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Read 1547 acquires the Pittock Block in Portland
1547 acquires the Pittock Block in Portland

1547 acquires the Pittock Block in Portland

January 05, 2021 Pittock Internet Exchange

1547 Critical Systems Realty has acquired the Pittock Block, a Portland carrier hotel from the Alco Investment Company. Don't call it a trend, but 1547 has targeted a couple of acquisitions that focus on carrier dense data centers. Last September 1547 acquired a Milwaukee carrier hotel, the Wells...

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Read Cologix Starts Construction on Large Ashburn Data Center
Cologix Starts Construction on Large Ashburn Data Center

Cologix Starts Construction on Large Ashburn Data Center

December 16, 2020 Cologix Ashburn ASH1

Cologix has announced it broke ground on a large data center near the Equinix Ashburn campus. The Cologix campus will eventually be 1 million sqft and 120-megawatts. The two-story first phase will be 350,000 sqft spread across 16 data halls. Later phases call for the removal of the church and...

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Read Stream Expands in Elk Grove
Stream Expands in Elk Grove

Stream Expands in Elk Grove

December 09, 2020 Stream Chicago II

Stream has announced that is expanding in the Chicago metro. The new building will be near the company's first data center in Elk Grove and will have 130,000 sqft of raised floor and 32-megawatts at full build-out. The first phase will begin in February 2021 and will finish in Q3 with 4 MW...

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Read CoreSite launches LA3
CoreSite launches LA3

CoreSite launches LA3

December 02, 2020 CoreSite LA3

CoreSite has officially launched LA3, which was built in the parking lot of LA2 at 900 N Alameda. LA2 has an interesting history as it was that was built in 1940 as a Postal Annex and it was the central mail processing facility for the Los Angeles metro until 1989. The LA2/LA3 campus is connected...

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Read Prime Data Centers Develops New 9MW Santa Clara Data Center
Prime Data Centers Develops New 9MW Santa Clara Data Center

Prime Data Centers Develops New 9MW Santa Clara Data Center

October 20, 2020 Prime Santa Clara

SANTA CLARA, CA — Prime Data Centers, a wholesale data center real estate developer, today announces the development of a four-story, 121,000-square-foot data center in the heart of Silicon Valley. Located at 1111 Comstock Street in Santa Clara, CA, Prime will begin construction within the next...

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Read Stream Commissions New Phoenix Data Center Campus
Stream Commissions New Phoenix Data Center Campus

Stream Commissions New Phoenix Data Center Campus

October 15, 2020 Stream: Goodyear AZ

Stream has officially launched its data center campus in Goodyear Arizona, which is West of Phoenix. The building will start with 4.5 MWs of critical power and can expand to 40 MW. The building is the first of five 40 megawatt buildings on the campus. Stream Press Release on October 15, 2020:...

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Read DC BLOX reportedly has the Remainder of Trinity Steel Campus Under Contract
DC BLOX reportedly has the Remainder of Trinity Steel Campus Under Contract

DC BLOX reportedly has the Remainder of Trinity Steel Campus Under Contract

October 15, 2020 DC BLOX Birmingham

The Birmingham Business Journal is reporting that DC BLOX has contracted to buy the remaining lot of the former Trinity Steel campus. The site will be built in phases. The first phase which was built in 2019 has 31,000 sqft and 5 megawatts (MW) of customer capacity.As customers are added, the...

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Read T5 Acquires an Apple data center in Silicon Valley
T5 Acquires an Apple data center in Silicon Valley

T5 Acquires an Apple data center in Silicon Valley

October 07, 2020 T5@Silicon Valley (Newark)

T5 has announced that it has acquired an enterprise data center in Newark, CA. The description matches an Apple data center near Fremont. It's a legacy site and Apple is continuing to build monster data center campuses, so it makes sense that the iPhone make would divest the property. The nearest...

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Read DC BLOX is Building a Data Center in Greenville
DC BLOX is Building a Data Center in Greenville

DC BLOX is Building a Data Center in Greenville

September 10, 2020 DC BLOX Greenville

DC BLOX has announced it is building a data center in Greenville, South Carolina. DC BLOX has focused on underserved tier 3 markets in the Southeast. Providing a high level of service in underserved markets has been a winning strategy. Greenville is no exception to this strategy.This will be DC...

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Read 1547 Acquires a Milwaukee Carrier Hotel (324 E Wisconsin)
1547 Acquires a Milwaukee Carrier Hotel (324 E Wisconsin)

1547 Acquires a Milwaukee Carrier Hotel (324 E Wisconsin)

September 04, 2020 1547: Wells Building

1547 Critical Systems Realty has acquired the Wells Building from Ascendant Holdings LLC. The Wells building is located at 324 East Wisconsin in downtown Milwaukee. The building is the defacto carrier hotel in Wisconsin. 1547 Press Release Below: MILWAUKEE, WI (September 3, 2020) – 1547 Data...

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Read Montreal Internet Exchange expanding to Hypertec YUL01
Montreal Internet Exchange expanding to Hypertec YUL01

Montreal Internet Exchange expanding to Hypertec YUL01

August 25, 2020 Hypertec YUL01B

Montreal Internet Exchange (QIX) has announced that it is expanding its fabric to Hypertec's Pointe-Claire two-facility campus (YUL01.) The announcement was made on twitter. See below.

Read Cologix Acquires vXchnge's Minneapolis facility in 511 Building
Cologix Acquires vXchnge's Minneapolis facility in 511 Building

Cologix Acquires vXchnge's Minneapolis facility in 511 Building

August 20, 2020 Cologix: Minnesota Technology Center

Cologix has announced it has acquired vXchnge's 16,000 square foot data center in the 511 Building in Minneapolis. The move further strengths Cologix's dominant position in the building. The company's press release is below. Previously in 2015, vXchnge acquired the site from SunGard.Cologix Press...

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Read EdgeConneX Acquires Expansion Facilities in Santa Clara
EdgeConneX Acquires Expansion Facilities in Santa Clara

EdgeConneX Acquires Expansion Facilities in Santa Clara

August 19, 2020 EdgeConneX Santa Clara

EdgeConneX has bought 3 buildings in Santa Clara totaling 229,000 square feet. The Mercury News reports that "An EdgeConneX affiliate, EdgeConneX Silicon Valley Holdings II, paid $83.3 million for the buildings, Santa Clara County documents filed on Aug. 14 show." 1700 Richard Ave: Current...

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Read Colovore Adds 3.5MW High-Density Colocation Capacity to Silicon Valley
Colovore Adds 3.5MW High-Density Colocation Capacity to Silicon Valley

Colovore Adds 3.5MW High-Density Colocation Capacity to Silicon Valley

August 18, 2020 Colovore: Santa Clara SJC01

SANTA CLARA, Calif., /PRNewswire/ -- Colovore, the Bay Area's leading provider of high-performance colocation for high-performance computing infrastructure, today announced that it has expanded again and now has 3.5 MW of high-density capacity currently available in supply-constrained Silicon...

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Read Facebook Announces Gallatin Data Center in Tennesse
Facebook Announces Gallatin Data Center in Tennesse

Facebook Announces Gallatin Data Center in Tennesse

August 13, 2020 Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook has formally announced its data center project in Gallatin Tennesse via a column Sheryl Sandberg wrote in the Tennessean. The social media company will build a 982,000 square foot facility with a total investment of $800 million. The 809-acre campus will be powered with 220MW of...

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Read Servpac opens MTP Facility in Hawaii (PR)
Servpac opens MTP Facility in Hawaii (PR)

Servpac opens MTP Facility in Hawaii (PR)

August 03, 2020 Servpac MTP Mililani Tech Park

MILILANI, Hawaii -- This week, Servpac Inc. announced the official opening of their MTP Data Center and has begun scheduling tours for interested parties. The state-of-the-art facility opens to meet growing demand for a reliable local data solution in a time plagued by uncertainty and enhanced...

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Read DataBank opens SLC5
DataBank opens SLC5

DataBank opens SLC5

July 22, 2020 DataBank SLC5

DataBank announced it has opened SLC5 in Salt Lake City. The facility is on the Granite Point campus in Bluffdale, UT. The large campus has room for one additional building, SLC6 which is currently in the design phase. DataBank's Press Release on July 22nd 2020: DataBank Announces Opening of...

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Read Facebook will build a new Data Center Campus in Illinois
Facebook will build a new Data Center Campus in Illinois

Facebook will build a new Data Center Campus in Illinois

July 02, 2020 Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook has announced that it will build a new data center campus in DeKalb Illinois The DeKalb Data Center facts: The campus is on 505 acres located on Route 23 and Gurler Road. The Facebook-owned land can accommodate five buildings, and two will be completed by 2022. The five buildings will be...

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Read DataBank Commissioned its Second Data Center in Pittsburgh
DataBank Commissioned its Second Data Center in Pittsburgh

DataBank Commissioned its Second Data Center in Pittsburgh

June 26, 2020 DataBank Pittsburgh PIT2

DataBank has opened its second Pittsburgh data center in North Fayette Township, which it acquired from PNC Bank in January 2019. The PIT2 facility, DataBank’s second in the Pittsburgh area, brings the company’s total data center count to 20 facilities in nine markets.

Read Equinix Launches DA11 Adjacent to the Infomart and a 5G Proof of Concept Center
Equinix Launches DA11 Adjacent to the Infomart and a 5G Proof of Concept Center

Equinix Launches DA11 Adjacent to the Infomart and a 5G Proof of Concept Center

June 24, 2020 Equinix Dallas DA11

Equinix has commissioned DA11, a $142m data center expansion nextdoor to the Infomart in Dallas. Equinix acquired the iconic carrier hotel in 2018 for $800m. Equinix also announced the launch of a 5G and Edge Proof of Concept Center (POCC) to provide a sandbox environment for Mobile Network...

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