United States Data Center News

Constellation Energy to acquire Calpine Corporation

US energy giant Constellation Energy has agreed to acquire Calpine Corporation, an independent power producer, for $26.6 billion, including debt considerations in a transaction that includes 50 million shares of Constellation stock, $4.5 billion in cash, and the assumption of about $12.7 billi...

January 13, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

InterServer selects 365 Data Centers for New Jersey expansion

Web hosting and managed service provider InterServer has selected 365 Data Centers as its colocation provider as it looks into expanding its offering in the New Jersey market. 365 has 20 data centers across the US, including multiple New Jersey locations such as Carlstadt and Bridgewater, enab...

January 09, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

New Jersey

Deep Fission to supply Endeavour data centers with 2GW of nuclear energy

Deep Fission, a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) developer, has partnered with Endeavour Energy, a US sustainable infrastructure developer, to develop and deploy its technology at scale. They have committed to co-developing 2GW of nuclear energy to supply Endeavour's global portfolio of dat...

January 09, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Nick Clegg steps down as Meta's president of global affairs

Sir Nick Clegg has stepped down as Meta’s president of global affairs, announcing his departure on a post on Meta’s Facebook platform after almost seven years.In a post confirming his departure, Clegg said it was “the right time for me to move on.” "My time at the company coincided with a sign...

January 07, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

$17bn data center campus proposed in Atlanta, Georgia

A 13-building data center campus costing $17 billion has been proposed for Atlanta, Georgia. The campus would be built on 832 acres of land near the city of Newnan, 45 miles south of Atlanta in Coweta County. The site is adjacent to Welcome Sargent Road and Wagers Mill Road.Each of the data ha...

January 04, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Georgia

Bit Digital acquires Montreal site for data center

US data center developer and crypto firm Bit Digital has acquired the site for a build-to-suit 5MW data center expansion project in Montreal, Canada.The company initially used cash on hand to fund the acquisition and is working to obtain mortgage financing to cover the site's acquisition and s...

January 04, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Meta signs long-term PPA in Texas

Meta has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with US-based renewable energy company Longroad Energy to purchase 100 percent of the output of the 300MWac (400MWdc) '1000 Mile' solar project in Yoakum County, Texas."The renewable energy from this project will support our data cente...

January 03, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Texas

Digital Core REIT seeks new tenant for Virginia data center

Digital Core REIT is looking for a new tenant for one of its data centers in Northern Virginia, as the current occupant of the data center, located at 8217 Linton Hall Road in Bristow, Prince William County, has decided to not exercise its option to extend its lease on the property, the proper...

January 02, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Virginia

Phoenix to clamp down on data centers

The city of Phoenix in Arizona is set to clamp down on data centers. The City Council has approved a series of changes to better regulate data center growth in the city, including regulating locations and external design specifications.The vote, which took place on December 10, targeted standa...

January 02, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Phoenix

TPG in talks to buy Crown Castle's fiber assets

TPG is in advanced talks to buy Crown Castle's fiber assets in a deal worth an estimated $8 billion. US tower operator Crown Castle has been looking to sell its fiber assets for some time, notably revealing in April that it had held talks with multiple parties over a sale.The company launched ...

December 31, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

xAI raises $6 billion in a Series C funding round

Elon Musk's generative AI startup xAI has raised $6 billion in a Series C funding round from investors including A16Z, Blackrock, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Kingdom Holdings, Lightspeed, MGX, Morgan Stanley, OIA, QIA, Sequoia Capital, Valor Equity Partners and Vy Capital, amon...

December 27, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

TPG Real Estate takes full control of Quantum Frederick Project

Quantum Loophole will no longer have any "active involvement" in the Quantum Frederick Project, a 2,100-acre data center campus and fiber optic loop (QLoop) in Frederick County, Maryland. This September, TPG sought a court order to remove Quantum Loophole from its role as manager of the $5 bil...

December 27, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Maryland

Oregon regulators approve PacifiCorp penalties for high-load energy users

The Oregon Public Utility Commission has ruled in favor of a PacifiCorp proposal that would penalize large-load customers, such as data centers, whose energy use at new facilities is not in line with forecast needs. "The scale of utility procurement and stranded asset risk associated with the...

December 27, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Oregon

US Senate passes bill for additional rip and replace funding

The US Senate has voted in favor of a bill that looks set to provide an additional $3 billion to telecom companies in funding for the rip and replace program. This was included as part of the $895 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that was passed by the US Senate on December 18...

December 24, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Qualcomm claims win following mistrial in copyright battle with Arm

Qualcomm is claiming victory in its court battle with chip design giant Arm after a jury in the US found that its processor designs are properly licensed, despite the case ended in a mistrial, leaving the door open for Arm to return with a fresh action.After a week-long federal court trial hel...

December 23, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Intel shareholders file lawsuit alleging federal securities laws violations

Intel shareholders have filed a derivative lawsuit against the company, alleging executives, including former CEO Pat Gelsinger, made false and misleading statements about the reorganization of a manufacturing segment. The lawsuit accuses Intel executives, including former CEO Pat Gelsinger, o...

December 21, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

California

Centersquare sued by investment manager CenterSquare

Philadelphia-based investment manager CenterSquare has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against data center firm Centersquare. The lawsuit, filed on August 24, includes allegations of cybersquatting, or using a domain name too similar to a protected trademark with the intent to profit ...

December 20, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Philadelphia

Duos Technologies to develop data centers in Texas

Duos Technologies is set to develop a high-density data center campus at Pampa Energy Center (PEC).The company will develop data centers supported by up to 500MW of self-generated natural gas power and supplemented by up to 200MW of wind turbine generation and alternative fuel services.“The US...

December 20, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Texas

NorthWestern Energy to supply Atlas Power energy to power Montana data center

NorthWestern Energy has signed an energy supply agreement with Atlas Power Group to power its flagship data center in Butte, Montana. The new supply agreement will see NorthWestern supply Atlas with 75MW of power beginning in 2026, with a further 75MW expected in the next three to five years.“...

December 20, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Montana

CTIA president and CEO to step down next year

CTIA president and CEO Meredith Attwell Baker has confirmed she will retire from the CTIA next year at the end of her contract. In the departure announcement last week, CTIA chair and CEO of Carolina West Wireless Slayton Stewart noted that Baker's biggest contribution during her tenure was t...

December 19, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

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