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Data centers' environmental impact to be monitored by Arcep

Arcep, the French government telecom regulator, has announced that it will start measuring the greenhouse gas emissions emitted from data centers, alongside the volume of water and where that water is sourced from. This comes following the enactment of the Chaize Act, which awarded the regulat...

August 05, 2022

France

Prince William County officials grant rezoning request for four million sqft data center campus in Bristow

The ever-expanding data center hub in Prince William County is to see another addition, after Prince William County Officials voted 6-1 to grant a rezoning request for a planned four million sqft data center campus in Bristow. The data center developer is Stanley Martin, which, according to re...

August 04, 2022

Northern Virginia

Bitzero announces intention to purchase old North Dakota missile site for data center

After announcing plans to build 200 megawatts of data centers in North Dakota over the next two to three years back in June, Bitzero has announced plans to redevelop a northeastern North Dakota anti-ballistic missile site into a data center. The $6 billion Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Comple...

August 03, 2022

North Dakota

The Greater London Authority to halt housing developments due to lack of electricity capacity

In the wake of a housing crisis, the Greater London Authority (GLA) has informed developers must halt new housing projects, with talk of a potential ban that could last until 2035, in response to energy constraints caused by data centers. Ealing, Hounslow and Hillingdon, which contributed to 1...

August 02, 2022

London

NextDC Finally Launches S3 Facility in Sydney

NextDC has announced the launch of its S3 Sydney facility in Sydney, Australia. The Australian data center company announced on LinkedIn that S3 is now open and ready for customer tours. NextDC first started work on the S3 facility in March 2021. The company also revealed that it would have...

August 02, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

NextDC Sydney S3

Dominion Energy and data center capacity issues

Dominion Energy, a Northern American utility company, has warned that it may be unable to serve new data center projects in Ashburn, Northern Virginia. According to reports, this could mean that projects, which have seen tens of millions of dollars worth of investment, are stalled and potentia...

August 01, 2022

Northern Virginia

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

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 opponen...

July 29, 2022

Northern Virginia

Stack Launches New Data Center at its Milan Campus

Stack Infrastructure has announced the opening of a data center in Siziano, outside Milan, Italy. The MIL02 data center has a capacity of 10MW, and it spans 97,000 square feet (9,000 square meters). Interestingly, Stack completed the data center in under 12 months. The new data center was deve...

July 29, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

STACK Milan Campus

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

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...

July 28, 2022

Northern Virginia

Climate neutral data center pact members to cut water use to 400ml per kWh by 2040

The Climate Neutral Data Centre Pact (CNDCP), a group of data center operators which includes 90% of the European data center sector, recently pledged to cut their water use by a maximum of 400ml per kWh of computer power by 2040. This proposal was taken to the European Commission in its third...

July 27, 2022

Europe

Irish Premier Micheál Martin says no data center moratoriums ahead

According to Taoiseach Micheál Martin, despite EirGrid warning that data centers are an energy drain and could also prevent the country from reaching its sustainability goals, there will be no data center moratoriums ahead. This news comes following the latest report from the Environmental Pro...

July 26, 2022

Republic of Ireland

JLL's new report on sustainability reveals there's room for improvement in the APAC region

According to a recent report by real estate consultant JLL, which surveyed 505 data centers across 13 countries in the Asia Pacific region, data center operators are still failing to take charge of their sustainability pledges. While 85% of data center managers believe that sustainability will...

July 25, 2022

Asia-Pacific (APAC)

Stoneshield looking to Raise €300 million ($307.3m) to Fund 100MW Madrid Campus

According to Cinco Dias, Spanish data center developer Xdata is looking to offload a stake in its company to help fund its 100MW Madrid data center campus development. The company has reportedly contacted CBRE and Morgan Stanley to seek an investor. Stoneshield established XData Properties in ...

July 25, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Madrid

Noise pollution from Prince William data center riles locals

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...

July 22, 2022

Northern Virginia

Singapore authorities to begin taking applications for new data centers

Singapore has announced the end of its data center moratorium and is now accepting new applications for facilities, following Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Economic Development Board's (EDB) pilot scheme launch. The moratorium was originally put in place back in 2019 due to S...

July 22, 2022

Singapore

Loudoun County is updating its guidelines for future data center development

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 ...

July 22, 2022

Northern Virginia

Stack Acquires Land in Portland For Expansion

Stack Infrastructure is expanding in the Hillsboro area of Portland, Oregon, after acquiring more land in the area. The company announced that it is expanding its Portland data center campus to 200MW with the land acquisition. Upon full build-out, the company’s total capacity in Portland will ...

July 22, 2022

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

STACK Portland POR03

Abortion surveillance: Tech giants prepare for "legal chaos" from abortion data subpoenas

On June 24th, the US Supreme Court overturned Roe vs Wade, ruling that there is no constitutional right to abortion in the US. Called a "tragic error" by President Joe Biden, the ruling means that individual states can now decide on the legality of abortions, and it's estimated that around hal...

July 20, 2022

United States

Crypto and fossil fuels

Some have argued that cryptocurrency has the potential to pave the way for more renewable energy developments, spurring on growth. This has been met with skepticism from critics, who have said that while it might be a renewable energy catalyst, considering the huge amount of energy sucked up b...

July 20, 2022

United States

Big tech and hyperscalers show concern for economic slowdown

Recently, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said that the outlook for the global economy has "darkened significantly" in recent months, as a global recession looks increasingly likely. This is sending shockwaves across the world, and even big tech companies are wavering in the shadow of economic ...

July 20, 2022

United States

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