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Read Google seeks to expand Omaha, Nebraska data center
Google seeks to expand Omaha, Nebraska data center

Google seeks to expand Omaha, Nebraska data center

January 04, 2023 Google

Google is reportedly looking to expand its data center site development in Omaha, Nebraska after it first announced and filed to build a data center near State Street and Blair High Road to the northwest of the city in April. Now, according to reports, the giant has applied to rezone an...

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Read Google pulls out of Minnesota data center project
Google pulls out of Minnesota data center project

Google pulls out of Minnesota data center project

December 29, 2022 Google

Google has announced that it has canceled its $600 million data center in Becker, Minnesota, after calling off its electric service agreement. First announced back in 2019, and based near the Sherco power plant, Google dragged its feet on the development for quite some time, and although it...

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Read QTS' Groningen data center connects to the Dutch city's new district heating project
QTS' Groningen data center connects to the Dutch city's new district heating project

QTS' Groningen data center connects to the Dutch city's new district heating project

December 22, 2022 QTS Data Centers

QTS has announced that it has connected its Groningen data center to the Dutch city's new district heating project. The heating project has been built by local utility WarmteStad, which is projected to produce heat for more than 10,000 households, buildings, and knowledge institutions by 2026....

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Read Luxembourg's Ministry of Environment and Google's delayed data center
Luxembourg's Ministry of Environment and Google's delayed data center

Luxembourg's Ministry of Environment and Google's delayed data center

December 14, 2022 Google

Google's Bissen data center project has gone quiet, according to Luxembourg's government, which says that it currently has no contact with the giant. The Ministry of Environment had requested a report on the environmental impact of the project, however Google also hasn't applied for a building...

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Read Microsoft plans gas plant at Dublin Campus over energy constraint concerns
Microsoft plans gas plant at Dublin Campus over energy constraint concerns

Microsoft plans gas plant at Dublin Campus over energy constraint concerns

December 12, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has announced plans to build an 'unprecedentedly large-scale gas power plant' at its Grange Castle site, an upcoming data center development, due to its concerns about Ireland's energy grid constraints. According to the giant, plans are to build a 170 MW on-site power plant alongside 21...

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Read QTS Looking To Expand in Prince William County
QTS Looking To Expand in Prince William County

QTS Looking To Expand in Prince William County

December 07, 2022 QTS Data Centers

QTS is looking to expand its data center footprint in Prince William County, Northern Virginia. The company previously acquired a property at 10680 University Boulevard in 2018 for $5 million. The property is adjacent to its existing data center in Prince William County. The property was zoned as...

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Read Microsoft To Develop a $400m Data Center in Stone Ridge, Virginia
Microsoft To Develop a $400m Data Center in Stone Ridge, Virginia

Microsoft To Develop a $400m Data Center in Stone Ridge, Virginia

December 06, 2022 Microsoft Azure

According to BizJournal, Microsoft has plans to develop a new data center in Loudoun County, Virginia. The publication cited the Loudoun County records for its information. Microsoft’s plan is to develop a $400 million facility on a 67-acre land it owns in the Arcola Business Park. The IAD11 data...

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Read STACK Infrastructure and ESR Form JV To Develop 72MW Facility in Osaka
STACK Infrastructure and ESR Form JV To Develop 72MW Facility in Osaka

STACK Infrastructure and ESR Form JV To Develop 72MW Facility in Osaka

December 05, 2022 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has partnered with ESR Group Limited to develop a 72MW data center campus in Osaka, Japan. The JV will see the companies develop the facility in Keihanna, Osaka. Stack and ESR schedule that the development of the first of three buildings will start in Q4 2023. The building...

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Read Google signs PPA with Engie for 100MW
Google signs PPA with Engie for 100MW

Google signs PPA with Engie for 100MW

December 02, 2022 Google

ENGIE and Google are teaming up following the signing of a Power Purchase Agreement (Corporate PPA). The 12-year 100 MW PPA will see ENGIE deliver more than 5 TWh of green energy to Google from the Moray West project. The project is an offshore wind farm of nearly 900 MW, which is scheduled to be...

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Read Google signs major solar PPA in Spain
Google signs major solar PPA in Spain

Google signs major solar PPA in Spain

December 01, 2022 Google

Google has announced that it has signed a 12-year PPA with German energy infrastructure developer ib vogt to procure solar energy in the province of Zamora in Spain. ib vogt began work on the 149MWp Garnacha solar power plant in September, which is expected to commence commercial operations in...

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Read Stack Developing a 36MW Facility in Prince William County, Virginia
Stack Developing a 36MW Facility in Prince William County, Virginia

Stack Developing a 36MW Facility in Prince William County, Virginia

December 01, 2022 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack Infrastructure has announced that it has started work on a new facility in Virginia. The groundbreaking ceremony of the NVAL3 hyperscale data center campus took place this week. The data center’s first phase will deliver 36MW of capacity in a single building by Q1 2024. In addition, the...

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Read Microsoft files to build two data centers in San Jose, California
Microsoft files to build two data centers in San Jose, California

Microsoft files to build two data centers in San Jose, California

November 24, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has filed to build two new data centers at a site in San Jose, California, it has been reported. The proposal details plans for two-building on a 632,000-square-foot campus on 22 vacant acres near the intersection of Orchard Parkway and Component Drive. These two new additions have been...

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Read Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland
Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland

Microsoft signs further PPAs in Ireland

November 24, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed CPPAs with Statkraft, Energia Group, and Power Capital Renewable Energy, for 900MW to cover its data center operations in Ireland and 28% of Ireland's renewable energy target for 2030. By 2025, the giant expects to power 100% of its Irish facilities with renewable energy....

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Read Microsoft To Invest $1 Billion on Four Data Centers in North Carolina
Microsoft To Invest $1 Billion on Four Data Centers in North Carolina

Microsoft To Invest $1 Billion on Four Data Centers in North Carolina

November 13, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has promised to invest a minimum of $1 billion in developing four data centers in North Carolina’s Catawba County. The company plans to spread the investment over the next 10 years. According to county officials, Microsoft will invest in the data centers in Maiden, Hickory, and Conover....

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Read Partners Group Acquires EdgeCore Digital For $1.2 Billion
Partners Group Acquires EdgeCore Digital For $1.2 Billion

Partners Group Acquires EdgeCore Digital For $1.2 Billion

November 11, 2022 EdgeCore Internet Real Estate, LLC

Partners Group has acquired edgeCore Digital Infrastructure. The equity company revealed that it would fund the $1.2 billion acquisition. The fund will help EdCore develop its existing and future data center facilities. EdgeCore was established in 2018. The data center company is backed by more...

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Read Microsoft signs wind PPA with Potentia and Greengate
Microsoft signs wind PPA with Potentia and Greengate

Microsoft signs wind PPA with Potentia and Greengate

November 10, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has entered into a 15-year power-purchase agreement with Potentia Renewables Inc. (Potentia) and Greengate Power Corporation's (Greengate) Paintearth Wind Project LP. As per the PPA, Microsoft will procure wind energy from the 198MW Paintearth Wind Project in Paintearth County, Alberta....

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Read Stack to develop new data center campus in Phoenix, Arizona
Stack to develop new data center campus in Phoenix, Arizona

Stack to develop new data center campus in Phoenix, Arizona

November 08, 2022 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Stack has announced that it’s developing a new 230 MW data center campus in Phoenix, Arizona, featuring five buildings on a 50-acre site. This site, which will span 1.7 million square feet (157,935 sqm), is the company’s second in the state and will run on 100% renewable energy, built with a low...

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Read Google signs new PPA with SB Energy
Google signs new PPA with SB Energy

Google signs new PPA with SB Energy

November 07, 2022 Google

This week, Google signed a 942 MW power purchase agreement (PPA) with SB Energy to procure solar energy in Texas. The giant is set to purchase 75% of the renewable energy produced by four of the solar projects under development; the Orion 1-3 and Eiffel solar projects total 1.2GW and are...

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Read Microsoft files for another Virginia campus
Microsoft files for another Virginia campus

Microsoft files for another Virginia campus

October 28, 2022 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has reportedly filed to build another data center campus in Clarksville, Virginia, with the US Army Corps Of Engineers’ Norfolk District. As per the application, the company is looking to develop on a 259.1-acre parcel of land at the Lakeside Commerce Park, at Commerce Drive in Southern...

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Read Google Buys 36 Hectares in Belgium For Possible Data Center Development
Google Buys 36 Hectares in Belgium For Possible Data Center Development

Google Buys 36 Hectares in Belgium For Possible Data Center Development

October 27, 2022 Google

Search engine and cloud Giant Google has acquired a 36-hectare plot outside Brussels, Belgium. According to a report, the land will likely be used for data center development. The terms of the acquisition were not revealed. The land is located in the Feluy Industrial Estate, 40KM south of...

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