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AI Drives Environmental Concerns Over Rise in Data Center Growth Across Central Texas

What's causing the growth in data centers in Austin, TX? The answer is AI. Data centers and large AI consumers, like the Texas Advanced Computing Center’s supercomputers, require enormous amounts of energy and water, raising environmental concerns. Our research reveals there are 386 data cente...

February 13, 2025

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Hydrogen demonstration facility launches in Austin, Texas

A hydrogen demonstration facility has launched in Austin, Texas and will help provide power to the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) data center via a fuel cell. The project – located at the University of Texas (UT) J.J. Pickle Research Campus in Austin – is a collaboration between GTI En...

April 29, 2024

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DataBank raises capital for new data centers

DataBank has raised $533 million of capital to build new data centers through debt and equity. This brings the total funds raised by the company this year to $1.6 billion, with $715 million of secured notes issued in February and a $350 million credit facility announced later in March. DataBa...

November 29, 2023

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DataBank plans 192MW data center facility in Virginia

DataBank announced it has acquired 85 acres of land in Culpeper, Virginia, to construct a new data center campus, which will host up to three two-story data centers offering 1.4 million square feet of space. The new facility will use DataBank’s recently announced Universal Data Hall Design (UD...

November 16, 2023

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DataBank purchases new parcel in Atlanta, Georgia, for DC campus

US colocation provider DataBank recently purchased 95 acres of land near Lithia Springs within a mile of the 18 acres where it is already building its ATL4 facility in Atlanta, Georgia. The newly acquired parcel can accommodate two multi-story data centers totaling 1 million gross square feet....

November 01, 2023

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DigitalBridge completes DataBank recapitalization

DigitalBridge Group recently revealed the completion of DataBank's recapitalization. The Group announced that DigitalBridge received an additional funding of $219 million, bringing the total costs of the recapitalization to $2.2 billion. This completed recapitalization will bring about a separ...

September 22, 2023

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DataBank completes seven data center expansion initiatives in the United States

DataBank has finished seven expansion initiatives throughout the United States. Over the weekend, the company announced the conclusion of seven data center projects in Dallas, Las Vegas, San Diego, Irvine, and Kansas City, in addition to two in Atlanta. In the past year, seven facilities have ...

August 21, 2023

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DataBank Begins Construction of a New Data Facility in Atlanta, Georgia

DataBank has begun constructing a new data center in Atlanta, Georgia, and has completed an expansion in San Diego, California.The US-based business announced the start of construction on its ATL4 data center in Atlanta last week. The colocation facility, located at 200 Selig Drive, will incl...

May 04, 2023

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DataBank to expand one of its Seattle, Washington facilities

DataBank has announced it is expanding one of its Seattle, Washington facilities. The company plans to increase the floor space to 27,900 square feet (2,590 sqm) and up the available critical IT power to 3MW.“We decided to expand our footprint in the Seattle area based on how fast its digital...

April 18, 2023

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DataBank Obtains Credit Facility of $325 Million

To help support its development aspirations, US colocation provider DataBank has obtained a new $325 million credit line. The facility, led by TD Securities, consists of a $50 million conventional credit line, a $125 million deferred draw term loan, and a $175 million five-year term loan. The ...

April 07, 2023

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DataBank Secures $715m For Data Center Development

DataBank is collecting $715 million on the market for asset-backed securities (ABS) to develop its data center infrastructure. Kroll Bond Rating Agency has disclosed in a pre-sale report information on the financing. The deal's issuer and co-issuer are represented by DataBank Issuer, LLC and D...

February 23, 2023

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

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 construct...

February 03, 2023

Austin

DataBank launches Salt Lake City data center

DataBank has announced the opening of its latest Salt Lake City data center, SLC6. According to the company, the facility was built to meet the growing demand for increased capacity and mission-critical IT infrastructure.“We are pleased to open this new facility, providing additional capacity...

October 27, 2022

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IMCO Pumps $450 million in DataBank

The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO) will invest around US$450m in DataBank. The Canadian firm signed an agreement to invest the funds as part of DataBank’s recapitalization process. DataBank is expected to close the deal in Q4 2022. The Chief Investment Officer of IMCO...

October 24, 2022

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DataBank To Develop a 40MW Data Center at Newly Acquired Property

DataBank has announced the acquisition of an existing data center and 18-acre land in Atlanta, Georgia. The property acquired is located at 200 Selig Drive, Atlanta. Although the company did not reveal the transaction terms, CoStar reports that DataBank paid $10.9 million for the property. ...

May 18, 2022

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DataBank Is Expanding its SNA2 Facility

DataBank has announced that it is expanding its SNA2 data center in Irvine, California. The expansion will see the company add 4MW of critical power and 24,000 square feet (2,200 square meters) of raised floor space. The facility currently offers 4MW of critical power and 3,100 square meter...

April 20, 2022

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DataBank is Expanding its Las Vegas Data Center

DataBank has announced that it will be expanding its LAS1 data center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The facility is located at 7185 Pollock Drive. DataBank will add 929 square meters (10,000 square feet) of data center space to the facility. Upon completion of the expansion, the data center’s total...

March 10, 2022

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DataBank Acquires Four CyrusOne Data Centers For $670M

DataBank has announced that it has completed and closed the acquisition of four data centers from CyrusOne. The data centers are all located in Houston, Texas. The deal was also worth $670 million. DataBank sees over 300,000 square feet of raised-floor data center capacity through the acquisit...

March 03, 2022

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DataBank Acquires Its Occupied DEN2 Data Center Site

DataBank has announced the acquisition of a data center it was leasing in Denver, Colorado. The company plans to develop a new data center campus at the DEN2 facility. The data center is located at 6900 South Peoria Street, Colorado. DataBank did not reveal the details of the transaction. A...

February 04, 2022

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DataBank to expand DEN2 facility

DataBank has announced the creation of its Centennial Campus by purchasing following the purchase of the data center it leased in the Centennial municipality in Colorado. This purchase will enable the company to expand onto the adjacent plot, which will be home to its DEN5 data center. Sp...

February 02, 2022

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