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Read New Tennessee solar farm to provide Facebook data center with 110MW of renewable energy
New Tennessee solar farm to provide Facebook data center with 110MW of renewable energy

New Tennessee solar farm to provide Facebook data center with 110MW of renewable energy

May 20, 2021 Facebook Gallatin TN

The Tennessee Valley Authority has just announced a deal with RWE Renewables and Facebook to build a 150MW solar facility near Millington TN. The solar facility will provide Facebook with 110MW of energy for its data centers in Gallatin, Tennessee, and across the Tennessee Valley. The solar...

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Read Rolls-Royce set to power Madrid data center in outages
Rolls-Royce set to power Madrid data center in outages

Rolls-Royce set to power Madrid data center in outages

May 14, 2021 Madrid

Rolls-Royce has announced that it has installed and commissioned eight mtu emergency gensets with 9.2MWe power output at a major bank in Madrid. The installation was made to secure power supply in case of a public power grid failure in the region. Rolls-Royce will ensure power supply is secured...

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Read Facebook expanding Papillion Campus
Facebook expanding Papillion Campus

Facebook expanding Papillion Campus

March 24, 2021 Meta Sarpy Nebraska

Facebook just announced that it would be expanding its data center campus in Papillion for the second time. Facebook said it would be expanding the data center facility at the intersection of Capehart Road and Nebraska 50 by about 1 million square feet. It also noted that the project would cost...

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Read Facebook signs for 150 MW of Solar Power from TVA
Facebook signs for 150 MW of Solar Power from TVA

Facebook signs for 150 MW of Solar Power from TVA

March 04, 2021 Facebook Gallatin TN

Tennessee Valley Authority has clinched a deal to partner with Origis Energy to build a 150 MW solar farm and a 50 MW battery energy storage system for Facebook. TVA and Origis Energy will build this project in Lowndes County, Mississippi which will support Facebook’s two data centers in the...

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Read Facebook Announces Gallatin Data Center in Tennesse
Facebook Announces Gallatin Data Center in Tennesse

Facebook Announces Gallatin Data Center in Tennesse

August 13, 2020 Facebook Gallatin TN

Facebook has formally announced its data center project in Gallatin Tennesse via a column Sheryl Sandberg wrote in the Tennessean. The social media company will build a 982,000 square foot facility with a total investment of $800 million. The 809-acre campus will be powered with 220MW of...

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Read Facebook will build a new Data Center Campus in Illinois
Facebook will build a new Data Center Campus in Illinois

Facebook will build a new Data Center Campus in Illinois

July 02, 2020 Meta: DeKalb IL

Facebook has announced that it will build a new data center campus in DeKalb Illinois The DeKalb Data Center facts: The campus is on 505 acres located on Route 23 and Gurler Road. The Facebook-owned land can accommodate five buildings, and two will be completed by 2022. The five buildings will be...

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Read Facebook announces ninth data center in Prineville
Facebook announces ninth data center in Prineville

Facebook announces ninth data center in Prineville

June 11, 2020 Facebook Prineville

Facebook has announced their ninth data center on the Prineville, Oregon campus. The building will be 450,000 sqft and be completed in 2023. Rendering of the 9th data center accompanied the announcement

Read Facebook gets approval for a Tennessee data center
Facebook gets approval for a Tennessee data center

Facebook gets approval for a Tennessee data center

May 25, 2020 Facebook Gallatin TN

Facebook will purchase a $15 Million USD parcel of land for a 970,000 square foot data center campus in Gallatin, Tennessee. Facebook is using the shell company Woolhawk LLC as the acquiring entity. What we know: On May 19th the Gallatin City Council approved tax breaks and a development...

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Read Facebook Suspends Construction at Clonee, Ireland Data Center
Facebook Suspends Construction at Clonee, Ireland Data Center

Facebook Suspends Construction at Clonee, Ireland Data Center

March 25, 2020 Facebook Clonee Ireland

Facebook is suspending construction at it's Clonee data center in Ireland due to concerns over the Covid-19 virus. Facebook's contractor, Mace, agreed to temporarily halt work at the site. Facebook had planned to double the size of the facility with two new buildings announced last year.Read more...

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Read Facebook will expand Eagle Mountain campus by 500k SqFt
Facebook will expand Eagle Mountain campus by 500k SqFt

Facebook will expand Eagle Mountain campus by 500k SqFt

December 12, 2019 Meta: Eagle Mountain Utah Campus

Facebook has announced it will expand the size of a data center under construction in Eagle Mountain from 1 million square feet to 1.5 million square feet, according to a Wednesday news release from the data center.Facebook first broke ground on the campus in May 2018. To date, Facebook has...

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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 Meta Newton Campus (Atlanta)

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 KCP&L and Westar Energy are now Evergy
KCP&L and Westar Energy are now Evergy

KCP&L and Westar Energy are now Evergy

October 07, 2019 Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Local energy providers, Westar Energy and KCP&L are now serving customers as Evergy, the name of the holding company established when the companies merged last year. “This is an exciting time for our company,” Terry Bassham, president and chief executive...

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Read Facebook will expand Henrico VA campus
Facebook will expand Henrico VA campus

Facebook will expand Henrico VA campus

September 26, 2019 Meta Henrico Campus

Facebook expects to break ground early next year on the second phase of its eastern Henrico County data center development, which will total more than 2 million square feet when completed late in 2020, the company said Wednesday.The company will construct three (3) new 450,000 square foot...

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Read First Solar, Rocky Mountain Power to Build 122 MW Solar Facility to Support Facebook's Utah Data Center
First Solar, Rocky Mountain Power to Build 122 MW Solar Facility to Support Facebook's Utah Data Center

First Solar, Rocky Mountain Power to Build 122 MW Solar Facility to Support Facebook's Utah Data Center

May 30, 2019 Meta: Eagle Mountain Utah Campus

The 122-MW Cove Mountain 2 solar plant will support the Facebook data center through a PPA with Rocky Mountain Power, a division of PacifiCorp and part of Berkshire Hathaway Energy. The facility will be built near the town of Enterprise in Iron County, Utah, and is scheduled to begin operations...

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Read Indiana Signs New Tax Exemption Law to Spur Data Center Construction
Indiana Signs New Tax Exemption Law to Spur Data Center Construction

Indiana Signs New Tax Exemption Law to Spur Data Center Construction

May 30, 2019 Indiana

On June 27nd 2019 Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed into law the Indiana Data Center Sales Tax Exemption as an incentive to lure more data center construction to the state. The new legislation pushed by Digital Crossroads and other data centers in Indiana. The Data Center Gross Retail and Use...

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Read Facebook Adding a Fifth Facility in Altoona
Facebook Adding a Fifth Facility in Altoona

Facebook Adding a Fifth Facility in Altoona

May 07, 2019 Facebook Altoona Iowa

Facebook is building a fifth data center on their campus in Altoona Iowa. The company expect to invest $400 million to build a 1 million sqft H-shapped data center. Altoona City Council approved a deal that would make Facebook exempt from paying property taxes on the new building for 20 years....

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Read Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden
Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden

Microsoft Plans 2 New Data Centers in Sweden

March 25, 2019 Sweden

Microsoft is reportedly building two new datacenters in Sweden, according to Swedish Newspaper Gefle Dagblad (via MSN). It was previously reported in December that the company had acquired 130 hectares of land in the municipalities of of Gävle and Sandviken, near the Swedish capital Stockholm....

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Read Microsoft and EDP Renewables Execute a Wind Energy Agreement in Ohio
Microsoft and EDP Renewables Execute a Wind Energy Agreement in Ohio

Microsoft and EDP Renewables Execute a Wind Energy Agreement in Ohio

March 07, 2019 Ohio

HOUSTON, and REDMOND, Wash. — March 7, 2019 — EDP Renewables SA (EDPR), through its fully owned subsidiary EDP Renewables North America LLC, and Microsoft Corp. have executed two 15-year power purchase agreements (PPA) totaling 125 megawatts (MW) that will bring the Timber Road IV Wind Farm to...

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Read Facebook Plans to Wholesale Its Fiber
Facebook Plans to Wholesale Its Fiber

Facebook Plans to Wholesale Its Fiber

March 06, 2019 Meta

Facebook plans to sell excess fiber on its owned long haul routes that interconnect Facebook data centers. As part of the plan, Facebook will allow local and regional network providers to acquire capacity. Fast Facts: Initially, Facebook is focused on the network connecting their data centers in...

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Read Another data center in the works for Sarpy County
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Another data center in the works for Sarpy County

December 31, 2018 Omaha

PAPILLION — Another company data center is in the works for Sarpy County in eastern Nebraska — a project that's raised questions about data center saturation. The identity of the company is being kept a secret until the land transaction on the west side of Papillion is ensured and utility...

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