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Read Gerald R. Ford International Airport is building an operations center in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Gerald R. Ford International Airport is building an operations center in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Gerald R. Ford International Airport is building an operations center in Grand Rapids, Michigan

June 30, 2021 Grand Rapids MI

Gerald R. Ford International Airport is building a new operations and communications center, which includes, a data center in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The project will cost the Company $7.7 million. Gerald R. Ford International airport says the new facility will be on the east side of the...

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Read Rocky Mountain Power to build 120MW solar farm in Utah for Facebook power
Rocky Mountain Power to build 120MW solar farm in Utah for Facebook power

Rocky Mountain Power to build 120MW solar farm in Utah for Facebook power

June 30, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

Rocky Mountain Power has announced that it would be building a new 120MW solar farm in Iron County, Utah, for Facebook. The solar farm will power Facebook’s Eagle Mountain data center. Head of renewable energy at Facebook, Urvi Parekh, commented on the development. He said the Company is happy to...

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Read TPG teams up with Quantum Loophole to redevelop Old Alcoa Plant
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TPG teams up with Quantum Loophole to redevelop Old Alcoa Plant

June 28, 2021 TPG Real Estate: Frederick Campus

TPG Real Estate Partners (TREP) and Quantum Loophole have joined forces to acquire a 2,100-acre industrial site near Frederick, Maryland, for its first major campus. The joint venture will see the two redevelop the site of the Old Alcoa Plant and transform it into a gigawatt scale data center...

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Read Silicon Valley Power to build a substation for AWS's planned data center in Santa Clara
Silicon Valley Power to build a substation for AWS's planned data center in Santa Clara

Silicon Valley Power to build a substation for AWS's planned data center in Santa Clara

June 27, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

Silicon Valley Power will build a new substation for AWS’s upcoming data center in Santa Clara. Oppidan Investment Company will develop and pay for the data center facility on behalf of Amazon Web Services. Besides, Amazon acquired the site for $100 million in 2020, which will make it AWS’s first...

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Read Digital Crossroad data center in Hammond to expand following a $28 million investment
Digital Crossroad data center in Hammond to expand following a $28 million investment

Digital Crossroad data center in Hammond to expand following a $28 million investment

June 25, 2021 Digital Crossroad (Indiana NAP)

The Digital Crossroad data center based in Hammond has received a $28 million investment from Energy Solutions Group and United Leasing and Finance for further expansion. Currently, in its first phase, the Digital Crossroad site features 105,000 sq ft of space and 6MW of capacity and is...

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Read Dakota State University wants $6m for data center remodeling
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Dakota State University wants $6m for data center remodeling

June 25, 2021 South Dakota

Dakota State University (DSU) has requested $6 million and $1.8 million to replace its existing data center and IT hardware, respectively. The request was made during a meeting between South Dakota’s public university system and its governing body. DSU asked for funds to replace its existing data...

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Read Cologix acquires Zayo's Vancouver facility and announces Toronto expansion
Cologix acquires Zayo's Vancouver facility and announces Toronto expansion

Cologix acquires Zayo's Vancouver facility and announces Toronto expansion

June 22, 2021 Cologix VAN4

Cologix is branching out in Canada. It has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Zayo's 65,000 sq ft (6,000 sqm) interconnection facility in Vancouver. Cologix will add 4.2MW of capacity to the site. In addition to this, the company has also announced plans to add a...

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Read Intermarket seeks approval for 100,000 square feet data center in Canada
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Intermarket seeks approval for 100,000 square feet data center in Canada

June 21, 2021 Toronto

Intermarket Properties wants to build a data center in Cambridge, Canada. According to Canada Construct Connect, the Company is seeking approval for a 100,000 square feet data center. The proposed data center site is a 40 acre Waterloo Corporate Campus with mixed-use redevelopment that consists...

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Read Data center plans discussed for NRG Power Plant in Dunkirk, New Yorksite
Data center plans discussed for NRG Power Plant in Dunkirk, New Yorksite

Data center plans discussed for NRG Power Plant in Dunkirk, New Yorksite

June 20, 2021 Buffalo

Discussions have begun around the transformation of the disused NRG Power Plant in Dunkirk, New York, into a new data center. The 76-acre site was operational from the 1950s to 2015 has been pinned as a potential location in a report by the City of Dunkirk and Chautauqua County. Dunkirk is near...

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Read Sabey secures $250 million refinancing deal for 375 Pearl Street
Sabey secures $250 million refinancing deal for 375 Pearl Street

Sabey secures $250 million refinancing deal for 375 Pearl Street

June 20, 2021 Sabey Intergate.Manhattan

Sabey has secured a $250 million refinancing deal for its office and data center at 375 Pearl Street, New York City. According to Commercial Observer, J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo will be providing a $220 million, 10-year, fixed-rate CMBS loan and a further $30 million mezzanine debt. Sabey will...

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Read DataBank completes the expansion of its PIT2 data center in Pittsburgh
DataBank completes the expansion of its PIT2 data center in Pittsburgh

DataBank completes the expansion of its PIT2 data center in Pittsburgh

June 17, 2021 DataBank Pittsburgh PIT2

DataBank has expanded its PIT2 data center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by adding 25,000 square feet of raised floor space to the facility. The company also added an extra 2.5MW capacity to the facility to bring its total floor space and capacity to 40,000 square feet and 4.5MW respectively. The...

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Read AWS wants to buy 41 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if town reverses regulation barring the construction of data centers
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AWS wants to buy 41 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if town reverses regulation barring the construction of data centers

June 17, 2021 Northern Virginia

The Fauquier Times reports that Amazon Web Services is planning to buy 41.7 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if the town finally changes its rules to allow the construction of data centers. At a Warrenton Planning Commission, it was proposed that the rule be changed and data centers...

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Read Million square foot data center given the go-ahead in Haymarket, North Virginia
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Million square foot data center given the go-ahead in Haymarket, North Virginia

June 17, 2021 Northern Virginia

A one million square foot data center has been given the go-ahead just outside the town of Haymarket, following the Prince William Board of County Supervisors approving a rezoning and special use permit. Locals, however, have voiced their concerns that minority communities may be negatively...

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Read Lincoln Rackhouse sells T-Mobile Everglades data center for $25 million
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Lincoln Rackhouse sells T-Mobile Everglades data center for $25 million

June 16, 2021 T-Mobile Everglades MSO

According to reports from BizJournal, Lincoln Rackhouse has completed the sale of T-Mobile’s Everglades MSO data center in Miami, Florida, for $26 million. USPP Sunrise DC LLC, managed by Principal Real Estate Investors is reportedly the buyer of the facility. The 45,571 square feet facility was...

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Read Microsoft launches new Azure region in Arizona
Microsoft launches new Azure region in Arizona

Microsoft launches new Azure region in Arizona

June 15, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

Microsoft just launched its new Azure cloud region in Arizona. The region would be made up of three facilities or Availability Zones. Also, the zones will be sited in Goodyear, El Mirage, and outside Phoenix. Microsoft said the reason for choosing Arizona for the Azure cloud data center is...

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Read Comarch to build its first US data center in Mesa, Arizona
Comarch to build its first US data center in Mesa, Arizona

Comarch to build its first US data center in Mesa, Arizona

June 11, 2021 Comarch Mesa

Comarch has announced plans to build its first data center in the US, located in Mesa, Arizona. The Polish software firm has said that construction on the 32,000 sq ft (3,000 sqm) facility is due to commence this month, and will be its flagship building. The data center, which will see a $22...

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Read Principal Real Estate raises over half a billion for first dedicated US data center fund
Principal Real Estate raises over half a billion for first dedicated US data center fund

Principal Real Estate raises over half a billion for first dedicated US data center fund

June 10, 2021 United States

Principal Real Estate has announced that it has secured over half a billion dollars for its US data center fund, following the final investor close on 30 April. The $533 million comes from a total of 15 limited partners, including insurance companies, wealth managers, endowments, and foundations...

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Read phoenixNAP to Expand its Data Center in Phoenix, Arizona
phoenixNAP to Expand its Data Center in Phoenix, Arizona

phoenixNAP to Expand its Data Center in Phoenix, Arizona

June 10, 2021 PhoenixNAP-Phoenix

PhoenixNAP just announced that it had acquired land to expand its data center in Phoenix, Arizona. The land it purchased is next to its flagship data center in Phoenix. Furthermore, the planned data center will support 10MW of capacity and, it could be expanded in the future. Phoenix also added...

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Read Facebook's Huntsville data center campus exceeds $1 billion
Facebook's Huntsville data center campus exceeds $1 billion

Facebook's Huntsville data center campus exceeds $1 billion

June 09, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook's Huntsville data center campus will reportedly top $1 billion following ongoing expansion. This announcement comes after the social media giant's initial investment of $750 million back in 2018. Once completed, the facility will employ over 200 people, two times its expectation three...

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Read Plans for Harvard's old Motorola factory to become solar-powered data center
Plans for Harvard's old Motorola factory to become solar-powered data center

Plans for Harvard's old Motorola factory to become solar-powered data center

June 04, 2021 Illinois

The former Motorola manufacturing and distribution facility in Harvard, Illinois, may be given new life, with prospective planners looking into transforming the building into a solar-powered data center. Green Data Center Real Estate in Vancouver is reportedly working with Solar Alliance of...

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