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Amazon Proposal For Land Rezoning in Culpeper County Denied

The Culpeper County Planning Commission has denied Amazon's proposal to rezone over 200 acres of land in Stevensburg, Virginia, for data center use. The commission voted 5-4 against the company's proposal. It wasn't an easy decision for the council as the discussions and decision took over 5 h...

March 14, 2022

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AWS says it will share its emissions data

In a bid to catch up with competitors Microsoft Azure and Google, AWS has announced the launch of a new free carbon tracker tool for customers. This tool, the 'Customer Carbon Footprint Tool' comes as part of its commitment to The Climate Pledge and will enable its cloud customers to track, ...

March 04, 2022

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Hines To Lease a Data Center in Hayward To Amazon

According to CoStar, Amazon has leased a new purpose-built data center under construction in California's East Bay area. The data center is at the upcoming Hayward Exchange @92 industrial complex in Hayward. Hines owns the property, and it started work on the site's redevelopment in May 2021. ...

March 02, 2022

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AWS Reveals 32 Cities Where It Will Open Local Zones

Amazon Web Services has announced the 32 cities where it plans to open Local Zones Edge locations. AWS’ Local Zones are Edge locations that host applications which need low latency to on-premises installations or end-users. Each Local zone offers specific services like database, storage, or...

February 18, 2022

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Amazon Files To Develop Two Data Centers in Culpeper County, Northern Virginia

According to Star Exponent, Amazon wants to develop two data centers in Stevensburg, Virginia. Per the report, Marvell Development- a subsidiary of Amazon Data Services has asked for 243 acres in Culpeper County, Virginia to be rezoned from agricultural use to light industrial use. The company...

February 18, 2022

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Amazon Data Services Acquires Three Office Buildings in Loudoun County for $26.4m

According to BizJournal, Amazon Data Services has completed the acquisition of office buildings in Sterling, Loudoun County, Northern Virginia. The buildings are located in the Loudoun Tech Center business park. The selling company is an affiliate of St. John Properties. In addition, the prope...

February 18, 2022

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AWS Buys Land and Data Center From IPI Partners After Selling Land To Its Subsidiary Stack

Amazon Web Services has completed the sale of two plots of land in Prince William County, Virginia, to Stack Infrastructures. Interestingly, it also bought two parcels of land in Loudoun County, Virginia, from Stack Infrastructure’s owner, IPI Partners. According to BizJournal, AWS sold two...

February 16, 2022

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Frederick County and AWS: Deal falls through

AWS plans for Frederick County in Maryland have fallen through; it has been reported. This announcement came after Amazon and the county government was unable to reach an agreement on the project’s timeline. Initial plans outlined that data centers would go to three communities in the south, w...

February 11, 2022

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AWS Reveals The Size of Properties Under Its Control

Amazon Web Services has revealed that it has over 26 million square feet (2,415,500 square meters) under its control. The company announced this through its latest 10-K filing. The filing further showed that the company owns 11.9 million square feet (1,105,500 square meters) and leases 14.1...

February 11, 2022

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Amazon Receives $4.7bn In Subsidies From Global Governments For The Development of Facilities

According to Good Jobs First, Amazon has received at least $4.7 billion in federal and state subsidies over the past decade around the world. The subsidies support the development of warehouses, call centers, data centers, offices, and film production projects. The watchdog group compiled data...

February 10, 2022

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Amazon set to expand presence in Loudoun

Amazon’s data center unit, Amazon Data Services Inc, may be looking to expand its data center footprint in Loudoun County following the purchase of three buildings in Sterling, Virginia. The office buildings are located at 46000, 46010 and 46020 Manekin Plaza, and the deal closed for a total o...

February 03, 2022

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Equinix unveils new sustainability initiatives

Equinix recently opened its Co-Innovation Facility (CIF) based near Washington, DC, which will be home to a number of trials focusing on the development of sustainable data center tech. At the facility, the company will partner with Bloom Energy, ZutaCore, Virtual Power Systems (VPS), and Natr...

February 03, 2022

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Ascenty Is Developing Its Fourth Data Center São Paulo, Brazil

Ascenty has broken ground on its fourth data center in the Sao Paulo region of Brazil. The new data center will have 7,000 square meters of space while also offering 9MW of capacity. Ascenty says it will be investing up to R$220 million (US40.9m) in developing the facility. The data center is ...

January 31, 2022

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Equinix Partners With GIC For another $525m Joint Venture

Equinix is making strategic partnerships as it announced that it had formed another joint venture with GIC. The data center company and the Singapore sovereign wealth fund aim to develop hyperscale facilities in South Korea. The companies announced the $525 million joint venture details earlie...

January 27, 2022

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CloudHQ's Cloud Capital Buys COPT's Manassas Data Center For $222m

Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT) has announced that it sold a data center in Manassas, Virginia, for $222.5 million. The buying firm is CloudHQ’s investment arm. COPT revealed that it sold the DC-6 facility to Cloud Capital, CloudHQ’s affiliate company. The data center is a two-stor...

January 27, 2022

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The Dublin City Council Challenges AWS' Plans For Another Data Center

Plans for another Amazon Web Services data center in Dublin, Ireland, are at risk of being stopped by the local council. The council asked AWS for proof that another data center would not over-saturate the area. AWS plans to build some facilities in north Dublin near its existing data center w...

January 25, 2022

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AWS continues to expand its local zones

Ever-growing and expanding its reach, AWS has announced that local zones are now available in Atlanta, Phoenix, and Seattle. This expansion means that the giant now has 17 Edge locations in 16 US metros. Its zones now include Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Las ...

January 14, 2022

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CloudHQ plans 4 million sq ft of data center buildings

According to DgtlInfra, a firm with links to CloudHQ wants to develop a 4 million square feet data center on a 97-acre site in Virginia. The Loudoun County Planning & Zoning commission is looking to increase the approved data center use on the Dulles Berry project site in Ashburn to 4,050,...

January 13, 2022

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Equinix pushes ahead with green energy deal

Equinix has signed a green energy deal it has announced. By penning a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Neoen and Prokon, Equinix will be provided with 85% of the energy produced by the 35MW Björkliden wind farm in the municipality of Närpes, in the western region of Ostrobothnia. T...

January 12, 2022

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Amazon data center in store for Desoto?

Reports are circulating about Amazon's recent purchase of a 9-acre development site on Hampton Road south of Interstate 20 in DeSoto, southern Dallas County. This latest land acquisition has got people talking about whether the giant is planning another data center, considering its recent and ...

January 11, 2022

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