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Dominion Energy Plans More Green Power for Virginia’s Data Centers

By Rich Miller - January 27, 2021 Leave a Comment

Solar panels at Dominion Energy's Whitehouse generation project in Louisa County. The 250-acre array generates 20 megawatts of solar energy. (Photo: Dominion Energy)

Dominion Energy is developing more renewable energy for its power grid, a welcome development for tech companies seeking more green power for their data centers in Northern Virginia.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Dominion Energy, Northern Virginia, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind

American Real Estate Acquires Site in Ashburn’s Data Center Alley

By Rich Miller - January 22, 2021 Leave a Comment

An illustration of a new data center being built in Ashburn, Virginia by American Real Estate Partners. (Image: AREP)

American Real Estate Partners (AREP) has teamed with investor Harrison Street to acquire a piece of prime real estate in Ashburn’s “Data Center Alley” where it plans to build a 265,000 square foot data center.

Tagged With: American Real Estate, Ashburn, Northern Virginia

Cologix Breaks Ground on 1 Million SF Data Center in Ashburn

By Rich Miller - December 15, 2020 Leave a Comment

A row of cabinets inside a data center. (Photo: Cologix)

Cologix says it has broken ground on a large data center campus in Northern Virginia, commencing construction on a planned 1 million square foot campus in the heart of “Data Center Alley” in Ashburn.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Cologix, Loudoun County, Northern Virginia

Data Center Construction Surging Amid Supply Constraints in Top Markets

By Rich Miller - December 2, 2020 1 Comment

The QTS Data Centers Shellhorn DC-1 project in Ashburn. (Image: QTS)

Data center developers are scrambling to add capacity, as this year’s record leasing activity has consumed much of the available supply of server space. Several leading markets are seeing a boom in construction.

Tagged With: Amazon Web Services, Ashburn, Data Center Construction, Digital Realty, Editors Choice 1, Northern Virginia, QTS Realty

Equinix Expands in Ashburn, Plans Fleet of Four-Story Data Centers

By Rich Miller - November 17, 2020 1 Comment

The Equinix DC21 data center in Ashburn, Virginia. (Photo: Equinix)

Equinix is expanding in Northern Virginia’s Data Center Alley, opening a new campus in Ashburn featuring an innovation lab and new design for a series of four-story data centers.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Equinix, Loudoun County, Northern Virginia

$360 Million Project Planned at Prime Site in Ashburn’s Data Center Alley

By Rich Miller - October 13, 2020 2 Comments

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Plans are underway for a $360 million data center project in the heart of Data Center Alley in Ashburn, Virginia, situated at the most connected point on the Internet.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Loudoun County, Northern Virginia

Data Center Tax Revenues Provide Pandemic Cushion for Some Counties

By Rich Miller - October 7, 2020 1 Comment

Construction continues at Aligned’s second hyperscale data center in Ashburn, Virginia. (Photo: Aligned)

Data centers have provided an economic cushion for hard-hit county budgets in areas with clusters of cloud computing campuses. Data centers have been in growth mode, providing a bright spot as the pandemic has depressed revenues for state and county governments.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Data Center Incentives, Economic Development, Loudoun County, Northern Virginia

Vantage Expanding Campuses in Northern Virginia, Silicon Valley

By Rich Miller - September 17, 2020 Leave a Comment

The Vantage V5 data center in Santa Clara, Calif. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Vantage Data Centers is continuing its global expansion by adding capacity in the two largest U.S. markets, Northern Virginia and Silicon Valley. Both markets are seeing strong customer demand, with developers working steadily to provide inventory to keep pace.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Northern Virginia, Santa Clara, Silicon Valley, Vantage Data Centers

Digital Realty Plans Massive Cloud Campus in Northern Virginia

By Rich Miller - August 5, 2020 1 Comment

A data center operated by Digital Realty, the world's largest technology landlord. (Photo: Digital Realty)

Digital Realty plans to build the world’s largest multi-tenant data center campus near Dulles Airport in Northern Virginia. The Digital Dulles campus will create 7.5 million square feet of new data center space in the world’s most active cloud market.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Digital Realty, Dulles Cloud Corridor, Northern Virginia

Data Center Jobs: New Openings in Ashburn, Montreal Cloud Hubs

By Sarah Rubenoff - August 4, 2020 Leave a Comment

New construction continues in Ashburn, such as this CloudHQ data center project. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Despite the national employment crisis, the data center industry continues to hire, with many new openings for managers and skilled staff in Northern Virginia, Montreal, Seattle and Silicon Valley.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Data Center Careers, Data Center Jobs, Pkaza Critical Facilities Recruiting

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