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Read Digital Realty: Sustainability-linked refinancing
Digital Realty: Sustainability-linked refinancing

Digital Realty: Sustainability-linked refinancing

November 25, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it has "amended, extended, and upsized" its existing global revolving credit facility from $2.35 billion to $3.0 billion, which now feature a sustainability-linked pricing component. Moreover, the pricing will be "subject to adjustment" based on performance...

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Read Prince William County agrees to pause development of Gainesville data center
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Prince William County agrees to pause development of Gainesville data center

November 12, 2021 Northern Virginia

Prince William County’s planning commission has voted 6-1 to pause the development of a Gainesville data center until late January. CTP-II LLC proposed the data center project in question. CTP-II LLC wanted 22.72 acres of land to be rezoned from business and light industrial to data center...

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Read Digital Realty forms JW with Pembani Remgro to acquire Nigeria's Medallion Data Centres
Digital Realty forms JW with Pembani Remgro to acquire Nigeria's Medallion Data Centres

Digital Realty forms JW with Pembani Remgro to acquire Nigeria's Medallion Data Centres

October 27, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it has formed a joint venture with Pembani Remgro Infrastructure Fund to acquire Medallion Data Centres. Medallion is Nigeria’s top interconnection and colocation provider. The company operates two data centers in the country. One of the facilities is in Abuja,...

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Read Digital Realty makes strategic investment in AtlasEdge
Digital Realty makes strategic investment in AtlasEdge

Digital Realty makes strategic investment in AtlasEdge

October 15, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has reached an agreement to make a strategic investment in AtlasEdge Data Centres. The investment will also see Digital Realty’s Executive VP, Strategic & Business Segments, Giuliano Di Vitantonio, join AtlasEdge as CEO, starting January 2022. AtlasEdge delivers smooth,...

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Read Landmark Dividend buys 1.2 million square feet of data center space in Northern Virginia
Landmark Dividend buys 1.2 million square feet of data center space in Northern Virginia

Landmark Dividend buys 1.2 million square feet of data center space in Northern Virginia

October 13, 2021 Northern Virginia

Landmark Dividend, which DigitalBridge acquired earlier in the year, has acquired what it refers to as a “portfolio of assets” in Northern Virginia. It acquired 1.2 million square feet of data center space within the Quantum Park in Northern Virginia. According to Landmark Dividend, the property...

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Read The Northern Virginia data center boom: Reactions from the local community are mixed
The Northern Virginia data center boom: Reactions from the local community are mixed

The Northern Virginia data center boom: Reactions from the local community are mixed

October 12, 2021 Northern Virginia

Northern Virginia is in the midst of a data center boom. This has partly developed due to a demand for new data centers resulting from the pandemic, which means that it currently has the highest density of data centers in the world. Loudoun County alone has over 100 data centers, with more than...

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Read Energy strategy talks in Loudoun as data centers continue to dominate
Energy strategy talks in Loudoun as data centers continue to dominate

Energy strategy talks in Loudoun as data centers continue to dominate

September 30, 2021 Northern Virginia

On Wednesday, Loudoun county supervisors came together to discuss the county's energy strategy. This discussion has come following a surge of data centers in the area over the past 15 years. The county's "Data Center Alley" is pinned as the world's largest concentration of data centers, totalling...

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Read Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers
Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers

Sustainable Finance: New way to address the environmental footprint of data centers

September 27, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Much has been said about how data centers adversely affect the environment. However, more data centers have begun to become 'Greener.' Besides, in order to leave a better environmental footprint, many data center companies are now spending more on green energy. Investors and data center financers...

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Read Menlo Equities acquires four Digital Realty data centers in Silicon Valley
Menlo Equities acquires four Digital Realty data centers in Silicon Valley

Menlo Equities acquires four Digital Realty data centers in Silicon Valley

September 24, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Menlo Equities has completed the acquisition of four Digital Realty data centers in Silicon Valley. The firm acquired the facilities for a combined $108.8 million. First, it acquired a facility at 4650 Old Ironside Drive in Santa Clara for $35.8 million. The facility has 124,400 square feet of...

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Read The Prince William Board of County Supervisors approves zoning of 196-acre of land for data center use in Gainesville, Northern Virginia
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The Prince William Board of County Supervisors approves zoning of 196-acre of land for data center use in Gainesville, Northern Virginia

September 15, 2021 Northern Virginia

196-acres of land has been rezoned for data center purposes in Gainesville, Northern Virginia. This is after the Prince William Board of County Supervisors voted that a 196-acre land off Linton Hall Road should be zoned for data center use. A 1 million square feet data center campus will also be...

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Read Prince William County officials to decide on data center in Northern Virginia
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Prince William County officials to decide on data center in Northern Virginia

September 06, 2021 Northern Virginia

Prince William’s Board of County Supervisors is going to hold a public hearing on a proposed data center facility in Northern Virginia later this week. The purpose of the meeting is to decide whether to rezone the 196.28 acres of land across three properties from agricultural to industrial use....

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Read Digital Realty files application for data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland
Digital Realty files application for data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland

Digital Realty files application for data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland

August 25, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has filed for permission to build data centers in Clondalkin, Ireland. According to Digital Realty’s application, the Company wants 10-year permission to build two data center buildings called DUB15 and DUB16 close to its existing facilities in Clondalkin. These buildings will have...

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Read Logistics park and data center to go ahead in Winchester, Virginia, despite backlash
Logistics park and data center to go ahead in Winchester, Virginia, despite backlash

Logistics park and data center to go ahead in Winchester, Virginia, despite backlash

July 21, 2021 Northern Virginia

In Winchester, Virginia, local officials have voted to rezone more than 277 acres for a new data center and logistics park despite significant public backlash. The development project is known as One Logistics Park and has received. The land rezoned for the park The Winchester Star reported that...

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Read Digital Realty and Brookfield team up to develop data centers in India
Digital Realty and Brookfield team up to develop data centers in India

Digital Realty and Brookfield team up to develop data centers in India

July 16, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced that it has entered into a 50/50 joint venture agreement with Brookfield Infrastructure to develop data centers in India. The brand name of the joint venture is BAM Digital Realty. Although precise details around the project are yet to be released, reports indicate...

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Read Digital Realty is meeting green targets according to third annual ESG report
Digital Realty is meeting green targets according to third annual ESG report

Digital Realty is meeting green targets according to third annual ESG report

July 16, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

According to its latest ESG report, Digital Realty is meeting its sustainability targets in the push for carbon-neutrality. The company, as part of the Science-Based Target Initiative (SBTi), has committed to reducing its Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 68% and Scope 3 emissions by 24% by 2030. Its...

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Read AWS wants to buy 41 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if town reverses regulation barring the construction of data centers
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AWS wants to buy 41 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if town reverses regulation barring the construction of data centers

June 17, 2021 Northern Virginia

The Fauquier Times reports that Amazon Web Services is planning to buy 41.7 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if the town finally changes its rules to allow the construction of data centers. At a Warrenton Planning Commission, it was proposed that the rule be changed and data centers...

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Read 50% of Digital Realty's global data center portfolio is now powered by green energy
50% of Digital Realty's global data center portfolio is now powered by green energy

50% of Digital Realty's global data center portfolio is now powered by green energy

June 17, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has announced in its third ESG report that half of its global data center portfolio is now powered by green energy. It did this by increasing the portfolio of its data centers being powered by renewable energy by 20% in 2020. Impressively, it also increased its energy consumption...

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Read Million square foot data center given the go-ahead in Haymarket, North Virginia
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Million square foot data center given the go-ahead in Haymarket, North Virginia

June 17, 2021 Northern Virginia

A one million square foot data center has been given the go-ahead just outside the town of Haymarket, following the Prince William Board of County Supervisors approving a rezoning and special use permit. Locals, however, have voiced their concerns that minority communities may be negatively...

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Read Digital Realty considering $300 million Singapore Trust IPO
Digital Realty considering $300 million Singapore Trust IPO

Digital Realty considering $300 million Singapore Trust IPO

June 10, 2021 Digital Realty Trust

According to a report from Bloomberg, Digital Realty is considering an Initial Public Offer (IPO) of a Singaporean trust that could raise between $300 million to $400 million. The report says Digital Realty is working with its advisers on the listing, and they are looking to conclude the IPO...

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Read Hanley Energy expands in Virginia, will base US headquarters in Loudoun County
Hanley Energy expands in Virginia, will base US headquarters in Loudoun County

Hanley Energy expands in Virginia, will base US headquarters in Loudoun County

May 26, 2021 Northern Virginia

Hanley Energy has decided to expand its operations in Loudoun County, Virginia. The Irish company will be leasing a 36,600 square foot building from Merritt Properties for this purpose. Merritt initially bought the 6.7-acre site with plans to build a light industrial building over it. Besides,...

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