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Read Iron Mountain signs 20MW lease with existing customer at Va-2
Iron Mountain signs 20MW lease with existing customer at Va-2

Iron Mountain signs 20MW lease with existing customer at Va-2

December 08, 2021 Iron Mountain Northern Virginia (Manassas)

Iron Mountain has announced that it has signed a 20MW lease agreement with an existing Fortune 100 customer for its Va-2 data center in Manassas, Virginia. The new lease agreement now sees Iron Mountain sign leases of up to 44MW since the beginning of the year. The new lease will start in phases...

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Read Connecticut towns plan to stop data center development projects
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Connecticut towns plan to stop data center development projects

December 08, 2021 Connecticut

Towns in Connecticut want to stop a new company from building data centers. Gotspace Data Partners LLC plans to build five data centers across Connecticut. The company plans to build data centers in Griswold, Groton, Wallingford, Bozrah, and Norwich. However, according to reports, the Wallingford...

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Read Virginia Commonwealth University announced plans to build new data center in Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University announced plans to build new data center in Richmond

Virginia Commonwealth University announced plans to build new data center in Richmond

November 30, 2021 Richmond

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) has announced proposals for a data center located in Richmond, Virginia, at 707 W. Broad St. The planned facility will span 30,000-square-foot (2,800 sqm). According to reports, the data center will cost around $42-44 million and will be divided between both...

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Read Hermosa Ranch data center pushback
Hermosa Ranch data center pushback

Hermosa Ranch data center pushback

November 29, 2021 Arizona

The proposed Hermosa Ranch data center in Avondale, Arizona, is being faced with pushback amid water concerns. TGV Investments Voting Trust and Rexco DC LLC are the companies proposing the construction of the Hermosa Ranch Tech Campus, which would involve changing city plans from installing a...

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Read Chandler's new legislation proposal and what it means for data centers
Chandler's new legislation proposal and what it means for data centers

Chandler's new legislation proposal and what it means for data centers

November 24, 2021 Arizona

Chandler may introduce new legislation that will introduce a more rigorous process when it comes to building more data centers in the area. This news comes with the region coming out third nationally for data center construction in the first half of 2021; concerns are mainly rooted in the...

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Read Vantage Data Centers tops-out of first data center in Goodyear, Arizona
Vantage Data Centers tops-out of first data center in Goodyear, Arizona

Vantage Data Centers tops-out of first data center in Goodyear, Arizona

November 24, 2021 Vantage Phoenix

Vantage Data Centers has expanded its data center campus in Goodyear, Arizona, by completing the construction of a new data center. The company revealed that it topped out its first 32MW data center on the Phoenix campus. Vantage acquired land in 2019 and began construction on the site. The first...

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Read Microsoft announces opening of two new data centers in Wyoming
Microsoft announces opening of two new data centers in Wyoming

Microsoft announces opening of two new data centers in Wyoming

November 23, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

Microsoft has announced the launch of two new data center facilities in Cheyenne, Wyoming. The facilities are located in Bison Business Park and the Cheyenne Business Parkway. The facilities will support Microsoft’s West Central US Azure region. VP of core operations for data centers at...

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Read Grid vulnerability warnings in Texas
Grid vulnerability warnings in Texas

Grid vulnerability warnings in Texas

November 22, 2021 Texas

There are growing concerns around grid availability in Texas after the announcement that as much as 5,000MW of cryptocurrency load could be added to the grid by 2023. According to reports, operator Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) will oversee 3,000-5,000 MW added in addition to the...

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Read Prime Data Centers expands at its Sacramento, California Campus
Prime Data Centers expands at its Sacramento, California Campus

Prime Data Centers expands at its Sacramento, California Campus

November 19, 2021 Prime Sacramento

Prime Data Centers has announced the development of its second data center at its Sacramento, California campus, based at the McClellan Park business complex. Its second facility will be based adjacent to its existing facility and will have 16MW of critical capacity, spanning 150,000 sqft....

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Read SteelWave buys data center and office building from Metronest in Boulder, Colorado
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SteelWave buys data center and office building from Metronest in Boulder, Colorado

November 18, 2021 Colorado (CO)

A real estate firm called SteelWave has acquired a data center and office complex belonging to Metronest. The property is located at 1450 Infinite Drive in Louisville, Boulder County. The building is a multi-tenant one, and it occupies 154,000 square feet of space. It also sits on a 20.3-acre...

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Read Former FBI data center in West Virginia available for sale/lease
Former FBI data center in West Virginia available for sale/lease

Former FBI data center in West Virginia available for sale/lease

November 15, 2021 FBI Clarksburg

A former data center occupied by the FBI in Clarksburg, West Virginia, has been put up for sale. The facility has been put up for sale for $1.5 million; however, real estate company RealCorp said the facility is available to lease. The building has 26,397 square feet of space, and it sits on 0.44...

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Read Unoccupied NortonLifeLock data center in Arizona up for sale
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Unoccupied NortonLifeLock data center in Arizona up for sale

November 12, 2021 Arizona

NortonLifeLock Inc. is putting up an unoccupied data center in Tucson, Arizona, for sale. The facility sits upon 8.5 acres of land, and it is located at 3701 E. Columbia Street. It has 133,452 square feet of space with 40,793 square feet of raised floor within three data halls. In addition, the...

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Read Ascent's Plano, Texas data center available to lease
Ascent's Plano, Texas data center available to lease

Ascent's Plano, Texas data center available to lease

November 12, 2021 Ascent Dallas DAL1

Ascent’s data center in Plano, Texas, has been put up for lease by Cushman & Wakefield. The data center is at 1500 East Plano Parkway, and it is listed as a single-tenant facility. The 43,000 square feet data center sits on 4.5 acres of land. It was built in 1992, and it was last renovated in...

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Read Prince William County agrees to pause development of Gainesville data center
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Prince William County agrees to pause development of Gainesville data center

November 12, 2021 Northern Virginia

Prince William County’s planning commission has voted 6-1 to pause the development of a Gainesville data center until late January. CTP-II LLC proposed the data center project in question. CTP-II LLC wanted 22.72 acres of land to be rezoned from business and light industrial to data center...

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Read Netrality requests $36 million in bonds for new data center in Kansas City
Netrality requests $36 million in bonds for new data center in Kansas City

Netrality requests $36 million in bonds for new data center in Kansas City

November 11, 2021 Netrality: Kansas City 7801 Nieman

According to BizJournal, Netrality has applied to the Shawnee City Council for $36 million in federally taxable private activity revenue bonds. Bizjournal says Netrality plans to use the bonds to finance construction materials, equipment, fixtures, and labor for the renovation of 7801 Nieman...

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Read Augusta data center plans curbed
Augusta data center plans curbed

Augusta data center plans curbed

November 09, 2021 Georgia

A data center proposed for the site of a former cotton mill in Augusta, Georgia, is no longer ahead. Back in 2016, Cape Augusta Real Estate Development announced redevelopment plans for the site and outlined the project would go ahead under the name ‘Augusta Cyberworks.’ Original plans for the...

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Read DataBank to open new data in Minnesota
DataBank to open new data in Minnesota

DataBank to open new data in Minnesota

November 08, 2021 DataBank Brooklyn Park MSP3

DataBank has announced the launch of a new data center located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The 86,000 square feet carrier-neutral MSP3 facility is located in Brooklyn Park. MSP3 is DataBank’s fourth Minneapolis data center, and it is built to Tier III standards. The first phase of the facility...

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Read eStruxture to Open second data center in Calgary
eStruxture to Open second data center in Calgary

eStruxture to Open second data center in Calgary

November 05, 2021 eStruxture CAL-2

eStruxture has revealed its plans for a new data center facility in Calgary, Canada. The facility will be called CAL-2, and it will be located in Balzac, north of Alberta city. The facility will have 93,000 square feet of space with 30MW of capacity. eStruxture will also build the facility to...

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Read Genesis Digital Assets expands data center footprint in West Texas
Genesis Digital Assets expands data center footprint in West Texas

Genesis Digital Assets expands data center footprint in West Texas

November 03, 2021 Texas

Genesis Digital Assets, a U.S.-based Bitcoin (BTC) mining firm, has announced that it is expanding its data center footprint in Texas. The facility will be industrial-scale with a capacity of 300MW. According to reports, the facility will also have sustainability at its core, with “sustainable...

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Read Switch and the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center to partner and create a water pipeline for recycled water
Switch and the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center to partner and create a water pipeline for recycled water

Switch and the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center to partner and create a water pipeline for recycled water

November 03, 2021 Reno

Switch and the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center have joined forces to create a regional water improvement pipeline. The project in Sparks, Nevada, will see the construction of a 16-mile pipeline that will transport 4,000 acre-feet of “treated effluent water” from the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation...

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