Midwest US Data Center News

STACK Acquires Nationwide Insurance Facility and Expands to Ohio

STACK Infrastructure continues to expand its footprint. Stack acquired Nationwide Insurance's facility in New Albany, Ohio. The transaction is the third expansion for the company since raising $850 million in February 2019. STACK Press Release: DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--STACK INFRASTRUCTURE ...

October 16, 2019

Eric Advinci

STACK New Albany NAL01

KCP&L and Westar Energy are now Evergy

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 ...

October 07, 2019

Eric Bell

Kansas City

Databank acquired Lightbound and enters Indianapolis

DataBank has closed its acquisition of Indianapolis-based colocation, Internet, voice, network and cloud services provider, LightBound. The transaction adds of two facilities with over 56,000 gross square feet of colocation space and 9.5MW of installed UPS. LightBound’s data centers are locat...

October 01, 2019

Eric Bell

Databank Indianapolis IND1

NYI expands to Chicago

New York Internet (NYI) is expanding to Chicago through a data center acquisition. NYI has acquired the data center business at 800 Jorie Boulevard in Oak Brook Illinois. The facility was previously operated by Navisite. More info in the press release below. NYI Press ReleaseNew York, NY – Sep...

September 12, 2019

Eric Advinci

NYI Chicago (Oak Brook)

Google considers building a Kansas City data center in Northland

Google has tentative plans for a $600 million data center in the Northland. The initiative's code name is "Project Shale." The project was announced at a Port Authority's (Port KC) board meeting on July 22nd, where the board approved a resolution authorizing Port KC to issue bonds for the...

July 23, 2019

Eric Bell

Google: Kansas City

STACK Infrastructure Will Expand Chicago Facility

STACK Infrastructure, a Denver based data center provider, announced that it is expanding its Elk Grove facility. The expansion will offer 20 megawatts of additional critical capacity, bringing the total capacity to 33 megawatts. “Chicago is one of a number of important and growing markets for...

June 21, 2019

Eric Bell

STACK Chicago CHI01

Indiana Signs New Tax Exemption Law to Spur Data Center Construction

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 U...

May 30, 2019

Eric Bell

Indiana

Facebook Adding a Fifth Facility in Altoona

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 yea...

May 07, 2019

Eric Bell

Facebook Altoona Iowa

NewCloud Networks Expands at H5 in Cleveland

H5 has announced a customer expansion at its Cleveland Data Center. NewCloud Networks, a Denver based cloud services provider, has chosen the H5 facility to expand its Cleveland presence. The building, previously known as the Cleveland Technology Center, has changed hands a few times ov...

March 29, 2019

Eric Bell

H5 Cleveland Technology Center (CTC)

ISI Communications has moved its Core Network into New Continuum's Chicago Facility

New Continuum has persuaded ISI Communications to move its core network node into its facility. This is no easy feat. Certainly the fact that United IX is in the building helped to make the decision easier. The New Continuum Press Release: ISI Communications is leveraging New Continuum’s e...

March 26, 2019

Eric Bell

New Continuum: 603 Discovery

Cavern Expanding KC Data Center by 40,000 SqFt

Cavern Technologies announced via Twitter that the company is building a 40,000 SqFt expansion at their Underground Kansas Facility. The data center, which is used by the Kansas City Chiefs, is one of the largest facilities in Kansas City. Cavern said the space will be available by June and it...

March 07, 2019

Eric Bell

Lightedge: Lenexa (Cavern)

Microsoft and EDP Renewables Execute a Wind Energy Agreement in 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 t...

March 07, 2019

Eric Bell

Ohio

Element Critical Enters Chicago Market Acquiring Two Data Centers in the Suburbs (PR)

Data Center and Colocation Provider Adds 195,000 Square Feet of Space with Plans to Invest $40 Million to Expand and Enhance Facilities Located in Wood Dale, IL CHICAGO – Element Critical, a leading provider of data center and IT infrastructure services driven by customer-centric, solutions ...

January 07, 2019

Eric Advinci

Element Critical CH2

South Loop data center sells for $27 million

A partnership between CIM Group, one of the more prominent real estate developers in Chicago, and a New Jersey-based data center operator bought a South Loop data center for $27 million.Anderson Pacific Group, a Chicago-based investor that specializes in telecom projects, started developing t...

January 02, 2019

Eric Bell

725 S Wells - 1547 Critical Systems

Another data center in the works for Sarpy County

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 agre...

December 31, 2018

Eric Bell

Omaha

Iron Mountain Building a $75 Million Facility in Des Plaines, IL

The Daily Herald reports that a $75 million data center will replace the former Des Plaines location of men's suit manufacturer Hart Schaffner Marx, which relocated within the city this year. The city council unanimously recommended a property tax break Monday to lure Iron Mountain Data Cente...

December 05, 2018

Eric Bell

Iron Mountain Chicago

DCN completes Tier III Great Plains Data Center expansion

DCN (Dakota Carrier Network) today announced it has completed a 13,280 square-foot data center expansion at its Great Plains Data Center in Fargo. The addition more than doubles DCN’s Fargo footprint and increases its server floor space by six times. Business leaders and representatives from S...

November 30, 2018

Eric Bell

DCN: Fargo Great Plains

Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II Completes a $23.2 Million Acquisition of Canton Data Center

On October 3, 2018, the Company acquired the Canton Data Center for approximately $9.4 million excluding acquisition fees and costs. The facility is a colocation data center delivering 1.5 Megawatts of existing capacity expandable to 3.0 Megawatts. Located in Canton, Ohio, the data center is situ...

November 02, 2018

Eric Bell

Ark: Canton

Netrality Properties Extends Amazon Web Services Direct Connect in Kansas City

Netrality Properties, owner and operator of network neutral interconnection and data center properties, announced today the immediate availability of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Direct Connect service in its Kansas City facility — 1102 Grand. Netrality can now offer customers secure and private con...

October 22, 2018

Eric Bell

1102 Grand St (Netrality) Kansas City Carrier Hotel

IPI Partners buys Elk Grove Village suburban data center for $119M

IPI Partners bought an Elk Grove Village data center for $118.9 million, signaling continued investor interest in the growing industrial sector. T5 Data Centers sold the 208,000-square-foot, 10-megawatt facility at 1441 Touhy Avenue. It was built by Forsythe Technology, opened in 2015 and sold...

September 04, 2018

Eric Bell

STACK Chicago CHI01

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