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The Home of the Cloud: Rapid Growth Continues in Northern Virginia

By DCF Staff - June 27, 2022 Leave a Comment

Digital Realty's Building P in Ashburn is among the multi-tenant data center facilities housing different types of workloads. (Photo: Digital Realty)

Northern Virginia continues to be largest market for data center space in the U.S. A new DCF special report provides an overview of the trends driving growth in Data Center Alley and its emerging sub-markets.

Tagged With: Ashburn, cloud data centers, Colocation, Data Center Frontier Special Report, Digital Realty, Northern Virginia Data Center Market

GI Partners Acquires Data Center in Northern Virginia

By Rich Miller - May 19, 2022 Leave a Comment

The Cloud Plaza data center has been acquired by private equity firm GI Partners. (Photo: Rich Miller)

GI Partners, a private equity firm with deep experience in the digital infrastructure sector, has acquired a data center in Sterling, Virginia that is leased by a large technology firm, the company said today.

Tagged With: Ashburn, GI Partners, Loudoun County, Northern Virginia, Sentinel Data Centers

QTS Builds for a Future Filled With Faster, Larger Hyperscale Projects

By Rich Miller - April 13, 2022 Leave a Comment

The QTS Shellhorn DC-1 data center in Ashburn, Virginia. (Photo: Rich Miller)

QTS Data Centers has emerged as a leading player in hyperscale infrastructure. The QTS journey has been powered by two prevailing trends: the growth of hyperscale computing and the consolidation in the data center sector.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Interconnection, Northern Virginia, QTS Realty

Digital Realty Preps New Project Near Key Internet Intersection

By Rich Miller - April 12, 2022 Leave a Comment

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Digital Realty is ready to begin building a data center at a prime location in Data Center Alley in Ashburn, Virginia. The company plans to create its 40-megawatt Digital Filigree development on a site adjacent to a key Internet intersection.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Digital Realty, Northern Virginia

Corscale Launches its Data Center Platform with Northern Virginia Campus

By Rich Miller - February 22, 2022

Corscale Data Centers is entering the Northern Virginia data center market with big ambitions and a big campus. Gainesville Crossing will be a 300-megawatt, 2.3 million square foot project in Prince William County. Here’s a closer look at Corscale and its development plans.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Corscale Data Centers, Loudoun County, Northern Virginia, Prince William County

Data Center of the Future: Equinix Test-Drives New Power, Cooling Solutions

By Rich Miller - January 20, 2022

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

Equinix has created a Co-Innovation Facility (CIF) in Ashburn where it operates liquid-cooled servers supported by fuel cells, sodium-ion batteries and intelligent power management. The facility is part of Equinix’s Data Center of the Future initiative to test-drive new technology.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Equinix, Liquid Cooling, Natron, Software Defined Power, Virtual Power Systems, ZutaCore

New Ashburn Data Center Project Poised to Expand to 4 Million SF

By Rich Miller - January 17, 2022

An illustration of one of the data centers planned for a new CloudHQ campus in Ashburn. (Image: Loudoun County)

A data center development in Northern Virginia is boosting the size of its campus, and now plans to deploy more than 4 million square feet of server farm space in prime real estate in Data Center Alley.

Tagged With: Ashburn, CloudHQ, Northern Virginia

Former AOL Headquarters in Ashburn Will Become a Data Center Campus

By Rich Miller - January 12, 2022

An illustration of the ABX1 data center being developed by American Real Estate Partners and Harrison Street in Ashburn. (Image: AREP)

The former America Online campus in Ashburn will be converted into a large data center campus by its new owners, American Real Estate Partners (AREP) and Harrison Street, who are investing $1 billion to expand in Data Center Alley.

Tagged With: American Real Estate, Arcola, Ashburn, Dulles Cloud Corridor, Harrison Street, Northern Virginia

STACK Infrastructure Plans 1 Million SF Data Center Campus in Ashburn

By Rich Miller - January 5, 2022

An illustration of the new STACK Infrastructure data center campus planned for Ashburn, Virginia. (Image: STACK Infrastructure)

STACK Infrastructure will build a 216-megawatt data center in “Data Center Alley” in Ashburn, Virginia, the company said today. The new 80-acre site will feature three buildings and offer nearly 1 million square feet of data center space.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Northern Virginia, Stack Infrastructure

Landmark Dividend Acquires Prime Property in Ashburn’s Data Center Alley

By Rich Miller - October 14, 2021

The historic Quantum Park development in Ashburn, which sits atop a major intersection of both power and fiber. (Photo: Rich Miller)

Landmark Dividend has acquired approximately 1.2 million square feet of space within the Quantum Park development in “Data Center Alley” in Ashburn, Virginia. The deal includes vacant land that supports data center development.

Tagged With: Ashburn, Landmark, Northern Virginia

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