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Read Digital Realty Picks Kokomo for 1GW Campus, Its First in Indiana
[Digital Realty](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/digital-realty-trust) wants to build its first [Indiana](https://baxtel.com/regions/indiana) data centers in Kokomo, proposing a three-building camp...

Digital Realty Picks Kokomo for 1GW Campus, Its First in Indiana

October 17, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty wants to build its first Indiana data centers in Kokomo, proposing a three-building campus with roughly 1GW of IT capacity on 476 acres of greenfield land. The global REIT published a project page for the development after city officials confirmed its interest earlier this month,...

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Read Digital Realty Proposes 1GW Data Center Campus In Kokomo, Indiana

[Digital Realty](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/digital-realty-trust) is proposing a three-building data center campus on about 476 acres at Industrial Park North in Kokomo, Indiana, with a site...

Digital Realty Proposes 1GW Data Center Campus In Kokomo, Indiana

October 16, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is proposing a three-building data center campus on about 476 acres at Industrial Park North in Kokomo, Indiana, with a site plan that calls for roughly 1GW of IT capacity and completion in 2033. The company published the details on its Kokomo project page, and Kokomo Mayor Tyler...

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Read Digital Realty Completes Structural Topping-Out of Second Seoul Data Center
Digital Realty has topped out ICN11, its second data center in Seoul, South Korea. The facility is expected to become operational in the second half of 2027.

“The topping out isn't just a constr...

Digital Realty Completes Structural Topping-Out of Second Seoul Data Center

October 15, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has topped out ICN11, its second data center in Seoul, South Korea. The facility is expected to become operational in the second half of 2027. “The topping out isn't just a construction milestone; it's a powerful symbol of what happens when incredible teams come together to build...

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Read Digital Realty Starts 24MW KIX15 Data Center At Osaka KIX Campus
[Digital Realty](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/digital-realty-trust) has begun construction of KIX15, a 24-megawatt data center at its KIX Campus in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, the com...

Digital Realty Starts 24MW KIX15 Data Center At Osaka KIX Campus

October 10, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has begun construction of KIX15, a 24-megawatt data center at its KIX Campus in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, the company announced on Oct. 7. The facility is being developed by MC Digital Realty, the operator's 50/50 joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation, and is...

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Read Digital Realty Starts Construction of KIX15 Data Center in Japan
Digital Realty’s KIX15 data center will add 24MW of capacity to its KIX Campus in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Developed by MC Digital Realty, a 50/50 joint venture between Digital Realty...

Digital Realty Starts Construction of KIX15 Data Center in Japan

October 09, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty’s KIX15 data center will add 24MW of capacity to its KIX Campus in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Developed by MC Digital Realty, a 50/50 joint venture between Digital Realty and Mitsubishi Corporation, KIX15 will be the campus’s fifth building. Operations are expected to...

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Read New Jersey Fines DataOne $1.07M Over Unpermitted Vineland Generators
Newly obtained public records show that a 300-megawatt data center under construction in Vineland, New Jersey, ran 62 unpermitted natural gas generators for nearly a year and released an estimated ...

New Jersey Fines DataOne $1.07M Over Unpermitted Vineland Generators

October 04, 2026 New Jersey

Newly obtained public records show that a 300-megawatt data center under construction in Vineland, New Jersey, ran 62 unpermitted natural gas generators for nearly a year and released an estimated 140 tons of smog-forming nitrogen oxides before state regulators intervened, according to an...

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Read Digital Realty Appoints New Global Head Of Energy
US colocation data center firm Digital Realty has appointed Jim Collins as senior vice president and global head of energy. Collins joins from Microsoft, where he spent 13 years in various leadersh...

Digital Realty Appoints New Global Head Of Energy

September 26, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

US colocation data center firm Digital Realty has appointed Jim Collins as senior vice president and global head of energy. Collins joins from Microsoft, where he spent 13 years in various leadership roles, most recently as general manager of global energy markets. Before Microsoft, he spent a...

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Read Digital Realty Launches 6.4MW Data Center In Nairobi, Kenya
Digital Realty has launched its second data center in Nairobi, Kenya. The company announced on September 7 that its Nairobi Two Data Center (NBO2) is now operational, adding 6.4MW of capacity to it...

Digital Realty Launches 6.4MW Data Center In Nairobi, Kenya

September 08, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has launched its second data center in Nairobi, Kenya. The company announced on September 7 that its Nairobi Two Data Center (NBO2) is now operational, adding 6.4MW of capacity to its Nairobi campus. The facility covers 12,000 sq ft (1,100 sqm). The launch follows iColo’s...

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Read Data Centre Developer Sues New Jersey Town for $300m
Data centre developer Hexa Builders is seeking $300 million in damages from Monroe Township, New Jersey, after officials rejected its proposed 1 million sq ft data centre in May. The lawsuit, filed...

Data Centre Developer Sues New Jersey Town for $300m

July 30, 2026 New Jersey

Data centre developer Hexa Builders is seeking $300 million in damages from Monroe Township, New Jersey, after officials rejected its proposed 1 million sq ft data centre in May. The lawsuit, filed in New Jersey Superior Court, alleges the township council and planning board violated multiple...

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Read New Jersey Lawmakers Approve Bill Creating Large Load Data Center Tariff
New Jersey lawmakers have passed a bill directing the state’s Board of Public Utilities to create a dedicated tariff for data centers with capacities of 50MW or more, aimed at protecting other rate...

New Jersey Lawmakers Approve Bill Creating Large Load Data Center Tariff

July 03, 2026 New Jersey

New Jersey lawmakers have passed a bill directing the state’s Board of Public Utilities to create a dedicated tariff for data centers with capacities of 50MW or more, aimed at protecting other ratepayers from rising costs linked to new developments. The legislation, S731, replaces an earlier...

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Read Digital Realty Buys Blackstone Stake in Three Virginia Data Centers for $3.5 Billion
Digital Realty is acquiring a stake in three Northern Virginia data centers from Blackstone. The deal covers 288MW of fully leased capacity across two sites in Manassas and one at the Digital Dulle...

Digital Realty Buys Blackstone Stake in Three Virginia Data Centers for $3.5 Billion

July 01, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is acquiring a stake in three Northern Virginia data centers from Blackstone. The deal covers 288MW of fully leased capacity across two sites in Manassas and one at the Digital Dulles campus in Sterling, all 100% leased to hyperscale customers. Blackstone is selling a 64% interest...

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Read Digital Realty Plans New Data Center in Seattle, Washington
Digital Realty is planning a new data center in Seattle, Washington, as the city considers a moratorium on new developments. According to BizJournal and other reports, the company has filed plans w...

Digital Realty Plans New Data Center in Seattle, Washington

June 05, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is planning a new data center in Seattle, Washington, as the city considers a moratorium on new developments. According to BizJournal and other reports, the company has filed plans with the Seattle City Council to replace the existing retail building and parking garage at 301...

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Read Digital Realty Plans New Data Center in Milan
Digital Realty Plans New Data Center in Milan

Digital Realty Plans New Data Center in Milan

March 24, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is expanding in Italy with plans to develop a data center campus in Milan.The colocation giant this week announced its entry into the Milan market with the acquisition of two plots in Abbiategrasso, southwest of the city center. The company plans to develop an initial 8MW facility,...

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Read Digital Realty Approved for Sixth Data Center in Marseille, France
Digital Realty Approved for Sixth Data Center in Marseille, France

Digital Realty Approved for Sixth Data Center in Marseille, France

March 11, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty Approved for Sixth Data Center in Marseille, FranceWith server racks at the data center set to require 120kW each, presumably to host AI workloads, Digital Realty plans to install a new high-voltage power supply. This will run from power company RTE’s Realtor substation in Cabriès,...

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Read Digital Realty has Entered the Portuguese Market with the Acquisition of a Data Center in Lisbon
Digital Realty has Entered the Portuguese Market with the Acquisition of a Data Center in Lisbon

Digital Realty has Entered the Portuguese Market with the Acquisition of a Data Center in Lisbon

March 04, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has entered Portugal, acquiring a data center in Lisbon. Details on the facility, the seller, and terms of the deal weren’t shared in the release. However, in its recent Q4 2025 results, the company said it had acquired “a building and land” in the Carnaxide area of Lisbon for $8.3...

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Read Local Officials Reject Proposed Data Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey
Local Officials Reject Proposed Data Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey

Local Officials Reject Proposed Data Center in New Brunswick, New Jersey

February 21, 2026 New Jersey

Local authorities in New Brunswick, New Jersey, voted on Wednesday against allowing the construction of a data center on a plot of land slated for redevelopment, instead requiring that a park be built on the site. The New Brunswick City Council was reviewing a proposal for the Jersey-Sandford...

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Read New Jersey Senate Advances Bill to Establish New Rate Class for Data Centers
New Jersey Senate Advances Bill to Establish New Rate Class for Data Centers

New Jersey Senate Advances Bill to Establish New Rate Class for Data Centers

January 13, 2026 New Jersey

The New Jersey Senate has advanced a bill that would create new tariff classes for “large load” data centers in an effort to protect ratepayers in the state from cost increases.The bill, cosponsored by ten Democrat lawmakers, would require public electrical utilities in the state to submit...

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Read Stack Overflow Fully Exits Data Centers
Stack Overflow Fully Exits Data Centers

Stack Overflow Fully Exits Data Centers

January 06, 2026 New Jersey

Stack Overflow, a question-and-answer website for computer programmers, has officially exited its data center in New Jersey as part of its cloud migration effort. Stack noted that for the past 16 years it had been operating out of a physical data center in which the site reliability engineer...

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Read NJFX Plans 10MW Liquid-cooled Data Hall in New Jersey
NJFX Plans 10MW Liquid-cooled Data Hall in New Jersey

NJFX Plans 10MW Liquid-cooled Data Hall in New Jersey

December 01, 2025 New Jersey

NJFX is expanding its cable landing station and data center site in New Jersey. The firm said the move is supported by the execution of an electric utility load letter supported by a $3 million deposit, targeting power delivery by end of 2026. Bala Consulting Engineers is working with the company...

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Read MacWeb Launches US East Cloud Region in New Jersey
MacWeb Launches US East Cloud Region in New Jersey

MacWeb Launches US East Cloud Region in New Jersey

November 29, 2025 New Jersey

Mac-based cloud infrastructure provider MacWeb has launched a new cloud region in New Jersey. The region gives customers access to cloud Mac mini and Mac Studio cluster nodes located near Manhattan and major network exchanges."Many application and AI engineers already develop on the Mac and want...

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