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The 'Whale Hunting' Era Of Data Center Development May Be Ending
5+ hour, 51+ min ago (1186+ words) The AI-driven data center boom of the past two years has been defined by hyperscale campuses in remote locations with hundreds of megawatts or even gigawatts of computing capacity " far larger than data centers have ever been built before. But…...
More Than An Afterthought: The Increasingly Important Role Of Battery Storage In Data Centers
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (556+ words) When people think of data centers, power is often the first thing that comes to mind. The amount of power a facility uses, the sustainability concerns surrounding that usage, and the pressure data centers place on the grid are often…...
Compass Datacenters CEO On Walking Away From 12 M SF Project: 'We'll Go To Another Spot"
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (704+ words) Compass Datacenters CEO Chris Crosby'says he is done dealing with communities that don't want data centers.' The Brookfield-backed development firm last month walked away from what would have been one of the world's largest data center clusters in Prince William…...
Data Center Moratorium Will Come Before Charlotte City Council
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (445+ words) The Charlotte City Council is prepping to vote on hitting pause on new data center development." The council on Monday agreed to hold a public hearing on a data center moratorium on May 26, a prerequisite before it can vote on…...
Power House Plans Austin Suburb Data Center But Seeks To Skirt City Control
1+ week, 5+ day ago (269+ words) A leading data center developer is planning to build a new campus near Uhland, Texas, a 2, 000-person town 25 miles south of Austin. But it is seeking to pull the project from the city's auspices. Power House Data Centers, a division…...
What A Hyperscaler Wants From UK Data Centres
2+ week, 2+ day ago (694+ words) Those are the key areas where the UK needs to improve to attract the data centre occupiers that are driving the growth of'artificial intelligence and the global economy, according to one of the world's largest hyperscalers.' "Those are the fundamentals…...
Cyrus One Lines Up $1 B CMBS Loan For 2 Data Centers In Allen
2+ week, 3+ day ago (463+ words) A Dallas-based data center developer and operator is seeking to refinance two of its local facilities through a more than $1 B CMBS loan. Cyrus One is slated to land the $1. 05 B refinancing for its adjacent DFW3 and DFW4 data centers on Chelsea…...
Akerman's James Grice Talks On-Site Power Generation At Data Center Capital Markets Event
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (822+ words) In the face of grid power constraints, data center investors and developers are turning to on-site, behind-the-meter power generation and taking on the dual roles of electricity producers and consumers. The shift is an example of how the booming industry…...
Unlike Anything Seen Before: How Data Center Owners Are Redefining Energy Efficiency At Scale
3+ week, 5+ day ago (860+ words) Data center owners today are operating in an environment where uptime is nonnegotiable, technology cycles are accelerating and energy availability is increasingly constrained." According to the International Energy Agency, the world's electricity demand deriving from data centers is expected to…...
Oil And Gas Hubs Are The New Centers Of Gravity For Data Centers
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1709+ words) Natural gas is emerging as a driving force behind the redrawing of the U. S. data center map. An industry that was once tightly clustered in just a handful of places is suddenly spreading across the U. S. , with remote areas that'were once strangers…...