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Edged Energy begins work on Chicago facility

Edged Energy has announced that work has commenced on its new facility in the Aurora area of west Chicago, Illinois.Together, with Seefried Industrial Properties, Inc., the company broke ground on the new 65-acre, multi-building data center campus, its first in Illinois, and nearby CyrusOne fa...

May 25, 2023

Chicago

Soluna's Project Dorothy Data Center Receives Approval to Go Live from ERCOT

The manufacturer of green data centers for Bitcoin mining and other intensive computing, Soluna Computing, Inc., announced yesterday that it had received final authorization from ERCOT for powering Project Dorothy, its flagship data center in Texas, with immediate effect. The last legal requir...

April 25, 2023

Texas

TexAmericas Center announces initiative to develop green data center park

TexAmericas Center has announced its plan to develop green energy data centers, which it has said will be suitable for major companies eyeing expansion. The property pegged for this development has over 400 acres, which reports outline would be suitable for hyperscale, corporate, retail and s...

March 08, 2023

Texas

Citigroup Is Equipping Two Of Its Data Centers in Texas With Battery Rooms

CitiGroup is initiating two data center expansion projects in the Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth regions of Texas. Two applications for 'Battery Room Buildouts' have been submitted to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). Its Georgetown Data Center is located at 201 Blue Ridge...

February 06, 2023

Texas

JLL Seeking Buyers For Property in Chicago Billed as Potential 50MW Data Center Development

JLL is looking to sell a plot of land outside Chicago, Illinois. The land is being touted for data center development. JLL’s Regional Director, Sean Reynolds, posted on LinkedIn about the land. He said: “Looking for a Chicago area data center development site with quick access to 50 megawa...

December 15, 2022

Chicago

Cryptomining begins at Odessa Data Center

Cipher Mining, Inc., a U.S.-based bitcoin mining company, has begun bitcoin mining operations at its Odessa data center in Texas."We are delighted to announce that our Odessa data center has begun bitcoin mining operations just 10 months after we broke ground at the site," said Tyler Page, CEO...

December 02, 2022

Texas

Genesis Digital Assets commences work on new 40MW mining data center

Genesis Digital Assets, has broken ground on a new data center in Glasscock county Texas. Comprising four buildings when complete, the new facility is expected to be finished and fully operational by December this year. According to the company, the facility will utilize its proprietary techno...

October 21, 2022

Texas

Arsenal Digital Holdings Acquires Data Center in Texas

Arsenal Digital Holdings has announced that it has an agreement in place to acquire a data center campus in Texas. The crypto mining holding firm didn’t reveal the terms of the deal nor the location of the site. However, it noted that the property sits on a 50-acre site. It also said the prope...

October 03, 2022

Texas

Metro Edge Development Partners To Develop 21MW Facility in Chicago

Metro Edge Development Partners has announced its plans to develop a new data center in Chicago, Illinois. The real estate investment firm has already secured a 75-year lease on a 1.97-acre land in the Illinois Medical District (IMD). In addition, the company has the exclusive rights to dev...

October 03, 2022

Chicago

Land meant for data center infrastructure in Fort Worth rezoned

According to reports, a parcel of land in Fort Worth, Texas, has been rezoned for residential and light industrial developments. Previously, the 361 acres of land was set aside for digital infrastructure and data center development, however this was never capitalized on. Specifically, the land...

August 18, 2022

Texas

ERCOT requests Bitcoin miners switch off to reduce energy consumption in extreme heatwave

Texas is currently experiencing record temperatures, with the state hitting triple figures last week. Waco, for example, reached 108F, beating the 104F high set a century ago back in 1917. Last month, for instance, over a third of those in the US were urged to stay inside. This news comes as g...

July 15, 2022

Texas

White Rock's flared gas cryptomine facility launches in Texas

Cryptomining firm White Rock Management has announced it is the latest company to decide to use flared gas to fuel its mining operations, launching its first US bitcoin mining operation in Texas' Brazos Valley region. This bitcoin mining facility will be powered using the oil well's excess nat...

July 04, 2022

Texas

Atmos Energy and its natural gas-powered fuel cell

Atmos Energy has announced that it has installed a 460-kilowatt natural gas powered-fuel cell at its corporate data center, located in Dallas, Texas. According to the company, the fuel cell will be powered by methane-derived natural gas, which will be captured at landfills and livestock farms,...

May 20, 2022

Texas

Riot Blockchain's 1GW cryptomining farm in Texas

Riot Blockchain Inc. has announced that it is going to build a new cryptomine data center in Texas, on a 265-acre site that will utilize 1GW of energy, with an initial capacity of 400MW. According to reports, if used at full capacity constantly, the facility would consume the same amount of en...

May 03, 2022

Texas

New state data center for Springfield's east side

The State of Illinois has announced the purchase of 9.4 acres of land at the Dirksen Business Park in the 2900 block of Dotmar Drive, which will be home to a new data center. The $80.5 million facility will be run by the state Department of Innovation and Technology and will reportedly enable ...

February 08, 2022

Illinois

Hut 8 Announces Closing of the Acquisition of TeraGo's Data Center Business

TORONTO, Jan. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Hut 8 Mining Corp. (Nasdaq: HUT) (TSX: HUT) ("Hut 8" or "the Company"), one of North America's largest, innovation-focused digital asset mining pioneers, supporting open and decentralized systems since 2018, is pleased to announce the closing of its defini...

January 31, 2022

Hut 8 Corp

Elk Grove Data Center rezone to go forward

Data center plans are moving ahead in Elk Grove Village as officials have announced their expectation to close on the sale of four parcels totaling 17.5 acres later this month. The sale will be made to Prime Data Centers Corp for $21.3 million. This follows planning commissioners voting unanim...

December 09, 2021

Illinois

Grid vulnerability warnings in Texas

There are growing concerns around grid availability in Texas after the announcement that as much as 5,000MW of cryptocurrency load could be added to the grid by 2023. According to reports, operator Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) will oversee 3,000-5,000 MW added in addition to t...

November 22, 2021

Texas

Genesis Digital Assets expands data center footprint in West Texas

Genesis Digital Assets, a U.S.-based Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm, has announced that it is expanding its data center footprint in Texas. The facility will be industrial-scale with a capacity of 300MW.According to reports, the facility will also have sustainability at its core, with “sustainable ...

November 03, 2021

Texas

Plans for Harvard's old Motorola factory to become solar-powered data center

The former Motorola manufacturing and distribution facility in Harvard, Illinois, may be given new life, with prospective planners looking into transforming the building into a solar-powered data center.Green Data Center Real Estate in Vancouver is reportedly working with Solar Alliance of Kno...

June 04, 2021

Illinois

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