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Read Google gets $54 million tax abatement in for Columbus, Ohio, data center
Google gets $54 million tax abatement in for Columbus, Ohio, data center

Google gets $54 million tax abatement in for Columbus, Ohio, data center

August 31, 2021 Google

The Columbus City Council has voted 6 to 1 to approve over $54 million in tax breaks for Google’s proposed data center in Ohio. In return, the Company will have to provide 20 full-time jobs. Google first announced the facility in March. It was said to be a 150,000 square foot data center that...

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Read QTS shareholders finally approve $10bn Blackstone acquisition
QTS shareholders finally approve $10bn Blackstone acquisition

QTS shareholders finally approve $10bn Blackstone acquisition

August 27, 2021 QTS Data Centers

The shareholders of QTS Realty Trust have finally approved the Company’s acquisition by Blackstone. The deal is expected to be close before the end of August. The two companies first agreed on a deal in June. However, there was a 40-day period in which QTS was given to look for alternative...

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Read Google to expand its New Albany data center campus in Ohio
Google to expand its New Albany data center campus in Ohio

Google to expand its New Albany data center campus in Ohio

August 20, 2021 Google

Google has announced that it will expand its New Albany data center campus in Ohio with an injection of $1 billion. It first broke ground on the campus back in 2019, and the project has seen $600 million of investment already. On top of its capacity expansion at the New Albany campus, the tech...

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Read Data center merger and acquisition activities in Q2 of 2021
Data center merger and acquisition activities in Q2 of 2021

Data center merger and acquisition activities in Q2 of 2021

August 16, 2021 QTS Data Centers

2021 has been an eventful year in the data center industry as we’ve seen some major merger and acquisition activities as these firms look to expand their capacities. We are going to shine the spotlight on the top five merger and acquisition activities in Q2 of 2021. We’ll be able to see which...

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Read The future of data center back-up energy
The future of data center back-up energy

The future of data center back-up energy

August 06, 2021 Google

With more and more data center companies committing to climate change initiatives, the industry is also looking at how it can make backup energy more sustainable too. For decades, diesel has served as the primary fuel for traditional backup generators - however, diesel fuels, whilst getting...

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Read Apple and Google rally against Ireland's proposed moratorium on new data centers
Apple and Google rally against Ireland's proposed moratorium on new data centers

Apple and Google rally against Ireland's proposed moratorium on new data centers

July 28, 2021 Google

Last month, the People Before Profit party in Ireland proposed an amendment to the Planning and Development act, to place a moratorium on new data centers being built. This proposal follows Ireland's Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), launching a consultation on data center grid...

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Read Blackstone to acquire QTS Realty Trust for $10 billion
Blackstone to acquire QTS Realty Trust for $10 billion

Blackstone to acquire QTS Realty Trust for $10 billion

June 07, 2021 QTS Data Centers

Blackstone Group Inc has reportedly entered into an agreement to purchase QTS Realty Trust Inc for a total of $6.7 billion. According to the WSJ, the group's infrastructure unit, Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, with BREIT, its non-traded real-estate investment trust, has agreed to pay $78...

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Read Google to migrate parts of YouTube to Google Cloud
Google to migrate parts of YouTube to Google Cloud

Google to migrate parts of YouTube to Google Cloud

June 04, 2021 Google

Google has decided to migrate some of its YouTube infrastructure to its own Google Cloud Service. Initially, many of Google’s key services like YouTube and its search engine are being hosted on internal infrastructure that isn’t Google Cloud Computing Service (GCP). Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google...

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Read QTS Realty Trust launches new Smart Family of data center remote management solutions
QTS Realty Trust launches new Smart Family of data center remote management solutions

QTS Realty Trust launches new Smart Family of data center remote management solutions

June 01, 2021 QTS Data Centers

QTS Realty Trust has announced its new Smart Family of data center remote management solutions. The Smart Family solution is built on advanced tech, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and preemptive understanding into customers’ colocation environment.QTS Smart family solutions...

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Read Google opens quantum computer data center and R&D lab, plans commercial system by 2029
Google opens quantum computer data center and R&D lab, plans commercial system by 2029

Google opens quantum computer data center and R&D lab, plans commercial system by 2029

May 19, 2021 Google

Google just opened its new Quantum campus, which houses its quantum computers and serves as a Research and Development lab for future developments. The latest data center campus is located in Santa Barbara County, California. Google is also planning to spend billions of dollars on building a...

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Read Google plans to use greener energy by moving workloads between data centers
Google plans to use greener energy by moving workloads between data centers

Google plans to use greener energy by moving workloads between data centers

May 18, 2021 Google

Google will be moving workloads to data centers where renewable energy is available to boost renewable energy usage. Ross Koningstein, Co-founder of Google’s Carbon Intelligence Computing program, said that shifting compute tasks across locations is the Company’s first step in carbon-aware...

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Read Google Cloud and SpaceX's Starlink to Deliver Secure, Global Connectivity
Google Cloud and SpaceX's Starlink to Deliver Secure, Global Connectivity

Google Cloud and SpaceX's Starlink to Deliver Secure, Global Connectivity

May 15, 2021 Google

Google Cloud and SpaceX have announced that they have entered a new partnership which will see SpaceX's Starlink begin to locate its satellite ground stations within Google data centers. Together, through the partnership, the two firms will deliver cloud services, data and applications to...

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Read Microsoft pays $3m to add 1.4 acres to its Atlanta campus
Microsoft pays $3m to add 1.4 acres to its Atlanta campus

Microsoft pays $3m to add 1.4 acres to its Atlanta campus

April 29, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

Tech giants Microsoft has bought 1.4 acres of land for $3 million to expand its planned Westside campus. The land is situated on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway, in the Grove Park area close to Atlanta. This purchase is after Microsoft acquired 90 acres of land in February for its proposed Westside...

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Read Microsoft's next US data center region in Georgia’s Fulton and Douglas counties
Microsoft's next US data center region in Georgia’s Fulton and Douglas counties

Microsoft's next US data center region in Georgia’s Fulton and Douglas counties

February 11, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

Responding to what it called “growing customer demand,” Microsoft recently announced its next US data center region. Named “East US 3,” it will have a presence in Georgia's Fulton and Douglas counties. The data center region will be accompanied by new office space stretching out to 90 acres....

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Read STACK Acquires Land in Atlanta and plans to Expand Campus Capacity to 20 MW
STACK Acquires Land in Atlanta and plans to Expand Campus Capacity to 20 MW

STACK Acquires Land in Atlanta and plans to Expand Campus Capacity to 20 MW

May 15, 2020 STACK: ATL02A

Stack Infrastructure announced plans to expand its Alpharetta facility and more than double its digital infrastructure capacity to nearly 20 megawatts.STACK currently operates a 105,000 sqft, 7 MW data center on 12 acres at 3200 Webb Bridge Road. The company now plans to build a 2-story facility...

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Read Google Slows Hiring for Remainder of 2020
Google Slows Hiring for Remainder of 2020

Google Slows Hiring for Remainder of 2020

April 15, 2020 Google

Google has announced a significant slow down in new staff hires. Bloomberg published an email from CEO Sundar Pichai which details its plan to recalibrate hiring because of the economic slowdown. In 2019, Google hired 20,000 people and had planned to hire an additional 20,000 employees. The...

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Read Silicon Ranch to build 107 MW solar plant to power Facebook data center in Georgia
Silicon Ranch to build 107 MW solar plant to power Facebook data center in Georgia

Silicon Ranch to build 107 MW solar plant to power Facebook data center in Georgia

November 21, 2019 Hyperscale Data Center

Silicon Ranch has agreed to build a 107-megawatt solar project to power the Facebook data center in Newton County, Ga. Silicon Ranch, the U.S. solar platform for Shell and one of the largest independent solar power producers in the country, contracted with Walton Electric Membership Corporation...

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Read QTS will expand Atlanta-Metro Campus
QTS will expand Atlanta-Metro Campus

QTS will expand Atlanta-Metro Campus

November 04, 2019 QTS: Atlanta-1 DC1

QTS is expanding its Atlanta-Metro data center campus. The expansion will include the development of a new data center totaling more than 250,000 square feet of leasable capacity and 72 critical megawatts of incremental power capacity, adjacent to QTS’ existing mega data center. The Company...

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Read NewCloud Establishes New Node at H5 in Atlanta
NewCloud Establishes New Node at H5 in Atlanta

NewCloud Establishes New Node at H5 in Atlanta

June 06, 2019 H5 Atlanta

H5 has announced a customer expansion at its Atlanta data center. NewCloud Networks, a Denver based cloud services provider, has chosen the H5 facility as a new market deployment. The announcement comes on the heals of NewCloud's expansion with H5 Cleveland back in March.Data Center sales...

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Read Flexential Announced the Completion of the Alpharetta 70,000 SqFt Expansion
Flexential Announced the Completion of the Alpharetta 70,000 SqFt Expansion

Flexential Announced the Completion of the Alpharetta 70,000 SqFt Expansion

May 15, 2019 Flexential Atlanta-Alpharetta

In a press release, Flexential announced the completion of the Alpharetta expansion. The expansion added 70,000 square feet of additional space.The company stated it is targeting FinTech with the data center and pointed to their current customer Delta Community Credit Union as an example...

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