data center

October 10, 2025 QTS Data Centers

QTS has begun site work on a massive data center project in Northumberland, UK which could see an investment of up to £10 billion ($13.2bn) across 10 facilities if fully built out. This March, the project received outline planning permission from the local council. After initially being pitched...

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Read Novva Data Centers Acquires 205 Acres of Land in Las Vegas
Novva Data Centers Acquires 205 Acres of Land in Las Vegas

Novva Data Centers Acquires 205 Acres of Land in Las Vegas

August 29, 2025 Novva Data Centers

US operator Novva Data Centers has acquired more land in Las Vegas, Nevada in a $181 million deal which reportedly closed earlier this month. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports VanTrust Real Estate sold nearly 205 acres in the Apex Industrial Park in North Las Vegas to Novva.According to the...

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Read QTS Plans Data Center in Forssa, Finland
QTS Plans Data Center in Forssa, Finland

QTS Plans Data Center in Forssa, Finland

August 20, 2025 QTS Data Centers

Data center firm QTS is expanding its European footprint with plans for a campus in Finland. The City of Forssa signed a preliminary agreement earlier this year with QTS for more than 100 hectares of land in Ratasmäki. "The interest of a large investor like Blackstone in Forssa is very good news....

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Read QTS Breaks Ground on Data Center in Iowa
QTS Breaks Ground on Data Center in Iowa

QTS Breaks Ground on Data Center in Iowa

August 13, 2025 QTS Data Centers

QTS has officially announced plans for a new data center campus in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The campus could support up to seven data center buildings at full build-out and see up to $10 billion invested.Tag Greason and David Robey, co-CEOs of QTS, said: “From day one, we believe in being a good...

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Read Bitfarms and T5 to Develop Data Center in Pennsylvania
Bitfarms and T5 to Develop Data Center in Pennsylvania

Bitfarms and T5 to Develop Data Center in Pennsylvania

August 06, 2025 T5 Data Centers

Bitfarms, a cryptomining company pivoting to AI and HPC data centers, this week announced its partnership with T5 Data Centers to “advance HPC/AI development” at its Panther Creek campus in the state.The partnership will focus on pre-construction, design, planning, and development approval...

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Read Meta & QTS sign solar PPA in Oregon
Meta & QTS sign solar PPA in Oregon

Meta & QTS sign solar PPA in Oregon

December 06, 2024 QTS Data Centers

Avangrid and Portland General Electric (PGE) have signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with QTS and Meta for energy from a 120MW solar energy project under construction in Morrow County, Oregon. This project will deliver energy to the PGE grid through the Green Future Impact (GFI) program, a...

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Read T5 Data Centers acquires land outside Atlanta for a new data center campus
T5 Data Centers acquires land outside Atlanta for a new data center campus

T5 Data Centers acquires land outside Atlanta for a new data center campus

August 31, 2024 T5 Data Centers

T5 Data Centers this week announced plans to expand its Atlanta footprint with the development of a new data center campus in South Fulton County known as ATL IV. The company has already acquired land outside Atlanta, Georgia, a 91-acre site in Palmetto already zoned for data center use and...

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Read Blackstone claims a data center portfolio of $55bn
Blackstone claims a data center portfolio of $55bn

Blackstone claims a data center portfolio of $55bn

July 25, 2024 QTS Data Centers

Investment management company Blackstone in its latest earnings call mentioned that it has more than $70 billion in prospective data center pipeline development and over $70 billion in prospective data center pipeline development. CEO Stephen Schwarzman said that "the consequences of AI are as...

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Read T5 to develop new data center campus in Illinois
T5 to develop new data center campus in Illinois

T5 to develop new data center campus in Illinois

May 04, 2024 T5 Data Centers

T5 Data Centers recently revealed its plans to develop a new data center campus in Grayslake, Illinois as it announced that the 160-acre site, 40 miles north of Chicago, will be used for “multiple data center buildings.” “The new Grayslake campus represents a major investment by T5 to meet the...

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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 County’s planning staff recommends denial of massive data center project again
County’s planning staff recommends denial of massive data center project again

County’s planning staff recommends denial of massive data center project again

December 13, 2023 QTS Data Centers

The Prince William County staff have again recommended the denial of all three rezoning requests associated with the PW Digital Gateway data center project. This comes after two rejections of the rezoning requests by QTS and Compass in recent months. County staff said in a report, “At this point,...

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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 QTS acquires Netherlands-based data center management firm Zentrys
QTS acquires Netherlands-based data center management firm Zentrys

QTS acquires Netherlands-based data center management firm Zentrys

November 08, 2023 QTS Data Centers

US data center firm QTS recently purchased Dutch data center management and operations company Zentrys. QTS intends to bring Zentrys employees on board over the next year and integrate the newly purchased company with its technology and processes. Chad Williams, CEO of QTS, said, "We welcome...

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Read QTS to expand into New Albany, Ohio
QTS to expand into New Albany, Ohio

QTS to expand into New Albany, Ohio

October 25, 2023 QTS Data Centers

QTS has revealed plans to expand into New Albany, Ohio by developing new data center campuses covering over a million square feet and 200MW. These new campuses will be on Beech Road; two on one site, a 57-acre piece of property, and another two on a nearby 37-acre site and construction should...

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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 QTS to establish operations in York County, South Carolina
QTS to establish operations in York County, South Carolina

QTS to establish operations in York County, South Carolina

September 22, 2023 QTS Data Centers

The South Carolina Office of the Governor confirmed that DC firm QTS will establish operations in York Country, marking the company’s entry into the state. This comes after news of a major data center project in York County dubbed ‘Project Cobra’ surfaced in June 2023. Gov. Henry McMaster...

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Read 165 acres of land are acquired at auction by Novva DC in Mesa, Arizona
165 acres of land are acquired at auction by Novva DC in Mesa, Arizona

165 acres of land are acquired at auction by Novva DC in Mesa, Arizona

September 01, 2023 Novva Data Centers

Novva Data Centers has won an auction for a piece of land in Mesa, Arizona. This week, the company purchased 165 acres of state land in southeast Mesa for $62.7 million, according to BizJournal and AZCentral. Wes Swenson, the chief executive officer of Novva, was the sole bidder for the plot...

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