United States Data Center News

TECfusions secures $300m loan for Virginia data center expansion

TECfusions has secured over $300 million to be used for the development and expansion of its Virginia site. In response to “urgent capacity needs” from a key tenant, gradual funding began in January 2024 and has now been solidified in a formal loan agreement, which includes the cumulative moni...

November 20, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Virginia

Colovore to expand footprint of liquid-cooled colocation data centers beyond Silicon Valley

Colovore is to expand its footprint of liquid-cooled colocation data centers beyond Silicon Valley and into Reno and Chicago. The company this week announced its second facility in Santa Clara, California, will open next month, and confirmed the locations of its next two sites.“We are staying ...

November 20, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Chicago

Oxide Cloud Computer to be installed at LLNL

Oxide Computer Company and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) are teaming up to bring on-premises cloud capabilities to the LLNL supercomputing center. The startup will be deploy its rack-scale Oxide Cloud Computer at LLNL's high performance computing (HPC) center in Livermore, ...

November 18, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

California

DoD outlines private 5G network strategy

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has outlined its strategy for the deployment of private 5G networks at military installations.In a document released this month, the DoD revealed that its strategy would seek to bring private open RAN 5G networks to US military bases.The DoD said that it sign...

November 18, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Atlantic Quantum and MIT receive funding for supercomputers

Atlantic Quantum has received a contract from the US Air Force to develop a quantum computer based on fluxonium qubits. The company has been given a $1.8 million Phase II STTR grant from AFWERX, the innovation arm of the US Department of the Air Force (DAF). The quantum startup will use the fu...

November 15, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Amazon purchases land n Minnesota, for data center

Amazon has purchased 348 acres of land in Becker, Minnesota, for a data center project. According to a real estate filing published with the Minnesota Department of Revenue, the parcel will be used for a data center and was previously part of Xcel Energy Inc.'s Sherco Site.Xcel spokesperson Ke...

November 11, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Minnesota

Rackspace Technology launches GPU as a Service offering on Nvidia

Rackspace Technology has launched a GPU as a Service (GPUaaS) offering based on Nvidia processors. The company expanded its Rackspace Spot platform, adding both a new geographical location and access to on-demand Nvidia GPUs. The GPUaaS is based on Nvidia H100s, which are housed in RackSpace's...

November 07, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Texas researchers develop thermal interface material for improved chip cooling

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have created a new “thermal interface material” that could organically remove heat from high-powered electronic devices, which they claim could reduce or even eliminate the need for extensive cooling. The new material, made from a mix of liquid ...

November 06, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Texas

QuEra to deploy quantum computer at Massachusetts computing center

Massachusetts has granted just under $5 million to establish a Quantum Computing Complex at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) in Holyoke. QuEra is a partner of the project, and will deploy a neutral atom quantum computer at the complex. The $16 million project ...

November 06, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Massachusetts

NSA hybrid cloud platform is now operational

The US National Security Agency's (NSA) hybrid cloud platform is now operational. The project is an evolution of the NSA's on-premise GovCloud environment, introducing commercial cloud offerings. Chief finance manager at the NSA, Jennifer Kron, revealed that the initiative had launched during ...

November 05, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Utah

FERC rejects proposed interconnection service agreement

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has rejected a proposed interconnection service agreement (ISA) for the Susquehanna nuclear power station in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The agreement would have supported an expanded colocated load at an Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center c...

November 05, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Pennsylvania

Wesco purchases data center firm Ascent for $185 million

Wesco International this week announced it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Ascent LLC., a provider of data center facility management services, for a cash-free, debt-free purchase price of $185 million. The acquisition is anticipated to close in the fourth quarter following custo...

November 04, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Connectbase acquires Network Capacity Solutions

Connectivity marketplace platform Connectbase has acquired Network Capacity Solutions (NCS). Connectbase said the acquisition marks a pivotal step in its mission to digitally transform the connectivity and digital infrastructure marketplace.“By bringing Network Capacity Solutions into Connectb...

November 01, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Trump bashes CHIPS Act at Interview

Former President Donald Trump criticized the CHIPS and Science Act during a three-hour interview with podcaster Joe Rogan, saying that the government should have levied tariffs on the semiconductor industry."That chip deal is so bad, we put up billions of dollars for rich companies to come and...

October 31, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Indiana advocacy group calls for state data center moratorium

Indiana consumer and environmental advocacy organization Citizens Action Coalition (CAC) has called for a pause on new hyperscale data center development in the state. The group this week called on the Indiana General Assembly to enact a moratorium on new hyperscale data centers used to power ...

October 30, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Indiana

CoreWeave to convert New Jersey lab building into data center

CoreWeave is expanding its data center footprint in New Jersey. According to local press, the company has signed a long-term lease with an Onyx Equities and Machine Investment Group partnership for the entirety of building 11 at The Northeast Science & Technology Center (NEST) in Kenilwort...

October 29, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

New Jersey

PJM proposes to hasten grid connection for shovel-ready projects

Grid operator PJM has presented a proposal to permit “shovel-ready” energy projects an expedited route to interconnection to meet grid reliability needs. PJM, with a service area including Virginia and Ohio, has indicated it will provide stakeholders with a formal proposal early next month to ...

October 25, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Virginia

T-Mobile to connect autonomous shuttle service in Jacksonville, Florida

T-Mobile revealed earlier this week that it had paired with Miller Electric Company to connect a fully autonomous shuttle that transports visitors three miles along Jacksonville's waterfront.“5G connectivity provides the highest bandwidth and lowest latency communication between the AVs and th...

October 25, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Flordia

Sabey completes first data center consultation in Texas

Sabey Data Centers has announced the completion of the first 430,000-square-foot (39,950 sqm) building at its new campus in the Round Rock area of Austin. The SDC Austin campus will offer up to 84MW of critical power capacity across two buildings at full build-out. Building A is designed to su...

October 24, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Texas

Hemlock Semiconductor secures direct funding under CHIPS Act

Chip firm Hemlock Semiconductor (HSC) has secured up to $325 million in proposed direct funding from the Department of Commerce under the CHIPS and Science Act. The funding is intended to shore up the production of semiconductor-grade polysilicon, a a highly pure form of silicon that is used i...

October 24, 2024

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

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