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Read CyrusOne acquires a 57.6-acre land parcel in Loudoun County, Virginia
CyrusOne acquires a  57.6-acre land parcel in Loudoun County, Virginia

CyrusOne acquires a 57.6-acre land parcel in Loudoun County, Virginia

January 23, 2023 CyrusOne

CyrusOne has purchased a 57.6-acre land parcel in Loudoun County, Virginia. The location of the parcel is near the intersection of the Dulles Greenway toll road and Belmont Ridge Road. This recent land acquisition is part of the company’s global growth and expansion plans. Speaking about this,...

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Read CyrusOne accelerates carbon neutral pledge
CyrusOne accelerates carbon neutral pledge

CyrusOne accelerates carbon neutral pledge

December 12, 2022 CyrusOne

Data center firm CyrusOne, a member of the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, has announced that it is accelerating its carbon-neutral pledge by ten years. The company is now promising to achieve this green goal by 2030 rather than 2040. According to the company, it will achieve this goal by...

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Read CyrusOne proposes data center outside of London
CyrusOne proposes data center outside of London

CyrusOne proposes data center outside of London

November 01, 2022 CyrusOne

CyrusOne is reportedly proposing a new facility located just outside of London in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, UK. The company filed its application in October with Buckinghamshire council, which outlined its plans for the 'Iver Heath Data Park,' a proposal to redevelop the Shannon Group...

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Read CyrusOne breaks ground on its first European facility outside FLAP-D markets in Madrid, Spain
CyrusOne breaks ground on its first European facility outside FLAP-D markets in Madrid, Spain

CyrusOne breaks ground on its first European facility outside FLAP-D markets in Madrid, Spain

October 19, 2022 CyrusOne

CyrusOne has announced that it has begun work on its latest facility in Madrid, Spain, located in the municipality of Alcobendas, after acquiring the freehold purchase of the 5-acre site in 2022. The groundbreaking ceremony was attended by executives from CyrusOne, construction company Itercon,...

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Read CyrusOne: Approval granted for Science-Based Carbon Target from SBTi
CyrusOne: Approval granted for Science-Based Carbon Target from SBTi

CyrusOne: Approval granted for Science-Based Carbon Target from SBTi

August 18, 2022 CyrusOne

CyrusOne has announced that it has received approval of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction target by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), reaffirming its commitment to the target of reducing absolute Scope 1 (fuels) and Scope 2 (electricity) GHG emissions by 38% by 2030 from a...

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Read Eurofiber Cloud Infra employs circular economy principles
Eurofiber Cloud Infra employs circular economy principles

Eurofiber Cloud Infra employs circular economy principles

August 15, 2022 Netherlands

Eurofiber Cloud Infra has announced that it is exploring employing circular economy principles in association with housing corporation Volkshuisvesting, infra-specialist for new energy Firan, and Eurofiber-owned Dataplace, for its data center in Arnhem, the Netherlands. The three have partnered...

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Read Another Hurdle For The Development of Hyperscale Data Centers in The Netherlands
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Another Hurdle For The Development of Hyperscale Data Centers in The Netherlands

June 30, 2022 Netherlands

The Netherland's Hollands Kroon municipal is looking to prevent the development of more data centers in the area. The plan comes even after being one of the only two regions the country's government exempted from the ban on hyperscale data centers. The new coalition of Independent Hollands Kroon,...

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Read Plans For Facebook's Zeewolde Data Center Finally Comes To an End
Plans For Facebook's Zeewolde Data Center Finally Comes To an End

Plans For Facebook's Zeewolde Data Center Finally Comes To an End

June 29, 2022 Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook has finally announced that it has canceled its plans for the Zeewolde data center. This move comes after it first announced a pause to the project in March. The data center was poised to be largest data center in the Netherlands. Facebook’s plan was to develop a 200MW data center across...

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Read Dutch Government Decide Not To Sell Zeewolde Land To Meta
Dutch Government Decide Not To Sell Zeewolde Land To Meta

Dutch Government Decide Not To Sell Zeewolde Land To Meta

June 14, 2022 Hyperscale Data Center

The Dutch Government has revealed that it will not be selling the land in Zeewolde to Meta. Meta had initially earmarked the land to develop a massive data center. The Dutch Government partially owns the land in question. However, Meta hoped to reach an agreement to take over the land to develop...

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Read What does CyrusOne's most recent sustainability report reveal?
What does CyrusOne's most recent sustainability report reveal?

What does CyrusOne's most recent sustainability report reveal?

May 10, 2022 CyrusOne

CyrusOne, a founder and signatory of the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, recently released its latest sustainability report, where it outlined its efforts to cut both Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions, and revealed it has hit its 2030 carbon reduction commitments eight years early and become water...

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Read CyrusOne collaborates with Gexa Energy for wind and solar energy
CyrusOne collaborates with Gexa Energy for wind and solar energy

CyrusOne collaborates with Gexa Energy for wind and solar energy

April 22, 2022 CyrusOne

CyrusOne, a signatory and founding member of the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, has announced that it is collaborating with Gexa Energy following the signing of a new power purchase agreement (PPA). Through this agreement, the data center company will be provided with wind and solar power for...

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Read Amsterdam to impose fines on data centers failing to switch off idle servers
Amsterdam to impose fines on data centers failing to switch off idle servers

Amsterdam to impose fines on data centers failing to switch off idle servers

April 08, 2022 Amsterdam

In Amsterdam, an argument around data center energy usage has been brewing for some time. Back in 2019, in response to the amounts of energy being used up by data centers, the municipalities of Amsterdam and Haarlemmermeer announced a moratorium on new projects. This was eventually lifted, but...

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Read KKR & GIC Make History By Closing CyrusOne's Acquisition for $15bn
KKR & GIC Make History By Closing CyrusOne's Acquisition for $15bn

KKR & GIC Make History By Closing CyrusOne's Acquisition for $15bn

April 04, 2022 CyrusOne

KKR & Global Infrastructure Partners have announced that they have completed and closed the acquisition of CyrusOne. The acquisition sees the public company become private. The acquisition fee is $15 billion, making it the largest Merger and Acquisition deal in the data center industry...

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Read The Netherlands' Senate Votes To Prevent Meta From Advancing Works at its Zeewolde Data Center Site
The Netherlands' Senate Votes To Prevent Meta From Advancing Works at its Zeewolde Data Center Site

The Netherlands' Senate Votes To Prevent Meta From Advancing Works at its Zeewolde Data Center Site

March 28, 2022 Hyperscale Data Center

Meta’s Plans for a data center in Zeewolde has suffered another major setback. Lawmakers in the Netherlands voted last week to prevent the company from continuing any groundwork on the site. This move comes after Meta received approval from the Zeewolde council for zoning changes and plans for...

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Read Housing Minister Opposing Meta's Zeewolde Data Center Development
Housing Minister Opposing Meta's Zeewolde Data Center Development

Housing Minister Opposing Meta's Zeewolde Data Center Development

March 21, 2022 Hyperscale Data Center

Meta’s data center proposal in Zeewolde, the Netherlands, appears to have hit another roadblock. The current Minister of Housing of the Netherlands, Hugo de Jonge, has revealed that he plans to prevent the development of the facility. Although the Zeewolde council has approved the zoning change...

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Read CyrusOne joins the orchard initiative
CyrusOne joins the orchard initiative

CyrusOne joins the orchard initiative

March 18, 2022 CyrusOne

As more and more companies in the digital infrastructure sector realize the efforts required to change the trajectory of our planet’s path, more are joining different eco projects to contribute to the transformation. CyrusOne is one of these companies and has announced that it has joined Host in...

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Read CyrusOne makes headway on sustainability goals
CyrusOne makes headway on sustainability goals

CyrusOne makes headway on sustainability goals

February 16, 2022 CyrusOne

CyrusOne has announced that in line with its ambition to become data climate-neutral by 2030, its Dallas, Texas headquarters is now powered by 100% renewable energy. It is also the latest part of its portfolio to be net-water positive. CyrusOne is also one of the signatories of the Climate...

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Read Dutch government outlines its position on hyperscale data centers
Dutch government outlines its position on hyperscale data centers

Dutch government outlines its position on hyperscale data centers

February 10, 2022 Netherlands

The newly formed Dutch government has announced that going forward, it will impose environmental controls on hyperscale data centers, which it said is in response to protests around Facebook’s proposed 166 hectare hyperscale data center in Zeewolde. The proposal received an outcry of opposition...

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Read The Netherlands’ climate goals at risk with new Facebook data center?
The Netherlands’ climate goals at risk with new Facebook data center?

The Netherlands’ climate goals at risk with new Facebook data center?

January 06, 2022 Hyperscale Data Center

Controversy is looming around Facebook's new data center in the Netherlands. Critics of the facility argue that Meta's 166-hectare complex at Zeewolde will undermine the country's sustainability targets. This is because the data center is predicted to use around 1,380GWh hours of energy a year....

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Read Meta/Facebook got permission to develop Netherlands' largest data center in Zeewolde
Meta/Facebook got permission to develop Netherlands' largest data center in Zeewolde

Meta/Facebook got permission to develop Netherlands' largest data center in Zeewolde

December 17, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

Meta has been granted permission to build the Netherlands’ largest data center for its Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp applications in the small town of Zeewolde. Reports have it that the facility will use 200MW of electrical power and have five data center halls. The town council had a meeting...

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