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Read Noise pollution from Prince William data center riles locals
Noise pollution from Prince William data center riles locals

Noise pollution from Prince William data center riles locals

July 22, 2022 Northern Virginia

Prince William County, North Virginia, is often in the spotlight when it comes to locals' gripes and complaints regarding noise and environmental pollution. With the number of facilities in the area growing year on year, a recent report in June estimated that by 2035, the County could run out of...

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Read Loudoun County is updating its guidelines for future data center development
Loudoun County is updating its guidelines for future data center development

Loudoun County is updating its guidelines for future data center development

July 22, 2022 Northern Virginia

Loudoun County, which currently has more data centers than anywhere else in the world, is reportedly updating its guidelines around the development of future data centers in response to the incredible industry growth at work in the area and opposition from locals over noise pollution and data...

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Read Stack Acquires Land in Portland For Expansion
Stack Acquires Land in Portland For Expansion

Stack Acquires Land in Portland For Expansion

July 22, 2022 STACK Portland POR03

Stack Infrastructure is expanding in the Hillsboro area of Portland, Oregon, after acquiring more land in the area. The company announced that it is expanding its Portland data center campus to 200MW with the land acquisition. Upon full build-out, the company’s total capacity in Portland will...

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Read HPE accelerates climate goals
HPE accelerates climate goals

HPE accelerates climate goals

June 30, 2022 California

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has announced that it has accelerated climate goals, bringing them down from 2050 to 2040, following its most recent Living Progress Report for Fiscal Year 2021, which it released this week. The tech giant said that it will facilitate this change by establishing a...

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Read PubMatic announces its global data centers are now fully powered by renewable energy
PubMatic announces its global data centers are now fully powered by renewable energy

PubMatic announces its global data centers are now fully powered by renewable energy

June 23, 2022 California

PubMatic has reportedly achieved 100% renewable energy across all of its data centers globally, including in California, New Jersey, London, Amsterdam, and Singapore. Sourced from wind and solar power, this achievement is a significant one for the company, whose energy usage is 90% composed of...

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Read Virginia’s Warren County considers adding data centers to zoning laws
Virginia’s Warren County considers adding data centers to zoning laws

Virginia’s Warren County considers adding data centers to zoning laws

June 17, 2022 Northern Virginia

Virginia's Warren County officials have announced that they are considering a proposal to amend zoning laws which could lead to a new wave of data center development in the County, in the northwest of the state and west of Loudoun and Fauquier Counties. As per the proposal, an amendment would be...

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Read Compass Data Centers announces plans for over 10 million sq ft of data centers
Compass Data Centers announces plans for over 10 million sq ft of data centers

Compass Data Centers announces plans for over 10 million sq ft of data centers

June 17, 2022 Northern Virginia

It has been confirmed that Compass Data Centers is one of the companies that is involved in the Prince William Digital Gateway Project in Virginia, a plan that is steeped in controversy and would see over 2,000 acres of land in the County used for data center construction. If the plan is given...

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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 Cloud at Work Opens New Data Center in Toronto
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Cloud at Work Opens New Data Center in Toronto

June 15, 2022 Toronto

Cloud at Work has announced the launch of a new data center in Toronto, Canada. The move sees the company expand into the Canadian market as it already has two world-class data centers in the US. According to Cloud at Work, the new facility will ensure that its customers in Canada have access to...

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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 Stack Infrastructure Expands Into Australia With Partnership With Hickory
Stack Infrastructure Expands Into Australia With Partnership With Hickory

Stack Infrastructure Expands Into Australia With Partnership With Hickory

June 09, 2022 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has announced that it is expanding into Australia. The company is partnering with Hickory, an Australian real estate developer. In addition, the development will see Stack develop data centers in three cities in the country. Stack Australia is already developing a data center...

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Read Bristow Officials To Allow Data Center Development on Stanley Martin’s Devlin Technology Park
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Bristow Officials To Allow Data Center Development on Stanley Martin’s Devlin Technology Park

May 30, 2022 Northern Virginia

Bristow’s officials have voted in favor of a Comprehensive Plan Amendment. This amendment could see the development of a 4.25 million square feet data center campus in the area. Stanley Martin, a Virginia-based developer, is looking to have over 250 acres in Prince William County rezoned. The...

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Read Hulic's Plan For a Data Center in Tokyo Revealed
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Hulic's Plan For a Data Center in Tokyo Revealed

May 23, 2022 Tokyo

Japanese real estate company Hulic has plans to develop a data center in Tokyo, Japan. According to the Japanese press and Japan Property Central, the firm will be building the data center on the site of an existing office it owns. The office is located in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. Hulic will demolish...

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Read Alibaba Opens Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany
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Alibaba Opens Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany

May 17, 2022 Frankfurt

Alibaba has announced that it opened a data center in Frankfurt, Germany. The new data center is the company’s third facility in the country. According to the company, the new data center will help support the increasing needs for digital transformation from customers across the European...

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Read Application for 277-acres of data center development filed in Nokesville
Application for 277-acres of data center development filed in Nokesville

Application for 277-acres of data center development filed in Nokesville

May 11, 2022 Northern Virginia

According to a report by Inside NoVa, an application has been filed in Nokesville, in Virginia’s Prince William County, for 277-acres of data center development. The application, submitted by the House family, seeks to change their property designation from an agricultural estate to a...

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Read Stack Infrastructure To Develop an 84MW Campus in Prince William County
Stack Infrastructure To Develop an 84MW Campus in Prince William County

Stack Infrastructure To Develop an 84MW Campus in Prince William County

April 15, 2022 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has announced its plans to develop an 84MW mega data center campus in Prince William County, North Virginia. The facility will be housed on a 34-acre site. It will also feature a minimum of two data center buildings spanning 602,000 square feet. Stack plans to deliver the...

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Read 685,404 sq ft Data Center in Sterling, Virginia, Coming after Rezoning Approval
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685,404 sq ft Data Center in Sterling, Virginia, Coming after Rezoning Approval

April 14, 2022 Northern Virginia

Another data center is coming to Sterling, Northern Virginia, as county officials have approved a rezoning request in the area. Long Drive Land Company LLC sought to rezone up to 39.82 acres of land in Loudoun County to develop a data center with up to 63,675 square meters (685,404 square feet)...

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Read PRP Buys Land in Manassas To Develop Three Data Centers
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PRP Buys Land in Manassas To Develop Three Data Centers

April 11, 2022 Northern Virginia

According to BizJournal, PRP has completed the acquisition of 22 acres of land in Prince William County, Virginia. The property is located at 7816 Bethlehem Road in Manassas. The Real estate firm paid $22 million to Allan Myers for the property. It is also negotiating for another 13 acres with...

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Read CircuBAT: The project reducing Lithium-ion battery waste
CircuBAT: The project reducing Lithium-ion battery waste

CircuBAT: The project reducing Lithium-ion battery waste

April 08, 2022 Switzerland

In a bid to make lithium-ion batteries more sustainable and long lasting, a new research program has been launched. CircuBAT, a Swiss project of Innosuisse, led by Bern University of Applied Sciences Technology, will be joined by Green Cubes Technology, a company that makes lithium-ion batteries...

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Read Gaw Capital Partners Acquires Building For Data Center in Tokyo, Japan
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Gaw Capital Partners Acquires Building For Data Center in Tokyo, Japan

April 08, 2022 Tokyo

Gaw Capital Partners has announced the acquisition of a building in Tokyo, Japan. The real estate private equity firm also plans to transform the building into a data center. The Fuchu Building it acquired is next to Meito Sangyo Building in Fuchu Intelligent Park. Gaw will demolish the 59,000...

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