Data center boom yields $20M office refi for Maitland Management
The firm plans to use $20 million to reposition two Dallas office buildings for data centers and AI server farms.
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Data centers are booming in Texas. What does that mean for the grid?
As energy demand surges, largely due to crypto mining facilities, data centers and industrial electrification, Texas officials are looking at how to increase supply and shore up the grid.
Fort Worth Report2d
Space may be the final frontier for Fort Worth’s growth, forecasters say
On Dec. 17, Gov. Greg Abbott, Mayor Mattie Parker, Bell CEO Lisa Atherton and other area leaders were at the Bell Manufacturing Technology Center in north Fort Worth to announce final plans to open a ...
D Magazine2d
Meet the 500 Most Powerful Business Leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth
Resource Center's Cece Cox told us about her "epic ... For six months, we dove into business data, had conversations with our sources, and asked previous honorees about low-profile movers and ...
Corridor Business6d
Cedar Rapids council approves development agreement for QTS data center project
The two large-scale data center projects slated for southwest Cedar Rapids are moving ahead, after the Cedar Rapids City ...
AT&T cable theft spikes more than 500%, Fort Worth PD says
The Fort Worth Police Department’s Metal Theft Unit presented an informal report to city council members focused on metal thefts.
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Blackstone Still Bullish on A.I. Data Centers Despite DeepSeek
In 2021, it purchased the U.S. data center firm QTS for $10 billion, and last year, it led a roughly $16 billion deal to buy AirTrunk, which operates data centers in Asia. Mr. Gray’s comments ...
Fort Worth neighborhoods are losing internet service for weeks. Blame copper wire thieves.
Has your internet service been a little buggy lately? It may be because your cable line was snatched. Fort Worth saw a 545% increase in reported AT&T cable theft and a 53% increase in metal theft ...
New Meta data center in Mesa makes sustainability pledges amid critics' doubts
Meta unveils a data center in Mesa with pledges of sustainability at a time when critics are raising louder concerns about electricity consumption.
Forbes5d
How To Leverage Modular Data Centers To Improve Global Infrastructure
Modular data centers have emerged to meet the demands of both the modern economy and the complex, unpredictable world we now live in. These centers—scalable, customizable and cost-effective ...
GDS's SWOT analysis: data center giant eyes global expansion, reit conversion
GDS Holdings Limited (NASDAQ:GDS), a leading developer and operator of high-performance data centers in China, is navigating a complex landscape of domestic growth and international expansion. The ...
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Canadian bitcoin miner Bitfarms mulls pivot to AI data centers
Crypto miners often own large plots of land and significant power resources — assets that are also crucial for high-performance computing (HPC) and AI data centers. To capitalize on the AI boom ...