Vantage plans $2B Virginia data center project

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Dive Temporary:

• Vantage Information Facilities will make investments $2 billion to construct a three-building data center campus in Stafford County, Virginia, in accordance with a Thursday announcement from Virginia Gov. Glenn Younkin.
• Groups anticipate building to complete on the primary constructing by late 2027, in accordance with the discharge.
• The enlargement provides to Vantage’s three present Northern Virginia campuses and can increase its statewide capability to 782 megawatts.

Dive Perception:

The announcement is a major growth for contractors eyeing knowledge middle alternatives round Information Middle Alley, Northern Virginia’s outstanding knowledge middle hall.

The 82-acre website, referred to as VA4, will span about 929,000 sq. ft and will probably be constructed to attain LEED Silver certification, in accordance with the discharge. The three, two-story services will use a closed-loop chilled water system with liquid-to-liquid cooling know-how able to dealing with 100% of data know-how workloads, in accordance with the undertaking knowledge sheet.

“Fredericksburg supplied a major alternative for Vantage to serve our clients in search of capability and entry to the assets of Information Middle Alley,” mentioned Dana Adams, North America president at Vantage Information Facilities, within the launch. “The area’s proximity to main metros, entry to sturdy infrastructure and rising know-how ecosystem make it an excellent location to satisfy skyrocketing demand.”

Information facilities are propping up building backlogs and are driving a wave of large-scale construction planning activity. In September, almost one in five contractors reported being below contract for an information middle job, in accordance with Related Builders and Contractors.