United States Data Center News

Loudoun Board: Data center development could be curtailed

Recently, a committee of the Board of Supervisors argued that data centers should be prevented from being built on the Route 7 corridor in northeastern Loudoun County. Already the area is home to 25 million square feet of data centers, with data center development booming in recent years, a bo...

February 22, 2022

Northern Virginia

International crypto bans lead to more data center builds in the US

According to experts, there is an emerging trend towards more crypto data centers being built in the US as a result of other markets introducing bans. China banned cryptocurrency last year, and Russia, in January, proposed a ban, too. That's not all - Sweden is also seeking to ban mining in th...

February 21, 2022

United States

Deep Edge Realty Acquires a Carrier Hotel in Portland, Maine

Deep Edge Realty has announced the acquisition of a carrier hotel in Portland, Maine. The property is at 340 Cumberland Avenue. The selling company is Northland Enterprises. None of the companies revealed the terms of the transaction. The CEO and founder of Deep Edge Realty, Martin Hannigan...

February 18, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

CENTRA: 340 Cumberland (PMW01)

Meta moves into Kuna, Idaho

Meta is continuing its expansion as it moves into Kuna, Idaho, with a 960,000 sqft facility. The giant is injecting $800 million into the project and intends to break ground on the facility in September 2022, which is expected to continue through to 2025. The facility will be the largest of it...

February 17, 2022

Facebook Kuna ID

Data centers planned for Muskogee and near Oktaha

Two data centers are reportedly on their way to Muskogee County; it has been announced. YZY Capital Holdings, LLC, is the New York-based private equity firm behind the project and has announced that it will inject $100 million into the construction and operation of the centers on the 136.5-acr...

February 14, 2022

Oklahoma

Plaza Realty Files For Rezoning of Land For a 1 million sq ft Data Center in Prince William County

The development of a large-scale data center in Prince William County, Virginia, is being proposed by developers. Developers submitted plans to have a site at 14854 Dumfries Road to the west of Dale City and the east of the Northern Virginia county be rezoned. They want to develop a 1 million ...

February 09, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Northern Virginia

New state data center for Springfield's east side

The State of Illinois has announced the purchase of 9.4 acres of land at the Dirksen Business Park in the 2900 block of Dotmar Drive, which will be home to a new data center. The $80.5 million facility will be run by the state Department of Innovation and Technology and will reportedly enable ...

February 08, 2022

Illinois

QTS Planning To Expand Its Piscataway data center in New Jersey

Plans are in place for QTS to expand its Piscataway facility in New Jersey. My Central Jersey reports that the company has filed for preliminary and final site plan approval to develop a two-story building to the data center campus at 101 Possumtown Road. By so doing, QTS plans to add up to 45...

February 08, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

QTS Piscataway

ColoHouse Opens 3rd Data Hall in 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 pre...

February 03, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

ColoHouse Miami

Amazon Acquires Three Office Properties in Loudoun County

According to Biz Journal, Amazon Data Services Inc. has acquired three office properties in Sterling, Virginia. The buildings acquired are located at 46020. 46010, and 46000 Manekin Plaza. The Loudoun County deed records show that Amazon paid over $21 million for the properties. According t...

February 03, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Northern Virginia

Prince William data center proposal moves ahead

The much-debated data center proposal located near Haymarket, Virginia, has made progress despite the Prince William County Planning Commission being unable to agree on a recommendation for the facility. The motion to recommend approval ended in a tie of 4:4, sending the proposal to the Board ...

February 02, 2022

Northern Virginia

Unoccupied Data Center in Hauppauge, NY, sells for $21m

An unoccupied data center in Hauppauge, New York, has been acquired for $21 million. According to Newsday, Link Logistics, a subsidiary of Blackstone, bought the property. Link Logistics plans to tear down the building and redevelop it as a Class A distribution center. The data center sits on ...

February 02, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

New York

What the FCC's decision on China Unicom Americas means for data centers

The Federal Communications Commission has revoked China Unicom Americas’ operating license, citing national security risks, it has been announced. The vote was won 4-0, which means that within 60 days of the order’s publication, the company must cease all domestic interstate and international ...

February 01, 2022

United States

Huge data center on the way for Williston, North Dakota

A huge data center is on its way to Williston, North Dakota. Atlas Power Data Center is the $1.9 billion project which will be built by Montana-based FX Solutions and owned and operated by Atlas Power. The first phase of the project is expected to be completed by 2024. Governor D...

January 28, 2022

North Dakota

Meta/Facebook is Expanding Its Gallatin Data Center Campus

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 ...

January 28, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Facebook Gallatin TN

CloudHQ's Cloud Capital Buys COPT's Manassas Data Center For $222m

Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT) has announced that it sold a data center in Manassas, Virginia, for $222.5 million. The buying firm is CloudHQ’s investment arm. COPT revealed that it sold the DC-6 facility to Cloud Capital, CloudHQ’s affiliate company. The data center is a two-stor...

January 27, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

CloudHQ Manassas Hornbaker

More cryptocurrency data centers to head to North Dakota?

North Dakota is becoming a hotspot for cryptocurrency miners, with its cold temperatures attracting interest. According to John Weeda, director of the North Dakota Transmission Authority, there's lots of interest from a number of parties. Energy Services Manager Josh Schaffner said the company...

January 24, 2022

North Dakota

GI Partners secures $390m refinancing for One Wilshire carrier hotel in LA

JLL’s Capital Markets Group has announced that it has helped GI Partners refinance the One Wilshire carrier hotel in California. The group said it arranged a $390 million refinancing for One Wilshire’s 30-story, multi-tenant, 660,000 square foot data center and office building. Executive ...

January 21, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

One Wilshire Building

ECU students protest potential data center facility in the Greenville area

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 pro...

January 21, 2022

South Carolina

Data center campus on the way for Georgia

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 C...

January 19, 2022

Project Eisenhower

Ready to Level up Your Data Center Strategy?

Ready to Level up Your
Data Center Strategy?