North America Data Center News

Data centers could be built on Maryland's old mall site for FBI HQ

Lerner Enterprises is evaluating a former Maryland mall as a possible campus for a data center if the FBI does not relocate there. Brightseat Associates LLC, a Lerner affiliate, filed a preliminary application for a "qualified data center" with Prince George's County's land use regulatory body...

August 16, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Maryland

Data center design standards approved by Leesburg Town Council in Loudoun

Leesburg's Loudoun County Council unanimously approved data center design criteria. Unlike Ashburn, Virginia's Leesburg has no data centers; however, this may change. Three rezoning petitions may allow data center development in town. One is in the Oaklawn neighborhood, one close to the former...

August 16, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Northern Virginia

DoD procures a security advancement for Hawaii data center

The US Department of Defense (DoD) is soliciting proposals for a data center security upgrade in Hawaii. On August 14, the contract offer was released, giving businesses three weeks to present their ideas for the DoD's facility. The solution must upgrade the Defense Information Systems Agency ...

August 15, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Hawaii

Tillman FiberCo and Northleaf execute a $500 million investment agreement

Northleaf Capital Partners and Tillman FiberCo have joined forces in a strategic partnership. The fiber broadband company confirmed receiving a preliminary investment of $200 million, with an additional $300 million possible as the company looks to expand.The investment, per Tillman, will spee...

August 14, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

A Phoenix, Arizona racetrack is slated for data center development

Phoenix, Arizona's racehorse track, might be converted into an industrial park and data center. Initially reported by BizJournal, developers filed a conceptual site plan to the Phoenix planning commission for a 2.6 million-square-foot industrial and data center park.CT Realty, based in Califor...

August 09, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Arizona

Developers in San Jose, California, switch hotel plans for data center development

Plans for an entertainment district development in San Jose, California, have been scrapped and replaced with data center plans, it has been announced. Back in 2018, developer Terra Ventures had initially pitched for development known as 'Shops @ Terra'; this would have been an entertainment d...

August 08, 2023

San Francisco Bay Area

Sentinum introduces hosting and colocation services

Sentinum's data center in Michigan has started offering colocation and hosting services. Sentinum, a subsidiary of the holding company Ault Alliance, will provide these offerings for artificial intelligence ecosystems and other industries. The corporation intends to expand its operations into ...

August 07, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Michigan

Texas-based Valero payments data center for sale

Energy company Valero's office and data center space is up for sale in Texas. Williams & Co Real Estate has the Valero Credit Card Ops Center at 7201 Canyon Drive in Amarillo listed for sale with a Triple Net Lease (NNN) tenant. The price listed is $6,295,000. The 2003-built, 34,585-square...

August 03, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Texas

Data center for sale in Topeka, Kansas

There is a data center building available for purchase in Topeka, Kansas. Topeka's 400 SE Jefferson Street is up for sale through Colliers for a price that has not been disclosed. The 16,350-square-foot building in Shawnee County contains a 10,500-square-foot data center and a 5,850-square-foo...

August 03, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Kansas

Bitcoin Miner GDA opens of three new data centers in South Carolina

Genesis Digital Assets (GDA) has announced the opening of three new data centers in South Carolina's Western region. The company is one of the world's largest Bitcoin mining companies, and has 400 MW of capability spread across three continents. It reportedly accounts for about 2% of the Bitc...

August 01, 2023

South Carolina

CoreWeave intends to construct a $1.6bn AI cloud-based facility in Plano, Texas

CoreWeave, a cloud company specializing in GPUs, intends to invest $1.6 billion in a data center in Plano, Texas. To qualify for a tax credit approved this week by the Plano City Council, the company will need to invest at least $800 million each year for the following two years. In 2025 and 2...

July 26, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

CoreWeave Plano

Culpeper data center rezoning request deferred

On July 18th, the Town of Culpeper Planning Commission held a public hearing where it deferred action on a rezoning request for a large data center complex adjacent to the Culpeper National Cemetery annex.Copper Ridge Culpeper LLC of Middleburg is seeking to rezone 116 acres along East Chandle...

July 25, 2023

United States

$100 million data center plan in Columbia River Gorge 'discontinued'

In Oregon, Cascade Locks port authority has announced the decision to discontinue Roundhouse Digital Infrastructure's $100 million data center project in the Columbia River Gorge. The startup had planned to build a 10MW data center targeting "niche government and energy industry" clients. Howe...

July 25, 2023

Oregon

Moveworks expands with Canadian data center

Moveworks has announced that its first regional data center in Canada has opened, a move which the company said signifies its move toward promoting greater data center privacy and residency, in line with the evolving regulatory landscape in Canada.The company noted that data privacy is a “cruc...

July 21, 2023

Canada

Edged Energy intends to construct an 18MW data facility in Kansas City, Missouri

A data center is being built by Edged Energy in Kansas City, Missouri. According to BizJournal, the Northland of Kansas City will soon see the start of construction on a data center by engineering and construction company Burns & McDonnell. The company is constructing an 18MW waterless-coo...

July 20, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Kansas

Spencer Building Carrier Hotel to begin work on data center

Spencer Building Carrier Hotel has shared that it has obtained the permits to begin work on its new data center in the heritage section of Vancouver's Harbour Centre. The company shared that the project is still in its preconstruction phase, but that construction will commence in August 2023, ...

July 19, 2023

Canada

Data center to be built by Edged Energy in Mesa, Arizona

Edged Energy intends to construct a new data center in the Phoenix, Arizona, neighborhood of Mesa. Edged Energy has submitted applications to Mesa's design review board and development and zoning board to construct a 126,000-square-foot data center on a 14-acre site near the Loop 202 interstat...

July 17, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Arizona

Ericsson sets up a 5G site in Texas powered by solar energy

Ericsson has announced that it has set up a 5G site in Texas powered by solar energy. Located in Plano, Texas, the site can be fully operated by solar energy and supported by integrated Lithium-ion batteries, for up to 24 hours. The Plano site includes Ericsson's Massive MIMO radio configurati...

July 14, 2023

Texas

Cologix reveals a new data space at the 511 carrier hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Cologix is expanding its data center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by adding a new data hall. With the new MIN5 data center now available for pre-leasing, the company has increased its presence in the Minneapolis, Minnesota, market. Located in the 511 Building carrier hotel, also known as the Min...

July 14, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Cologix

Switch Inc. receives $500m investment from Aware Super

The Australian pension fund Aware Super has invested in the data center company Switch Inc. This week, Switch proprietor DigitalBridge announced that Aware Super will make "a significant investment" in Switch. The deal's value wasn't made public in the initial publication, but DigitalBridge's ...

July 14, 2023

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

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