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Read Prince William County Planning Commission delves into PW Digital Gateway data center proposal
Prince William County Planning Commission delves into PW Digital Gateway data center proposal

Prince William County Planning Commission delves into PW Digital Gateway data center proposal

July 29, 2022 Northern Virginia

Prince William County officials have begun to delve into the PW Digital Gateway data center proposal in its first public review. Since it was first proposed, the project has been controversial. Proponents argue that the project will bring significant financial gains for the area, while opponents...

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Read American Real Estate Partners (AREP) launches a new data center division called PowerHouse Data Centers
American Real Estate Partners (AREP) launches a new data center division called PowerHouse Data Centers

American Real Estate Partners (AREP) launches a new data center division called PowerHouse Data Centers

July 28, 2022 Northern Virginia

American Real Estate Partners (AREP) has announced that it has launched a new data center division named PowerHouse Data Centers, with Luke Kipfer as Vice President of Data Center Development and Construction and Jarrett Appleby as Data Center Strategy Consultant and Senior Advisor. According to...

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Read Noise pollution from Prince William data center riles locals
Noise pollution from Prince William data center riles locals

Noise pollution from Prince William data center riles locals

July 22, 2022 Northern Virginia

Prince William County, North Virginia, is often in the spotlight when it comes to locals' gripes and complaints regarding noise and environmental pollution. With the number of facilities in the area growing year on year, a recent report in June estimated that by 2035, the County could run out of...

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Read Loudoun County is updating its guidelines for future data center development
Loudoun County is updating its guidelines for future data center development

Loudoun County is updating its guidelines for future data center development

July 22, 2022 Northern Virginia

Loudoun County, which currently has more data centers than anywhere else in the world, is reportedly updating its guidelines around the development of future data centers in response to the incredible industry growth at work in the area and opposition from locals over noise pollution and data...

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Read NTT Starts Development on its VA6 Data center in Ashburn, Virginia
NTT Starts Development on its VA6 Data center in Ashburn, Virginia

NTT Starts Development on its VA6 Data center in Ashburn, Virginia

July 19, 2022 NTT Ashburn Campus

NTT has broken ground on its new data center in Northern Virginia. The data center would be housed in NTT's Ashburn data center campus. The new data center called VA6 will span 188,000 square feet (17,465 square meters). It will also have 24MW of critical IT load. The data center will be NTT's...

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Read Warrenton, Virginia To See Data Center Development Skyrocket
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Warrenton, Virginia To See Data Center Development Skyrocket

June 29, 2022 Virginia

Virginia’s Warrenton town could see the development of data centers skyrocket due to the change of zoning laws. Amazon Web Services has plans to develop a large data center in the town due to the zoning law change. The company filed to develop a 20,400 square meter (220,000 square feet) single...

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Read Boston Properties Sells Virginia-95 Business Park To Finmarc For $127.5m
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Boston Properties Sells Virginia-95 Business Park To Finmarc For $127.5m

June 22, 2022 Virginia

Finmarc Management Inc. has completed the acquisition of the Virginia-95 Business Park from Boston Properties Inc. The property consists of data center buildings and industrial buildings. The purchase price is $127.5 million. The 740,000 square feet properties feature 11 buildings that comprise...

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Read Virginia’s Warren County considers adding data centers to zoning laws
Virginia’s Warren County considers adding data centers to zoning laws

Virginia’s Warren County considers adding data centers to zoning laws

June 17, 2022 Northern Virginia

Virginia's Warren County officials have announced that they are considering a proposal to amend zoning laws which could lead to a new wave of data center development in the County, in the northwest of the state and west of Loudoun and Fauquier Counties. As per the proposal, an amendment would be...

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Read Compass Data Centers announces plans for over 10 million sq ft of data centers
Compass Data Centers announces plans for over 10 million sq ft of data centers

Compass Data Centers announces plans for over 10 million sq ft of data centers

June 17, 2022 Northern Virginia

It has been confirmed that Compass Data Centers is one of the companies that is involved in the Prince William Digital Gateway Project in Virginia, a plan that is steeped in controversy and would see over 2,000 acres of land in the County used for data center construction. If the plan is given...

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Read Virginia's Culpeper County Could See Development of 765,000 Sq ft Data Center Campus
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Virginia's Culpeper County Could See Development of 765,000 Sq ft Data Center Campus

June 15, 2022 Virginia

The president of AttoTek, a software development firm, David Martin, has filed for rezoning in Culpeper County, Virginia. The filing details involve rezoning 88 acres of his property around Stevensburg Road and Brandy Road. Once approved, it can lead to over 700,000 square feet (65,000 square...

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Read Bristow Officials To Allow Data Center Development on Stanley Martin’s Devlin Technology Park
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Bristow Officials To Allow Data Center Development on Stanley Martin’s Devlin Technology Park

May 30, 2022 Northern Virginia

Bristow’s officials have voted in favor of a Comprehensive Plan Amendment. This amendment could see the development of a 4.25 million square feet data center campus in the area. Stanley Martin, a Virginia-based developer, is looking to have over 250 acres in Prince William County rezoned. The...

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Read Application for 277-acres of data center development filed in Nokesville
Application for 277-acres of data center development filed in Nokesville

Application for 277-acres of data center development filed in Nokesville

May 11, 2022 Northern Virginia

According to a report by Inside NoVa, an application has been filed in Nokesville, in Virginia’s Prince William County, for 277-acres of data center development. The application, submitted by the House family, seeks to change their property designation from an agricultural estate to a...

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Read QTS To Expand Its Richmond Facility in Virginia
QTS To Expand Its Richmond Facility in Virginia

QTS To Expand Its Richmond Facility in Virginia

April 26, 2022 QTS Richmond I

QTS has plans to expand its Richmond facility in Northern Virginia. The company filed to construct attendant structures and buildings at 6000 Technology Boulevard in Henrico County, Virginia. Per the application, the development project is called QTS East Expansion. The plan is to develop the new...

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Read American Realty Advisors Buys Property Housing Two Cyxtera-Occupied Facilities in Virginia
American Realty Advisors Buys Property Housing Two Cyxtera-Occupied Facilities in Virginia

American Realty Advisors Buys Property Housing Two Cyxtera-Occupied Facilities in Virginia

April 15, 2022 Centersquare: IAD2-A

American Realty Advisors has completed the acquisition of two data centers in Loudoun County currently occupied by Cyxtera. An affiliate of American Realty Advisors known as ACPF Nova Data Center LLC paid $51 million to acquire a 12-acre site that holds two single-story data centers. One of the...

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Read 685,404 sq ft Data Center in Sterling, Virginia, Coming after Rezoning Approval
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685,404 sq ft Data Center in Sterling, Virginia, Coming after Rezoning Approval

April 14, 2022 Northern Virginia

Another data center is coming to Sterling, Northern Virginia, as county officials have approved a rezoning request in the area. Long Drive Land Company LLC sought to rezone up to 39.82 acres of land in Loudoun County to develop a data center with up to 63,675 square meters (685,404 square feet)...

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Read PRP Buys Land in Manassas To Develop Three Data Centers
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PRP Buys Land in Manassas To Develop Three Data Centers

April 11, 2022 Northern Virginia

According to BizJournal, PRP has completed the acquisition of 22 acres of land in Prince William County, Virginia. The property is located at 7816 Bethlehem Road in Manassas. The Real estate firm paid $22 million to Allan Myers for the property. It is also negotiating for another 13 acres with...

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Read Loudoun Board: Data center development could be curtailed
Loudoun Board: Data center development could be curtailed

Loudoun Board: Data center development could be curtailed

February 22, 2022 Northern Virginia

Recently, a committee of the Board of Supervisors argued that data centers should be prevented from being built on the Route 7 corridor in northeastern Loudoun County. Already the area is home to 25 million square feet of data centers, with data center development booming in recent years, a boom...

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Read Plaza Realty Files For Rezoning of Land For a 1 million sq ft Data Center in Prince William County
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Plaza Realty Files For Rezoning of Land For a 1 million sq ft Data Center in Prince William County

February 09, 2022 Northern Virginia

The development of a large-scale data center in Prince William County, Virginia, is being proposed by developers. Developers submitted plans to have a site at 14854 Dumfries Road to the west of Dale City and the east of the Northern Virginia county be rezoned. They want to develop a 1 million...

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Read Amazon Acquires Three Office Properties in Loudoun County
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Amazon Acquires Three Office Properties in Loudoun County

February 03, 2022 Northern Virginia

According to Biz Journal, Amazon Data Services Inc. has acquired three office properties in Sterling, Virginia. The buildings acquired are located at 46020. 46010, and 46000 Manekin Plaza. The Loudoun County deed records show that Amazon paid over $21 million for the properties. According to...

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Read Prince William data center proposal moves ahead
Prince William data center proposal moves ahead

Prince William data center proposal moves ahead

February 02, 2022 Northern Virginia

The much-debated data center proposal located near Haymarket, Virginia, has made progress despite the Prince William County Planning Commission being unable to agree on a recommendation for the facility. The motion to recommend approval ended in a tie of 4:4, sending the proposal to the Board of...

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