Monthly Archives: April 2013

NEW: Q1 2013 Data Center Real Estate Acquisitions Report

Following well over  $2B worth of data center real estate acquisitions in our EOY 2012 REPORT, acquisition activity for the 1st quarter of 2013 is yielding a healthy amount of data center transactions. Geographically, acquisitions are spreading out with activity … Continue reading

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North Carolina Data Center Corridor Lands Another Certified Data Center

The NC West Data Center, located in Cherokee County in western North Carolina, in the city of Marble, has joined the ranks of other data centers across the country to be approved as Best Data Sites Certified™. NC West Data Center … Continue reading

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Greenpeace Names Cisco and Google as Green IT Leaders

Google and Cisco have come equal in Greenpeace’s annual list that ranks IT and telco companies based on their leadership in green IT, taking into account in-house energy management and contributions to the wider green economy. It is the sixth … Continue reading

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T5 Plans $800 Million Data Center Campus in Colorado Springs

T5 Data Centers has unveiled plans for an $800 million data center campus in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The project marks a major step forward in Colorado Springs’ ambitions as a data center destination, and continues a steady expansion by Atlanta-based T5. … Continue reading

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Google Announces $600 Million Data Center Expansion in North Carolina

Google on Friday announced a $600 million expansion of its Lenoir data center, a development state and local officials trumpeted as proof of North Carolina’s attractiveness to high-tech companies. Officials also said Google intends to join a new Duke Energy … Continue reading

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Facebook to Locate Next Data Center in Iowa

According to the Des Moines Register, social networking giant Facebook is the company behind a mysterious data center construction project currently under way in the town of Altoona, Iowa. This would be Facebook’s fourth company-owned data center. The other data centers are located … Continue reading

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TSO Logic Targets Power Management at the Application

The first wave of innovation in data center efficiency focused on energy management between the grid and the rack. The next wave is focusing on managing power usage on the server, and optimizing for specific applications. That’s the goal of TSO … Continue reading

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Boston Marathon and New NSA Data Center Ignite Debate & Fears: Security vs Privacy

In the wake of the events that took place during the Boston Marathon, there is certainly going to be an escalation in the number of discussions that center around national security, and ultimately the issue will hinge upon the question of privacy … Continue reading

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Data Center Energy Efficiency? Maybe Not

A new survey suggests that large data centers might be less energy efficient than was previously thought. The survey, by Digital Realty Trust, quizzed 300 IT decision makers at large corporations in North America, each with annual revenue of at … Continue reading

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Stream Data Centers Expanding Again in Texas

Stream Data Centers is expanding again, building a greenfield data center on land it has acquired in San Antonio. The company announced today it has acquired 9.6 acres of land in Westover Hills Business Park.  This will be the company’s second … Continue reading

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