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Read Publix Wants To Develop a $40 Million Data Center in Florida
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Publix Wants To Develop a $40 Million Data Center in Florida

March 21, 2022 Miami

Publix has plans to develop a data center at a former FedEx building in Florida. According to reports, the Supermarket chain is looking to invest $40 million in the building located in Polk County, Florida. However, the details of the project aren’t concrete enough at this time, as Publix claims...

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Read Georgia Wants To Extend its Data Center Tax Exemptions Further
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Georgia Wants To Extend its Data Center Tax Exemptions Further

March 18, 2022 Georgia

Georgia is looking to extend its tax exemptions for data centers by another five years. Earlier in 2018, the US state introduced the current sales tax exemptions for data centers through HB 696. The bill provides tax exemptions if it meets certain job creation thresholds and investments over a...

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Read ColoHouse Opens 3rd Data Hall in Miami
ColoHouse Opens 3rd Data Hall in Miami

ColoHouse Opens 3rd Data Hall in Miami

February 03, 2022 ColoHouse Miami

ColoHouse has announced that it has opened a third data hall at its Miami, Florida data center. The new hall will provide more than 500kW of power at the facility. It will also add 550 square meters (6,000 square feet) of space to the location. The new hall is called MIA3, while the two previous...

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Read Meta/Facebook is Expanding Its Gallatin Data Center Campus
Meta/Facebook is Expanding Its Gallatin Data Center Campus

Meta/Facebook is Expanding Its Gallatin Data Center Campus

January 28, 2022 Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook, now known as Meta, has plans to expand its Gallatin facility in Tennessee. Biz Journal was the first to report that the social media giant wants to construct another data center building at the Gallatin campus. The city council has also approved the plans for the development this week....

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Read ECU students protest potential data center facility in the Greenville area
ECU students protest potential data center facility in  the Greenville area

ECU students protest potential data center facility in the Greenville area

January 21, 2022 South Carolina

Students and staff at East Carolina University have voiced significant concerns around the potential arrival of a crypto mining facility in the Greenville area. This week, those opposing the proposed data center, came together to protest, with the slogan "Say No To Crypto." A number of protesters...

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Read Data center campus on the way for Georgia
Data center campus on the way for Georgia

Data center campus on the way for Georgia

January 19, 2022 QTS: Augusta Campus

T5 Data Centers has announced it is planning the development of a 140 acre, 200 MW government and enterprise cloud data center campus located in Augusta, Georgia, adjacent to Fort Gordon and the U.S. Army's Cyber Command Headquarters. Commenting on the location's suitability, Pete Marin, T5's...

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Read H5 Data Centers to expand its Atlanta data center
H5 Data Centers to expand its Atlanta data center

H5 Data Centers to expand its Atlanta data center

December 17, 2021 H5 Atlanta

H5 Data Centers has announced that it is expanding its facility in Atlanta. The firm revealed that its data center at 345 Court will be have an expansion of over 1,900 square meters (20,000 square feet). The facility will also be increased by over 3MW. The CEO and founder of H5 Data Centers, Josh...

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Read DataBank Expands Atlanta Facility
DataBank Expands Atlanta Facility

DataBank Expands Atlanta Facility

December 16, 2021 DataBank Atlanta ATL3

DataBank will be expanding its data center in Atlanta, Georgia. This will be the company’s second expansion announcement this week, as it announced the expansion of its Plano facility earlier. DataBank will be adding over 22,000 square feet of data center space to its ATL3 facility. The company...

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Read Augusta data center plans curbed
Augusta data center plans curbed

Augusta data center plans curbed

November 09, 2021 Georgia

A data center proposed for the site of a former cotton mill in Augusta, Georgia, is no longer ahead. Back in 2016, Cape Augusta Real Estate Development announced redevelopment plans for the site and outlined the project would go ahead under the name ‘Augusta Cyberworks.’ Original plans for the...

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Read Office complex and data center auctioned for $15m in Orlando, Florida
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Office complex and data center auctioned for $15m in Orlando, Florida

October 20, 2021 Orlando

Regency Commercial Properties, Inc. has completed the sale of Central Corporate Center at 5915-6035 South Rio Grande Ave in Orlando, Florida, for $15.1 million. This is a five-building office park with 318,516 square feet of space spread across 21.7 acres of land. The property firm sold the...

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Read Facebook's Huntsville data center goes online
Facebook's Huntsville data center goes online

Facebook's Huntsville data center goes online

September 17, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook's Huntsville data center is finally online, following delays caused by Covid-19. First announced back in 2018, the facility, which saw an investment of $1 billion, spans 2.5 million sqft and is also powered by renewable energy, with 227 megawatts of solar energy added to the Alabama...

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Read AUBix LLC to build 40,000 sq ft data center in Auburn, Alabama
AUBix LLC to build 40,000 sq ft data center in Auburn, Alabama

AUBix LLC to build 40,000 sq ft data center in Auburn, Alabama

August 10, 2021 AUBix Auburn

AUBix LLC, a new Company, has broken ground on its new data center in Auburn, Alabama. The firm says it will build a $120 million, 40,000 square foot facility on Samford Avenue, close to Auburn University’s campus. The first phase of the project is scheduled to be completed in Q1 of 2022. The...

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Read Flexential to spend $4.8m in expanding its data center in Franklin, Tennessee
Flexential to spend $4.8m in expanding its data center in Franklin, Tennessee

Flexential to spend $4.8m in expanding its data center in Franklin, Tennessee

July 30, 2021 Flexential Franklin TN

BizJournal reports that Flexential is expanding its Franklin, Tennessee data center. The report states that Flexential has been granted building permits to expand its data center at 4600 Carothers Parkway. The Company is reportedly calling on Turner Construction for the project dubbed as ‘Phase...

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Read Lincoln Rackhouse sells T-Mobile Everglades data center for $25 million
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Lincoln Rackhouse sells T-Mobile Everglades data center for $25 million

June 16, 2021 T-Mobile Everglades MSO

According to reports from BizJournal, Lincoln Rackhouse has completed the sale of T-Mobile’s Everglades MSO data center in Miami, Florida, for $26 million. USPP Sunrise DC LLC, managed by Principal Real Estate Investors is reportedly the buyer of the facility. The 45,571 square feet facility was...

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Read Facebook's Huntsville data center campus exceeds $1 billion
Facebook's Huntsville data center campus exceeds $1 billion

Facebook's Huntsville data center campus exceeds $1 billion

June 09, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

Facebook's Huntsville data center campus will reportedly top $1 billion following ongoing expansion. This announcement comes after the social media giant's initial investment of $750 million back in 2018. Once completed, the facility will employ over 200 people, two times its expectation three...

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Read New Tennessee solar farm to provide Facebook data center with 110MW of renewable energy
New Tennessee solar farm to provide Facebook data center with 110MW of renewable energy

New Tennessee solar farm to provide Facebook data center with 110MW of renewable energy

May 20, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

The Tennessee Valley Authority has just announced a deal with RWE Renewables and Facebook to build a 150MW solar facility near Millington TN. The solar facility will provide Facebook with 110MW of energy for its data centers in Gallatin, Tennessee, and across the Tennessee Valley. The solar...

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Read Microsoft pays $3m to add 1.4 acres to its Atlanta campus
Microsoft pays $3m to add 1.4 acres to its Atlanta campus

Microsoft pays $3m to add 1.4 acres to its Atlanta campus

April 29, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

Tech giants Microsoft has bought 1.4 acres of land for $3 million to expand its planned Westside campus. The land is situated on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway, in the Grove Park area close to Atlanta. This purchase is after Microsoft acquired 90 acres of land in February for its proposed Westside...

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Read DC BLOX Breaks Ground in Greenville SC
DC BLOX Breaks Ground in Greenville SC

DC BLOX Breaks Ground in Greenville SC

April 01, 2021 DC BLOX Greenville

DC BLOX recently announced the construction of its new Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina data center. The data center is being built on 8.5 acres of land in the Global Business Park Interstate 85 and will be the first-of-its-kind multi-tenant data center in South Carolina. It will have an...

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Read Facebook signs for 150 MW of Solar Power from TVA
Facebook signs for 150 MW of Solar Power from TVA

Facebook signs for 150 MW of Solar Power from TVA

March 04, 2021 Hyperscale Data Center

Tennessee Valley Authority has clinched a deal to partner with Origis Energy to build a 150 MW solar farm and a 50 MW battery energy storage system for Facebook. TVA and Origis Energy will build this project in Lowndes County, Mississippi which will support Facebook’s two data centers in the...

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Read DC BLOX is Expanding its Birmingham facility by 1 MW
DC BLOX is Expanding its Birmingham facility by 1 MW

DC BLOX is Expanding its Birmingham facility by 1 MW

February 18, 2021 DC BLOX Birmingham

DC BLOX is expanding it Birmingham facility again. This time adding 1 megawatt. The expansion is expected to be ready for service by May 2021. ATLANTA – DC BLOX, a provider of interconnected multi-tenant data centers that deliver the infrastructure and connectivity essential to power today’s...

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