May 10, 2022 Amazon AWS
According to reports, residents in Culpeper County, Virginia, are suing the county board after it approved the rezoning of a 230-acre property for an AWS data center. The giant is seeking to build two six-story data centers, a 12-acre power station and new power lines, however, six landowners in...
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May 06, 2022 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has announced that it has signed a new PPA with AES for renewable energy to fuel its facilities in California. The PPA is a 20-year “highly customized agreement” which will see Microsoft partially match its load at its California-based data centers. The energy from AES will be sourced...
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May 05, 2022 Amazon AWS
Amazon Web Service (AWS) has plans to develop up to four data centers in Boardman, Oregon. The company filed with Oregon’s Marrow County to develop a data center campus on a 127-acre site. The site is located on the west side of Bombing Range Road, a mile away from Interstate 84 Interchange and...
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May 03, 2022 Microsoft Azure
Infrastructure Masons, a body for large data center builders, has announced the formation of a new group, the iMasons Climate Accord (ICA), to establish a standard for data centers' embodied carbon. So far, some of the hyperscalers involved in the project include AWS, Google, Meta, and Microsoft,...
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May 03, 2022 Amazon AWS
Amazon is going to develop another data center in Chantilly, Virginia. The news was first broken by BizJournal. However, it has now been confirmed with local county records that the company has been granted permission to develop the data center at 3980 Virginia Mallory Drive. The filing didn’t...
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May 02, 2022 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has shared its data center power usage effectiveness (PUE) and water usage effectiveness (WUE) data for the first time. Overall, the giant achieved a high level of efficiency with regards to PUE, while when it came to WUE, it didn't quite meet its target, and there was room for...
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April 29, 2022 Amazon AWS
After a prolonged battle by charity An Taisce to defeat Amazon's Co Meath 48 megawatt (MW) data center proposal at the IDA Business & Technology Park, it has been announced that the giant's plans have been given the green light. The charity had opposed the facility based on environmental...
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April 29, 2022 Amazon AWS
It is good news for Amazon Web Services as it has been granted permission to acquire land for its planned data center development in New Zealand. In September last year, the company revealed plans to launch its new Cloud Region in the country in 2024. Consistent with Microsoft’s previous regions,...
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April 28, 2022 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft is set to buy over 100 acres in Malaga, Washington. According to the county's officials, the company will be using the land to develop data centers. Commissioners of the Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority signed a sale and purchase agreement with Microsoft for 102.5 acres of land in...
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April 27, 2022 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has announced it has signed another PPA, this time, with ATCO Group. The PPA will enable the giant to procure solar energy in Canada from a 37MW Deerfoot solar project, which is adjacent to ATCO's 27-MW Barlow project. According to reports, the projects' construction will take place in...
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April 27, 2022 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft is looking to develop a new data center in Manassas, Northern Virginia. The company submitted a request to the US Army Corps of Engineers to build the MNZ01 Balls Ford Road Data Center. The project will involve Microsoft developing two three-story buildings, MNZ01 and MNZ02, on the...
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April 22, 2022 Amazon AWS
Amazon recently announced it has invested in 37 renewable energy projects across the globe. Located across the US, Spain, France, Australia, Canada, India, Japan, and the United Arab Emirates, these projects will total 3.5 GW, bringing its global renewable energy portfolio to 15.7GW. Included...
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April 22, 2022 CyrusOne
CyrusOne, a signatory and founding member of the Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact, has announced that it is collaborating with Gexa Energy following the signing of a new power purchase agreement (PPA). Through this agreement, the data center company will be provided with wind and solar power for...
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April 19, 2022 Amazon AWS
AWS is exploring the development of a new data center on a $31.3 million 56-acre plot in the City of Gilroy, California, which it bought in 2020. Documents have already been filed with the city and outlined that AWS wants to build two 49MW data centers buildings on the site. This would total...
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April 07, 2022 Amazon AWS
Great news for AWS as the company has had its rezoning request in Culpeper County approved. The company requested 243 acres of farmland in the Northern Virginian town of Stevensburg, and the Board responsible for voting on the decision voted 4-3 in AWS’ favor. AWS plans to develop a data center...
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April 04, 2022 CyrusOne
KKR & Global Infrastructure Partners have announced that they have completed and closed the acquisition of CyrusOne. The acquisition sees the public company become private. The acquisition fee is $15 billion, making it the largest Merger and Acquisition deal in the data center industry...
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March 30, 2022 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has launched preliminary plans for a large data center complex near the corner of Component Drive and Orchard Parkway in San Jose, after it bought the plot back in 2021. According to Santa Clara County property records, the giant paid $78.7 million for the 21.3-acre site. Jonathan Fox,...
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March 22, 2022 Microsoft Azure
According to Urban Developer, Microsoft has plans to build a new data center campus in Melbourne, Australia. The report shows that the company has drawn up proposals for the facility. Per the documents, Microsoft wants to develop a 243,000 square feet (22,500 square meters) facility at 20-28...
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March 22, 2022 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has plans to develop a new data center in Toronto, Canada. Confirmed reports show that WZMH Architects submitted an application on behalf of a Microsoft-owned company, 3288212 Nova Scotia Limited, to develop a ‘communications technology facility.’ This facility will be developed on the...
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March 18, 2022 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft may be moving into Newport, Wales it has been announced. Reports are circulating that the giant has bought a one million square foot (92,900 sqm) factory in the area. Located next to Vantage's Newport campus, the factory was previously occupied by Quinn Radiators. Despite these...
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