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Read Compass Datacenters Funds $15M Animal Shelter Amid Ellis County Data Center Debate
Compass Datacenters is seeking to ease opposition to its data center plans by proposing a $15 million contribution toward a new animal shelter in Red Oak, Ellis County, Texas. A June 2 statement sa...

Compass Datacenters Funds $15M Animal Shelter Amid Ellis County Data Center Debate

June 05, 2026 Compass Datacenters

Compass Datacenters is seeking to ease opposition to its data center plans by proposing a $15 million contribution toward a new animal shelter in Red Oak, Ellis County, Texas. A June 2 statement said Ellis County and Compass Datacenters have announced a proposed $15 million grant agreement to...

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Read Magnora Secures Milan-Area Land for 30 MW Data Center, Its Second Italy Project
Magnora Secures Milan-Area Land for 30 MW Data Center, Its Second Italy Project

Magnora Secures Milan-Area Land for 30 MW Data Center, Its Second Italy Project

May 18, 2026 Milan

Norwegian renewables and data center developer Magnora ASA has secured land for a new 30 MW data center project in the Milan area, the company announced on Monday. The wholly owned project is Magnora's second in Italy and brings its data center development portfolio to 585 MW gross and 460 MW...

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Read DataBank Raises $2bn for Dallas Data Center Buildout
DataBank Raises $2bn for Dallas Data Center Buildout

DataBank Raises $2bn for Dallas Data Center Buildout

April 22, 2026 Dallas

US data center firm DataBank has secured new financing to support the build-out of three data centers in Dallas, Texas. The company this week announced it has obtained a $2 billion loan to fund construction of the first three facilities at its new Red Oak campus. DataBank said the deal represents...

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Read 648-acre Data Center Proposed in Clarksdale, Mississippi
648-acre Data Center Proposed in Clarksdale, Mississippi

648-acre Data Center Proposed in Clarksdale, Mississippi

March 17, 2026 Mississippi

A 648-acre data center has been proposed in Clarksdale, northern Mississippi. On Monday, city officials held an informational meeting on a potential project planned for agricultural land between the Sunflower River and Tallahatchie Street.The city’s board of commissioners had considered a...

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Read Musk’s xAI Approved for 41 Natural gas Turbines in Mississippi to Power Colossus Data Centers
Musk’s xAI Approved for 41 Natural gas Turbines in Mississippi to Power Colossus Data Centers

Musk’s xAI Approved for 41 Natural gas Turbines in Mississippi to Power Colossus Data Centers

March 11, 2026 Mississippi

Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has received approval to install 41 natural gas turbines at a site in Mississippi, generating up to 1.2GW to power its local data centers.The turbines, which will be installed at a former Duke Energy power plant site in Southaven, will be used to power xAI’s Colossus 2...

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Read Mississippi Governor Labels Data Center Moratoriums as “Civilizational Suicide”
Mississippi Governor Labels Data Center Moratoriums as “Civilizational Suicide”

Mississippi Governor Labels Data Center Moratoriums as “Civilizational Suicide”

February 24, 2026 Mississippi

The governor of Mississippi hit back at calls to pause data center construction across the US. Governor Tate Reeves claimed that those seeking a data center moratorium were "yearning to submit our society to outside forces: mobs, international councils, or communist China.""I understand...

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Read xAI Confirms New Data Center in Mississippi
xAI Confirms New Data Center in Mississippi

xAI Confirms New Data Center in Mississippi

January 09, 2026 Mississippi

Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has confirmed it is set to build a third data center in Mississippi, and will invest more than $20 billion in the state. The data center in Southhaven, DeSoto County, which will be known as MACROHARDRR – an apparent dig at Microsoft – will supply compute power for the...

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Read Cryptominer Hive Digital acquires Toronto data center
Cryptominer Hive Digital acquires Toronto data center

Cryptominer Hive Digital acquires Toronto data center

June 25, 2025 Toronto

Crypto firm Hive Digital this week announced the signing of a purchase and sale agreement to acquire a facility with 7.2MW of installed capacity. Hive said the acquisition will support the development of a “sovereign Canadian AI ecosystem” through its wholly owned subsidiary, Buzz High...

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Read Cawley Partners Acquires 5,200 Acres outside Dallas for Data Center Park
Cawley Partners Acquires 5,200 Acres outside Dallas for Data Center Park

Cawley Partners Acquires 5,200 Acres outside Dallas for Data Center Park

June 18, 2025 Dallas

Cawley Partners has acquired 5,200 acres south of Dallas to potentially develop a large data center park outside Dallas. The acquired South Creek Ranch in the City of Ferris is set to see a mix of uses, including data centers, logistics, manufacturing, and residential. “This particular piece of...

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Read Compass to develop new data center campus in Mississippi
Compass to develop new data center campus in Mississippi

Compass to develop new data center campus in Mississippi

January 10, 2025 Compass Datacenters

Compass Datacenters is to develop a new $10 billion data center campus in Mississippi. The $10 billion figure was the total investment value of the campus, including IT equipment by customers, rather than the company's individual investment figure. “We are looking forward to building our next...

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Read Phoenix to clamp down on data centers
Phoenix to clamp down on data centers

Phoenix to clamp down on data centers

January 02, 2025 Phoenix

The city of Phoenix in Arizona is set to clamp down on data centers. The City Council has approved a series of changes to better regulate data center growth in the city, including regulating locations and external design specifications.The vote, which took place on December 10, targeted...

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Read Synergy Group names Northern Virginia, Beijing, and Dublin as top 3 hyperscale locations
Synergy Group names Northern Virginia, Beijing, and Dublin as top 3 hyperscale locations

Synergy Group names Northern Virginia, Beijing, and Dublin as top 3 hyperscale locations

August 23, 2024 Northern Virginia

A report from Synergy Research Group found that just twenty state or metro markets account for 62 percent of the world’s current hyperscale data center capacity. Northern Virginia tops this list while the Greater Beijing Area takes the second place, with both making up 22 percent of global...

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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 Compass Datacenters

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 Compass Datacenters Acquires Former Sears HQ for $194M to Build Data Center Campus
Compass Datacenters Acquires Former Sears HQ for $194M to Build Data Center Campus

Compass Datacenters Acquires Former Sears HQ for $194M to Build Data Center Campus

September 18, 2023 Compass Hoffman Estates

Compass Datacenters has acquired the former Sears headquarters, spanning 197 acres in the Chicago area, for $194 million. As Sears continues to downsize its operations, Compass plans to replace the existing 2.4 million square-foot campus with data centers, reflecting the growing demand for cloud...

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Read Data center design standards approved by Leesburg Town Council in Loudoun
Data center design standards approved by Leesburg Town Council in Loudoun

Data center design standards approved by Leesburg Town Council in Loudoun

August 16, 2023 Northern Virginia

Leesburg's Loudoun County Council unanimously approved data center design criteria. Unlike Ashburn, Virginia's Leesburg has no data centers; however, this may change. Three rezoning petitions may allow data center development in town. One is in the Oaklawn neighborhood, one close to the former...

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Read Compass will soon buy Sears' 2.4 million-square-foot Chicago facility
Compass will soon  buy Sears' 2.4 million-square-foot Chicago facility

Compass will soon buy Sears' 2.4 million-square-foot Chicago facility

July 21, 2023 Compass Datacenters

Compass Datacenters, which was recently taken over, is planning to purchase a former Sears office complex in Chicago, Illinois, presumably for a new data center campus. The data center constructor and operator are "poised" to acquire the Sears site in the Hoffman Estates neighborhood, as first...

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Read Prince William County locals want a data center developer to buy property outside Gainesville
Prince William County locals want a data center developer to buy property outside Gainesville

Prince William County locals want a data center developer to buy property outside Gainesville

June 28, 2023 Northern Virginia

Residents of Prince William County, Virginia, are attempting to sell their land to an unidentified data center developer. According to InsideNoVa, residents of Sanders Lane near Gainesville are attempting to sell their land to a data center developer. The residents appear to be attempting to...

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Read Phoenix Data center with 6 MW up for sale
Phoenix Data center with 6 MW up for sale

Phoenix Data center with 6 MW up for sale

June 27, 2023 Phoenix

A 6MW data facility is up for lease or purchase in Phoenix, Arizona. Located in the desirable Deer Valley neighborhood, CBRE has listed 20435 North 26th Avenue for sale or lease. There was no listed pricing. The 6MW facility was completed in 2003 and sits on 3.66 acres of land, with a raised...

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Read Loblaw former data center in Canada bought by Grain & StratCap
Loblaw former data center in Canada  bought by Grain & StratCap

Loblaw former data center in Canada bought by Grain & StratCap

June 22, 2023 Toronto

Grain Management and StratCap bought a data center on the Canadian outskirts of Toronto. This week, the firms announced the formation of a joint venture to purchase 55 Hereford Street in Brampton, Ontario. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but per the joint venture contract,...

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Read Compass Datacenters bought by Ontario Teachers' Plan and Brookfield
Compass Datacenters bought by Ontario Teachers' Plan and Brookfield

Compass Datacenters bought by Ontario Teachers' Plan and Brookfield

June 20, 2023 Compass Datacenters

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners will acquire Compass Datacenters with the company's current investor, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. This week, Brookfield Infrastructure, its financial partners, and longtime investor Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan revealed that they had officially agreed to...

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