Surge in power use — for EVs, data centers, more — threatens U.S. climate goals
Demand for electricity, which has stayed largely flat for two decades, has begun to surge.
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Proposed 2.5M SF data center concerns Charlotte council
PowerHouse wants to build a 2.5-million-square-foot data center on more than 130 acres in University City. But the Charlotte City Council staff is declining to endorse the project over noise concerns.
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Robert Duvall takes on Amazon, loses in fight to stop $500M data center
“We must all work to preserve the character of this town,” the actor says of Warrenton, Va.. “The vast majority of town and county residents agree that this is a bad use of this site.” Opponents lost.
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Flexential to open Raleigh data center
Flexential will construct a 120,000 square foot data center in Raleigh, and is adding $150 million in funding following a $2.1 billion debt raise in December.
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Microsoft invests big in Greece with $1B data center
The news was announced Monday by the U.S. tech giant and Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis and follows nine months of confidential negotiations for an agreement that also includes digital-skills training programs for some 100,000 government and private sector workers as well as educators and students.
Read MoreGoogle, which has several operations in NC, plans to hire ‘thousands,’ build 5 new data centers across US
Google is preparing to go on a hiring spree and will be building five additional data centers across the US, targeting nine states. Will North Carolina be on the list for new jobs and more data housing?
Read MoreInside Raleigh’s ANEXIO, a growing data center success story
Talk about a big X marking the spot for growth … that’s ANEXIO. From $1.4 million in revenues four year ago to some $26 million this year – that’s red-hot, sizzling growth. And the company may very well be one you have never heard much about. Until now. In an exclusive Q&A, its CEO Tony Pompliano talks about the data center success story, a company that calls Raleigh home. Why located in Raleigh? “Raleigh rocks,” he declares. “It’s that simple.” The kind of growth ANEXIO is enjoying as enterprises move more and more data to the cloud, coupled with...
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