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Read MDC Data Centers Commits $3.4m to the Expansion of the Texas MCA2 Data Center
MDC Data Centers Commits $3.4m to the Expansion of the Texas MCA2 Data Center

MDC Data Centers Commits $3.4m to the Expansion of the Texas MCA2 Data Center

May 25, 2023 MDC Laredo

MDC Data Centers has invested $3.4 million to modernize its MCA2 data center in McAllen, Texas. Over the course of 2022, the company purchased equipment from Bud Griffin & Associates, which also provided MDC with its expertise and resources. MCA2 is a Tier III colocation facility with 1MW of...

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Read CoreSite Expands Denver Facility and Opens Santa Clara Data Center
CoreSite Expands Denver Facility and Opens Santa Clara Data Center

CoreSite Expands Denver Facility and Opens Santa Clara Data Center

May 24, 2023 CoreSite SV9

CoreSite, a US-based data center company, has broadened in California with a new Silicon Valley data center and increasing the capacity of an existing facility in Denver, Colorado. California's Santa Clara will become the site of CoreSite's ninth data center. The new 240,000-square-foot SV9...

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Read DRFortress Completes Fourth Major Data Center Development
DRFortress Completes Fourth Major Data Center Development

DRFortress Completes Fourth Major Data Center Development

May 18, 2023 DRFortress Honolulu

This week, DRFortress, the foremost carrier-neutral data center and cloud platform in Hawaii, announced that it has wrapped up the fourth expansion of its data center facility in Honolulu, which will be available for service on June 1, 2023. With this most recent expansion, the facility's 65,000+...

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Read AI Startup Uses Maine Air Force Data Facility for Quantum Computers
AI Startup Uses Maine Air Force Data Facility for Quantum Computers

AI Startup Uses Maine Air Force Data Facility for Quantum Computers

May 18, 2023 Maine

A Maine data center has been set up by an AI and quantum computing startup to house quantum computers. This week, Eternal Mind, Inc. conducted a grand opening ceremony at the former Loring Air Force Base in Limestone. WagmTV reports that the company occupies the former Air Force data center at...

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Read AT&T inks 15.6MW solar deal in New York
AT&T inks 15.6MW solar deal in New York

AT&T inks 15.6MW solar deal in New York

May 17, 2023 New York

AT&T has announced its plans to procure solar energy from five projects in Upstate New York from DSD Renewables (DSD). The deal will see AT&T serve as an anchor tenant subscriber for a five-project community solar portfolio; the company will offtake 15.5MW of the larger 24.1MW portfolio....

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Read The Newburyport, Massachusetts Mayor Recommends a $925,000 Data Facility Reconstruction
The Newburyport, Massachusetts Mayor Recommends a $925,000 Data Facility Reconstruction

The Newburyport, Massachusetts Mayor Recommends a $925,000 Data Facility Reconstruction

May 17, 2023 Massachusetts

Newburyport, Massachusetts's mayor, Sean Reardon, seeks to reconstruct the city data center for $925,000. The proposal is part of Reardon's $134 million five-year capital improvement plan beginning in 2024, which includes the construction of a reservoir pipeline, the enhancement of downtown...

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Read Poll in Northern Virginia reveals local opposition to data center development near national parks
Poll in Northern Virginia reveals local opposition to data center development near national parks

Poll in Northern Virginia reveals local opposition to data center development near national parks

May 15, 2023 Northern Virginia

A poll of Northern Virginia residents by the National Parks Conservation Association has found that the majority oppose the development of data centers near public land, including national parks. The survey polled 300 voters from several Northern Virginia jurisdictions. Of those polled, 77%...

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Read Netrality Data Centers to expand capacity in Houston
Netrality Data Centers to expand capacity in Houston

Netrality Data Centers to expand capacity in Houston

May 15, 2023 Houston

Netrality Data Centers has announced that it is expanding capacity at its Houston data center at 1301 Fannin Street. The company has shared that it will add two new data center halls spanning 17,000 square feet and offering over 2.5 megawatts of critical capacity.Due to come online at the end of...

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Read Old Virginia Government Data CenterUp For Sale
Old Virginia Government Data CenterUp For Sale

Old Virginia Government Data CenterUp For Sale

May 15, 2023 Virginia

Prospective purchasers and lessees can access a data center in Chesterfield County, Virginia. JLL is offering for lease or sale at 11751 Meadowville Lane in Chester, south of Richmond. The Virginia IT agency had been based there until it left last year. The 192,600 sq ft facility, which was...

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Read Data Center Expansion in Spotsylvania
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Data Center Expansion in Spotsylvania

May 14, 2023 Northern Virginia

Spotsylvania County officials are planning to capitalize on data center building expansion. They are modifying the county's Comprehensive Plan as part of their efforts. The county Planning Commission scheduled data center-specific Comprehensive Plan amendment public hearings Wednesday night after...

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Read Fairfax County to look at new rules for data centers
Fairfax County to look at new rules for data centers

Fairfax County to look at new rules for data centers

May 12, 2023 Northern Virginia

According to a report by FFXNow, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors is set to look into the environmental impact of data centers in the midst of its ongoing data center boom. This week, following a unanimously approved motion introduced by Board Chairman Jeff McKay, county staff were...

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Read North San Jose Slated to Receive New Data Centers
North San Jose Slated to Receive New Data Centers

North San Jose Slated to Receive New Data Centers

May 12, 2023 San Francisco Bay Area

This week, the San Jose City Council unanimously authorized plans for a sophisticated manufacturing complex and data centers in North San Jose. Denver-based STACK Infrastructure plans to destroy two industrial buildings on a nearly 10-acre parcel, including a former Olympus service center, and...

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Read Bankruptcy Auction of Bed Bath & Beyond Data Facility
Bankruptcy Auction of Bed Bath & Beyond Data Facility

Bankruptcy Auction of Bed Bath & Beyond Data Facility

May 11, 2023 North Carolina

Bed Bath & Beyond's North Carolina data center was put up for sale during its bankruptcy asset sale. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.'s real estate advisor, A&G Real Estate Partners (A&G) revealed intentions to auction hundreds of tenancies last week. A&G plans to sell 475 Bed Bath...

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Read DOE invests millions in funding for cooling solution projects
DOE invests millions in funding for cooling solution projects

DOE invests millions in funding for cooling solution projects

May 10, 2023 United States

As the imperative to decarbonize data becomes clearer, the U.S. the Department of Energy (DOE) has announced it will invest $40 million in funding for 15 projects for the development of high-performance, energy-efficient cooling solutions for data centers. The department outlined that data center...

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Read Culpeper County looks at a new business personal property tax category for data centers
Culpeper County looks at a new business personal property tax category for data centers

Culpeper County looks at a new business personal property tax category for data centers

May 10, 2023 Virginia

In Culpeper County, the Board of Supervisors is reportedly considering a lower rate for data center developments. The proposal would see a new business personal property tax category that would introduce a lower rate for computer equipment and peripherals in data centers. Economic Development...

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Read Washington House Bill 1416 signed into law to regulate emissions tied to crypto mining and data centers
Washington House Bill 1416 signed into law to regulate emissions tied to crypto mining and data centers

Washington House Bill 1416 signed into law to regulate emissions tied to crypto mining and data centers

May 09, 2023 Washington

In Washington, House Bill 1416, a Bill set on regulating carbon emissions tied to crypto mining and data centers has been signed into law. Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on May 3, the legislation closed a loophole in the previously passed Clean Energy Transformation Act, which enabled crypto mining...

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Read Harbor Peak Starts Building a Fiber Conduit System to Connect Ashburn, Virginia Data Centers
Harbor Peak Starts Building a Fiber Conduit System to Connect Ashburn, Virginia Data Centers

Harbor Peak Starts Building a Fiber Conduit System to Connect Ashburn, Virginia Data Centers

May 05, 2023 Virginia

Harbor Peak, a joint venture specializing in carrier-neutral dark fiber, interconnect, and network planning services, has begun construction in Ashburn, Virginia, on a new middle-mile network infrastructure that will facilitate connectivity between numerous private and public data centers. In...

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Read Oppidan Submits Paperwork For a 99,000 sq ft Data Center in Memphis, Tennessee
Oppidan Submits Paperwork For a 99,000 sq ft Data Center in Memphis, Tennessee

Oppidan Submits Paperwork For a 99,000 sq ft Data Center in Memphis, Tennessee

May 05, 2023 Tennessee

The US real estate development company Oppidan has filed plans to construct a data center in Memphis, Tennessee. The company has filed with the Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning and Development for permission to build a data center at 3900 S. Mendenhall Road. The permit encompasses...

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Read Authorization Of A New Data Facility In Auburn, Alabama
Authorization Of A New Data Facility In Auburn, Alabama

Authorization Of A New Data Facility In Auburn, Alabama

May 03, 2023 Alabama

The Alabama city of Auburn City will soon get a new data center. The 65,700 square foot Mill Creek Data Center will be located on 52 acres of newly developed land in the city's Auburn Technology Park at 406 West Veterans Boulevard. The data center was granted approval by the City Council this...

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Read Fallen Trees And a Broken Backup Switch Triggered the University of Virginia Data Center Outage
Fallen Trees And a Broken Backup Switch Triggered the University of Virginia Data Center Outage

Fallen Trees And a Broken Backup Switch Triggered the University of Virginia Data Center Outage

May 01, 2023 Virginia

The University of Virginia experienced disruption due to the impact of fallen trees on the data center's grid line. The facility was supposed to transition to a backup generator immediately, but the backup switch failed. UVA employees manually shifted power to the data center at 11:30 a.m. on...

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