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Read Frankfurt to restrict and regulate data centers
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Frankfurt to restrict and regulate data centers

May 14, 2021 Frankfurt

Frankfurt has proposed a development plan to regulate data centers in the area. The plan, it says, will prevent the “uncontrolled growth” of data centers. The city is the hub of the data center industry in Germany, and one of the four largest hubs in Europe, taking up 64 hectares (640,000 sqm) of...

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

May 04, 2021 Northern 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 300...

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Read New Dark Fiber Provider, DF&I, Announced Investment from IPI (PR)
New Dark Fiber Provider, DF&I, Announced Investment from IPI (PR)

New Dark Fiber Provider, DF&I, Announced Investment from IPI (PR)

June 16, 2020 Northern Virginia

ASHBURN, Va., /PRNewswire/ -- Dark Fiber & Infrastructure, LLC ("DF&I" or the "Company") today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to receive a majority investment from IPI Partners, LLC ("IPI"). IPI's investment will be used to accelerate the growth of DF&I's footprint and...

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Read Indiana Signs New Tax Exemption Law to Spur Data Center Construction
Indiana Signs New Tax Exemption Law to Spur Data Center Construction

Indiana Signs New Tax Exemption Law to Spur Data Center Construction

May 30, 2019 Indiana

On June 27nd 2019 Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed into law the Indiana Data Center Sales Tax Exemption as an incentive to lure more data center construction to the state. The new legislation pushed by Digital Crossroads and other data centers in Indiana. The Data Center Gross Retail and Use...

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Read Microsoft and EDP Renewables Execute a Wind Energy Agreement in Ohio
Microsoft and EDP Renewables Execute a Wind Energy Agreement in Ohio

Microsoft and EDP Renewables Execute a Wind Energy Agreement in Ohio

March 07, 2019 Ohio

HOUSTON, and REDMOND, Wash. — March 7, 2019 — EDP Renewables SA (EDPR), through its fully owned subsidiary EDP Renewables North America LLC, and Microsoft Corp. have executed two 15-year power purchase agreements (PPA) totaling 125 megawatts (MW) that will bring the Timber Road IV Wind Farm to...

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Read Virginia Beach's new data center park expects to draw the likes of Snapchat, IBM and Uber
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Virginia Beach's new data center park expects to draw the likes of Snapchat, IBM and Uber

August 25, 2018 Virginia Beach

A Dutch company wants to create a new data center park to draw the likes of Snapchat, IBM and Uber. NxtVn will spend $1.5 billion to $2 billion to build a hub off General Booth Boulevard to attract companies that seek high-capacity connections from the U.S. to Europe. The company also plans to...

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Read Amazon's Massive $1.1bn Ohio Data Center Project Swaps Townships
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Amazon's Massive $1.1bn Ohio Data Center Project Swaps Townships

June 14, 2015 Ohio

There has been heated competition in Ohio to land a $1.1 billion Amazon Web Services Data Center project. That project was recently reported to be split across three townships: Hilliard, Dublin and Orange Township. Columbus Business first reports that Amazon subsidiary Vadata has withdrawn an...

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Read Officials in Ohio Approve Amazon Data Center Development Plans
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Officials in Ohio Approve Amazon Data Center Development Plans

February 27, 2015 Ohio

Amazon’s planned data center project in Dublin, Ohio, is a step closer, with a panel of city officials approving development plans for a data-processing center on a 70-acre plot of land. The next step will be building permits. The project is expected to cost $1.1 billion and create 120 jobs with...

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