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Infrastructure Masons' new data center embodied carbon project

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 Microso...

May 03, 2022

Microsoft Azure

Amazon To Develop New Data Center in Chantilly, Virginia

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 did...

May 03, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

Microsoft shares data center PUE and WUE data for the first time

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 impr...

May 02, 2022

Microsoft Azure

Planned AWS data center in Dublin to go ahead despite challenge

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 c...

April 29, 2022

Amazon AWS

AWS Given Green Light To Purchase Land For New Zealand Cloud Region cloud region

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 regio...

April 29, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

Microsoft Signs Agreement To Purchase Over 100-acres in Chelan County, Washington

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 l...

April 28, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft signs another PPA in Canada

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...

April 27, 2022

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft To Develop Data Center on a 40-acre Site in Manassas, Virginia

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 4...

April 27, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft Azure

atNorth Launches its SWE01 DC Facility

atNorth has announced the launch of its new SWE01 DC facility in Kista, Sweden. The new data center is the first in the country designed to manage high-density workloads, including risk analysis, simulations, and AI. The facility has a total IT capacity of more than 11MW, spanning 6,400 square...

April 26, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

atNorth Stockholm SWE01

Amazon announces 37 new renewable energy projects globally

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...

April 22, 2022

Amazon AWS

Meta signs another solar PPA with EDPR

Meta has partnered up with EDP Renewables, it has announced. The energy company will supply solar energy in Texas via a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The social media giant, will gain access to 156MW, procured from the 240MW Cattlemen Solar Park in Milam County, which EDP Renewables North Am...

April 21, 2022

Meta

Amazon announces plans for data center campus in California

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 ...

April 19, 2022

Amazon AWS

Meta signs another PPA in Oklahoma

Meta has recently signed another power purchase agreement (PPA) with TransAlta Corporation. Through this deal, Meta will be provided with 200MW from the upcoming Horizon Hill Wind Power Project, which is to be based in Oklahoma. Construction on the project, which will be located on 25,000 acr...

April 08, 2022

Meta

atNorth expands data center footprint in Iceland

atNorth has announced that it is to build a third data center campus in Iceland, on a plot of land in Akureyri in the northern part of the country. Named IC03, the site will span 4,000 sqm (43,000 sq ft), and include six data halls with 12MW of capacity. According to Eyjólfur Magnús Kristinss...

April 08, 2022

atNorth

Amazon Granted Approval For Rezoning of 243 Acres in Culpeper County, Virginia

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 cente...

April 07, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Amazon AWS

Meta To Develop $800m Data Center in Temple, Texas

Meta is going to develop a data center in Temple, Texas. The social media giant plans to develop the new facility on a 393-acre site located off Industrial Blvd. and NW H K Dodgen Loop. When completed, the new data center will have up to 83,600 square meters (900,000 square feet) of space. ...

April 01, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Meta

Meta Puts The Zeewolde Data Center Development on Hold Due To Political Opposition

Meta has finally announced that it is pausing its plans for a mega data center in the Netherlands. The company said it would not be going forward with its plans for the facility in Zeewolde until further notice. Facebook gained approval for the facility from the Zeewolde council. However, i...

March 31, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Meta

Work begins on solar farm that will power Meta's Tennessee campus

Construction on the solar farm that will supply Meta's Gallatin data centers with renewable energy is underway; it has been announced. Based in Madison County, Tennessee, the farm will see an investment of upwards of $90 million, which will be funded, owned, operated, and maintained by Nashv...

March 30, 2022

Meta

Microsoft announces San Jose data center plans

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 F...

March 30, 2022

Microsoft Azure

Meta confirms data center Missouri plans

Meta has confirmed that it will indeed be a tenant at the Golden Plains Technology Park and intends to build a data center at the location in Kansas City, Missouri. The giant said that construction on the facility has begun, and that it expects it to be operational in 2024.According to report...

March 28, 2022

Meta

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