Data Centers

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Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith.
Investments & Sales  ·  Commercial
National

Microsoft to Drop $80B to Build AI-Enabled Data Centers in 2025

By Mark Hallum
Newmark's Jordan Roeschlaub and Chirisa Technology Parks CTP 01 data center in Chesterfield, Va.
Finance  ·  Construction
Virginia

Société Générale Leads $600M Construction Loan for Virginia Data Center

By Andrew Coen
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Luke Kipfer managing director of development and construction at Powerhouse Data Centers, and a rendering of ABX-1.
Investments & Sales
Virginia

CyrusOne Acquires NoVA Data Center for $154M

By Nick Trombola
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Jon McAvoy, PRP's chief investment officer.
Investments & Sales  ·  Development Site Sale
Virginia

Iron Mountain Pays $114M for NoVA Data Center Development Site

By Greg Cornfield
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DataBank CEO Raul Martynek and a rendering of DataBank's data center development project in Culpeper, Va.
Finance
National

Data Center Developer DataBank Raises $2B for Portfolio Expansion

By Nick Trombola
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Stock market tables
Capital Markets  ·  Investments & Sales
National

NAREIT Investment Study Sees Capital Flow Into Healthcare, Telecom, Data Centers

By Brian Pascus
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Andrew Batson, senior director, Americas data center research and strategy at JLL, and a group of data centers in Northern Virginia.
Research & Analysis
Virginia

NoVA Remains King of Data Center Development: Report

By Nick Trombola
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Equinix CEO and President Adaire Fox-Martin and servers at a data center.
National

Equinix Set to Raise $15B in Joint Venture to Build Data Centers

By Isabelle Durso
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy and a data center.
Development  ·  Technology
Virginia

Amazon Plugs Into Another NoVA Data Center Project

By Nick Trombola
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Jeff McKay, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors chairman, and data centers in Northern Virginia.
Development  ·  Policy
Washington DC

Virginia County Limits New Data Center Development

By Nick Trombola
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Illustration of a data center pulling electricity from surrounding buildings.
Finance  ·  Features
National

A Higher Power: Who Bankrolls America’s Data Center Boom, and Why

By Brian Pascus
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, and a data center server.
Investments & Sales  ·  Development Site Sale
Washington DC

NoVA Data Center Development Site Sells for $57M

By Nick Trombola
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Brent Mayo, executive managing director of data center and digital infrastructure capital markets at Newmark, and computer servers in a data center.
Finance  ·  Acquisition
National

Cerberus Closes $200M Credit Facility for U.S. Data Center Acquisitions

By Andrew Coen
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JLL's Andy Cvengros and Andrew Batson, and a close-up of computer servers.
Research & Analysis
National

Demand for U.S. Data Centers Surges Despite Labor Gap, Power Strain

By Isabelle Durso
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman, and an Amazon Web Services data center is shown in Ashburn, Virginia.
Investments & Sales  ·  Sale-Leaseback
Washington DC

Amazon Pays $136M for Yet Another NoVA Data Center Complex

By Nick Trombola
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Prologis co-founder, Chairman and CEO Hamid Moghadam and the exterior of a Prologis' office.
Development  ·  Construction
National

Prologis Bullish on Data Centers and AI

By Nick Trombola
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Prologis Chairman and CEO Hamid Moghadam
Development  ·  Policy
Washington DC

Prologis Requests New Zoning, Higher Density for NoVA Data Center Development

By Nick Trombola
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