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Leesburg and Beyond: TA Realty Sees Long-Term Growth in Data Centers

By Rich Miller - October 11, 2021

An illustration of the planned 1.5 million square foot TA Realty data center campus planned in Leesburg in Northern Virginia. (Photo: TA Realty)

TA Realty is one of the new entrants in the Northern Virginia data center market. It is building a large campus in Leesburg, and has ambitions to become a long-term player in the global market for digital infrastructure.

Tagged With: Leesburg, Loudoun County, Northern Virginia, Site Selection, TA Realty

Roundtable: Will Changing Weather Impact Site Selection, Data Center Ops?

By Rich Miller - September 28, 2021

Changing weather patterns include more heatwaves and drought, stronger hurricanes, and record numbers of wildfires. (Image: NOAA)

Recent weather-related disasters and climate considerations are prompting some changes in data center operations (including cooling) but our Roundtable is split on whether site selection will change much.

Tagged With: Compass Data Centers, Infrastructure Masons, Sabey Data Centers, Site Selection

Prime Data Centers Plans $1 Billion Project in Suburban Chicago

By Rich Miller - September 15, 2021

The Prime Data Centers Campus in Sacramento. (Image: Prime Data Centers)

Prime Data Centers is entering the Suburban Chicago market in a big way. The developer says it will invest $1 billion to create a 750,000 square foot data center campus in Elk Grove Village.

Tagged With: Chicago, Prime Data Centers, Site Selection

The Silicon Forest: Unparalleled Connectivity in Hillsboro, Oregon

By Voices of the Industry - September 1, 2021

For businesses looking to enrich the data center experience, the advantages of the Hillsboro, Oregon extend beyond its proximity to the Bay Area and Seattle. Ryan Mallory, COO of Colocation Services at Flexential explains why Hillsboro, Oregon is a hot spot for data centers.

Tagged With: Data Center Site Selection, Flexential, Hillsboro, Hyperscale, Site Selection

Google Plans $1 Billion Data Center Expansion in Ohio Cloud Cluster

By Rich Miller - August 20, 2021

Racks of servers inside a Google data center. (Photo: Google)

Google will invest an additional $1 billion in its data center operations in Central Ohio, expanding its campus in New Albany and acquiring land for future campuses in Columbus and Lancaster.

Tagged With: Google, Ohio, Site Selection

Aligned Lands Build-to-Suit Data Center Project in Salt Lake City

By Rich Miller - August 10, 2021

An illustration of the Aligned SLC-04 data center, a build-to-suit project for a customer. (Image: Aligned)

Aligned has acquired property in Salt Lake City for a build-to-suit data center project for a large customer, continuing Aligned’s success in the fast-growing Utah data center market.

Tagged With: Aligned, Build-to-Suit, Salt Lake City, Site Selection

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Understanding the Differences Between 5 Common Types of Data Centers

Understanding the Differences Between 5 Common Types of Data Centers No two are data centers are alike when it comes to design or the applications and data they support with their networking, compute and storage infrastructure. Shad Secrist of Belden outlines the differences between 5 of the most common types of data centers including edge, colocation and hyperscale.

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Edge Computing is Poised to Remake the Data Center Landscape

Data center leaders are investing in edge computing and edge solutions and actively looking at new ways to deploy edge capacity to support evolving business and user requirements.

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Northern Virginia Data Center Market: The Focal Point for Cloud Growth

The Northern Virginia data center market is seeing a surge in supply and an even bigger surge in demand. Data Center Frontier explores trends, stats and future expectations for the No. 1 data center market in the country.

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