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Read Pennsylvania High School Tech Center Gets $2.6m Renovation, Including District Data Center
Pennsylvania High School Tech Center Gets $2.6m Renovation, Including District Data Center

Pennsylvania High School Tech Center Gets $2.6m Renovation, Including District Data Center

May 29, 2023 Pennsylvania

The Career and Technical Center (CTC) at State College Area High School in Pennsylvania is undergoing a $2.6 million upgrade to bring the district's data center to the campus. The school administration approved the renovation on May 15. The CTC will be utilized for online education, Reclaiming...

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Read AI Startup Uses Maine Air Force Data Facility for Quantum Computers
AI Startup Uses Maine Air Force Data Facility for Quantum Computers

AI Startup Uses Maine Air Force Data Facility for Quantum Computers

May 18, 2023 Maine

A Maine data center has been set up by an AI and quantum computing startup to house quantum computers. This week, Eternal Mind, Inc. conducted a grand opening ceremony at the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone. WagmTV reports that the company occupies the former Air Force data center at...

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Read AT&T inks 15.6MW solar deal in New York
AT&T inks 15.6MW solar deal in New York

AT&T inks 15.6MW solar deal in New York

May 17, 2023 New York

AT&T has announced its plans to procure solar energy from five projects in Upstate New York from DSD Renewables (DSD). The deal will see AT&T serve as an anchor tenant subscriber for a five-project community solar portfolio; the company will offtake 15.5MW of the larger 24.1MW portfolio....

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Read The Newburyport, Massachusetts Mayor Recommends a $925,000 Data Facility Reconstruction
The Newburyport, Massachusetts Mayor Recommends a $925,000 Data Facility Reconstruction

The Newburyport, Massachusetts Mayor Recommends a $925,000 Data Facility Reconstruction

May 17, 2023 Massachusetts

Newburyport, Massachusetts's mayor, Sean Reardon, seeks to reconstruct the city data center for $925,000. The proposal is part of Reardon's $134 million five-year capital improvement plan beginning in 2024, which includes the construction of a reservoir pipeline, the enhancement of downtown...

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Read New University at Buffalo School of Management research devises data center energy conservation strategy
New University at Buffalo School of Management research devises data center energy conservation strategy

New University at Buffalo School of Management research devises data center energy conservation strategy

March 16, 2023 Buffalo

The University at Buffalo School of Management (UB) has announced that recent research has discovered a strategy to conserve data center energy consumption and optimize processing performance. It found that data center managers can reduce energy consumption 10-30%. This can be done, the...

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Read Wesco ventures into the data center business
Wesco ventures into the data center business

Wesco ventures into the data center business

March 07, 2023 Pennsylvania

Wesco has announced the launch of a data center group, namely Wesco Data Center Solutions. The company is set to be led by Rahi Systems founding member Tarun Raisoni, who will be senior vice president and general manager, following the recent acquisition of Rahi Systems Holdings.Speaking about...

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Read Ne Edge: Developments announced at Millstone data center project
Ne Edge: Developments announced at Millstone data center project

Ne Edge: Developments announced at Millstone data center project

February 23, 2023 Connecticut

NE Edge Manager George McLaughlin III has announced plans for a data center in Connecticut at the Millstone nuclear power station. The two-building project contains one building with two 568,000 sqft stories, and a second with two 214,000 square foot stories. In total, the development would span...

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Read Cumulus Data completes work on first data center at Pennsylvania nuclear station
Cumulus Data completes work on first data center at Pennsylvania nuclear station

Cumulus Data completes work on first data center at Pennsylvania nuclear station

January 19, 2023 Pennsylvania

Cumulus Data, a Talen Energy subsidiary, has announced that it has finished construction of its first data center building at its nuclear-powered Susquehanna 475MW data center campus in Pennsylvania. According to the company, six facilities are planned on the campus, which have the option to...

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Read QTS Announces That Fire at its New Jersey Campus Won't Affect Construction on the Site
QTS Announces That Fire at its New Jersey Campus Won't Affect Construction on the Site

QTS Announces That Fire at its New Jersey Campus Won't Affect Construction on the Site

December 01, 2022 QTS Piscataway

Earlier on Wednesday, fire broke out at QTS’s data center campus in New Jersey. However, it was extinguished under two hours without any injuries. QTS has now come out to say the fire did not affect its data center operations. It also noted that the fire will not delay the construction of the new...

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Read New York Internet Doubles Its Data Center Presence By Taking Over Equinix's Space at 60 Hudson Street
New York Internet Doubles Its Data Center Presence By Taking Over Equinix's Space at 60 Hudson Street

New York Internet Doubles Its Data Center Presence By Taking Over Equinix's Space at 60 Hudson Street

August 10, 2022 Equinix New York NY8

New York Internet has announced the takeover of space at the Hudson Street carrier hotel. Equinix formerly occupied the space. NYI is an infrastructure and managed services provider. It also had a presence at the building before expanding to Equinix's former space. The deal is a result of a joint...

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Read Niagara Falls data center debate
Niagara Falls data center debate

Niagara Falls data center debate

July 11, 2022 New York

As reported by Baxtel at the end of June, Niagara Falls is being targeted as the site of a $1.5 billion technology and data center by New York City developer Howard Milstein and his partners, while the city launches a legal effort to create a new public park. While developers claim that the data...

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Read Greenidge gas powered cryptomining data center denied air permit renewal
Greenidge gas powered cryptomining data center denied air permit renewal

Greenidge gas powered cryptomining data center denied air permit renewal

July 05, 2022 New York

It has been announced that New York's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has denied an air permit renewal by Greenidge Generation, which could see its gas-powered Bitcoin mining data center close. This follows the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruling on West Virginia v...

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Read A $1.5 Billion Data Center in Niagara Falls is Being Planned
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A $1.5 Billion Data Center in Niagara Falls is Being Planned

June 29, 2022 New York

Urbacon and Niagara Falls Redevelopment (NFR) have announced plans for a $1.5 billion data center park on land in Niagara Falls, New York City. Urbacon is an Ontario-based construction company with an excellent track record of developing massive data center campuses in Richmond Hill, Montreal,...

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Read Groton Town Places Moratorium on Large Data Centers
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Groton Town Places Moratorium on Large Data Centers

June 26, 2022 Connecticut

Groton Town in Connecticut has placed a one-year moratorium on the development of large data centers pending when it enacts its data center industry regulation. According to CT Examiner, the Groton Planning and Zoning Commission voted to place a moratorium on large data centers. The new rule will...

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Read Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants
Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants

Bill passed to ban cryptomining data centers that use fossil fuel power plants

June 13, 2022 New York

The New York Legislature has passed a landmark bill to ban cryptocurrency data centers that use fossil fuels to power their operations, in an effort to reduce statewide emissions by 85% by 2050. Specifically, the bill will impose a two-year moratorium on these activities, however, Governor Kathy...

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Read iM Critical Starts Work on its Pittsburgh Modular Edge Campus
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iM Critical Starts Work on its Pittsburgh Modular Edge Campus

May 18, 2022 Pittsburgh

iM Critical has begun constructing a modular Edge data center campus in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The data center campus will have three buildings when fully built out. It will also include EV charging stations and on-site solar power. iM Critical says the data center will support more than 35kW...

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Read New York Internet To Take Over Space at 60 Hudson After Equinix's Lease Ends
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New York Internet To Take Over Space at 60 Hudson After Equinix's Lease Ends

May 16, 2022 60 Hudson Street

According to a newsletter from Christian Koch’s Foundations, New York Internet (NYI) will be taking over a space in 60 Hudson Street carrier hotel currently occupied by Equinix. Equinix announced in May 2021 that it would be exiting some of its leased data centers in the US. One of those...

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Read 1547 CRS Expands Its Orangeburg Facility in New York
1547 CRS Expands Its Orangeburg Facility in New York

1547 CRS Expands Its Orangeburg Facility in New York

May 12, 2022 1547 1 Ramland

Fifteenfortyseven Critical Systems Realty (1547) has announced the expansion of its data center located in Orangeburg, New York. The expansion sees 1547 add a new data hall to the facility, making available 2MW of capacity and an extra 16,800 square feet of white space. Before the expansion, the...

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Read Standard Power To Develop 900MW Data Center at Pennsylvania Nuclear Power Station
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Standard Power To Develop 900MW Data Center at Pennsylvania Nuclear Power Station

May 09, 2022 Pennsylvania

Standard Power has announced that it is developing a massive data center in Pennsylvania. The blockchain company signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Energy Harbor Corp to develop a massive carbon-free facility at Energy Harbor’s Beaver Valley nuclear power plant. Per the agreement, the...

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Read Nasdaq Breaks Ground on Expansion at Equinix NY11 Data Center
Nasdaq Breaks Ground on Expansion at Equinix NY11 Data Center

Nasdaq Breaks Ground on Expansion at Equinix NY11 Data Center

May 09, 2022 Equinix Carteret NY11

Nasdaq Inc. has started expanding its data center presence at Equinix’s NY11 data center in Carteret, New Jersey. Nasdaq first announced last December that it was expanding its presence at the site to support its cloud infrastructure build-out. Equinix announced in a LinkedIn post that it was...

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