United States Data Center News

Facebook boosts capacity with multi-storey data center design

Following the trend of building taller buildings, Facebook has revealed that it is boosting its capacity with a new multi-storey data center design as part of its global infrastructure expansion. The design is being rolled out in its Prineville, Oregon campus, deployed in two new facilities.Th...

May 25, 2021

Eric Advinci

Facebook Prineville

DataBank expands SLC5 data center in Salt Lake City

DataBank has announced its recent expansion, adding a third data hall at its SLC5 data center. Based in Bluffdale, Utah, at its Granite Point North campus complex, the new addition takes its current capacity to 30,000 sq ft (2,790 sq m), with a 6MW of critical IT load.The center first opened ...

May 25, 2021

Eric Bell

DataBank SLC5

New Tennessee solar farm to provide Facebook data center with 110MW of renewable energy

The Tennessee Valley Authority has just announced a deal with RWE Renewables and Facebook to build a 150MW solar facility near Millington TN. The solar facility will provide Facebook with 110MW of energy for its data centers in Gallatin, Tennessee, and across the Tennessee Valley. The solar f...

May 20, 2021

Eric Bell

Facebook Gallatin TN

Microsoft gains approval for data center in Hoffman Estates, Illinois

Microsoft just gained approval from Hoffman Estates village board members to build a data center outside of Chicago, Illinois. The approved data center building is one of the two planned buildings at the 53-acre site. A 250,000 square feet building would be erected at the first phase while the...

May 20, 2021

Eric Bell

Microsoft Hoffman Estates 1

Data Center Review conducted in Prince William County

Prince William County, Virginia, may see more data centers being built in the region after County supervisors approved moves that could expand the Data Center Opportunity Zone Overlay District. This “overlay district” is the area where building data facilities is permitted.Established back in ...

May 19, 2021

Eric Bell

Northern Virginia

Core Scientific to invest more than $100 million in new North Dakota data center

Core Scientific has announced that it will build a new data center based in Grand Forks, North Dakota, after securing a $269,000 loan from the Grand Forks Growth Fund.In partnership with Nodak Electric Cooperative and Minnkota Power Cooperative, the blockchain company has said it plans to inve...

May 19, 2021

Eric Bell

Core Scientific: Grand Forks

Foxconn opens globe-shaped data center at Wisconsin facility

Foxconn has just opened its Globe Data Center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. The data center building is 34,000 square feet in size and, it includes a 100 feet steel sphere as part of its design. The facility’s steel globe frame was initially completed in September 2020 before the installation ...

May 18, 2021

Eric Bell

Foxconn Industrial Internet Wisconsin

Google to use Geothermal Energy for Nevada Data Center Campus

Google has announced that it would soon start using geothermal energy to power its Nevada data center. The announcement will see Google become the first hyper-scale cloud operator to use the earth’s heat to power its servers. Fervo Energy, a clean energy startup, will be helping Google develop...

May 18, 2021

Eric Bell

Google Henderson NV

Questions raised over Loudoun County data center proposal

BlackChamber Group’s application to build a 530,000 sq ft (49,000 sq m) data center in Loudoun County has split the county’s board of supervisors. According to a report published in Washington Business Journal, the group’s proposal to build two facilities on the 23-acre plot could be rejected ...

May 14, 2021

Eric Bell

Northern Virginia

QTS expands its connectivity ecosystem with Telia Carrier

Telia Carrier has announced that it has deployed its full suite of connectivity services in QTS' Piscataway, New Jersey and Irving, Texas data centers. Telia is also deployed to QTS Richmond, Chicago, Miami, Hillsboro, and Atlanta.The 'full suite' of network services includes DWDM, DDoS, IP Tr...

May 13, 2021

Eric Bell

QTS Irving

Digital Fortress announces new data center campus in Richmond, VA

Digital Fortress has announced a new wholesale data campus in Richmond, Virginia. This 75-acre campus is now the largest data center in Digital Fortress’ eastern United States portfolio. The new data campus is Gold LEED-certified, and it is designed to Tier III standards with access to 4.2MW o...

May 12, 2021

Eric Bell

Digital Fortress: Richmond

Stack Infrastructure Acquires More Land To Expand Its Data Campus In Manassas, Virginia

Stack Infrastructure has purchased additional 25 acres of land in Manassas, Virginia. The land is next to its Prince William county campus, which is still under development. The plan is to use the new land to build additional two 36MW facilities. The CEO of Stack Infrastructure commented that ...

May 12, 2021

Eric Bell

STACK Northern Virginia

Telia deploys to Edgeconnex in San Diego

EdgeConneX and Telia jointly announced that Telia will deploy its network to EdgeConneX's facility in San Diego. The deployment enhances the facility as one of the best connected facilities in the San Diego metro. The Vice President of Edge Data Center and Network Sales, Brian Bellis, commente...

May 06, 2021

Eric Bell

EdgeConneX San Diego

Involta acquires SecureData 365, taking over Canton data center

Involta has announced its acquisition of SecureData 365. As part of this acquisition, Involta will take over the company’s 29,960 sq ft (2,780 sq m) data center based in Canton, Ohio.The acquisition of the Canton facility means the company will now operate five facilities in Ohio. Its current...

May 06, 2021

Eric Bell

Ark: Canton

Core Scientific Announces Expansion Into North Dakota

BELLEVUE, Wash., May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Core Scientific (the "Company"), the leader in customizable infrastructure and software solutions for Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain, today announced that it has expanded its footprint with its agreement to develop its sixth mining and coloc...

May 05, 2021

Eric Bell

Core Scientific: Grand Forks

DC BLOX Acquires Land to Develop a Tier III Data Center in High Point, North Carolina

DC BLOX has announced the acquisition of land in High Point, North Carolina. The plan is to use the land to construct the first highly secure Tier III data center in the Carolina Core/ Piedmont Triad region. The facility will offer colocation for hosting primary IT infrastructure and secondary...

May 05, 2021

Eric Bell

DC BLOX High Point

Microsoft buys 21 acres in San Jose for $78m

Microsoft has acquired 21.25 acres of underdeveloped land in San Jose for $78.7 million. The expanse of land is situated near the corner of Orchard Parkway and Component Drive. Microsoft purchased the land from LBA Realty which initially wanted to use the land to build villages of offices, hot...

May 05, 2021

Eric Bell

Microsoft: Alviso Way Campus

TA Realty planning $1.8 billion, 300MW data center campus in Loudoun County, Virginia

TA Realty has announced that it will be developing a new $1.8 billion secure data center in Loudoun County, VA. The initial buildings of the data center are expected to be ready by late 2021. Upon completion, the fully built-out campus will be over 1.5 million square feet. It will also have 30...

May 04, 2021

Eric Advinci

Northern Virginia

AES to provide Google with 500 MW of Green Power in Northern Virginia

An agreement has been reached between AES and Google for AES to supply Google’s Northern Virginia data centers with renewable energy. The deal will see AES construct 500 MW of renewable energy and storage projects with a mix of wind, solar, hydro, and battery storage for Google’s data centers ...

May 04, 2021

Eric Bell

Google Dulles Arcola Center

DataBank is Expanding its IND1 data center

DataBank has announced an expansion of its IND1 data center in Indiana. The company is a leading provider of enterprise-class colocation, connectivity, and managed services. Part of the expansion includes 6,500 square feet of raised floor space and an additional megawatt of power to meet the g...

April 30, 2021

Eric Bell

Databank Indianapolis IND1

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