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

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% sup...

May 15, 2023

Northern Virginia

Data Center Expansion in Spotsylvania

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 af...

May 14, 2023

Northern Virginia

Fairfax County to look at new rules for data centers

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 inst...

May 12, 2023

Northern Virginia

Data Center Constructed in Germany Using 3D Printing

A 3D-printed data facility will be built in Heidelberg, Germany. Heidelberg iT Management, a cloud and data center operator, said this month that it would employ the "largest 3D-printed building in Europe" as a server hotel by the end of 2023. The project is led by Kraus Group, Peri 3D Constru...

May 12, 2023

Germany / Deutschland

Macquarie Data Centres and Console Connect partner for new Point of Presence in Sydney

Macquarie Data Centers has announced that it has partnered with Console Connect to add a new Point of Presence in Sydney. Through the partnership, Console Connect’s Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) platform will be available at the Macquarie Data Centres campus in Macquarie Park, Sydney. The two ha...

May 03, 2023

Sydney

NCR Resume Additional Services After a Ransomware Breach

After a ransomware assault caused a data center outage that disrupted its Aloha cloud-based services and Counterpoint apps, NCR is making progress toward restoring services. For the subset of CMC customers who were impacted by the incident, online ordering has resumed and NCR's Command Center...

April 28, 2023

Atlanta

New Data Center Built For the Florida Fire Dept

A new fire station and data center are being built for a Florida fire department. The grand inauguration of Fire Rescue Station 50, a brand-new firehouse and emergency operations data center for the City of Marco Island, is scheduled for April 28. The fire station and data center are located o...

April 26, 2023

Miami

Demonstration Scheduled at Prince William's Digital Gateway Event

The debate surrounding the construction of a massive data center facility in Prince William County persists. Tuesday evening, residents planned to hold a protest against the Prince William Digital Gateway prior to a developer-hosted open house. Maureen Umeh of FOX 5 reports that the controvers...

April 25, 2023

Northern Virginia

Goodman plans for 100MW powered shell in Frankfurt, Germany

Goodman has announced its plans to develop a data center in Frankfurt, Germany, following the purchase of a 4.5-hectare brownfield plot that used to be a newspaper printing plant. Located in Neu-Isenburg, south of Frankfurt, the development would see the creation of a 100MVA-powered shell faci...

April 21, 2023

Germany / Deutschland

Can AI training energy consumption be lowered?

These days, A.I. is seemingly never out of the headlines, with concerns about everything from lack of regulations around development, unchecked A.I. growth, and energy and water consumption. Considering the world is in the grips of a climate crisis, and A.I. training is using a growing amount ...

April 21, 2023

Michigan

Floating data center park in Singapore to go ahead after gaining regulatory approval

Keppel Data Centres has announced that its floating data center park in Singapore has received approval and will proceed. Located at the Loyang Offshore Supply Base operated by Toll Group, the facility was originally proposed back in 2019, which came after a significant investment in Californi...

April 18, 2023

Singapore

Big data center development & hydrogen fuel hub on the way to Surry County, North Virginia

A first-of-its-kind combination data center and hydrogen fuel hub is on its way to Surry County, North Virginia, it has been announced. Middleburg-based Green Energy Partners LLC is leading the project, which is called the Surry Green Energy Center (SGEC) and comes after GEP secured 641 acres ...

April 13, 2023

Northern Virginia

Scientists at NTU Singapore invent data center cooling spray

When it comes to data center cooling, everyone's on the hunt for the latest innovative, efficient tech; and at Singapore's Nanyang Technical University (NTU), its research team is working on the latest solution. The group proposes cooling servers by spraying chips with fluid; dielectric fluid,...

April 11, 2023

Singapore

5.5 million sq ft data center park proposed in Stafford County, Virginia

In Stafford County, Stafford Technology LC, a company affiliated with US real estate firm Peterson, has outlined plans to develop a 5.5 million sq ft data center park. In order to accommodate the 25-building data center campus, the company is seeking to rezone 524 acres in the Falmouth Electio...

April 11, 2023

Northern Virginia

Community And Business Groups Challenge Loudoun Data Center Emissions Permit

This spring and summer, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is mulling over a proposal enabling data facilities in Loudoun County to draw power more routinely from on-site disaster diesel generators. The proposal aims to alleviate pressure on the transmission system, which transpo...

April 07, 2023

Northern Virginia

HOCHTIEF and Palladio Partners to build and operate sustainable data center in Heiligenhaus, Germany

HOCHTIEF and infrastructure investor Palladio Partners have announced they have partnered to jointly build and operate a sustainable data center in Heiligenhaus, located in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Work on the 9,000-square-meter site in the Heiligenhaus Innovation Park is to commence t...

March 30, 2023

Germany / Deutschland

Dominion Energy and PowerHouse Discover Solution to The Data Center Power Difficulties in Loudoun.

PowerHouse anticipates that the 265,000-square-foot building will be occupied by tenants in July, with complete construction scheduled for completion in October. Nonetheless, there is a pervasive power issue. Buddy Rizer, head of Loudoun County Economic Development, stated that each project ha...

March 30, 2023

Northern Virginia

nLighten to provide waste heat to City of Eschborn

Joining the swathe of data center operators pushing forward circular economy principles, nLighten recently signed a Letter of Intent with the City of Eschborn and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmBH (GIZ) to provide its data center waste-heat for reuse. The company...

March 27, 2023

Germany / Deutschland

Concerns over Northern Virginia diesel generators leads to DEQ revising its relaxation of generator restrictions

Residents in North Virginia had recently raised their concerns about the decision made by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to permit diesel generators to power data centers in the region. The DEQ announced that it would be looking into the permittance to preserve data center relia...

March 22, 2023

Northern Virginia

Germany's Onlime Teleport Has Been Acquired by Data Grid Network

Data Grid Network has purchased a teleport outside of Hannover, Germany. This week, Data Grid, a Commercis firm, revealed that it had acquired the TechnoPark facility between the villages of Hamelin and Aerzen and teleport operator Onlime GmbH. The Talia Communications division of Commercis wi...

March 20, 2023

Germany / Deutschland

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