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Read San Jose: Microsoft to use a biofuel-powered microgrid for backup
San Jose: Microsoft to use a biofuel-powered microgrid for backup

San Jose: Microsoft to use a biofuel-powered microgrid for backup

June 16, 2022 California

Microsoft has announced that it will be using renewable natural gas to fuel its backup energy at its San Jose data center, which is currently under construction. This move aligns with the company’s target of being carbon negative by 2030, and the project will also provide power locally with...

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Read Material and labor shortages in the data center
Material and labor shortages in the data center

Material and labor shortages in the data center

June 14, 2022 San Francisco Bay Area

As the need for data grows and grows, demand for data center construction is as strong as ever, however, the boom is being hampered by a number of factors, including supply and labor shortages, and price hikes. In a recent report named 'Data center market conditions update - Q1, 2022,'...

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Read DataBank is Expanding SAN1 Data Center To Meet Demands
DataBank is Expanding SAN1 Data Center To Meet Demands

DataBank is Expanding SAN1 Data Center To Meet Demands

March 22, 2022 DataBank San Diego SAN1

DataBank has announced that it is expanding its SAN1 facility in San Diego, California. The data center is located at 12270 World Trade Drive. DataBank will be adding 3,700 square meters (40,000 square feet) of raised floor space to the facility. By so doing, SAN1 will have a total capacity of...

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Read GI Partners secures $390m refinancing for One Wilshire carrier hotel in LA
GI Partners secures $390m refinancing for One Wilshire carrier hotel in LA

GI Partners secures $390m refinancing for One Wilshire carrier hotel in LA

January 21, 2022 One Wilshire Building

JLL’s Capital Markets Group has announced that it has helped GI Partners refinance the One Wilshire carrier hotel in California. The group said it arranged a $390 million refinancing for One Wilshire’s 30-story, multi-tenant, 660,000 square foot data center and office building. Executive managing...

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Read Prime Data Centers expands in Silicon Valley
Prime Data Centers expands in Silicon Valley

Prime Data Centers expands in Silicon Valley

January 19, 2022 Prime Santa Clara (Martin)

Prime Data Centers has announced plans to develop a new 119,000 square-foot data center in Silicon Valley, in Santa Clara, California. When complete, the facility will deliver a capacity of 9MW, and construction on the facility will commence in the second half of 2023. The facility will be...

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Read Hines Group acquires Digital Group's San Jose data center for $60m
Hines Group acquires Digital Group's San Jose data center for $60m

Hines Group acquires Digital Group's San Jose data center for $60m

December 23, 2021 150 S 1st

According to reports from BizJournal, The Hines Group has acquired Digital Realty’s data center in San Jose, California. The data center in question is a 179,800 square foot, two-story building at 150 S. First Street. The purchase price is said to be $59.6 million. The building sits on a 2.4-acre...

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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 Prime Data Centers announces new 9MW data center in Silicon Valley
Prime Data Centers announces new 9MW data center in Silicon Valley

Prime Data Centers announces new 9MW data center in Silicon Valley

July 14, 2021 Prime Santa Clara (Martin)

Prime Data Centers has announced that it is building a new 9MW data center on Martin Avenue in Santa Clara, California. With this new data center, it is expanding its presence in Silicon Valley as this is its second facility in Silicon Valley. Prime says it is strategically building the data...

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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 Equinix plans to open $142m Silicon Valley data center this month
Equinix plans to open $142m Silicon Valley data center this month

Equinix plans to open $142m Silicon Valley data center this month

June 03, 2021 Equinix SV11

Equinix will be opening its new $142 million data center at its Silicon Valley on the 30th of June. The data center dubbed SV11 has a colocation space of 61,000 sqft with enough room for 1,450 cabinets. Also, Equinix plans to expand its existing Bloom Energy fuel cell deployment to use as a...

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Read Telia deploys to Edgeconnex in San Diego
Telia deploys to Edgeconnex in San Diego

Telia deploys to Edgeconnex in San Diego

May 06, 2021 EdgeConneX San Diego

EdgeConneX and Telia jointly announced that Telia will deploy its network to EdgeConneX's facility in San Diego. The deployment enhances the facility as one of the best connected facilities in the San Diego metro. The Vice President of Edge Data Center and Network Sales, Brian Bellis, commented...

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Read Microsoft buys 21 acres in San Jose for $78m
Microsoft buys 21 acres in San Jose for $78m

Microsoft buys 21 acres in San Jose for $78m

May 05, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

Microsoft has acquired 21.25 acres of underdeveloped land in San Jose for $78.7 million. The expanse of land is situated near the corner of Orchard Parkway and Component Drive. Microsoft purchased the land from LBA Realty which initially wanted to use the land to build villages of offices, hotel...

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Read NTT launches "Earthquake Resistant" data center
NTT launches "Earthquake Resistant" data center

NTT launches "Earthquake Resistant" data center

April 29, 2021 NTT Silicon Valley SV1

NTT has announced the launch of its "Earthquake Resistant" data center in Silicon Valley, the first of its kind in the US market. The facility has a capacity of 16MW and uses a base isolation system, enabling seismic stability and ensuring 60% less motion than a non-isolated, fixed building. The...

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Read Serverfarm acquires El Segundo facility from T5
Serverfarm acquires El Segundo facility from T5

Serverfarm acquires El Segundo facility from T5

April 20, 2021 Serverfarm LAX1

Serverfarm, supported by its partner NantWorks, has entered the Los Angeles data center market with the acquisition of a 12-megawatt, 117,500-square-foot data center in El Segundo, CA. T5 Data Centers was the selling party. T5 originally bought and developed the facility in 2011 for $30 million....

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Read Cologix Acquires vXchnge's Santa Clara Facility
Cologix Acquires vXchnge's Santa Clara Facility

Cologix Acquires vXchnge's Santa Clara Facility

April 15, 2021 Cologix Santa Clara

Cologix has announced it has acquired a silicon valley data center from vXchnge. The Santa Clara facility sits on 5 acres with a 84,000 sqft building. The building currently supports 9MW of critical load with the ability to expand to a total 19 MWs. The acquisition provides an instant entry into...

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Read NTT Opens SV1
NTT Opens SV1

NTT Opens SV1

April 13, 2021 NTT Silicon Valley SV1

NTT Ltd., has announced that its Global Data Centers Americas division has opened a new 16MW Silicon Valley Data Center called SV1. NTT Ltd. is a world-leading global technology services provider and this center marks the sixth U.S. data center campus and third data center opening in 2021. The...

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Read DRFortress Completes Hawaii Data Center Expansion
DRFortress Completes Hawaii Data Center Expansion

DRFortress Completes Hawaii Data Center Expansion

March 17, 2021 DRFortress Honolulu

HONOLULU, Hawaii – DRFortress, the largest carrier-neutral data center and cloud marketplace operating in Hawaii, announces a major expansion to its data center campus in Honolulu is complete and ready for service. DRFortress added 125 cabinets, creating a total of 600 cabinets for lease and a...

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Read Digital Realty plans to build 430,000 sqft four story Santa Clara facility
Digital Realty plans to build 430,000 sqft four story Santa Clara facility

Digital Realty plans to build 430,000 sqft four story Santa Clara facility

February 05, 2021 Digital Realty: SJC37

Digital Realty will add to its dominant position in the Silicon Valley data center market with a new 48 MW, 430,000 sqft, four-story data center. The first phase 8-megawatts of customer capacity is targeted for the third quarter of 2022.The facility's address is 641 Walsh Ave and is adjacent to...

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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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