April 11, 2023 Northern Virginia
In Stafford County, Stafford Technology LC, a company affiliated with US real estate firm Peterson, has outlined plans to develop a 5.5 million sq ft data center park. In order to accommodate the 25-building data center campus, the company is seeking to rezone 524 acres in the Falmouth Election...
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April 07, 2023 Northern Virginia
This spring and summer, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is mulling over a proposal enabling data facilities in Loudoun County to draw power more routinely from on-site disaster diesel generators. The proposal aims to alleviate pressure on the transmission system, which transports...
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April 03, 2023 Amsterdam
InMotion Hosting has announced the opening of its first international data center in Europe. The three-story data center is located in Amsterdam, Netherlands and will reportedly offer customers NVMe Hardware, 99.99% Network Uptime and Security Monitoring, refined UltraStack Server Configurations...
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March 30, 2023 Northern Virginia
PowerHouse anticipates that the 265,000-square-foot building will be occupied by tenants in July, with complete construction scheduled for completion in October. Nonetheless, there is a pervasive power issue. Buddy Rizer, head of Loudoun County Economic Development, stated that each project has a...
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March 26, 2023 Bengaluru (Bangalore)
Web Werks - Iron Mountain Data Centers (IMDC) Joint Venture has announced that it has launched its first data center on its campus in Bengaluru, India. Based in Whitefield, Bengaluru, the facility spans 80,000 square feet and is named the BLR-1. It is a Tier III-designed data center that can...
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March 22, 2023 Northern Virginia
Residents in North Virginia had recently raised their concerns about the decision made by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to permit diesel generators to power data centers in the region. The DEQ announced that it would be looking into the permittance to preserve data center...
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March 20, 2023 Northern Virginia
Leesburg may create a data center alley. Last Tuesday, the Town Council authorized water and sewer connections for two two-story data centers proposed for the Compass Creek retail development along the Dulles Greenway north of Microsoft's data center facility. A 400,000-square-foot data center...
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March 14, 2023 Madrid
Thor Equities has announced it has launched its own data center development company, named Form8tion data centers, which is reportedly now marketing Thor’s maiden project in Madrid, Spain, named ‘Madrid One’ campus. This facility will offer up to 100MW of capacity spanning 60,000 sqm (645,850 sq...
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March 08, 2023 Texas
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...
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March 07, 2023 Northern Virginia
Virginia's Prince William County officials are looking into amending the county's noise regulations around data centers, having passed a resolution to initiate amendments to the Design Construction Standards Manual (DCSM) and zoning ordinance. These will reportedly assist officials in addressing...
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March 02, 2023 Northern Virginia
PowerHouse Data Centers, a partnership between American Real Estate Partners (AREP) and Harrison Street that provides turnkey facility location, powered shell, and build-to-suit data center implementations, and DPR Construction, one of the nation's leading five data center contractors, have...
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February 24, 2023 Northern Virginia
Reports reveal that in recent months, a wave of Prince William County planning officials have resigned from their positions just as the data center development controversy heats up. County Planning Director Mark Buenavista, had only been in the job a month, but left his position last week....
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February 24, 2023 Northern Virginia
As covered extensively by Baxtel, the PW Digital Gateway data center campus, planned outside Manassas, is the most controversial data center development in recent times. It has been opposed from many angles, with environmentalists arguing that it jeopardizes net-zero goals, and others arguing it...
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February 23, 2023 Northern Virginia
PowerHouse is one of the latest companies to enter Northern Virginia and join the data center boom. A division of American Real Estate Partners, and backed by investment firm Harrison Street, the company also recently joined the Infrastructure Masons (iMasons) Climate Accord, becoming one of 170...
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February 20, 2023 Northern Virginia
A piece of legislation that would have compelled the Virginia Department of Energy to study the impacts of data center development on the state’s environment, economy, energy resources and carbon-reduction goals has been defeated. A number of bills have been proposed by Del. Danica Roem, D-Prince...
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February 17, 2023 Northern Virginia
Finmarc Management Inc. has reportedly applied six years in advance for a data center development. Some have suggested that this is to avoid being halted by future restrictions imposed by legislation; others have argued it's due to energy capacity limitations in the Ashburn area. Although Loudoun...
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February 16, 2023 Northern Virginia
As the spotlight circles around Spotsylvania County for data center development, the Board of Supervisors is discussing how the county could be affected and how to plan accordingly. So far, one proposal in the region, filed by SpotsyTechnoCampus LLC, could bring forth a new facility in...
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February 16, 2023 Northern Virginia
Roblox, a maker of video games, invested hundreds of millions of dollars on data center and edge infrastructure in 2022 to serve its own gaming platform. Roblox reported earnings that were higher than forecasted and a rising user base, which caused the company's shares to increase by 25%. Roblox...
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February 13, 2023 Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain has announced that, through a partnership with RPD Energy, it has made a "landmark series of transactions" meaning that the company will obtain 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE) electricity procurement. The US renewable provider RPD Energy will be the lead architect of renewable energy...
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February 09, 2023 Northern Virginia
Officials from Prince William County have postponed the vote on a data center construction plan. Following a lengthy discussion that ended at 3 am this Thursday, the Prince William Board of County Supervisors unanimously decided to postpone the Devlin Technology Park proposal until March 7. The...
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