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Read Core Scientific rejects acquisition offer from CoreWeave
Core Scientific rejects acquisition offer from CoreWeave

Core Scientific rejects acquisition offer from CoreWeave

June 03, 2024 CoreWeave

Cryptomine and HPC hosting firm Core Scientific has rejected an acquisition offer from GPU provider CoreWeave after confirming that it received an unsolicited non-binding proposal from CoreWeave on June 3 to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the company on a fully diluted basis for $5.75...

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Read Soluna secures $30 million in funding for data center expansion
Soluna secures  $30 million in funding for data center expansion

Soluna secures $30 million in funding for data center expansion

May 24, 2024 Texas

Data center operator Soluna has secured $30 million in funding from Spring Lane Capital to expand its data center in Texas. Soluna said the financing will accommodate approximately 12,700 Bitcoin mining rigs, each with a power consumption of around 3.5kW, totaling 48MW. Soluna has an existing...

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Read Ericsson to invest $50 million for data center expansion
Ericsson to invest $50 million for data center expansion

Ericsson to invest $50 million for data center expansion

May 21, 2024 Texas

Ericsson this week revealed it will invest an additional $50 million to expand its four-year-old 5G Smart Factory in Lewisville, Texas, an investment which "will further accelerate local production to address the demand for 5G infrastructure made in the USA, compliant with the Build America Buy...

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Read Atlanta City Council members propose new bill to block data center developments
Atlanta City Council members propose new bill to block data center developments

Atlanta City Council members propose new bill to block data center developments

May 10, 2024 Atlanta

Atlanta City Councilmen Jason Dozier and Matt Westmoreland have introduced bills to block data center developments around certain areas of the Georgia city near transit stops and the Beltline. “Excited to introduce legislation alongside Matt Westmoreland to address the rapid growth of data...

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Read Coreweave to make billion dollar investment in UK data centers
Coreweave to make billion dollar investment in UK data centers

Coreweave to make billion dollar investment in UK data centers

May 08, 2024 CoreWeave

AI cloud provider CoreWeave has revealed its plans to invest £1 billion in expanding its operations in the UK which will enable the launch of two data centers in the UK in 2024, with further expansion plans for 2025. The cloud provider has also opened an office in London, which will be its...

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Read Samsung plans investment in semiconductor cluster
Samsung plans investment in semiconductor cluster

Samsung plans investment in semiconductor cluster

April 15, 2024 Texas

Samsung Electronics has announced it will invest $40 billion to build a semiconductor cluster across a number of locations in Texas with a $6.4bn in direct funding under the US Chips and Science Act to support the development. The Taylor fabs are expected to be up and running by 2026 and Samsung...

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Read Former Sungard data center is up for sale in New Jersey
Former Sungard data center is up for sale in New Jersey

Former Sungard data center is up for sale in New Jersey

February 14, 2024 New Jersey

Via RI Marketplace, Real estate firm Marcus & Millichap is offering 1008 Virgil Avenue in Ridgefield, a former Sungard data center field as up for sale via auction and bidding for this property is set to begin March 25, with $750,000 listed as a starting bid. The listing reads, “The property...

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Read Iris Energy and Poolside sign new partnership
Iris Energy and Poolside sign new partnership

Iris Energy and Poolside sign new partnership

February 08, 2024 Texas

Iris Energy and AI startup Poolside have gotten into an agreement to give the latter cloud access to Nvidia GPUs. According to Iris Energy, the initial contract is three months, with a potential three month extension. Daniel Roberts, co-Founder and co-CEO of Iris Energy, said: “We are pleased to...

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Read Edged Energy starts operations at Barcelona facility
Edged Energy starts operations at Barcelona facility

Edged Energy starts operations at Barcelona facility

January 12, 2024 Barcelona

Edged Energy has commenced operations at its facility in Barcelona, Spain, named ‘Merlin.” The company completed the construction of this facility with a critical load capacity of 16MW and uses 100 percent renewable energy in the fall of 2023. Bryant Farland, CEO of Edged Energy said, “We are...

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Read New supercomputer inaugurated in Barcelona, Spain
New supercomputer inaugurated in Barcelona, Spain

New supercomputer inaugurated in Barcelona, Spain

December 27, 2023 Barcelona

The MareNostrum 5 supercomputer was recently inaugurated in Barcelona, Spain, hosted by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center. It cost roughly €151 million to acquire and maintain this supercomputer, a fee which was split evenly between the EU and a Spanish-led consortium which includes Portugal...

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Read CoreWeave acquires thousands of Dell PowerEdge servers
CoreWeave acquires thousands of Dell PowerEdge servers

CoreWeave acquires thousands of Dell PowerEdge servers

December 19, 2023 CoreWeave

AI infrastructure company CoreWeave recently purchased thousands of Dell PowerEdge servers for its cloud, some of which will feature Nvidia's H100 Tensor Core GPUs to provide AI and generative AI services to CoreWeave's customers. Brian Venturo, co-founder and chief technology officer, CoreWeave...

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Read Data Clean Corp acquires data center cleaning business Sealco
Data Clean Corp acquires data center cleaning business Sealco

Data Clean Corp acquires data center cleaning business Sealco

November 17, 2023 Texas

Data Clean Corporation has acquired Texas-based critical environment cleaning company Sealco LLC, marking its second acquisition since it was bought by Angeles Equity Partners in November 2022. Frank Spelman, managing director at Angeles Equity Partners said, “Sealco is arguably one of the most...

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Read Smith County data center to get $2million renovation
Smith County data center to get $2million renovation

Smith County data center to get $2million renovation

October 09, 2023 Texas

Smith County, Texas is giving its data center at 200 E. Ferguson Street, Texas, the Smith County Annex a $2 million upgrade. This upgrade scheduled to begin on November 1, 2023, is expected to be completed by December 20, 2024. The mission for this upgrade is focused on enhancing the IT...

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Read Texas-based Valero payments data center for sale
Texas-based Valero payments data center for sale

Texas-based Valero payments data center for sale

August 03, 2023 Texas

Energy company Valero's office and data center space is up for sale in Texas. Williams & Co Real Estate has the Valero Credit Card Ops Center at 7201 Canyon Drive in Amarillo listed for sale with a Triple Net Lease (NNN) tenant. The price listed is $6,295,000. The 2003-built,...

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Read CoreWeave intends to construct a $1.6bn AI cloud-based facility in Plano, Texas
CoreWeave intends to construct a $1.6bn AI cloud-based facility in Plano, Texas

CoreWeave intends to construct a $1.6bn AI cloud-based facility in Plano, Texas

July 26, 2023 CoreWeave Plano

CoreWeave, a cloud company specializing in GPUs, intends to invest $1.6 billion in a data center in Plano, Texas. To qualify for a tax credit approved this week by the Plano City Council, the company will need to invest at least $800 million each year for the following two years. In 2025 and...

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Read Ericsson sets up a 5G site in Texas powered by solar energy
Ericsson sets up a 5G site in Texas powered by solar energy

Ericsson sets up a 5G site in Texas powered by solar energy

July 14, 2023 Texas

Ericsson has announced that it has set up a 5G site in Texas powered by solar energy. Located in Plano, Texas, the site can be fully operated by solar energy and supported by integrated Lithium-ion batteries, for up to 24 hours. The Plano site includes Ericsson's Massive MIMO radio configuration,...

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Read Edged Energy begins work on Atlanta data center
Edged Energy begins work on Atlanta data center

Edged Energy begins work on Atlanta data center

July 04, 2023 Atlanta

Construction on Edge Energy's Atlanta, Georgia data center is underway, with the company commencing work on July 1st. Located at Tilford Yard, the company bought the 158 acre-site back in July 2021; 70 acres will be dedicated to data center development. In January 2023, it filed a building permit...

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Read Pennsylvania High School Tech Center Gets $2.6m Renovation, Including District Data Center
Pennsylvania High School Tech Center Gets $2.6m Renovation, Including District Data Center

Pennsylvania High School Tech Center Gets $2.6m Renovation, Including District Data Center

May 29, 2023 Pennsylvania

The Career and Technical Center (CTC) at State College Area High School in Pennsylvania is undergoing a $2.6 million upgrade to bring the district's data center to the campus. The school administration approved the renovation on May 15. The CTC will be utilized for online education, Reclaiming...

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Read NCR Resume Additional Services After a Ransomware Breach
NCR Resume Additional Services After a Ransomware Breach

NCR Resume Additional Services After a Ransomware Breach

April 28, 2023 Atlanta

After a ransomware assault caused a data center outage that disrupted its Aloha cloud-based services and Counterpoint apps, NCR is making progress toward restoring services. For the subset of CMC customers who were impacted by the incident, online ordering has resumed and NCR's Command Center...

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Read Soluna's Project Dorothy Data Center Receives Approval to Go Live from ERCOT
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Soluna's Project Dorothy Data Center Receives Approval to Go Live from ERCOT

April 25, 2023 Texas

The manufacturer of green data centers for Bitcoin mining and other intensive computing, Soluna Computing, Inc., announced yesterday that it had received final authorization from ERCOT for powering Project Dorothy, its flagship data center in Texas, with immediate effect. The last legal...

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