https://www.bisnow.com/sitemap Bisnow Data Center News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-US Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-capital-markets/despite-skepticism-related-oracle-land-16b-data-center-financing-133963 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-capital-markets/despite-skepticism-related-oracle-land-16b-data-center-financing-133963 Oracle’s latest Stargate data center project is close to securing financing following monthslong negotiations with investors that put the development's future in doubt.  dan.rabb@bisnow.com Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:24:59 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-sustainability-operations/heat-islands-data-centers-may-be-raising-temperatures-in-surrounding-areas-133930 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-sustainability-operations/heat-islands-data-centers-may-be-raising-temperatures-in-surrounding-areas-133930 Data centers may be creating localized “heat islands,” raising temperatures in surrounding areas by as much as 16 degrees, according to a new study.  The findings add to a growing list of environmental concerns around the rapidly expanding but increasingly... dan.rabb@bisnow.com Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:34:31 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center/mcgough-construction-data-centers-edge-hyperscale-studiob-133444 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center/mcgough-construction-data-centers-edge-hyperscale-studiob-133444 The data center industry is set to add 100 gigawatts of new data centers between now and 2030, with artificial intelligence accounting for half the workloads. General contractor McGough Construction is ready for this surge, with the ability to deliver data... elizabeth.reyn@bisnow.com Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:15:44 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-capital-markets/data-center-transparency-operating-concerns-raise-alarms-cmbs-market-133865 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-capital-markets/data-center-transparency-operating-concerns-raise-alarms-cmbs-market-133865 Data centers are swiftly becoming a massive pillar of the CMBS market. But as the assets enter the mainstream, special servicers — those charged with working out problem loans on behalf of bondholders — are beginning to question how to evaluate the... sasha.jones@bisnow.com Fri, 27 Mar 2026 13:51:39 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/dublin/news/data-center/echelons-dub20-to-become-first-government-recognised-green-energy-park-133876 https://www.bisnow.com/dublin/news/data-center/echelons-dub20-to-become-first-government-recognised-green-energy-park-133876 Echelon Data Centres’ under-construction Dub20 data centre campus in Arklow, County Wicklow, is to become Ireland’s first green energy park, defined as a development that colocates large energy users with renewable energy generation. Echelon received €1.7B... mark.faithfull@bisnow.com Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:46:28 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-capital-markets/digital-realty-closes-325b-data-center-fund-leans-into-private-capital-strategy-133891 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-capital-markets/digital-realty-closes-325b-data-center-fund-leans-into-private-capital-strategy-133891 Digital Realty has closed its inaugural U.S. hyperscale development fund, an effort that represents a new approach to securing development capital for the world’s largest data center provider. At the same time, the public REIT signaled a renewed commitment... dan.rabb@bisnow.com Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:53:58 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-power/data-center-and-tech-firms-pushing-for-flexible-data-centers-133875 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-power/data-center-and-tech-firms-pushing-for-flexible-data-centers-133875 New efforts are underway to reshape the way data centers and utilities operate — and unlock huge amounts of unused power in the process.  dan.rabb@bisnow.com Sun, 29 Mar 2026 07:43:42 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-development/modine-modular-data-centers-studiob-133684 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-development/modine-modular-data-centers-studiob-133684 As the demand for high-capacity data centers skyrockets, developers want to build more facilities, faster. Instead, they are facing major delays.  It is estimated that between 30% and 50% of the data centers slated to open in 2026 will be delayed or... julia.troy@bisnow.com Tue, 17 Mar 2026 11:34:45 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-development/us-army-data-center-kkr-cyrusone-carlyle-133840 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-development/us-army-data-center-kkr-cyrusone-carlyle-133840 The U.S. Army’s artificial intelligence needs are ballooning, so the military branch has tapped two private equity giants to construct massive data centers on domestic bases. noah.zucker@bisnow.com Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:46:32 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-sustainability-operations/former-google-vice-president-data-centers-past-present-future-industry-133771 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-sustainability-operations/former-google-vice-president-data-centers-past-present-future-industry-133771 While headlines about data centers, focusing on everything from skyrocketing demand and power consumption to artificial intelligence, have been major news for only the past few years, the massive facilities have been around for decades. Few people understand... julia.troy@bisnow.com Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:49:41 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-development/data-center-math-special-project-133721 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-development/data-center-math-special-project-133721 jon.banister@bisnow.com Wed, 18 Mar 2026 16:39:48 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-power/nuclear-startup-x-energy-files-for-ipo-citing-demand-from-data-centers-133798 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-power/nuclear-startup-x-energy-files-for-ipo-citing-demand-from-data-centers-133798 An Amazon-backed developer of small modular nuclear reactors plans to go public, a sign of momentum for a technology long eyed as a critical part of the data center sector’s energy future. dan.rabb@bisnow.com Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:05:03 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-development/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-space-launch-satellite-data-center-orbit-133790 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-development/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-space-launch-satellite-data-center-orbit-133790 Jeff Bezos’ space and rocket company is asking for federal approval to launch tens of thousands of satellites for an orbital data center, the latest billionaire-backed firm to try to push computing power into the skies.  Blue Origin on Thursday submitted... matthew.wasielewski@bisnow.com Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:39:47 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/chicago/news/data-center-development/joliet-oks-20b-data-center-as-illinois-seeks-to-make-large-developers-pay-more-for-projects-133777 https://www.bisnow.com/chicago/news/data-center-development/joliet-oks-20b-data-center-as-illinois-seeks-to-make-large-developers-pay-more-for-projects-133777 The Joliet City Council approved a 795-acre, $20B data center proposal late last week despite community concerns, as a state commission gave the go-ahead on new charges for large data center projects.  ryan.wangman@bisnow.com Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:55:17 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/raleigh-durham/news/construction-development/north-carolina-towns-counties-consider-moratoriums-on-data-centers-133779 https://www.bisnow.com/raleigh-durham/news/construction-development/north-carolina-towns-counties-consider-moratoriums-on-data-centers-133779 A handful of North Carolina municipalities and counties are hitting the pause button on data center development.  jessica.beebe@bisnow.com Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:54:00 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/dublin/news/data-center-capital-markets/echelon-data-centre-expansion-17b-morgan-stanley-funding-133741 https://www.bisnow.com/dublin/news/data-center-capital-markets/echelon-data-centre-expansion-17b-morgan-stanley-funding-133741 Echelon Data Centres is stepping up its expansion across Ireland and Europe after securing €1.7B in debt financing from Morgan Stanley. The Dublin-headquartered developer, founded by property entrepreneur Niall Molloy, plans to use the funding to accelerate... mark.faithfull@bisnow.com Thu, 19 Mar 2026 15:55:40 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-community-relations/virginia-data-center-tax-break-reshape-industrys-most-important-market-133724 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-community-relations/virginia-data-center-tax-break-reshape-industrys-most-important-market-133724 Virginia lawmakers are deadlocked over whether to end the state’s data center tax break. Their decision could have seismic implications for the world’s largest data center market. dan.rabb@bisnow.com Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:09:14 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-sustainability-operations/nvidia-launches-processors-for-ai-data-centers-space-133697 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-sustainability-operations/nvidia-launches-processors-for-ai-data-centers-space-133697 Tech giants and their billionaire founders are getting serious about putting artificial intelligence data centers in space. Now, Nvidia is creating a supply chain to serve them.  dan.rabb@bisnow.com Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:32:22 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/data-center/japanese-company-to-buy-250m-london-office-and-data-centre-scheme-133695 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/data-center/japanese-company-to-buy-250m-london-office-and-data-centre-scheme-133695 A Japanese telecoms firm is buying a giant mixed-use east London campus where a major data centre could be built.  KDDI bought the 1.1M SF Inventory Estate in Docklands from LaSalle Investment Management and Trilogy Real Estate for about £250M, Green... mike.phillips@bisnow.com Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:26:39 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/denver/news/data-center/200m-data-center-factory-coming-to-brighton-133672 https://www.bisnow.com/denver/news/data-center/200m-data-center-factory-coming-to-brighton-133672 A Denver-based artificial intelligence infrastructure developer is establishing a 352K SF advanced manufacturing facility in Brighton to launch modular AI factories. Crusoe announced it would invest more than $200M to bring the facility to Brighton,... mckenna.harford@bisnow.com Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:12:51 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-sustainability-operations/irans-data-center-drone-strikes-preview-peril-ahead-for-us-tech-firms-133664 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-sustainability-operations/irans-data-center-drone-strikes-preview-peril-ahead-for-us-tech-firms-133664 Iran’s drone strikes on three of Amazon’s Middle East data centers were the first military attacks on U.S. tech giants’ digital infrastructure — but they likely won’t be the last. Data centers are becoming priority targets in wartime: critical... dan.rabb@bisnow.com Mon, 16 Mar 2026 11:38:12 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-power/data-center-backup-power-mpinarada-133434 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-power/data-center-backup-power-mpinarada-133434 Data centers didn’t change overnight, but their loads did. Artificial intelligence clusters, higher rack densities, accelerated build cycles and power-constrained markets are reshaping how data center operators think about resilience.  Backup power... julia.troy@bisnow.com Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:52:28 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center/data-centers-ameristar-studiob-133395 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center/data-centers-ameristar-studiob-133395 It is a common belief that the greatest cause of security failures at data centers involves extremists attempting to gain unlawful access to the property.  This sentiment isn’t wrong, but the reality is more complicated. Another source of potential... john.krukowski@bisnow.com Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:29:14 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/data-center/infrastructure-or-real-estate-how-to-structure-a-digital-infrastructure-fund-to-maximise-financial-gain-133093 https://www.bisnow.com/london/news/data-center/infrastructure-or-real-estate-how-to-structure-a-digital-infrastructure-fund-to-maximise-financial-gain-133093 For many investors across the globe, now is the time to invest in digital infrastructure projects. The number of funds raising capital for such projects has accelerated to the extent that between the first and third quarters of 2025, 31% of global... felicity.francis@bisnow.com Fri, 06 Feb 2026 04:05:25 -0500 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-capital-markets/oracle-tamps-down-ai-data-center-concerns-earnings-beat-133617 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-capital-markets/oracle-tamps-down-ai-data-center-concerns-earnings-beat-133617 Oracle has emerged as the epicenter of Wall Street’s uneasiness around Big Tech’s massive spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure. But the firm this week revealed strong earnings numbers, particularly for its cloud and AI infrastructure... dan.rabb@bisnow.com Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:00:31 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/houston/news/data-center-development/houston-area-county-rejects-tax-abatement-for-35b-data-center-development-133616 https://www.bisnow.com/houston/news/data-center-development/houston-area-county-rejects-tax-abatement-for-35b-data-center-development-133616 A proposed $3.5B data center and power plant project was denied a tax break by Brazoria County commissioners, but it can still move forward. maddy.mccarty@bisnow.com Wed, 11 Mar 2026 17:01:39 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/boston/news/data-center-development/massachusetts-city-imposes-one-year-moratorium-on-data-centers-133606 https://www.bisnow.com/boston/news/data-center-development/massachusetts-city-imposes-one-year-moratorium-on-data-centers-133606 Lowell city councilors voted Tuesday night to impose a one-year moratorium on new data center development or expansion. craig.idlebrook@bisnow.com Wed, 11 Mar 2026 13:26:17 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/data-center-community-relations/next-door-to-data-center-alley-a-community-wrestles-with-guardrails-as-the-asset-class-encroaches-133590 https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/data-center-community-relations/next-door-to-data-center-alley-a-community-wrestles-with-guardrails-as-the-asset-class-encroaches-133590 Northern Virginia has long held the title of the “data center capital of the world,” handling 70% of global internet traffic across just 30 square miles.  In recent years, the sector has pushed outward throughout the rest of Virginia and the country.... emily.wishingrad@bisnow.com Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:00:21 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-power/google-tesla-launch-trade-group-aiming-to-unlock-unused-grid-capacity-to-power-data-center-boom-133588 https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center-power/google-tesla-launch-trade-group-aiming-to-unlock-unused-grid-capacity-to-power-data-center-boom-133588 Unprecedented electricity demand from data centers is straining the limits of regional power grids, slowing the pace of new development and driving concerns about rising power bills for consumers. But according to a newly launched coalition, the solution... dan.rabb@bisnow.com Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:31:55 -0400 Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) Bisnow (https://www.bisnow.com) https://www.bisnow.com/raleigh-durham/news/data-center/massive-raleigh-area-data-center-scrapped-133584 https://www.bisnow.com/raleigh-durham/news/data-center/massive-raleigh-area-data-center-scrapped-133584 A massive data center project in the Raleigh area is no longer moving forward, the Triangle Business Journal reported. jessica.beebe@bisnow.com Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:17:52 -0400