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Data Center Expansion: Time Warner Cable Begins Expansion in Colorado

Time Warner Cable (TWC) has broken ground on the expansion of its data center in Centennial, Colorado, called National Data Center West. This is one of two of the company’s main data centers. The US$85m expansion will support the equipment … Continue reading

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Iowa’s Big Three: Google, Facebook, and Microsoft

Late on Friday, the Iowa Economic Development Authority Board approved $20 million in tax-credit incentives for Microsoft, which announced plans to invest nearly $700 million in a data center initiative in West Des Moines, Iowa. Reportedly, Microsoft will use the funds … Continue reading

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Many Factors Boosting Data Center Demand

The focus on the modern data center is only continuing to grow. As the business world moves to digitize even more infrastructure components, the data center will sit square in the middle of all of these new deployments. In fact, … Continue reading

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Arizona Legislature Passes Significant Data Center Tax Incentives

The data center incentive arms race continues, as legislators in existing industry hubs are adopting beefed-up incentives to keep pace with up-and-coming states seeking to attract new projects. The latest state to pass enhanced incentives is Arizona, home to an … Continue reading

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Five 9s Represents Dacentec on Sale of its Data Center and Operations in Lenoir NC

CentriLogic, a trusted provider of international hybrid hosting and data center solutions, has acquired North Carolina data center operator and hosting services provider Dacentec Inc. Founded in 2009, Dacentec Inc. operates a 23,000 square-foot purpose-built data center in Lenoir, North … Continue reading

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Google Buys Wind Power for its Data Center in Finland

http://www.forbes.com/sites/uciliawang/2013/06/04/google-to-buy-wind-power-for-its-data-center-in-finland/

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MAP: North Carolina Data Centers at a Glance

Five 9s Digital has been reporting on data center market activity over the past two years; most recently analyzing market activity of the first quarter of 2013, and trends have shown a steady increase in activity as investor confidence has risen. Even through market … Continue reading

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Savvis Data Center Wins Energy Efficiency Data Center Award

Global colocation firm Savvis has been awarded a Certified Energy Efficient Datacenter Award (CEEDA) for its LO3 London Docklands data center. The award was presented by DCProfessional Development to Savvis, a division of telecoms giant Centurylink, in recognition of its … Continue reading

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NEWS: Texas Legislature Approves Significant Data Center Tax Incentives

The Texas Legislature has approved legislation to create a temporary sales tax exemption intended to attract major data center projects to Texas. The bill now goes to Governor Rick Perry, who has 20 days to decide whether to sign, veto, … Continue reading

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NSA and Gov. Gary Herbert Confident Data Center Can Avoid New Energy Tax

Gov. Gary Herbert and National Security Agency officials are confident they can work out an agreement to avert taxing the new Utah Data Center on millions of dollars in electricity it needs to run the mammoth computer farm. The Legislature this year … Continue reading

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