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Loudoun’s JK Land Holdings purchases 270 acres for data centers
Property is in Loudoun and Prince William counties
The founder and CEO of Sterling-based JK Moving Services has purchased 270 acres in Loudoun and Prince William counties to be used for data centers that will provide 500 megawatts
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Rolling out the red carpet
Tourism destination branches into tech, offshore wind
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With high-speed subsea internet cables landing on Virginia Beach’s shores and massive wind turbines propelling off its coast, the state’s largest city is primed to welcome new businesses and industries
AES to provide carbon-free power for Google’s Loudoun data centers
Arlington-based Fortune 500 utility signs 10-year agreement with Google
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As part of Google LLC’s ambitious “moonshot” to produce all of its energy from carbon-free sources, Arlington-based The AES Corp. announced Tuesday that it has signed a 10-year agreement to
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Dark fiber optic network coming to NoVa
High-speed network plans to connect NoVa to Virginia Beach subsea cables
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A new 680-mile, regional fiber optic network will begin to take shape in Northern Virginia during the second half of 2021. The project is a joint venture between Annandale-based Tenebris
Data center air systems manufacturer announces $36M plant in Botetourt
Munters Group AB will relocate 200 workers from Buena Vista next year
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Munters Group AB, a Sweden-based manufacturer of air treatment and cooling systems for data centers and other industrial applications, will invest $36 million to relocate its Buena Vista operations to
SW Va. aims to attract data centers via regional tax pact
Joint effort by five localities will build on recently passed state legislation
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As part of an effort to entice data centers to locate in the region, Southwest Virginia leaders announced Tuesday a joint agreement to set what will be Virginia’s lowest regional
A large data center could have $50M annual impact on SWVA, study finds
Economic development study makes case for locating data centers in former coal mining areas
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Southwest Virginia is well-positioned for data centers and a large data center could result in more than 2,000 jobs and $50 million in annual economic activity, according to the Project
The ‘stress test’ for data centers
During COVID-19 crisis, broadband consumption has risen 50% during daytime hours.
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The internet hasn’t blown up — yet. But the primary data center hub of the world — Loudoun County — where more than 70% of all internet traffic passes through
Ashburn data center company announces $2B European expansion
Based in California, Vantage Data Centers expanded to Va. in 2019
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Santa Clara, California-based data center campus company Vantage Data Centers, which opened an Ashburn location in 2019, will expand in Europe through a $2 billion investment, the company announced Monday.
Va.’s data center industry provided $4.5B in economic output in 2018
Northern Va. has the state's highest concentration of data center activity, followed by Central Va. and Hampton Roads
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In 2018, Virginia’s data center industry directly provided approximately $4.5 billion in economic output and employed more than 14,000 people, according to a study released Wednesday commissioned by the Northern