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Read Meta's Kuna, Idaho, data center paused as part of wider AI redesign plans
Meta's Kuna, Idaho, data center paused as part of wider AI redesign plans

Meta's Kuna, Idaho, data center paused as part of wider AI redesign plans

January 02, 2023 Meta

The latest data center to take the hit in Meta's AI redesign rethink is its Kuna, Idaho, data center. The facility, an $800 million development, was only announced by the giant in February, with the company commencing work on the project in September. Kuna data center paused as part of wider...

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Read Meta hits pause on Huntsville, Alabama, data center expansion
Meta hits pause on Huntsville, Alabama, data center expansion

Meta hits pause on Huntsville, Alabama, data center expansion

December 21, 2022 Meta

Meta has paused construction on its data center expansion in Huntsville, Alabama. This follows the giant’s announcement that its Odense, Denmark project was being completely canceled, and its Temple, Texas development was being paused as part of a wider AI data center design change. The...

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Read Meta signs deals for seven solar projects in Georgia and Tennessee
Meta signs deals for seven solar projects in Georgia and Tennessee

Meta signs deals for seven solar projects in Georgia and Tennessee

December 19, 2022 Meta

Meta has announced more solar projects, this time in Georgia and Tennessee. According to the company, the projects will be delivered through Silicon Ranch's partnership with Walton Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). Together, these three entities will...

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Read Meta 'rescopes' global projects
Meta 'rescopes' global projects

Meta 'rescopes' global projects

December 16, 2022 Meta

Meta, as part of a wider plan to integrate AI into its data center operations, has paused a number of its data center projects in a 'rescoping' effort, it has been announced. The first facility development that the giant announced it was halting was at its data center campus in Odense, Denmark,...

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Read Meta continues sustainability efforts with new PPA in Arkansas
Meta continues sustainability efforts with new PPA in Arkansas

Meta continues sustainability efforts with new PPA in Arkansas

December 05, 2022 Meta

Meta (formerly Facebook) has announced that it has signed another PPA with D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI), a renewable energy producer in the US. The PPA is a long-term renewable energy off-take agreement through which Meta will procure solar energy from the upcoming Long Lake Project...

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Read STACK Infrastructure and ESR Form JV To Develop 72MW Facility in Osaka
STACK Infrastructure and ESR Form JV To Develop 72MW Facility in Osaka

STACK Infrastructure and ESR Form JV To Develop 72MW Facility in Osaka

December 05, 2022 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has partnered with ESR Group Limited to develop a 72MW data center campus in Osaka, Japan. The JV will see the companies develop the facility in Keihanna, Osaka. Stack and ESR schedule that the development of the first of three buildings will start in Q4 2023. The building...

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Read Stack Developing a 36MW Facility in Prince William County, Virginia
Stack Developing a 36MW Facility in Prince William County, Virginia

Stack Developing a 36MW Facility in Prince William County, Virginia

December 01, 2022 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has announced that it has started work on a new facility in Virginia. The groundbreaking ceremony of the NVAL3 hyperscale data center campus took place this week. The data center’s first phase will deliver 36MW of capacity in a single building by Q1 2024. In addition, the...

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Read New timing protocol implemented at Meta data centers
New timing protocol implemented at Meta data centers

New timing protocol implemented at Meta data centers

November 22, 2022 Meta

Meta has announced that it is deploying a new network timing protocol, Precision Time Protocol (PTP), which will keep each server in its data centers on the same time. Servers must be coordinated, otherwise, users can experience delays, errors, and outages. In contrast to Network Time Protocol...

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Read Meta makes big cuts sacking 13% of its workforce
Meta makes big cuts sacking 13% of its workforce

Meta makes big cuts sacking 13% of its workforce

November 15, 2022 Meta

Meta, the owner of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, has announced the biggest job cuts in the giant's history, with 13% of its workforce set to lose their jobs in a move that follows big redundancies at Twitter, Oracle and Microsoft. According to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the job cuts are "the most...

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Read Stack to develop new data center campus in Phoenix, Arizona
Stack to develop new data center campus in Phoenix, Arizona

Stack to develop new data center campus in Phoenix, Arizona

November 08, 2022 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack has announced that it’s developing a new 230 MW data center campus in Phoenix, Arizona, featuring five buildings on a 50-acre site. This site, which will span 1.7 million square feet (157,935 sqm), is the company’s second in the state and will run on 100% renewable energy, built with a low...

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Read In a water reduction effort, Meta increases server room temperatures to 90 degrees F
In a water reduction effort, Meta increases server room temperatures to 90 degrees F

In a water reduction effort, Meta increases server room temperatures to 90 degrees F

November 07, 2022 Meta

Meta (formerly Facebook) has announced that in an effort reduce its water consumption to become water-positive, it has increased its server rooms' temperature by five degrees to 90°F (32.2°C). This was first announced at the 7×24 Exchange Fall Conference, and first implemented at one data center,...

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Read Meta announces further data center expansion plans despite share crash
Meta announces further data center expansion plans despite share crash

Meta announces further data center expansion plans despite share crash

October 31, 2022 Meta

Since Facebook became Meta, the company has tanked, losing $650 billion. In the wake of this huge loss, on Thursday, the giant's shares crashed 24% to $97.94, which is reportedly the lowest in nearly four years. This follows its historic loss in market value back in February, which saw...

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Read Stack Acquires 60 Acres in Manassas as Part of a Potential 250MW Data Center Campus Development
Stack Acquires 60 Acres in Manassas as Part of a Potential 250MW Data Center Campus Development

Stack Acquires 60 Acres in Manassas as Part of a Potential 250MW Data Center Campus Development

October 11, 2022 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has acquired two empty parcels of land in Manassas, Virginia. The land has been zoned for data center development. Per BizJournal, an affiliate of Stack Infrastructure paid $25.4m for 30.8 acres at 9530 Hornbaker Road, Manassas, last month. The company then bought another...

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Read Stack To Develop an 80MW Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany
Stack To Develop an 80MW Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany

Stack To Develop an 80MW Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany

October 10, 2022 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has announced its plans to develop a large data center campus in Frankfurt. The company is looking to develop an 80MW facility in a former Coca-Cola bottling plant in the German city. Stack Infrastructure acquired the 17-acre parcel from Coca-Cola Europacific Partners...

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Read Meta continues its expansion in Eagle Mountain, Utah
Meta continues its expansion in Eagle Mountain, Utah

Meta continues its expansion in Eagle Mountain, Utah

October 04, 2022 Meta

Social media giant Meta has announced that it is expanding its footprint in Eagle Mountain, Utah, with the expansion of its data center campus. The company made this announcement of the new additions on Facebook, where it said the campus grow by 2 million square feet. Meta's Eagle Mountain campus...

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Read Stack installs beehives at data center campus in Milan
Stack installs beehives at data center campus in Milan

Stack installs beehives at data center campus in Milan

October 04, 2022 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

In a bid to help the drastically declining bee population and push forward its ESG commitments, Stack has announced that it has deployed three beehives at its Milan campus in Italy. In its announcement on LinkedIn, the company outlined that while honeybees are responsible for 80% of the world's...

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Read Work on Meta's data center in Sarpy County halted following racist graffiti being found
 Work on Meta's data center in Sarpy County halted following racist graffiti being found

Work on Meta's data center in Sarpy County halted following racist graffiti being found

September 23, 2022 Meta

Meta’s Sarpy County data center has once again found itself in the headlines following another racist incident on site. The primary contractor Turner Construction had shut down work on the Utah site regarding three other racist incidents, which included racist graffiti on a portable toilet and a...

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Read Stack's heat-sharing project in Oslo successful
Stack's heat-sharing project in Oslo successful

Stack's heat-sharing project in Oslo successful

September 22, 2022 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

STACK Infrastructure has successfully connected its data center to Hafslund Oslo Celsio System in Norway for city-wide heat reuse. This is the first time a project of this kind has taken place in the country. Now, after a one-year ramp-up, STACK's OSL01 data center is now providing heat and hot...

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Read ESR Cayman & Stack Form JV To Develop a 48MW Facility in Seoul, South Korea
ESR Cayman & Stack Form JV To Develop a 48MW Facility in Seoul, South Korea

ESR Cayman & Stack Form JV To Develop a 48MW Facility in Seoul, South Korea

September 14, 2022 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

ESR Cayman and Stack Infrastructure have partnered to develop a new data center in Seoul, South Korea. Both companies announced the joint venture to develop a 48MW data center in Incheon. The companies plan to break ground on the data center in Q1 2023. The facility is also scheduled to be...

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Read Meta announces Sarpy data center expansion
Meta announces Sarpy data center expansion

Meta announces Sarpy data center expansion

August 02, 2022 Meta

Meta has announced that it will expand its Sarpy data center in Sarpy County, Nebraska, once again, with the introduction of a new building which will make it a nine-building, four million-square-foot (371,600 sqm) campus that will be fuelled with renewable energy sourced by wind farm projects in...

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