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Read New HPC data center to be built at the University of Alabama
New HPC data center to be built at the University of Alabama

New HPC data center to be built at the University of Alabama

September 19, 2023 Alabama

The University of Alabama (UA) will receive a new data center to house supercomputers. The UA System Board of Trustees has approved the first phase of construction for a new high-performance computing (HPC) data facility on the Tuscaloosa campus. The initiative is predicted to need $96 million in...

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Read Southeast Nebraska 911 services went down after Lincoln data center fire
Southeast Nebraska 911 services went down after Lincoln data center fire

Southeast Nebraska 911 services went down after Lincoln data center fire

September 04, 2023 Nebraska

On Saturday, September 2, a fire at a data center in Lincoln, Nebraska, shut down 911 services in the state's southeast. According to reports, the data center in issue was a Windstream facility in Lincoln. A transformer shorted and exploded due to a fire in the data center, cutting power to...

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Read Netsolus, a Kansas City data center provider, is acquired by IP Pathways
Netsolus, a Kansas City data center provider, is acquired by IP Pathways

Netsolus, a Kansas City data center provider, is acquired by IP Pathways

August 24, 2023 Kansas

IP Pathways bought Netsolus, a Missouri-based MSP. This week, IP Pathways of Des Moines, Iowa, announced that it will merge with Netsolus of Kansas City, broadening its footprint and services in the Kansas City region. The deal's terms were not disclosed. IP Pathways was founded in 2007 and...

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Read Developers in San Jose, California, switch hotel plans for data center development
Developers in San Jose, California, switch hotel plans for data center development

Developers in San Jose, California, switch hotel plans for data center development

August 08, 2023 San Francisco Bay Area

Plans for an entertainment district development in San Jose, California, have been scrapped and replaced with data center plans, it has been announced. Back in 2018, developer Terra Ventures had initially pitched for development known as 'Shops @ Terra'; this would have been an...

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Read Data center for sale in Topeka, Kansas
Data center for sale in Topeka, Kansas

Data center for sale in Topeka, Kansas

August 03, 2023 Kansas

There is a data center building available for purchase in Topeka, Kansas. Topeka's 400 SE Jefferson Street is up for sale through Colliers for a price that has not been disclosed. The 16,350-square-foot building in Shawnee County contains a 10,500-square-foot data center and a...

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Read Edged Energy intends to construct an 18MW data facility in Kansas City, Missouri
Edged Energy intends to construct an 18MW data facility in Kansas City, Missouri

Edged Energy intends to construct an 18MW data facility in Kansas City, Missouri

July 20, 2023 Kansas

A data center is being built by Edged Energy in Kansas City, Missouri. According to BizJournal, the Northland of Kansas City will soon see the start of construction on a data center by engineering and construction company Burns & McDonnell. The company is constructing an 18MW waterless-cooled...

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Read Work begins on a data facility in Lincoln, Nebraska
Work  begins on a data facility in Lincoln, Nebraska

Work begins on a data facility in Lincoln, Nebraska

June 08, 2023 Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska, looks to have seen the start of construction on a data center campus that was first proposed in 2019. According to the Lincoln Journal Star, the project appears to be progressing, with some excavation occurring in recent months. In July 2019, Agate LLC filed for a 600...

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Read The University of Minnesota moves ahead with $70 million-plus data center on the East Bank campus
The University of Minnesota moves ahead with $70 million-plus data center on the East Bank campus

The University of Minnesota moves ahead with $70 million-plus data center on the East Bank campus

June 07, 2023 Minnesota

The University of Minnesota has announced that it's moving forward with a new $70 million-plus data center on the East Bank campus. The university is reportedly accepting design proposals for a two-story, 33,000-square-foot "Advanced Operations Center." The facility will be located...

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Read North San Jose Slated to Receive New Data Centers
North San Jose Slated to Receive New Data Centers

North San Jose Slated to Receive New Data Centers

May 12, 2023 San Francisco Bay Area

This week, the San Jose City Council unanimously authorized plans for a sophisticated manufacturing complex and data centers in North San Jose. Denver-based STACK Infrastructure plans to destroy two industrial buildings on a nearly 10-acre parcel, including a former Olympus service center, and...

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Read Authorization Of A New Data Facility In Auburn, Alabama
Authorization Of A New Data Facility In Auburn, Alabama

Authorization Of A New Data Facility In Auburn, Alabama

May 03, 2023 Alabama

The Alabama city of Auburn City will soon get a new data center. The 65,700 square foot Mill Creek Data Center will be located on 52 acres of newly developed land in the city's Auburn Technology Park at 406 West Veterans Boulevard. The data center was granted approval by the City Council this...

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Read Silicon Valley Sees Surge in Data Center Construction as Tech Giants Expand Operations
Silicon Valley Sees Surge in Data Center Construction as Tech Giants Expand Operations

Silicon Valley Sees Surge in Data Center Construction as Tech Giants Expand Operations

April 18, 2023 San Francisco Bay Area

Silicon Valley is experiencing a surge in the construction of data centers, according to a report by real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield. At the end of last year, 17 new data centers were either under construction or in development, with a total planned area of 4.7 million square...

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Read Direct Line Global triples presence at Ashburn Crossing, Virginia
Direct Line Global triples presence at Ashburn Crossing, Virginia

Direct Line Global triples presence at Ashburn Crossing, Virginia

April 06, 2023 Ashburn: Data Center Alley

Direct Line Global has announced that it has signed the lease for a 17,040-square-foot research and development space within Ashburn Crossing, an 80-acre business park in Ashburn, Virginia. Through this move, the company has tripled its presence in the area. Speaking about this expansion, Vern...

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Read Third Completely Diverse Dark Fiber Route Added to Bandwidth IG's San Francisco Bay Area network
Third Completely Diverse Dark Fiber Route Added to Bandwidth IG's San Francisco Bay Area network

Third Completely Diverse Dark Fiber Route Added to Bandwidth IG's San Francisco Bay Area network

April 06, 2023 San Francisco Bay Area

With the construction of its dark fiber network, Bandwidth Infrastructure Group (Bandwidth IG) is enhancing connection options for the San Francisco Bay Area's densely populated area of data centers. Critical fiber infrastructure is now available from Santa Clara in the San Francisco Bay Area...

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Read McLouth locals' concerns about crypto mining facility proposal results in application withdrawal & moratorium
McLouth locals' concerns about crypto mining facility proposal results in application withdrawal & moratorium

McLouth locals' concerns about crypto mining facility proposal results in application withdrawal & moratorium

March 06, 2023 Kansas

In McLouth, Kansas, residents recently raised their concerns about a proposed data center off of K-92 at a natural gas site. The proposal for this commercial data center went before the Jefferson County Regional Planning Commission last week, and was put forward by Crypto Colo Center Corp. (CCC)...

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Read A 1.4 Million-square-foot Data Center Campus Outside Austin, Texas In Works
A 1.4 Million-square-foot Data Center Campus Outside Austin, Texas In Works

A 1.4 Million-square-foot Data Center Campus Outside Austin, Texas In Works

February 03, 2023 Austin

In Texas, a proposal for four data centers has been submitted on the location of a long-proposed private airport. The application for the 'Bastrop Project' data center was submitted to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) this month. The application is for a new...

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Read Xcel property in Becker, Minnesota to house big data center project?
Xcel property in Becker, Minnesota to house big data center project?

Xcel property in Becker, Minnesota to house big data center project?

September 15, 2022 Minnesota

A $1 billion data center project could be on the way to Becker, Minnesota, as Xcel Energy Inc. announces plans to sell 348 acres of land at its Sherco location to an unknown data center company. This company is currently going by the name Elk River Technologies and was reportedly incorporated in...

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Read CIM Group Lists a 24MW Purpose-built Data Center For Lease in San Francisco
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CIM Group Lists a 24MW Purpose-built Data Center For Lease in San Francisco

September 05, 2022 San Francisco Bay Area

JLL and CIM Group have listed a new purpose-built data center for lease. The data center is located at 400 Paul Avenue in San Francisco, California. The data center offers 24MW of power across 182,250 square feet of two-story powered shell building on 7.3 acres. Per additional information in the...

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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 AREP to invest in six data centers
AREP to invest in six data centers

AREP to invest in six data centers

January 17, 2022 Ashburn: Data Center Alley

American Real Estate Partners (AREP) has announced that, with Harrison Street, it is investing $1bn (€864m) in six data centres in the US. According to reports, this development plan will total 2.1m sqft of data centre space in Data Center Alley in Ashburn and Arcola, Virginia. Speaking about the...

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Read Virginia Commonwealth University announced plans to build new data center in Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University announced plans to build new data center in Richmond

Virginia Commonwealth University announced plans to build new data center in Richmond

November 30, 2021 Richmond

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) has announced proposals for a data center located in Richmond, Virginia, at 707 W. Broad St. The planned facility will span 30,000-square-foot (2,800 sqm). According to reports, the data center will cost around $42-44 million and will be divided between both...

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