Data Center News

Read Google Identified as User Behind 1,200MW Goochland Data Center Campus
Google is considering a 1,200MW data center campus on about 1,000 acres in Goochland County, Virginia, the county confirmed on Oct. 28. The [county's announcement](https://www.goochlandva.us/) name...

Google Identified as User Behind 1,200MW Goochland Data Center Campus

October 29, 2026 Richmond

Google is considering a 1,200MW data center campus on about 1,000 acres in Goochland County, Virginia, the county confirmed on Oct. 28. The county's announcement named Google as the company behind a project that appeared in Virginia regulatory filings in July without an identified owner. Google...

Read more
Read Microsoft Files for 422MW Three-Building Data Center Campus in Rome, Georgia
Microsoft filed for state review on October 20 of a three-building data center campus in Rome, Georgia, with 422MW of planned capacity. The [Development of Regional Impact application](https://dca....

Microsoft Files for 422MW Three-Building Data Center Campus in Rome, Georgia

October 22, 2026 Atlanta

Microsoft filed for state review on October 20 of a three-building data center campus in Rome, Georgia, with 422MW of planned capacity. The Development of Regional Impact application covers 349 acres at 0 Huffaker Road and 1,659,000 square feet of floor space. Microsoft owns the land, bought in...

Read more
Read Nashville Authorizes Eminent Domain for DC BLOX Site Near Zoo
Nashville's Metro Council voted 27 to 5 on August 4 to authorize the acquisition of a proposed [DC BLOX](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/dc-blox) data center site beside the Nashville Zoo. The vote...

Nashville Authorizes Eminent Domain for DC BLOX Site Near Zoo

August 10, 2026 DC Blox: Nashville Campus

Nashville's Metro Council voted 27 to 5 on August 4 to authorize the acquisition of a proposed DC BLOX data center site beside the Nashville Zoo. The vote allows Metro Nashville to negotiate for the 23.49-acre DC BLOX Nashville Campus or pursue eminent domain if the parties cannot agree. The...

Read more
Read 25MW AI Data Center Planned for McMinnville
25MW AI Data Center Planned for McMinnville

25MW AI Data Center Planned for McMinnville

May 27, 2026 Tennessee

A new 25MW AI data center campus is planned for McMinnville in Warren County. Known as Hixson Data Center, the facility will span 96,065 square feet (8,925 square meters) across two levels and is being purpose-built for high-density AI workloads, including support for Nvidia’s GB200 NVL72...

Read more
Read $500m Data Center Approved For Construction Outside Indianapolis
$500m Data Center Approved For Construction Outside Indianapolis

$500m Data Center Approved For Construction Outside Indianapolis

April 02, 2026 Indianapolis

A $500 million data center has been approved in Martindale Brightwood, northeast of Indianapolis, Indiana. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission approved Metrobloks’ request to rezone a 14-acre site at 2505 North Sherman Drive for the project.The site, vacant since 1983 and...

Read more
Read DC Blox Secures $240 Million in Holdco Financing
DC Blox Secures $240 Million in Holdco Financing

DC Blox Secures $240 Million in Holdco Financing

January 16, 2026 DC BLOX

US data center operator DC Blox has secured $240 million in holdco financing from BlackRock subsidiary Global Infrastructure Partners. Holdco financing is a financial instrument that allows an investing parent company like GIP to raise debt on behalf of a subsidiary like DC Blox. “We are excited...

Read more
Read DartPoints Announces 10MW Expansion in South Carolina
DartPoints Announces 10MW Expansion in South Carolina

DartPoints Announces 10MW Expansion in South Carolina

November 15, 2025 South Carolina

US data center operator DartPoints this week announced a $125 million expansion of its Greenville County facility, increasing its capacity from 2.5MW to 12.5MW, and adding 88,000 square feet (8,175 sqm) of high-density space.“This project builds on DartPoints’ collaboration with state and local...

Read more
Read Equifax to Decommission Data Center outside Atlanta
Equifax to Decommission Data Center outside Atlanta

Equifax to Decommission Data Center outside Atlanta

September 12, 2025 Atlanta

The City of Alpharetta last week announced that Equifax was investing $25 million to expand its Alpharetta campus, located in Fulton County. The expansion includes the renovation of the third floor of the JV White 1 building, converting it from a data center into collaborative office space. “The...

Read more
Read DC Blox Secures $1.15bn Green Loan for Atlanta Data Center
DC Blox Secures $1.15bn Green Loan for Atlanta Data Center

DC Blox Secures $1.15bn Green Loan for Atlanta Data Center

August 13, 2025 DC BLOX

US data center firm DC Blox this week announced it has closed $1.15 billion in green loan financing for the construction of a data center campus in Douglas County, Georgia. The funds will support the development of a 120MW data center and include campus expansion to support an additional 80MW,...

Read more
Read Santee Cooper proposes nuclear power station acquisition
Santee Cooper proposes nuclear power station acquisition

Santee Cooper proposes nuclear power station acquisition

January 25, 2025 South Carolina

Santee Cooper, South Carolina’s state-owned electric and water utility, has launched a Request for Proposals (RFP) to acquire and complete or propose alternatives for two partially constructed generating units at the Virgil C Summer Nuclear Power Station in Fairfield County, South Carolina.The...

Read more
Read Data Journey acquires South Carolina data center site
Data Journey acquires South Carolina data center site

Data Journey acquires South Carolina data center site

December 10, 2024 South Carolina

Cryptocurrency and power generation company Greenidge Generation has agreed to sell its 152-acre Spartanburg, South Carolina property to Data Journey for $12.1 million in cash and an 8 percent profit participation interest in a planned data center on the site. Greenidge will support Data Journey...

Read more
Read Kairos gets construction permits for Hermes Two Demonstration Plant
Kairos gets construction permits for Hermes Two Demonstration Plant

Kairos gets construction permits for Hermes Two Demonstration Plant

November 26, 2024 Tennessee

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued construction permits to Kairos Power for its Hermes Two Demonstration Plant at the Heritage Center Industrial Park in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The plant will also host a proposed single 35MW Hermes One Test Reactor, a non-nuclear engineering test...

Read more
Read DC Blox secures new equity investment and green loan
DC Blox secures new equity investment and green loan

DC Blox secures new equity investment and green loan

October 10, 2024 DC BLOX

US data center operator DC Blox this week announced it has raised incremental equity capital from its existing and new investors, led by Post Road Group and Bain Capital Credit. The funding will enable the deployment of more than $1 billion of total capital to finance future construction and the...

Read more
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...

Read more
Read DC Blox expands Birmingham, Alabama data center
DC Blox expands Birmingham, Alabama data center

DC Blox expands Birmingham, Alabama data center

March 09, 2024 DC BLOX

DC Blox has expanded its data center in Birmingham, Alabama, to cater for high-performance computing (HPC) workloads, adding additional IT capacity of 2.4MW. The company said it has completed a redesign of its data hall at the facility so that it can house up to 240 standard retail cabinets and...

Read more
Read DC Blox plans new campus outside Atlanta
DC Blox plans new campus outside Atlanta

DC Blox plans new campus outside Atlanta

December 15, 2023 DC BLOX

US operator DC Blox announced this week that it had acquired 72 acres of land in Conyers, southeast of Atlanta in Rockdale County, Georgia, for a new data center campus. Once completed, this facility will feature 750,000 square feet (69,675 sqm) of space with 216MW of total power committed by...

Read more
Read Carter Funds acquires data center in Collierville, Tennessee
Carter Funds acquires data center in Collierville, Tennessee

Carter Funds acquires data center in Collierville, Tennessee

November 11, 2023 Tennessee

This week, Aphorio Carter Fund Management Company, the critical infrastructure and data center division of Carter Funds, announced that it had acquired a fully leased enterprise data center property in Collierville for about $13 million. John Regan, chief investment officer of Aphorio Carter,...

Read more
Read DC Blox breaks ground on new dc campus in Atlanta, Georgia
DC Blox breaks ground on new dc campus in Atlanta, Georgia

DC Blox breaks ground on new dc campus in Atlanta, Georgia

October 31, 2023 DC BLOX

US colocation firm DC Blox has broken ground on a new data center campus on 55 acres of land in the Douglasville area of Atlanta, Georgia. This new facility will feature twelve data halls, totaling 750,000 square feet (69,680 sqm) of gross space, and will offer a 180 MW capacity to customers....

Read more
Read DC Blox completes purchase of 27.5 acres in South Carolina for 45MW DC campus
DC Blox completes purchase of 27.5 acres in South Carolina for 45MW DC campus

DC Blox completes purchase of 27.5 acres in South Carolina for 45MW DC campus

October 03, 2023 DC BLOX

Atlanta-based colocation provider DC Blox has completed the purchase of 27.5 acres in Berkeley County, SC, from Santee Cooper, South Carolina’s state-owned electric and water utility, for a new data center campus. This new facility, to be constructed in the Camp Hall commerce park, will be the...

Read more
Read Bitcoin Miner GDA opens of three new data centers in South Carolina
Bitcoin Miner GDA opens of three new data centers in South Carolina

Bitcoin Miner GDA opens of three new data centers in South Carolina

August 01, 2023 South Carolina

Genesis Digital Assets (GDA) has announced the opening of three new data centers in South Carolina's Western region. The company is one of the world's largest Bitcoin mining companies, and has 400 MW of capability spread across three continents. It reportedly accounts for about 2% of the Bitcoin...

Read more

Ready to Level up Your
Data Center Strategy?