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Energy strategy talks in Loudoun as data centers continue to dominate

On Wednesday, Loudoun county supervisors came together to discuss the county's energy strategy. This discussion has come following a surge of data centers in the area over the past 15 years. The county's "Data Center Alley" is pinned as the world's largest concentration of data centers, totall...

September 30, 2021

Northern Virginia

Virginia’s Prince Edward County to lure data center firms with new data center tax

Prince Edward County in Virginia has established a new tax for data centers. The reasoning behind this is to make the tax more competitive with the surrounding counties in Virginia. Earlier this week, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to create a different tax category for computer...

September 21, 2021

Virginia

The Prince William Board of County Supervisors approves zoning of 196-acre of land for data center use in Gainesville, Northern Virginia

196-acres of land has been rezoned for data center purposes in Gainesville, Northern Virginia. This is after the Prince William Board of County Supervisors voted that a 196-acre land off Linton Hall Road should be zoned for data center use. A 1 million square feet data center campus will also ...

September 15, 2021

Northern Virginia

Iron Mountain files to expand its data center campus in Virginia campus

Iron Mountain is reportedly expanding its Virginia data center campus. According to Inside Nova, a firm with the name KH Data Capital Development is applying to revise the condition of the industrial zoning on its 37-acre property off Wellington Road, which is between Manassas and Gainesvil...

September 15, 2021

Iron Mountain Northern Virginia (Manassas)

Virginia Beach City data center redevelopment faces delays

A Virginia Beach City data center construction project is facing delays after design enhancements have postponed plans by several months. These plans include relocating the Virginia Beach Municipal Center's data center to the building’s third floor will now be delayed by seven months. First re...

September 09, 2021

Virginia Beach

Prince William County officials to decide on data center in Northern Virginia

Prince William’s Board of County Supervisors is going to hold a public hearing on a proposed data center facility in Northern Virginia later this week. The purpose of the meeting is to decide whether to rezone the 196.28 acres of land across three properties from agricultural to industrial use...

September 06, 2021

Northern Virginia

AWS buys 17 acres in Loudoun County, North Virginia for $32.5m

According to BizJournal, Amazon Web Services is looking to expand its data center footprint in Loudoun County, North Virginia, by acquiring more land in the county. The report states that AWS bought 17.15 acres of land in the county for $32.5 million. The plot of land is currently empty, an...

August 17, 2021

AWS US East (N. Virginia)

Logistics park and data center to go ahead in Winchester, Virginia, despite backlash

In Winchester, Virginia, local officials have voted to rezone more than 277 acres for a new data center and logistics park despite significant public backlash. The development project is known as One Logistics Park and has received. The land rezoned for the park The Winche...

July 21, 2021

Northern Virginia

Bailard sells Comcast-occupied data center in Maryland for $14.85 million

Bailard, an investment management firm, just sold a data center and office property in Maryland for $14.85 million. It is a two-story 66,000 square-foot property currently occupied by Comcast. The building is also located at 8031 Corporate Drive in White Marsh, Maryland.CEO of Bailard Real Est...

July 08, 2021

Comcast Nottingham

Amazon files an application to build four data centers in Manassas, Virginia

Amazon has filed an application to build four data centers on land in Manassas, Virginia. It filed to build the data centers on empty land that’s between Sudley Road and Ashton Avenue. The piece of land is presently owned by the estate of Lewis Percival Ashby Jr., and it is being used as a ...

July 02, 2021

AWS US East (N. Virginia)

TPG teams up with Quantum Loophole to redevelop Old Alcoa Plant

TPG Real Estate Partners (TREP) and Quantum Loophole have joined forces to acquire a 2,100-acre industrial site near Frederick, Maryland, for its first major campus. The joint venture will see the two redevelop the site of the Old Alcoa Plant and transform it into a gigawatt scale data center ...

June 28, 2021

TPG Real Estate: Frederick Campus

AWS wants to buy 41 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if town reverses regulation barring the construction of data centers

The Fauquier Times reports that Amazon Web Services is planning to buy 41.7 acres of land in Warrenton, North Virginia if the town finally changes its rules to allow the construction of data centers. At a Warrenton Planning Commission, it was proposed that the rule be changed and data centers...

June 17, 2021

Northern Virginia

Million square foot data center given the go-ahead in Haymarket, North Virginia

A one million square foot data center has been given the go-ahead just outside the town of Haymarket, following the Prince William Board of County Supervisors approving a rezoning and special use permit. Locals, however, have voiced their concerns that minority communities may be negatively i...

June 17, 2021

Northern Virginia

Yondr purchases 270 acres for Northern Virginia data center campus

After announcing a major $2 billion American expansion plan back in May, Yondr has acquired 270 acres of land in Northern Virginia. Although the specific location details are still under wraps, the company has disclosed that the sites are “in close proximity to Northern Virginia’s major fiber ...

June 03, 2021

Yondr Arcola, VA

COPT forms joint ventures with Blackstone, buys two data center shells

Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT) has announced a new joint venture with funds affiliated with Blackstone Real Estate to purchase data center shells.The JV has acquired a 90% stake in two single-tenant data center shell properties totalling 432,000 square feet (40,100 sqm). The propert...

June 03, 2021

Maryland

Hanley Energy expands in Virginia, will base US headquarters in Loudoun County

Hanley Energy has decided to expand its operations in Loudoun County, Virginia. The Irish company will be leasing a 36,600 square foot building from Merritt Properties for this purpose. Merritt initially bought the 6.7-acre site with plans to build a light industrial building over it. Besi...

May 26, 2021

Northern Virginia

Data Center Review conducted in Prince William County

Prince William County, Virginia, may see more data centers being built in the region after County supervisors approved moves that could expand the Data Center Opportunity Zone Overlay District. This “overlay district” is the area where building data facilities is permitted.Established back in ...

May 19, 2021

Northern Virginia

Questions raised over Loudoun County data center proposal

BlackChamber Group’s application to build a 530,000 sq ft (49,000 sq m) data center in Loudoun County has split the county’s board of supervisors. According to a report published in Washington Business Journal, the group’s proposal to build two facilities on the 23-acre plot could be rejected ...

May 14, 2021

Northern Virginia

Stack Infrastructure Acquires More Land To Expand Its Data Campus In Manassas, Virginia

Stack Infrastructure has purchased additional 25 acres of land in Manassas, Virginia. The land is next to its Prince William county campus, which is still under development. The plan is to use the new land to build additional two 36MW facilities. The CEO of Stack Infrastructure commented that ...

May 12, 2021

STACK Northern Virginia

Digital Fortress announces new data center campus in Richmond, VA

Digital Fortress has announced a new wholesale data campus in Richmond, Virginia. This 75-acre campus is now the largest data center in Digital Fortress’ eastern United States portfolio. The new data campus is Gold LEED-certified, and it is designed to Tier III standards with access to 4.2MW o...

May 12, 2021

Digital Fortress: Richmond

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