Data Center Tax Incentives offered by Montgomery County
In Maryland, Montgomery County officials are taking steps to attract data center business to the region through data center tax incentives.
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Chicago Data Center Benefits From Sustainable Wind Power For Microsoft
In a July blog post, Microsoft announced it has entered a 20-year agreement with the Pilot Hill Wind Project in Illinois to buy 175 megawatts of energy for their Chicago data center.
U.K. Colocation Data Center Environmental Tax Incentives Begin
U.K. colocation data centers are now able to take advantage of a climate change agreement that allows them to opt out of green taxes for electricity use.
Data Center Finance: XBT Holding Ltd Acquires ColocateUSA
XBT Holding Ltd. announced in July that it will acquire ColocateUSA.
Data Center Map and Provider List Service Upgraded by WiredRE
Data Center List service upgraded to include new data center markets, regional news, and data center mapping of providers by nation, state, city, and street. Las Vegas, NV – July 17, 2014 – The data center industry is growing dramatically in the US and abroad. Equinix, Digital Realty, and DuPont Fabros alone will spend over … Read more
What is the coldest average daily outdoor temperature for a GAMFY data center?
36 degrees Fahrenheit at Facebooks’s Lulea Sweden data center, approximately 70 miles south of the arctic circle. Between Facebook’s custom hardware architecture and data center environmental management, they have taken the typical total power consumption ratio to compute power consumption from 3:1 down to 1.04:1 at this facility. While this is interesting technology management, being … Read more
Tech City UK Versus “Silicon Fen”
Cambridge, UK is becoming well known as “Silicon Fen” with a cluster of high-tech businesses focusing on software, electronics, and biotechnology and data centers developing in the region. It is now widely considered on of the most important technology centers in Europe. So why has Britain named the Old Street roundabout in east London “Tech … Read more
Chicago Data Center Purchased By QTS Realty Trust
QTS Realty Trust announced in July that they had completed the purchase of a Chicago data center that was previously home to the Sun Times press facility.
North Carolina Data Center Gets Solar Boost From Apple
In July, Apple announced plans to build a solar energy farm near their North Carolina data center.
Texas Data Center Planned for Novartis
Novartis, which acquired surgical product and pharmaceutical company Alcon in 2011, announced plans in early July for a new Texas data center.
