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Read Iron Mountain constructs first-ever BREEAM certified data center
Iron Mountain constructs first-ever BREEAM certified data center

Iron Mountain constructs first-ever BREEAM certified data center

April 27, 2022 Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain Data Centers has added another layer to its sustainability efforts, after it secured BREEAM design certification for its Phoenix, AZ (AZP-2) data center. This makes the data center company the first in North America to receive "top tier certification" for sustainable construction....

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Read iM Critical To Develop 10MW Data Center Campus in Pittsburgh
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iM Critical To Develop 10MW Data Center Campus in Pittsburgh

April 27, 2022 Pittsburgh

iM Critical has announced its plans to develop a modular data center campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The campus will be developed on a 5.4-acre site. In addition, it will provide 10MW in capacity. According to the company, the first phase of development will offer 3MW, and it will come online...

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Read Diode Ventures Planning a 220MW Facility in Kansas
Diode Ventures Planning a 220MW Facility in Kansas

Diode Ventures Planning a 220MW Facility in Kansas

April 26, 2022 Kansas City

Diode Ventures is looking to develop a massive data center campus in Kansas. The company filed a preliminary plan for a data center campus called Creek Technology Park. The campus will sit on an undeveloped 359 acres of land in the northeast of US Highway 169 and Interstate 435 in Missouri....

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Read Thor Equities Sets Up Data Center Unit, To Develop a 100MW Facility in Madrid, Spain
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Thor Equities Sets Up Data Center Unit, To Develop a 100MW Facility in Madrid, Spain

April 22, 2022 Madrid

Thor Equities has announced its plans to move into data centers. The US real estate group, is also looking to develop its first data center in Madrid, Spain. Thor Equities will be doing this by launching a new data center division called Thor Digital. The new unit will be headed by Roy Gibbens,...

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Read Vultr opens cloud data center in Mumbai
Vultr opens cloud data center in Mumbai

Vultr opens cloud data center in Mumbai

April 18, 2022 Mumbai

Vultr has announced that it has launched a cloud data center location in Mumbai, making the city its 25th global location. According to the company, it will enable businesses in India to innovate quicker and at a reduced cost. Commenting on the company’s expansion, Vinod Chacko, Business...

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Read 685,404 sq ft Data Center in Sterling, Virginia, Coming after Rezoning Approval
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685,404 sq ft Data Center in Sterling, Virginia, Coming after Rezoning Approval

April 14, 2022 Northern Virginia

Another data center is coming to Sterling, Northern Virginia, as county officials have approved a rezoning request in the area. Long Drive Land Company LLC sought to rezone up to 39.82 acres of land in Loudoun County to develop a data center with up to 63,675 square meters (685,404 square feet)...

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Read SGTech's response to Singapore's data center quota
SGTech's response to Singapore's data center quota

SGTech's response to Singapore's data center quota

April 11, 2022 Singapore

Although back in 2019, Singapore introduced a data center moratorium following concerns around energy supplies, in 2022, this moratorium was lifted - with conditions. Part of these conditions was that the country would be more selective over future data center projects. Further details around...

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Read PRP Buys Land in Manassas To Develop Three Data Centers
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PRP Buys Land in Manassas To Develop Three Data Centers

April 11, 2022 Northern Virginia

According to BizJournal, PRP has completed the acquisition of 22 acres of land in Prince William County, Virginia. The property is located at 7816 Bethlehem Road in Manassas. The Real estate firm paid $22 million to Allan Myers for the property. It is also negotiating for another 13 acres with...

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Read Amsterdam to impose fines on data centers failing to switch off idle servers
Amsterdam to impose fines on data centers failing to switch off idle servers

Amsterdam to impose fines on data centers failing to switch off idle servers

April 08, 2022 Amsterdam

In Amsterdam, an argument around data center energy usage has been brewing for some time. Back in 2019, in response to the amounts of energy being used up by data centers, the municipalities of Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer announced a moratorium on new projects. This was eventually lifted, but...

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Read Energy firm ZR Power Holding's data center plans
Energy firm ZR Power Holding's data center plans

Energy firm ZR Power Holding's data center plans

March 28, 2022 Mumbai

Indian Energy firm ZR Power Holdings has announced that it is investing more than Rs 1,700 crore ($223.2m) in a data center at Mahape in Navi Mumbai. The proposed facility would have a capacity of 50MW and span a 10-acre plot which the company is currently acquiring. Zain Ravadji, chairman, of ZR...

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Read Publix Wants To Develop a $40 Million Data Center in Florida
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Publix Wants To Develop a $40 Million Data Center in Florida

March 21, 2022 Miami

Publix has plans to develop a data center at a former FedEx building in Florida. According to reports, the Supermarket chain is looking to invest $40 million in the building located in Polk County, Florida. However, the details of the project aren’t concrete enough at this time, as Publix claims...

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Read Loudoun Board: Data center development could be curtailed
Loudoun Board: Data center development could be curtailed

Loudoun Board: Data center development could be curtailed

February 22, 2022 Northern Virginia

Recently, a committee of the Board of Supervisors argued that data centers should be prevented from being built on the Route 7 corridor in northeastern Loudoun County. Already the area is home to 25 million square feet of data centers, with data center development booming in recent years, a boom...

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Read Web Werks moves into Bengaluru, India
Web Werks moves into Bengaluru, India

Web Werks moves into Bengaluru, India

February 17, 2022 Iron Mountain: Bengaluru

Web Werks has announced its plans to build a new data center in Bengaluru (Bangalore). The company outlined that the first phase of the building project will be completed by the fourth quarter of 2022. In its final form, it will offer 110,000 sqft of colocation space and 20 MVA of gross power...

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Read Plaza Realty Files For Rezoning of Land For a 1 million sq ft Data Center in Prince William County
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Plaza Realty Files For Rezoning of Land For a 1 million sq ft Data Center in Prince William County

February 09, 2022 Northern Virginia

The development of a large-scale data center in Prince William County, Virginia, is being proposed by developers. Developers submitted plans to have a site at 14854 Dumfries Road to the west of Dale City and the east of the Northern Virginia county be rezoned. They want to develop a 1 million...

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Read Singapore and Silicon Valley tie second place in data center rankings
Singapore and Silicon Valley tie second place in data center rankings

Singapore and Silicon Valley tie second place in data center rankings

February 03, 2022 Singapore

According to Cushman & Wakefield's 2022 Global Data Center Market Comparison report, Singapore now ties with the US's Silicon Valley in its league table of the top data center markets. This means that Singapore is now the top market for data centers in Asia-Pacific, beating Hong Kong (6th...

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Read Amazon Acquires Three Office Properties in Loudoun County
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Amazon Acquires Three Office Properties in Loudoun County

February 03, 2022 Northern Virginia

According to Biz Journal, Amazon Data Services Inc. has acquired three office properties in Sterling, Virginia. The buildings acquired are located at 46020. 46010, and 46000 Manekin Plaza. The Loudoun County deed records show that Amazon paid over $21 million for the properties. According to...

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Read Prince William data center proposal moves ahead
Prince William data center proposal moves ahead

Prince William data center proposal moves ahead

February 02, 2022 Northern Virginia

The much-debated data center proposal located near Haymarket, Virginia, has made progress despite the Prince William County Planning Commission being unable to agree on a recommendation for the facility. The motion to recommend approval ended in a tie of 4:4, sending the proposal to the Board of...

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Read €5 billion ($5.67bn), 360MW data center campus coming to Madrid, Spain
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€5 billion ($5.67bn), 360MW data center campus coming to Madrid, Spain

January 26, 2022 Madrid

Great news for Spain as plans for a 360MW data center campus in Madrid, Spain, is underway. The data center will be developed on a 700-hectare site, and investment is expected to reach up to €5 billion ($5.67bn). The Digital Valley project is to be a ‘reference model’ for sustainability in data...

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Read Singapore's moratorium on new data center builds lifts, but what's next?
Singapore's moratorium on new data center builds lifts, but what's next?

Singapore's moratorium on new data center builds lifts, but what's next?

January 17, 2022 Singapore

This week, Singapore's Trade and Industry Minister made an announcement that the country's moratorium on new data center builds, which was introduced back in 2019. Minister Gan Kim Yong said that going forward, a "more selective" approach to new builds will be taken. In a written reply to a...

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Read More people speak out against data centers near Manassas battlefield
More people speak out against data centers near Manassas battlefield

More people speak out against data centers near Manassas battlefield

January 12, 2022 Northern Virginia

More people are speaking out against proposed data centers along Pageland Lane, near Manassas National Battlefield. The latest to outline his opposition to the construction plans is documentary filmmaker Ken Burns. In a letter to Prince William County Board of Supervisors, Burns expressed "fear"...

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