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NE Edge purchases a parcel of land in Connecticut

The Connecticut municipality of Killingly has authorized the sale of vacant land at 125 Alexander Parkway to NE Edge LLC to construct a data center. The sale was approved for $5 million on August 8, with NE Edge intending to develop the site and two adjacent parcels.Upon expiration of the noti...

August 24, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Connecticut

Groton votes unanimously to approve region's first data center regulations, blocking large scale data center projects

At a planning meeting this week in Groton, Groton's Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved regulations to limit the size of data centers after a year-long moratorium. Under the ruling, while local enterprises will be permitted to build their own on-premises facilities, hyperscale ...

July 03, 2023

Connecticut

Groton's proposed data center regulations set to go to public hearing following year-long moratorium

In Groton, a data center moratorium has been in place for a year. This was introduced to give the town the time to formulate regulations for data centers, amidst concerns regarding environmental and noise impacts. Now the proposed regulations are set to go to a public hearing. As per the propo...

June 27, 2023

Connecticut

Ne Edge: Developments announced at Millstone data center project

NE Edge Manager George McLaughlin III has announced plans for a data center in Connecticut at the Millstone nuclear power station. The two-building project contains one building with two 568,000 sqft stories, and a second with two 214,000 square foot stories. In total, the development would sp...

February 23, 2023

Connecticut

Groton Town Places Moratorium on Large Data Centers

Groton Town in Connecticut has placed a one-year moratorium on the development of large data centers pending when it enacts its data center industry regulation. According to CT Examiner, the Groton Planning and Zoning Commission voted to place a moratorium on large data centers. The new rule w...

June 26, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Connecticut

O&G Industries To Develop a 32MW Facility in Beacon Falls, Connecticut

O&G Industries has announced that it plans to develop a 32MW data center in Beacon Falls, Connecticut. The construction firm is looking to develop the facility on a 47-acre site in Gruber Road, Railroad. The residents of Beacon Falls were receptive to the data center and approved the fa...

May 05, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Connecticut

NE Edge and Groton: Data center discussions cease

Although it looked like a new data center would be on its way to Groton, Connecticut, last week, the Town Council decided to end negotiations with NE Edge LLC. This announcement came following the council's vote (five to one) to discontinue efforts to pursue a municipal host fee agreement with...

April 05, 2022

Connecticut

Plans are in the Works For a New Data Center in Beacon Falls, Connecticut

MyCitizenNews reports that O&G Industries is looking to develop a new data center in Beacon Falls, Connecticut. The Torrington-based construction firm already owns the 25 acres of land it plans to develop the facility on. Although the company didn’t reveal the plans for the data center, i...

March 04, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Connecticut

Data center on the way for vacant Beacon Falls land?

According to reports, a local construction company in Beacon Falls, Torrington-based O&G Industries, is proposing plans to build a data center on vacant land in the town. The company's subdivision company, Data Center, is set to take the lead on the project, which will involve building the...

March 01, 2022

Connecticut

Connecticut towns plan to stop data center development projects

Towns in Connecticut want to stop a new company from building data centers. Gotspace Data Partners LLC plans to build five data centers across Connecticut. The company plans to build data centers in Griswold, Groton, Wallingford, Bozrah, and Norwich. However, according to reports, the Wallingf...

December 08, 2021

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Connecticut

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