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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and an Amazon data center in Ashburn, Va.
Data Centers · Leases
Northern Virginia

Amazon Pausing Some Data Center Lease Deals: Wells Fargo

By Nick Trombola
Morgan Laughlin, PGIM's global head of data center investment, and servers at a data center.
Data Centers · Capital Markets
National

PGIM Closes $2B Data Center Investment Fund

By Nick Trombola
Data center
Data Centers · Capital Markets
National

Data Center Deal Flow Doubles in a Year to $57B

By Brian Pascus
Interior of a server room in a data center and Jeff Blau of Related Companies.
Data Centers · Capital Markets
National

Related Companies Eyes $8B Data Center Capital Raise

By Andrew Coen
Pruitt Corporation founder Cecil Pruitt Jr. and servers in a data center.
Data Centers · Investments & Sales
Virginia

BlackChamber Buys Data Center Development Site in NoVA for $190M

By Nick Trombola
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Barry Sternlicht of Starwood Property Trust and a tape library for data archiving in a data center.
Data Centers · Finance
Utah

JP Morgan, Starwood Lend $2B on Utah Data Center Project

By Andrew Coen
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Data center
Data Centers · Capital Markets
National

Principal Asset Management Closes $3.6B Data Center Development Fund

By Brian Pascus
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and a close-up of data center servers.
Data Centers · Finance
National

Meta in Talks to Secure $35B Financing Package for Data Center Project

By Isabelle Durso
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DigitalBridge Group CEO Marc Ganzi and a close-up of data center servers.
Data Centers · Capital Markets
National

DigitalBridge Raised $9B in Q4 as Financials Beat Earnings Expectations

By Amanda Schiavo
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Brian Katz, co founder and president of American Real Estate Partners
Data Centers · Finance
National

American Real Estate Partners Closes $309M Fund Focused on Data Centers

By Brian Pascus
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Adding generative AI to the data center mix spells existential trouble for America’s grid.
Data Centers · Finance
National

GenAI + Data Center Boom = Electrical Grid Crisis

By Brian Pascus
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Aerial photo of a data centera in a remote location in Stutsman County, North Dakota.
Data Centers · Technology
National

Data Center Technology Evolves to Catch Up With AI

By Philip Russo
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Equinix President and EO Adaire Fox-Martin and an Equinix property.
Data Centers · Capital Markets
National

Equinix Posts Continuing Revenue Growth Despite Lower 2025 Guidance

By Nick Trombola
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Brookfield CEO of Real Estate Brian Kingston and Brookfield Place.
Multifamily · Capital Markets
National

Brookfield Reports Record High Capital, $21B AI Infrastructure Investment in France

By Isabelle Durso
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Brian Cox, Stack Infrastructure CEO; Taylor Chess, Peterson Companies senior managing director of development; and a 504 assemblage entitled for data center development in Stafford County, Va.
Data Centers · Investments & Sales
Virginia

Data Center Developer Pays $302M for Shovel-Ready Site in NoVa

By Nick Trombola
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Blackstone offices in New York City.
Data Centers · Investments & Sales
Virginia

Blackstone Affiliate Pays $1B for NoVA Natural Gas Power Plant

By Nick Trombola
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Larry Ellison, chief technology officer of Oracle, and a rendering of the Lancium Clean Campus in Abilene, Texas.
Data Centers · Finance
Texas

JP Morgan Chase Supplies $2.3B for Texas Data Center Project Leased to Oracle

By Andrew Coen
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