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Read EdgeConneX announces deployment of AWS Direct Connect in Phoenix data center
EdgeConneX announces deployment of  AWS Direct Connect in Phoenix data center

EdgeConneX announces deployment of AWS Direct Connect in Phoenix data center

July 19, 2023 EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX has announced the deployment of AWS Direct Connect with both 10Gbps and 100Gbps capability at the Phoenix Edge Data Center (PHX01). The company shared that this will enable customers to establish direct edge cloud on-ramps. This, it shared, can reportedly reduce costs, improve...

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Read Flexential to expand Georgia and Oregon data center campuses
Flexential to expand Georgia and Oregon data center campuses

Flexential to expand Georgia and Oregon data center campuses

July 11, 2023 Flexential

A second building is anticipated at its new campus in Atlanta, and a fifth building will be constructed in Hillsboro, according to Flexential's announcement of new data center developments in Georgia and Oregon. This week, the company revealed the construction of a 36MW phased development on its...

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Read Ampere to facilitate the development of more climate-friendly data centers?
Ampere to facilitate the development of more climate-friendly data centers?

Ampere to facilitate the development of more climate-friendly data centers?

June 30, 2023 Oracle

Ampere, a chip startup, has launched new family of data center chips, which are pegged to make data centers more energy efficient and climate-friendly. Headquartered in the Bay Area, the company's solution is based on designs from Arm Holdings, the same technology used in mobile phones. This...

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Read Meta shares details on AI progress and data center redesign
Meta shares details on AI progress and data center redesign

Meta shares details on AI progress and data center redesign

May 25, 2023 Meta

After announcing that it was canceling or pausing data center projects that were in mid-development last year, Meta has finally revealed some details on its AI-optimized data centers. The giant has shared that it is working on a custom chip "family" to bolster the efficiency of its data centers,...

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Read QTS Realty Secures a $800m Data Center Refinancing Contract
QTS Realty Secures a $800m Data Center Refinancing Contract

QTS Realty Secures a $800m Data Center Refinancing Contract

May 25, 2023 QTS Data Centers

QTS Realty, owned by Blackstone, has refinanced four data center properties. Citigroup leads a consortium of four institutions that provided the loan. It will be used to refinance QTS' existing $667 million debt and provide the funds necessary to finance tenant build-outs. The refinancing is...

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Read Aligned Data Centers Concludes the Purchase of Odata
Aligned Data Centers Concludes the Purchase of Odata

Aligned Data Centers Concludes the Purchase of Odata

May 25, 2023 Aligned

Odata, a LATAM provider of data centers, has been fully acquired by Aligned Data Centers. According to Aligned, the transaction places the company among the biggest private data center owners in the Americas, with more than 2.5GW of critical capacity throughout over 40 data centers at full...

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Read rPlus Energies signs 200MW PPA with Idaho Power, supporting Meta
rPlus Energies signs 200MW PPA with Idaho Power, supporting Meta

rPlus Energies signs 200MW PPA with Idaho Power, supporting Meta

May 24, 2023 Meta

rPlus Energies has announced that it has signed a 200MW power purchase agreement (PPA) with Idaho Power, which has a special energy services agreement with Meta; output from the project will go into the same grid supporting Meta's new Kuna data center. The Ada County, Idaho solar farm, known as...

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Read QTS begins work on Phoenix data center
QTS begins work on Phoenix data center

QTS begins work on Phoenix data center

May 18, 2023 QTS Data Centers

QTS has begun construction work on its Phoenix, Arizona data center PHX2 DC5. The company reportedly broke ground on the facility in March; it is set to span 337,330 sq ft (31,339 sqm) on 85 acres, offering 42 MW of capacity. The company shared that on March 21, it hosted a groundbreaking event...

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Read Water requirements for Meta’s Toledo town data center released
Water requirements for Meta’s Toledo town data center released

Water requirements for Meta’s Toledo town data center released

May 18, 2023 Meta

Details regarding Meta's water consumption at a planned data center in Toledo have been released, revealing that yearly the facility will guzzle an estimated 660 million gallons of water. The facility was given the green light by Castilla-La Mancha back in March as a PSI, due to the economic...

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Read Aligned Gets Maryland Data Center Planning Permission
Aligned Gets Maryland Data Center Planning Permission

Aligned Gets Maryland Data Center Planning Permission

May 18, 2023 Aligned

Planning approval has been given for Aligned Data Centers to build a data center on the enormous Quantum Loophole campus in Frederick County, Maryland. Last week, the Frederick County Planning Commission authorized the initial site plan for the Quantum Loophole campus's first data center. The...

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Read Aligned Data Centers Enters Canada, Invests In QScale
Aligned Data Centers Enters Canada, Invests In QScale

Aligned Data Centers Enters Canada, Invests In QScale

May 09, 2023 Aligned

Aligned Data Centers has invested in the Canadian company QScale. The "strategic investment" received "strong support" from existing shareholders, according to QScale. The scale of the investment was not disclosed; however, it is described as a "major financing round" and is anticipated to close...

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Read Novva Data Centers announces New facility in Tahoe-Reno region
Novva Data Centers announces New facility in Tahoe-Reno region

Novva Data Centers announces New facility in Tahoe-Reno region

May 08, 2023 Novva Data Centers

Novva Data Centers has announced a new data center in Storey County. Set to go live in late 2024, the facility will span 300,000 sqft on a 20 acre-campus and offering 60 MW of capacity. The data center will have a total of six 10MW data halls and accommodate high-density deployments with hot air...

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Read DataBank Begins Construction of a New Data Facility in Atlanta, Georgia
DataBank Begins Construction of a New Data Facility in Atlanta, Georgia

DataBank Begins Construction of a New Data Facility in Atlanta, Georgia

May 04, 2023 DataBank

DataBank has begun constructing a new data center in Atlanta, Georgia, and has completed an expansion in San Diego, California. The US-based business announced the start of construction on its ATL4 data center in Atlanta last week. The colocation facility, located at 200 Selig Drive, will include...

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Read QTS reveals latest plans for campus in Prince William County's Digital Gateway
QTS reveals latest plans for campus in Prince William County's Digital Gateway

QTS reveals latest plans for campus in Prince William County's Digital Gateway

May 03, 2023 QTS Data Centers

Last week, QTS submitted the third draft of its plans for the controversial and hotly debated Prince William Digital Gateway to the Prince William County government. The updated plan shows the company's intention to increase the size of its proposed buildings. QTS has also requested a waiver to...

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Read The circular economy in action at Meta's Gallatin data center through new mushroom project
The circular economy in action at Meta's Gallatin data center through new mushroom project

The circular economy in action at Meta's Gallatin data center through new mushroom project

April 27, 2023 Meta

In an effort to curb construction waste, Meta has announced a new project that is using mushrooms to help mitigate some of the 660 million tons of waste sent to landfills and incinerators each year. The giant has been working with Mycocycle, a tech company in the zero-waste market, to pilot the...

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Read QTS Data Centers Suspends its Request For $45 million in Tax Benefits at its Atlanta Location
QTS Data Centers Suspends its Request For $45 million in Tax Benefits at its Atlanta Location

QTS Data Centers Suspends its Request For $45 million in Tax Benefits at its Atlanta Location

April 27, 2023 QTS Data Centers

QTS Data Centers has refrained from requesting $45 million in tax incentives for its massive data center project near the Westside Trail of the Atlanta BeltLine. According to the Atlanta Business Chronicle, QTS halted its request for incentives for a $1.3 billion proposal involving two data...

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Read Meta Redesigned its Data Center After Abandoning AI Chip Rollout And Switching to Nvidia GPUs
Meta Redesigned its Data Center After Abandoning AI Chip Rollout And Switching to Nvidia GPUs

Meta Redesigned its Data Center After Abandoning AI Chip Rollout And Switching to Nvidia GPUs

April 26, 2023 Meta

Reuters reports that Meta abandoned plans to release its own artificial intelligence processor and instead adopted Nvidia GPUs. Initial use of CPUs for AI training and chips for inference caused the company to fall behind in AI development. The switch to GPUs necessitated the redesign of its data...

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Read EdgeConneX Increases the Size of Its Israeli Data Centers
EdgeConneX Increases the Size of Its Israeli Data Centers

EdgeConneX Increases the Size of Its Israeli Data Centers

April 25, 2023 EdgeConneX

The construction of a new facility in Rishon will allow EdgeConneX, an innovator in global Hyperlocal to Hyperscale Data Center Solutions, to increase its data center impact in Israel. The new data center will meet the region's growing demand from hyperscalers, cloud service providers, and...

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Read DataBank to expand one of its Seattle, Washington facilities
DataBank to expand one of its  Seattle, Washington facilities

DataBank to expand one of its Seattle, Washington facilities

April 18, 2023 DataBank

DataBank has announced it is expanding one of its Seattle, Washington facilities. The company plans to increase the floor space to 27,900 square feet (2,590 sqm) and up the available critical IT power to 3MW. “We decided to expand our footprint in the Seattle area based on how fast its digital...

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Read Aligned Acquires 177k Sq. Ft. Office Building in Chicago for New Data Center Campus
Aligned Acquires 177k Sq. Ft. Office Building in Chicago for New Data Center Campus

Aligned Acquires 177k Sq. Ft. Office Building in Chicago for New Data Center Campus

April 18, 2023 Aligned

Aligned bought an office property in the Chicago, Illinois neighborhood of Elk Grove. It is currently unknown whether the company intends to convert the facility occupied by CitiBank into a data center. The Real Deal reports, citing Cook County public records, that Aligned purchased 50 Northwest...

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