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Read Edged Energy begins work on Atlanta data center
Edged Energy begins work on Atlanta data center

Edged Energy begins work on Atlanta data center

July 04, 2023 Atlanta

Construction on Edge Energy's Atlanta, Georgia data center is underway, with the company commencing work on July 1st. Located at Tilford Yard, the company bought the 158 acre-site back in July 2021; 70 acres will be dedicated to data center development. In January 2023, it filed a building permit...

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Read Circularity controversy: Bitcoin operations heats bathhouse in Brooklyn
Circularity controversy: Bitcoin operations heats bathhouse in Brooklyn

Circularity controversy: Bitcoin operations heats bathhouse in Brooklyn

July 03, 2023 New York

In New York City, Brooklyn, a bathhouse and spa named Bathhouse has shared that it is now heating its pools with mining, with the water from the pool, then going on to cool the hardware. The bathhouse and spa also Bitcoin payments. The company shared the news in an Instagram post: "Enjoy a hot...

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Read Groton votes unanimously to approve region's first data center regulations, blocking large scale data center projects
Groton votes unanimously to approve region's first data center regulations, blocking large scale data center projects

Groton votes unanimously to approve region's first data center regulations, blocking large scale data center projects

July 03, 2023 Connecticut

At a planning meeting this week in Groton, Groton's Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved regulations to limit the size of data centers after a year-long moratorium. Under the ruling, while local enterprises will be permitted to build their own on-premises facilities, hyperscale...

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Read The site plan for Metro Edge Development Partners' Chicago data center approved
The site plan for Metro Edge Development Partners' Chicago data center approved

The site plan for Metro Edge Development Partners' Chicago data center approved

June 29, 2023 Chicago

The Chicago, Illinois data center of commercial real estate finance firm Metro Edge Development Partners has been granted site approval. The corporation received site plan approval for its IMD1 data center from the Chicago Department of Planning and Development this month. IMD1 will be a...

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Read DataBank expands its data center in Kansas
DataBank expands its data center in Kansas

DataBank expands its data center in Kansas

June 28, 2023 DataBank Kansas City MCI3

DataBank's development of the MC13 data center in Lenexa, Kansas, is complete. The company has added 17,000 square feet and 1.8 MW of IT capacity to its MC13 data center, bringing the total build-out to 42,000 square feet and 4.6 MW. In October 2021, DataBank first announced intentions to expand...

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Read Prince William County locals want a data center developer to buy property outside Gainesville
Prince William County locals want a data center developer to buy property outside Gainesville

Prince William County locals want a data center developer to buy property outside Gainesville

June 28, 2023 Northern Virginia

Residents of Prince William County, Virginia, are attempting to sell their land to an unidentified data center developer. According to InsideNoVa, residents of Sanders Lane near Gainesville are attempting to sell their land to a data center developer. The residents appear to be attempting to...

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Read Frederick County establishes work group to look at data centers
Frederick County establishes work group to look at data centers

Frederick County establishes work group to look at data centers

June 28, 2023 Maryland

In Frederick County, a place which has become a highly attractive data center zone and is the location site of Quantum Loophole’s massive and recently paused data center campus, Frederick County Executive Jessica Fitzwater has formed a workgroup for data centers. Fitzwater formed the group in...

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Read Groton's proposed data center regulations set to go to public hearing following year-long moratorium
Groton's proposed data center regulations set to go to public hearing following year-long moratorium

Groton's proposed data center regulations set to go to public hearing following year-long moratorium

June 27, 2023 Connecticut

In Groton, a data center moratorium has been in place for a year. This was introduced to give the town the time to formulate regulations for data centers, amidst concerns regarding environmental and noise impacts. Now the proposed regulations are set to go to a public hearing. As per the proposed...

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Read Phoenix Data center with 6 MW up for sale
Phoenix Data center with 6 MW up for sale

Phoenix Data center with 6 MW up for sale

June 27, 2023 Phoenix

A 6MW data facility is up for lease or purchase in Phoenix, Arizona. Located in the desirable Deer Valley neighborhood, CBRE has listed 20435 North 26th Avenue for sale or lease. There was no listed pricing. The 6MW facility was completed in 2003 and sits on 3.66 acres of land, with a raised...

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Read Loblaw former data center in Canada bought by Grain & StratCap
Loblaw former data center in Canada  bought by Grain & StratCap

Loblaw former data center in Canada bought by Grain & StratCap

June 22, 2023 Toronto

Grain Management and StratCap bought a data center on the Canadian outskirts of Toronto. This week, the firms announced the formation of a joint venture to purchase 55 Hereford Street in Brampton, Ontario. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but per the joint venture contract,...

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Read The Hawaii data center initiative survives the governor's $1 billion in state budget cuts
The Hawaii data center initiative survives the governor's $1 billion in state budget cuts

The Hawaii data center initiative survives the governor's $1 billion in state budget cuts

June 20, 2023 Hawaii

Despite budget cutbacks, Hawaii's government will proceed with a proposed data center relocation. Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii had to make use of his line-item override to cut the General Appropriations Bill of 2023 and balance Hawaii's fiscal strategy with $500 million in budget cuts, but he...

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Read Edgewater receives a $138 million contract for FBI data center
Edgewater receives a $138 million contract for FBI data center

Edgewater receives a $138 million contract for FBI data center

June 19, 2023 United States

The FBI has awarded Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc. a contract to manage its data centers. Edgewater recently disclosed that it had been granted a five-year, $138 million license to support the Information Technology Infrastructure Division (ITID) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)....

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Read Tesla leases Sacramento Twitter data center Musk once blasted
Tesla leases Sacramento Twitter data center Musk once blasted

Tesla leases Sacramento Twitter data center Musk once blasted

June 13, 2023 Sacramento

Twitter formerly used the Sacramento site of NTT Global Data Centers, but now it is home to Musk's electric car company. Twitter departed the data center in late 2022, with the CEO disparaging the area. Tesla will now occupy the space as well as extra square footage. The data center will likely...

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Read Work begins on a data facility in Lincoln, Nebraska
Work  begins on a data facility in Lincoln, Nebraska

Work begins on a data facility in Lincoln, Nebraska

June 08, 2023 Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska, looks to have seen the start of construction on a data center campus that was first proposed in 2019. According to the Lincoln Journal Star, the project appears to be progressing, with some excavation occurring in recent months. In July 2019, Agate LLC filed for a 600...

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Read The University of Minnesota moves ahead with $70 million-plus data center on the East Bank campus
The University of Minnesota moves ahead with $70 million-plus data center on the East Bank campus

The University of Minnesota moves ahead with $70 million-plus data center on the East Bank campus

June 07, 2023 Minnesota

The University of Minnesota has announced that it's moving forward with a new $70 million-plus data center on the East Bank campus. The university is reportedly accepting design proposals for a two-story, 33,000-square-foot "Advanced Operations Center." The facility will be located west of the...

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Read York County's $1bn data center proposal
York County's $1bn data center proposal

York County's $1bn data center proposal

June 06, 2023 South Carolina

South Carolina is planning a $1 billion data center development. This week, the York County Council will discuss and vote on tax incentives for a data center proposal in the county. York County is located in northeast South Carolina, toward the east of Greenville and Spartanburg, and adjacent to...

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Read The Segra Facility in Charlotte, North Carolina up for Sale or Lease.
The Segra Facility in Charlotte, North Carolina up for Sale or Lease.

The Segra Facility in Charlotte, North Carolina up for Sale or Lease.

June 02, 2023 North Carolina

A Charlotte, North Carolina, data center is available for purchase or lease. Currently, fiber provider Segra operates the data center, but the company will soon withdraw as its contract nears completion. Five 9s Digital is advertising the property for sale or lease. No sale or lease price was...

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Read Bidding in Illinois for an unoccupied HSBC/CapitalOne facility
Bidding in Illinois for an unoccupied HSBC/CapitalOne facility

Bidding in Illinois for an unoccupied HSBC/CapitalOne facility

June 02, 2023 Illinois

Illinois's former HSBC data center will be auctioned off later this month. On June 6-8, Cushman & Wakefield will auction off a data center in Volo via LoopNet. According to the listing, the Volo Data Center is a 160,000-square-foot data facility on a 42-acre lot at 300 S Fish Lake Road. Volo...

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Read Pittsburgh Data Center up for Sale or Lease
Pittsburgh Data Center up for Sale or Lease

Pittsburgh Data Center up for Sale or Lease

June 01, 2023 Pittsburgh

A data center for sale or lease is available in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Colliers and Five 9s Digital are offering the McKees Rock facility located at 615 McMichael Road. The site is listed for lease in Colliers' materials, but Five 9s claims it can be purchased or leased. The circa...

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Read Missouri Globe Building Data Center Property For Lease
Missouri Globe Building Data Center Property For Lease

Missouri Globe Building Data Center Property For Lease

June 01, 2023 Missouri

Data center space is available for lease at the Globe Building carrier hotel in St. Louis, Missouri. The fourth floor of the structure at 710 North Tucker Blvd. has 28,700 square feet of floor space available, of which 16,000 square feet is built-out data center space, according to a listing by...

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