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Automated Factory Builder Hadrian Raises $1.37B in Series D Round

California + Los Angeles + Digital Infrastructure | August 7, 2026

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The Forces Impacting CRE as AI, Energy and Supply Constraints Take Hold

Global + National + Digital Infrastructure | August 7, 2026

North American Data Center Demand Reaches All-Time High

National + Digital Infrastructure | August 11, 2026

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Latest Atlanta & Southeast Digital Infrastructure Stories

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$1B Fisk Upgrade Includes On-Campus Data Center

Atlanta & Southeast + Southeast + Digital Infrastructure | May 15, 2026

Fisk University unveiled “Quantum Leap,” the most robust campus master plan in its 160-year history, Quantum Leap brings an estimated $1 billion project to North Nashville over the next decade. A core element of Quantum Leap is the new $400 million Innovation Center, a data and technology center touted as eco-friendly and non-intrusive, and housed on five undeveloped …

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Flexential Adding to Atlanta-Area Data Center Footprint

Atlanta & Southeast + Atlanta Metro + Digital Infrastructure | April 17, 2026

Flexential is planning to develop a 48,000-square-foot, 4.5-megawatt (MW) data center. With Atlanta – Norcross 2, Flexential is expanding its ability to deliver colocation, cloud, interconnection and data protection in a region that plays a critical role in national data center and interconnection strategy. Expected to come online in the first half of 2028, Atlanta – …

Latest Boston & New England Digital Infrastructure Stories

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Suffolk Unveils AI-Enabled “Jobsite of the Future” Operating Model

Boston & New England + Boston + Digital Infrastructure | June 9, 2026

Boston-based construction management firm on Tuesday launched Jobsite of the Future, which the company described as a first-of-its-kind AI-enabled operating model designed to transform how construction projects are delivered nationwide. It embeds AI Engineers in active project teams to improve decision-making and efficiencies and modernize the construction process. Suffolk’s Jobsite of the Future consists of …

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Gradiant Closes on Series E Financing to Drive Advanced Water Solutions

Boston & New England + Digital Infrastructure | May 18, 2026

Bsoton-based Gradiant on Monday announced the close of Series E financing, valuing the company at $2 billion. The financing was led by Safar Partners and Hostplus Superannuation Fund, with participation from ClearVision Ventures and other global investors. The financing will support Gradiant’s continued global expansion, including strategic acquisitions, accelerated research and development, and investments in operational …

Latest California Digital Infrastructure Stories

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Automated Factory Builder Hadrian Raises $1.37B in Series D Round

California + Los Angeles + Digital Infrastructure | August 7, 2026

Hadrian, a Torrance-based advanced manufacturing company building highly automated factories, has raised $1.37 billion in Series D financing. The capital raise values Hadrian at $7.87 billion. The company said it will use the financing to construct new factories, expand its research and development and advance its artificial intelligence-powered production capabilities. WCM Investment Management, Washington Harbour …

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Microsoft Breaks Ground on Long-Planned North San Jose Data Center Site

California + Bay Area + Digital Infrastructure | June 11, 2026

Nearly a decade after acquiring the site, Microsoft has broken ground on a 48-megawatt data center in north San Jose to support growing demand for cloud services and AI. The 397,205-square-foot, two-building project is planned to be completed in 2028, with HITT serving as the general contractor, reported the Silicon Valley Business Journal. “This building represents critical infrastructure,” …

Latest Chicago & Midwest Digital Infrastructure Stories

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Report: Data Center Sector to Double Amid AI Infrastructure Boom

Chicago & Midwest + Canada + Downtown + Digital Infrastructure | January 6, 2026

The global data center sector is poised for continued expansion, with capacity expected to nearly double from 103 GW to 200 GW by 2030, according to JLL’s 2026 Global Data Center Outlook. The growth will require up to $3 trillion in total investment over the next five years, including $1.2 trillion in real estate asset …

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Bedrock Completes 12-Story Hudson’s Detroit Building

Chicago & Midwest + Detroit + Midwest + Digital Infrastructure | October 10, 2025

Bedrock has completed Hudson’s Detroit, a 12-story office building at 1240 Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. Designed by SHoP Architects, Hudson’s adds more than 400,000 square feet of office space, retail, and a lounge. For decades, the J.L. Hudson Department Store—once the tallest department store in the world—was a landmark for shopping and dining. “Ten …

Latest Florida & Gulf Coast Digital Infrastructure Stories

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D-Wave Quantum Bolts CA for Boca Raton

Florida & Gulf Coast + South Florida + Digital Infrastructure | January 30, 2026

Another prominent business has left California. D-Wave Quantum is moving its facility from Palo Alto to Boca Raton. CP Group along with DRA Advisors signed a lease agreement with D-Wave Quantum Inc. D-Wave will relocate its global headquarters and establish a major U.S. Research and Development facility at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC), the historic 1.7-million-square-foot …

Latest Global Digital Infrastructure Stories

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Nscale Closes on $900M Credit Facility to Accelerate Data Center Build-Out

Global + Digital Infrastructure | July 8, 2026

Artificial intelligence infrastructure startup Nscale Global Holdings has closed a $900-million revolving credit facility to accelerate its AI data center build-out and capital deployment across the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific. The facility was syndicated across a group of banks including J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, MUFG, RBC Capital Markets, Bank of America, Crédit …

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Global Data Center Demand Outpaces Available Supply

National + Global + Digital Infrastructure | June 18, 2026

Global data center demand from artificial intelligence (AI) uses is outpacing available space capacity, pushing vacancy rates toward historic lows despite a wave of new supply, according to CBRE’s latest Global Data Center Trends report. Global supply reached 16 gigawatts (GW) in Q1 2026 across the 16 largest data center markets, up 25% year-over-year. However, even with supply growth in …

Latest National Digital Infrastructure Stories

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North American Data Center Demand Reaches All-Time High

National + Digital Infrastructure | August 11, 2026

North America data center demand reached an all-time high in the first half of 2026, with 25 gigawatts of absorption, double the level from a year ago and five times that of two years prior. JLL’s North America Data Center Report – Midyear 2026 says that although structural demand continues to accelerate, responsible growth now depends on …

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The Forces Impacting CRE as AI, Energy and Supply Constraints Take Hold

Global + National + Digital Infrastructure | August 7, 2026

When JLL introduced its six forces reshaping global commercial real estate in late 2025, the 2026 outlook was relatively optimistic. The forecast suggested renewed momentum supported by shrinking supply pipelines, economic growth, easing trade concerns, moderating inflation and lower interest rates. Six months later, things have greatly changed. The Middle East conflict, the closure of …

Latest New York & Tri-State Digital Infrastructure Stories

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Hochul Order Creates First Statewide Moratorium on Hyperscale Data Centers

New York & Tri-State + New York + Digital Infrastructure | July 14, 2026

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday signed an executive order to create the nation’s first state-level moratorium on new hyperscale data centers. The order temporarily pauses state environmental permits for up to one year in order to build a regulatory framework that protects ratepayers, the environment, the energy grid and communities, Hochul’s office said. …

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Comptroller Levine Warns of Possible AI Disruption to NYC Economy

New York & Tri-State + Downtown New York + Digital Infrastructure | May 27, 2026

New York City Comptroller Mark Levine reported that the possible impacts artificial intelligence (AI) could have on New York City’s economy range from boom to bust, providing the first local assessment of how the rapidly advancing technology could profoundly impact jobs, wages, tax revenue, and key industries. He called on the city to boost its rainy-day fund to 16% of tax revenues. The five scenarios Levine proposed are based on Moody’s Analytics reports and on original …

Latest Phoenix & Southwest Digital Infrastructure Stories

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Microsoft Adds to Goodyear Data Center Property Locations

Phoenix & Southwest + Phoenix + Digital Infrastructure | June 8, 2026

Microsoft spent over $130 million for a 100-acre site in Goodyear. The Phoenix Business Journal reports the property, owned by Industrial Realty Trust, is adjacent to an additional 150 acres the company bought back in 2019 for $39 million. The overall site, now spanning nearly 250 acres, is where Microsoft is building out one of its …

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$3B Data Center Venture Slated for Avondale

Phoenix & Southwest + Phoenix + Digital Infrastructure | May 26, 2026

Prime Data Centers has broken ground on three data centers in the first phase of its $3 billion, 1.3 million-square-foot, hyperscale campus in Avondale, Ariz., near Phoenix. Commercial Search reports five buildings are planned for the 66.5-acre, 240-megawatt campus called PHX01. Three buildings have been leased; two remain available. Each building is a 267,000-square-foot facility …

Latest Seattle & Northwest Digital Infrastructure Stories

Latest Texas Digital Infrastructure Stories

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Flexential Secures Land Outside Dallas for 375K-SF Data Center

Texas + Dallas-Fort Worth + Digital Infrastructure | July 29, 2026

Flexential purchased 110 acres in Kaufman County, Texas, to build its fourth and largest facility in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The planned 375,000-square-foot Phase 1 development, southeast of the DFW metro in Talty, has secured power to support 36 MW of capacity for wholesale and multi-tenant colocation workloads, including enterprise and high-density deployments. Site work is …

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Meta, BlackRock Pick El Paso for $14B Data Center

Texas + Digital Infrastructure | July 28, 2026

Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, and BlackRock Inc. have formed a joint venture to develop and operate a data center campus in El Paso. The companies project that total development costs for the 1-gigawatt (GW) campus will be approximately $14 billion. Meta will provide construction management, administrative and property management …

Latest Washington DC & Mid-Atlantic Digital Infrastructure Stories

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Ares Pays $700M for Two Data Center Sites in Northern Virginia

Washington DC & Mid-Atlantic + Virginia + Digital Infrastructure | December 19, 2025

Ares Management Corporation completed two significant data center transactions in the U.S. by Ares Real Assets funds. Ares did not disclose acquisition prices, but Bloomberg reported the company paid a combined $700 million for the two sites. Ares secured a 314-acre site along I-95 South in Northern Virginia’s Spotsylvania County, which will include two data center buildings with …

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Sansone Group Enters Data Center Sector with Maryland Acquisition

Washington DC & Mid-Atlantic + DC Metro + Digital Infrastructure | August 15, 2025

Sansone Group, in partnership with Priseda, acquired a 214,000-square-foot Tier 4 data center located in Silver Spring, MD for an undisclosed sum. The off-market acquisition represents a milestone in Sansone Group’s efforts to diversify its national investment portfolio and enter one of the most dynamic asset classes in commercial real estate. Sansone partnered with Priseda, a …

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