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Crusoe plans new AI data center in Texas

Crusoe plans new AI data center in Texas

July 19, 2024 Texas

AI firm Crusoe has revealed it has designed and engineered, and is building, a 200MW GPU-focused data center at the Lancium Clean Campus outside Abilene, Texas. This facility will include high-density data halls specially designed to enable AI workloads and optimized for direct-to-chip liquid...

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Read Hut 8 to expand in West Texas
Hut 8 to expand in West Texas

Hut 8 to expand in West Texas

July 11, 2024 Texas

Cryptomining company Hut 8 has revealed that it will beexpanding its operations in Texas and has signed a power purchase agreement to procure 205MW of energy for a new data center to be built on an undisclosed greenfield site in West Texas.Asher Genoot, CEO of Hut 8, said: “This transaction...

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Read Provident Realty Advisors withdraws proposal for Indiana data center
Provident Realty Advisors withdraws proposal for Indiana data center

Provident Realty Advisors withdraws proposal for Indiana data center

June 14, 2024 Indiana

Provident Realty Advisors notified Chesterton officials on June 10 about its intention to withdraw its proposal for a $1.3 billion data center in Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana.The led to from residents regarding the development, with concerns surrounding negative impacts of air, water,...

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Read DataNovaX pitches Northern Texas as a potential hub for new facilities
DataNovaX pitches Northern Texas as a potential hub for new facilities

DataNovaX pitches Northern Texas as a potential hub for new facilities

June 04, 2024 Texas

DataNovaX, a new build-to-suit (BTS) data center provider, this week announced it is pitching Northern Texas as a potential hub for new facilities and is accepting clients at Pioneer Park in Wichita Falls.Ahmed Abdelghani, DataNovaX CEO, said: "This area offers a wealth of resources and business...

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Read Soluna secures $30 million in funding for data center expansion
Soluna secures  $30 million in funding for data center expansion

Soluna secures $30 million in funding for data center expansion

May 24, 2024 Texas

Data center operator Soluna has secured $30 million in funding from Spring Lane Capital to expand its data center in Texas. Soluna said the financing will accommodate approximately 12,700 Bitcoin mining rigs, each with a power consumption of around 3.5kW, totaling 48MW. Soluna has an existing...

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Read Ericsson to invest $50 million for data center expansion
Ericsson to invest $50 million for data center expansion

Ericsson to invest $50 million for data center expansion

May 21, 2024 Texas

Ericsson this week revealed it will invest an additional $50 million to expand its four-year-old 5G Smart Factory in Lewisville, Texas, an investment which "will further accelerate local production to address the demand for 5G infrastructure made in the USA, compliant with the Build America Buy...

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Read Georgia governor vetoes bill to pause data center tax breaks after it had passed both houses
Georgia governor vetoes bill to pause data center tax breaks after it had passed both houses

Georgia governor vetoes bill to pause data center tax breaks after it had passed both houses

May 11, 2024 Georgia

Gov. Brian Kemp this week decided to veto HB 1192, a bill that would pause tax breaks for data centers in Georgia after it had passed both houses.In a statement explaining the veto, Governor Kemp said the state extended data center exemptions to 2031 just two years ago, with projects starting in...

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Read Georgia Power increases capacity to meet data center demand
Georgia Power increases capacity to meet data center demand

Georgia Power increases capacity to meet data center demand

April 17, 2024 Georgia

Electric utility Georgia Power (GP) has received approval from the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) to increase its generation capacity with both fossil fuels and renewable energy to meet power demand from data centers. This agreement will also allow Georgia Power to contract generation...

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Read Los Alamos Lab unveils Venado supercomputer
Los Alamos Lab unveils Venado supercomputer

Los Alamos Lab unveils Venado supercomputer

April 16, 2024 New Mexico

The Venado supercomputer has been launched at Los Alamos National Laboratory. This is a system which consists of 2,560 direct, liquid-cooled Nvidia Grace Hopper Superchips; 920 Nvidia Grace CPU Superchips, each of which contains 144 Arm cores; and is networked with HPE Slingshot 11 interconnect....

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Read Samsung plans investment in semiconductor cluster
Samsung plans investment in semiconductor cluster

Samsung plans investment in semiconductor cluster

April 15, 2024 Texas

Samsung Electronics has announced it will invest $40 billion to build a semiconductor cluster across a number of locations in Texas with a $6.4bn in direct funding under the US Chips and Science Act to support the development. The Taylor fabs are expected to be up and running by 2026 and Samsung...

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Read SK Hynix confirms investment in Indiana advanced chip packaging facility
SK Hynix confirms investment in Indiana advanced chip packaging facility

SK Hynix confirms investment in Indiana advanced chip packaging facility

April 04, 2024 Indiana

The South Korean chip manufacturer SK Hynix has confirmed earlier reports about building an advanced chip packaging facility in Indiania as it revealed its plans to invest $3.87 billion in the plant which will produce next-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM), the highest-performing Dynamic...

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Read Iris Energy and Poolside sign new partnership
Iris Energy and Poolside sign new partnership

Iris Energy and Poolside sign new partnership

February 08, 2024 Texas

Iris Energy and AI startup Poolside have gotten into an agreement to give the latter cloud access to Nvidia GPUs. According to Iris Energy, the initial contract is three months, with a potential three month extension. Daniel Roberts, co-Founder and co-CEO of Iris Energy, said: “We are pleased to...

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Read Meta signs new EAPA in Illinois and Arkansas
Meta signs new EAPA in Illinois and Arkansas

Meta signs new EAPA in Illinois and Arkansas

January 03, 2024 Arkansas

Social media firm Meta has signed a 330MW solar Environmental Attributes Purchase Agreement (EAPA) with Adapture Renewables in Arkansas and Illinois. Following this agreement, Meta will buy solar energy from three of Adapture Renewables' solar projects that are currently under development in the...

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Read Axiom Space to launch orbital data center
Axiom Space to launch orbital data center

Axiom Space to launch orbital data center

December 21, 2023 Houston

Space infrastructure business Axiom Space has planned to develop an 'orbital data center.' The company is currently developing the world’s first commercial space station, which will initially be a part of the International Space Station, but is planned to separate and remain in orbit, once the...

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Read Data Clean Corp acquires data center cleaning business Sealco
Data Clean Corp acquires data center cleaning business Sealco

Data Clean Corp acquires data center cleaning business Sealco

November 17, 2023 Texas

Data Clean Corporation has acquired Texas-based critical environment cleaning company Sealco LLC, marking its second acquisition since it was bought by Angeles Equity Partners in November 2022. Frank Spelman, managing director at Angeles Equity Partners said, “Sealco is arguably one of the most...

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Read Fortune 100 company proposes 12-building DC campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fortune 100 company proposes 12-building DC campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fortune 100 company proposes 12-building DC campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana

October 12, 2023 Indiana

An unnamed Fortune 100 company is planning a new 772-acre data center campus between Fort Wayne and New Haven to the east in Allen County. The application for this project, dubbed ‘Project Zodiac,” is for a new facility bound by East Tillman Road, Adams Center Road, and railroad tracks. Wane.com...

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Read Smith County data center to get $2million renovation
Smith County data center to get $2million renovation

Smith County data center to get $2million renovation

October 09, 2023 Texas

Smith County, Texas is giving its data center at 200 E. Ferguson Street, Texas, the Smith County Annex a $2 million upgrade. This upgrade scheduled to begin on November 1, 2023, is expected to be completed by December 20, 2024. The mission for this upgrade is focused on enhancing the IT...

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Read Texas-based Valero payments data center for sale
Texas-based Valero payments data center for sale

Texas-based Valero payments data center for sale

August 03, 2023 Texas

Energy company Valero's office and data center space is up for sale in Texas. Williams & Co Real Estate has the Valero Credit Card Ops Center at 7201 Canyon Drive in Amarillo listed for sale with a Triple Net Lease (NNN) tenant. The price listed is $6,295,000. The 2003-built,...

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Read Ericsson sets up a 5G site in Texas powered by solar energy
Ericsson sets up a 5G site in Texas powered by solar energy

Ericsson sets up a 5G site in Texas powered by solar energy

July 14, 2023 Texas

Ericsson has announced that it has set up a 5G site in Texas powered by solar energy. Located in Plano, Texas, the site can be fully operated by solar energy and supported by integrated Lithium-ion batteries, for up to 24 hours. The Plano site includes Ericsson's Massive MIMO radio configuration,...

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Read Wells Fargo relocates, exiting office and data center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wells Fargo relocates, exiting office and data center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wells Fargo relocates, exiting office and data center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

July 07, 2023 Philadelphia

Wells Fargo has announced that it is exiting its lease at the Philadelphia Plaza building at 101 N. Independence Mall, leaving its office and data center and relocating to offices in Two Logan Square and Commerce Square.According to the company, no layoffs are set to take place, and there will be...

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