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Microsoft files to build two data centers in San Jose, California

Microsoft has filed to build two new data centers at a site in San Jose, California, it has been reported. The proposal details plans for two-building on a 632,000-square-foot campus on 22 vacant acres near the intersection of Orchard Parkway and Component Drive. These two new additions have ...

November 24, 2022

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Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland

Microsoft has signed CPPAs with Statkraft, Energia Group, and Power Capital Renewable Energy, for 900MW to cover its data center operations in Ireland and 28% of Ireland's renewable energy target for 2030. By 2025, the giant expects to power 100% of its Irish facilities with renewable energy....

November 24, 2022

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Former Large Turkey Farm in Loudoun County Seeks Rezoning for Potential Data Center

The owners of a former turkey farm in Leesburg, Northern Virginia, have plans to rezone part of the land for data center development. According to BizJournal, Orme Farm LLC, owners of up to 376 acres of land in Leesburg, Loudoun County, is working with an affiliate of real estate company Van M...

November 23, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Northern Virginia

Microsoft To Invest $1 Billion on Four Data Centers in North Carolina

Microsoft has promised to invest a minimum of $1 billion in developing four data centers in North Carolina’s Catawba County. The company plans to spread the investment over the next 10 years. According to county officials, Microsoft will invest in the data centers in Maiden, Hickory, and Conov...

November 13, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft signs wind PPA with Potentia and Greengate

Microsoft has entered into a 15-year power-purchase agreement with Potentia Renewables Inc. (Potentia) and Greengate Power Corporation's (Greengate) Paintearth Wind Project LP. As per the PPA, Microsoft will procure wind energy from the 198MW Paintearth Wind Project in Paintearth County, Albe...

November 10, 2022

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Prince William board votes to approve PW Digital Gateway

After months of protests and deliberation, the Prince William County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a change to the county's comprehensive plan to allow a controversial data center development on the Digital Gateway lands. This vote of 5-2 permits 27 million square feet of data center s...

November 07, 2022

Northern Virginia

Prince William Board of County Supervisors to vote on controversial data center development

Today the Prince William County Board of County Supervisors is set to vote on a much-anticipated and controversial data center development, "the PW Digital Gateway", which would introduce 26.7 million square feet of data center space to 2,100 acres next to rural land of historical and cult...

November 01, 2022

Northern Virginia

Microsoft files for another Virginia campus

Microsoft has reportedly filed to build another data center campus in Clarksville, Virginia, with the US Army Corps Of Engineers’ Norfolk District. As per the application, the company is looking to develop on a 259.1-acre parcel of land at the Lakeside Commerce Park, at Commerce Drive in Sout...

October 28, 2022

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Microsoft Buys 25-acre Plot in Pune, India

According to The Economic Times, Microsoft has acquired a plot of land for data center development in Pune, India. The company bought 25 acres of land in the Pimpri-Waghere area of Pune. Per reports, Microsoft made the deal by getting Finolex Industries to transfer its long-term lease on the l...

October 25, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Penzance looks to develop data center in Chantilly in Northern Virginia

Penzance, a real estate investment firm, has announced that it is considering a site that was previously earmarked for an auto sales facility for a data center development instead. The company has reportedly applied to rezone a plot of land, located in Chantilly in Northern Virginia, just off ...

October 13, 2022

Northern Virginia

BlackChamber Plans To Develop a Large Data Center Campus in Northern Virginia

According to BizJournal, Real estate investment company BlackChamber Group has plans to develop a 157,900 square meter (1.7 million square feet) data center campus in Arcola, Loudoun County, Virginia. The company is looking to build four data center buildings on its land on Belmont Ridge Road,...

October 06, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Northern Virginia

Dominion Energy announces update about resuming connection in Loudoun County

Dominion Energy has announced that some new data centers in Loudoun County, home to the world's largest concentration of data centers, will be reconnected, following concerns that transmission infrastructure restraints would halt new additions. Back in July, the energy utility had said that ne...

October 03, 2022

Northern Virginia

Microsoft signs nuclear carbon credits deal with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) as part of strategic partnership

Microsoft has signed a new energy deal with Canadian energy firm Ontario Power Generation (OPG) as part of a strategic partnership targeted at tackling climate change and “driving sustainable growth” in Ontario. According to Microsoft, the giant will procure Clean Energy Credit sourced from OP...

September 28, 2022

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New report reveals only 33 percent of operators have an adequate program to conserve water

We are living in an era where water stress and water scarcity are serious global issues that are only worsening. A total of 25% of the world's population is facing water stress and scarcity, and it's forecast that by as early as 2025, this could increase to 50% and by 2050, as much as 75% of...

September 20, 2022

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PW Digital Gateway project: Approval looks likely

Prince William County planners have recommended the approval of the PW Digital Gateway project, it has been announced. Subsequently, the controversial project is likely to go ahead. If approved, the project would see the rezoning of over 2,000 acres of land for up to 27.6 million square feet o...

September 12, 2022

Northern Virginia

Microsoft Azure's New Zealand data center powered by 100 percent renewable energy

Microsoft recently announced that its data center region in New Zealand (specific location not yet disclosed), will be powered by 100 percent renewable electricity due to a partnership with Ecotricity, a sustainable electricity retailer. This means that the region will use solar, wind, and hy...

September 06, 2022

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Microsoft To Develop a $215.9m Data Center in San Antonio, Texas

Microsoft has filed to develop a data center in San Antonio, Texas. The company is looking to develop the SAT15 facility at 3555 Westover Link in Bexar County, San Antonio. The new data center will span 245,000 square feet. Microsoft will also invest up to $215.9m in developing the facility. C...

August 24, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Dominion to reconnect new data center connections in eastern Loudoun

Dominion, the primary power provider in Loudoun county, has announced that although Loudoun County's data center industry outpaces its capacity to deliver electricity, there is a way forward. In a conversation with Biz Journals, Bob Blue, Dominion's president and CEO, said that the company had...

August 19, 2022

Northern Virginia

Microsoft Announces Launch of Qatar Azure Cloud Region

Microsoft has announced the launch of its first Azure cloud region in Doha, Qatar. The company said, “We are launching our newest data center region in Qatar. The new data center region includes Azure Availability Zones, which offer you additional resiliency for your applications by designing ...

August 19, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Figures around Microsoft's Holland data center water consumption cause concern

Microsoft's data center in the province of North Holland has been exposed for its extreme water usage. It appears that the facility consumes significantly more water than original estimates, right as the country is faced with record temperatures. According to a report by local media company N...

August 18, 2022

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