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Read Qualcomm to reduce workforce in California by December
Qualcomm to reduce workforce in California by December

Qualcomm to reduce workforce in California by December

October 18, 2023 California

A recent filing with the California Employment Development Department has revealed that Chip designer Qualcomm intends to cut its workforce significantly. The filing noted that Qualcomm is cutting 1,258 jobs in San Diego and Santa Clara, California, to reduce costs. The job cuts are to begin by...

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Read USCG awards data center support services contract to Credence Management Solutions
USCG awards data center support services contract to Credence Management Solutions

USCG awards data center support services contract to Credence Management Solutions

October 16, 2023 United States

Credence Management Solutions, a government-focused IT services company will be awarded a six-months data center support services contract by the US Coast Guard (USCG). A notice posted by the USCG mentioned that it would reduce competition to awards a sole task order for a part of its existing...

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Read Fortune 100 company proposes 12-building DC campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fortune 100 company proposes 12-building DC campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fortune 100 company proposes 12-building DC campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana

October 12, 2023 Indiana

An unnamed Fortune 100 company is planning a new 772-acre data center campus between Fort Wayne and New Haven to the east in Allen County. The application for this project, dubbed ‘Project Zodiac,” is for a new facility bound by East Tillman Road, Adams Center Road, and railroad tracks. Wane.com...

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Read Lonestar to transmit US Declaration of Independence to Lunar-based mini data center and back
Lonestar to transmit US Declaration of Independence to Lunar-based mini data center and back

Lonestar to transmit US Declaration of Independence to Lunar-based mini data center and back

October 11, 2023 United States

Lonestar Data Holdings recently revealed its plans to transmit the US Declaration of Independence to the lunar surface as the first document in history to be stored digitally on the Moon. This is a test of its lunar data centers concept for Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS). This mission,...

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Read Smith County data center to get $2million renovation
Smith County data center to get $2million renovation

Smith County data center to get $2million renovation

October 09, 2023 Texas

Smith County, Texas is giving its data center at 200 E. Ferguson Street, Texas, the Smith County Annex a $2 million upgrade. This upgrade scheduled to begin on November 1, 2023, is expected to be completed by December 20, 2024. The mission for this upgrade is focused on enhancing the IT...

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Read CND company Akamai to launch new cloud regions globally
CND company Akamai to launch new cloud regions globally

CND company Akamai to launch new cloud regions globally

October 05, 2023 Massachusetts

Cloud company Akamai Technologies announced seven new core compute regions on September 27, 2023. These regions in the Netherlands, Indonesia, the US, Italy, Japan, and Brazil will open over the next two months. Akamai noted that the locations in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Jakarta, Indonesia; Los...

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Read IonQ unveils two rack-mounted quantum solutions
IonQ unveils two rack-mounted quantum solutions

IonQ unveils two rack-mounted quantum solutions

October 04, 2023 Maryland

A leading quantum computing firm, IonQ has announced plans for two rack-mounted solutions that introduce quantum capabilities to existing infrastructures: IonQ Forte Enterprise and IonQ Tempo. These solutions are mainly to help businesses leverage the power of quantum directly from their own data...

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Read ‘Fortune 200 tech company’ looks to build $750m campus in northern Ohio
‘Fortune 200 tech company’ looks to build $750m campus in northern Ohio

‘Fortune 200 tech company’ looks to build $750m campus in northern Ohio

October 04, 2023 Ohio

An unnamed Fortune 200 tech company plans to build a $750 million data center campus on about 750 acres between Perrysburg and Bowling Green in northern Ohio. This company is also undergoing deals and negotiations through a shell company, Liames LLC. Middleton Township trustees discussed plans...

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Read Vacant data center in Blair, Nebraska up for sale
Vacant data center in Blair, Nebraska up for sale

Vacant data center in Blair, Nebraska up for sale

October 03, 2023 Nebraska

Cushman & Wakefield has listed a data center for sale at 256 E. Grant Street in Blair. The asking price for this facility outside Omaha, Nebraska, is listed as $1.76 million on the site and $1.5 million in the sales brochure. The 7,564 sq ft (700 sqm) facility was built on six acres in...

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Read North Carolina government funds new Washington-Warren Airport DC
North Carolina government funds new Washington-Warren Airport  DC

North Carolina government funds new Washington-Warren Airport DC

October 02, 2023 North Carolina

After receiving additional government funding, North Carolina's Washington-Warren Airport is on track to get a new data center campus. This airport in Washington City will get $13.5 million in funding from the state budget. The government funds will be utilized to develop "key infrastructure,"...

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Read AI Edge chip company Kneron raises additional $49m funds
AI Edge chip company Kneron raises additional $49m funds

AI Edge chip company Kneron raises additional $49m funds

September 30, 2023 San Diego

Kneron, a startup developing chips for AI inferencing, has raised $49 million from investors to scale up its hardware-developing efforts. Investors, including Foxconn HH-CTBC Partnership (Foxconn Co-GP Fund) and Alltek, made this additional investment, bringing the total Series B financing to...

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Read Amazon to Invest in 5 Facility Campus in Ohio
Amazon to Invest in 5 Facility Campus in Ohio

Amazon to Invest in 5 Facility Campus in Ohio

September 29, 2023 AWS US East (Ohio)

Amazon Web Services plans to invest $3.5 billion in New Albany by 2020 to expand its footprint around Columbus, Ohio. The New Albany City Council announced it had approved a resolution enabling AWS to proceed with its expansion investment plan. This is only part of Amazon's $7.5 billion...

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Read JK Land Holdings expands proposed Virginia’s Gainesville DC with land buy
JK Land Holdings expands proposed Virginia’s Gainesville DC with land buy

JK Land Holdings expands proposed Virginia’s Gainesville DC with land buy

September 28, 2023 Virginia

Chuck Kuhn's real estate firm, JK Land Holdings, has expanded the proposed Gainesville data center via land acquisition in Virginia's Prince William County through its Wellington Road LLC affiliate. The company has also filed an application, which is currently under review, for up to 3.8 million...

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Read St. Louis Park school district receives conditional land use permit for DC center construction
St. Louis Park school district receives conditional land use permit for DC center construction

St. Louis Park school district receives conditional land use permit for DC center construction

September 27, 2023 Minnesota

The Minnesota St. Louis Park City Council has approved a conditional use permit (CUP) for constructing a data center at 6400 Walker Street. Information from the district’s website reveals that the new center will be built southeast of the football field and next to an existing maintenance...

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Read Chirisa obtains a $200 million loan to outfit a CoreWeave data facility in Virginia
Chirisa obtains a $200 million loan to outfit a CoreWeave data facility in Virginia

Chirisa obtains a $200 million loan to outfit a CoreWeave data facility in Virginia

September 25, 2023 Virginia

Chirisa Investments has secured financing for constructing a data center in Chester, Virginia. According to Commercial Observer, Chirisa received $200 million in construction funding to build CoreWeave's 242,000-square-foot turnkey data center. CO's sources revealed that an undisclosed Brookfield...

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Read Chirisa obtains a $200 million loan to outfit a CoreWeave data facility in Virginia
Chirisa obtains a $200 million loan to outfit a CoreWeave data facility in Virginia

Chirisa obtains a $200 million loan to outfit a CoreWeave data facility in Virginia

September 20, 2023 Virginia

Chirisa Investments has secured financing for constructing a data center in Chester, Virginia. Chirisa received $200 million in construction funding to build CoreWeave's 242,000-square-foot turnkey data center, according to Commercial Observer. According to CO sources, an undisclosed Brookfield...

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Read New HPC data center to be built at the University of Alabama
New HPC data center to be built at the University of Alabama

New HPC data center to be built at the University of Alabama

September 19, 2023 Alabama

The University of Alabama (UA) will receive a new data center to house supercomputers. The UA System Board of Trustees has approved the first phase of construction for a new high-performance computing (HPC) data facility on the Tuscaloosa campus. The initiative is predicted to need $96 million in...

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Read Compass Datacenters Acquires Former Sears HQ for $194M to Build Data Center Campus
Compass Datacenters Acquires Former Sears HQ for $194M to Build Data Center Campus

Compass Datacenters Acquires Former Sears HQ for $194M to Build Data Center Campus

September 18, 2023 Compass Hoffman Estates

Compass Datacenters has acquired the former Sears headquarters, spanning 197 acres in the Chicago area, for $194 million. As Sears continues to downsize its operations, Compass plans to replace the existing 2.4 million square-foot campus with data centers, reflecting the growing demand for cloud...

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Read A data facility near Detroit in Michigan up for sale
A data facility near Detroit in Michigan up for sale

A data facility near Detroit in Michigan up for sale

September 14, 2023 Detroit

A data center outside of Detroit, Michigan, is available for purchase. Lee & Associates, a real estate agency, has listed 21420 Melrose in Southfield, Oakland County, as available. The 1986-built, 15,956-square-foot property is available for $1.34m. “This building is extremely well maintained...

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Read Michigan's Kmart headquarters and data center will be demolished
Michigan's Kmart headquarters and data center will be demolished

Michigan's Kmart headquarters and data center will be demolished

September 14, 2023 Michigan

The Troy, Michigan, Kmart corporate office and data center will be destroyed soon. The 906,000-square-foot facility is located at 3100 W. Big Beaver Road on a 40-acre lot. No post-demolition arrangements for the site have been revealed publicly at this time. The head offices have been vacant...

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