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Read DataBank is Expanding its IND1 data center
DataBank is Expanding its IND1 data center

DataBank is Expanding its IND1 data center

April 30, 2021 Databank Indianapolis IND1

DataBank has announced an expansion of its IND1 data center in Indiana. The company is a leading provider of enterprise-class colocation, connectivity, and managed services. Part of the expansion includes 6,500 square feet of raised floor space and an additional megawatt of power to meet the...

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Read Aligned starts work on Chicago Hyperscale Data Center Campus
Aligned starts work on Chicago Hyperscale Data Center Campus

Aligned starts work on Chicago Hyperscale Data Center Campus

April 28, 2021 Aligned Chicago ORD-01

Aligned has announced that it has begun work on its latest hyperscale data center campus in Chicago, Illinois. The 48MW data center is the first to be constructed on the 18.5 acre campus and stands at 220,000 sqft. Once completed, the campus will offer 100+MW of capacity. The data center, known...

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Read Element Critical’s Chicago Data Centers secure $72M loan
Element Critical’s Chicago Data Centers secure $72M loan

Element Critical’s Chicago Data Centers secure $72M loan

April 12, 2021 Element Critical CH1

Element Critical and parent company Safanad Inc. recently secured a $71.5 million loan to refinance their Chicago data center portfolio. The loan provided by Annaly Capital Management Inc. will go towards renovations for two data center facilities based in the Elk Grove Village area of Chicago,...

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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 Microsoft is planning 400,000 sqft Campus in Hoffman Estates
Microsoft is planning 400,000 sqft Campus in Hoffman Estates

Microsoft is planning 400,000 sqft Campus in Hoffman Estates

March 09, 2021 Microsoft Hoffman Estates 1

According to plans submitted to the Hoffman Estates council, Microsoft aims to build two data centers on the 53-acre site on the north side of Lakewood Blvd in two phases. Phase one would see a 250,000 sq ft (23,200 sqm) building erected by the end of 2022. The second phase would be a 150,000 sq...

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Read Cologix Constructing COL4 as it Expands its Columbus Campus
Cologix Constructing COL4 as it Expands its Columbus Campus

Cologix Constructing COL4 as it Expands its Columbus Campus

March 03, 2021 Cologix Columbus COL4

Cologix has announced it is building a fourth data center on its campus in Columbus, Ohio. The campus already has 3 existing facilities. COL1 & COL2 are in the same building. The facilities were acquired via DataCenter.BZ in 2014 COL3 (160,000sqft) was built in 2018 COL4 is the newest...

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Read Cosentry’s Omaha-Midlands Data Center Becomes the First LEED Gold Certified Data Center in Iowa
Cosentry’s Omaha-Midlands Data Center Becomes the First LEED Gold Certified Data Center in Iowa

Cosentry’s Omaha-Midlands Data Center Becomes the First LEED Gold Certified Data Center in Iowa

February 27, 2021 TierPoint Omaha Midlands

OMAHA, NE (PRWEB) Cosentry, the Midwest leader in data center services, announced today that their Omaha-Midlands Data Center has achieved LEED Gold Certification from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), making it the only LEED Gold Data center in Nebraska and one of just 21 data...

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Read Compute North Starts Major Expansion at Nebraska Data Center to Meet High Customer Demand
Compute North Starts Major Expansion at Nebraska Data Center to Meet High Customer Demand

Compute North Starts Major Expansion at Nebraska Data Center to Meet High Customer Demand

February 25, 2021 Marathon Digital: Kearney, Nebraska

As interest in the digital asset space increases, the 100MW facility now has the capacity to support new deals with current customers and emerging players in the cryptocurrency mining space. EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Feb. 25, 2021 — Compute North, an industry leader in economical, large-scale...

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Read Bluebird Network Acquires ColoHub Data Center in Quad Cities, Iowa
Bluebird Network Acquires ColoHub Data Center in Quad Cities, Iowa

Bluebird Network Acquires ColoHub Data Center in Quad Cities, Iowa

January 05, 2021 Bluebird Quad Cities

Bluebird Press Release on January 5, 2021 COLUMBIA, MO – Bluebird Network – a communications infrastructure provider and data center operator – is excited to announce that effective December 31, 2020, it acquired the ColoHub Data Center—previously owned by Geneseo Communications—located in...

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Read Stream Expands in Elk Grove
Stream Expands in Elk Grove

Stream Expands in Elk Grove

December 09, 2020 Stream Chicago II

Stream has announced that is expanding in the Chicago metro. The new building will be near the company's first data center in Elk Grove and will have 130,000 sqft of raised floor and 32-megawatts at full build-out. The first phase will begin in February 2021 and will finish in Q3 with 4 MW...

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Read 1547 Acquires a Milwaukee Carrier Hotel (324 E Wisconsin)
1547 Acquires a Milwaukee Carrier Hotel (324 E Wisconsin)

1547 Acquires a Milwaukee Carrier Hotel (324 E Wisconsin)

September 04, 2020 1547: Wells Building

1547 Critical Systems Realty has acquired the Wells Building from Ascendant Holdings LLC. The Wells building is located at 324 East Wisconsin in downtown Milwaukee. The building is the defacto carrier hotel in Wisconsin. 1547 Press Release Below: MILWAUKEE, WI (September 3, 2020) – 1547 Data...

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Read Cologix Acquires vXchnge's Minneapolis facility in 511 Building
Cologix Acquires vXchnge's Minneapolis facility in 511 Building

Cologix Acquires vXchnge's Minneapolis facility in 511 Building

August 20, 2020 Cologix: Minnesota Technology Center

Cologix has announced it has acquired vXchnge's 16,000 square foot data center in the 511 Building in Minneapolis. The move further strengths Cologix's dominant position in the building. The company's press release is below. Previously in 2015, vXchnge acquired the site from SunGard.Cologix Press...

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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 CoreSite finishes the first phase of CH2
CoreSite finishes the first phase of CH2

CoreSite finishes the first phase of CH2

June 02, 2020 CoreSite Chicago CH2

CoreSite has announced it has completed the first phase of its second data center in Chicago. CoreSite has designed and built a 169,000 square foot facility with a total of 18 megawatts of capacity, known as “CH2,” in the heart of downtown Chicago. The CH2 data center is one of the first...

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Read Amazon adds 112-acre lot adjacent to its New Albany campus
Amazon adds 112-acre lot adjacent to its New Albany campus

Amazon adds 112-acre lot adjacent to its New Albany campus

May 04, 2020 Amazon: 3180 Beech Rd Campus

Amazon acquired a 112-acre lot adjacent to its New Albany campus. The lot is on the Northeastern corner of Beech Road Northwest and Jug Street. It's just to the north of its 68-acre New Albany campus.Amazon Data Services bought the new lot for $21.8 million on April 20. The $195,000-an-acre price...

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Read Long Ridge Energy Terminal to Develop 300+ Megawatt Data Center Campus
Long Ridge Energy Terminal to Develop 300+ Megawatt Data Center Campus

Long Ridge Energy Terminal to Develop 300+ Megawatt Data Center Campus

January 29, 2020 DP Facilities: Hannibal

HANNIBAL, OH (PRWEB) -- Long Ridge Energy Terminal, located on 1,600 acres in Hannibal, Ohio announced today its plans to develop a 125-acre data center campus in conjunction with its on-site 485 MW combined cycle power plant currently under construction. Situated between Columbus, Ohio and...

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Read T5 adds a second facility in suburban Chicago
T5 adds a second facility in suburban Chicago

T5 adds a second facility in suburban Chicago

January 21, 2020 T5 Chicago II

T5 Data Centers has acquired a data center in Elk Grove, on the West side of Chicago. The 164,000 sqft facility is located in the Elk Grove Technology Park and is the company's second facility in Elk Grove. T5's first Chicago area data center is 1.5 miles away at 1441 Touhy Ave The facility is...

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Read New Albany Council Approves Incentives for 3rd Amazon facility
New Albany Council Approves Incentives for 3rd Amazon facility

New Albany Council Approves Incentives for 3rd Amazon facility

December 18, 2019 Amazon: 3180 Beech Rd Campus

Amazon Web Services appears once again to be expanding its footprint in New Albany. The company now has three sites for data-center complexes in the city, with a total investment of $1.7 billion in the New Albany International Business Park, according to a fact sheet provided at the New Albany...

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Read Core Scientific opens world-class blockchain hosting facility in Calvert City, KY
Core Scientific opens world-class blockchain hosting facility in Calvert City, KY

Core Scientific opens world-class blockchain hosting facility in Calvert City, KY

December 11, 2019 Core Scientific: Calvert City

BELLEVUE, Wash., Nov. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Core Scientific www.corescientific.com today announced that it has opened a new large-scale Blockchain facility in Calvert City, Kentucky. Creating many construction and high-tech jobs, Core Scientific is breathing new life into a steel mill facility...

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Read CyrusOne building a new facility in Council Bluffs, near Google's data centers
CyrusOne building a new facility in Council Bluffs, near Google's data centers

CyrusOne building a new facility in Council Bluffs, near Google's data centers

December 10, 2019 CyrusOne Council Bluffs

CyrusOne is building a new data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Located just across the river from Omaha the facility will be near two large Google facilities. CyrusOne choose the location because the company believes more companies will want to store their large data sets near cloud compute...

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