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Mission Critical / Data Centers

The AI Boom and Commercial Real Estate

Commercial real estate has quietly rewired itself around the AI boom, and that shift is changing the risk profile of the entire asset class. Data centers are on track to surpass office construction as capital floods toward digital infrastructure that promises higher returns and sustained demand. Last year alone, data centers outperformed nearly every other…

Data Center World 2026 Aligns with the Industry’s Growth, Announcing Expanded Content and ‘Innovation at Scale’ Theme

Data Center World, the premier global event for data center IT infrastructure and innovation,returns with an expanded program to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C on April 20–23, 2026. In association with AFCOM, the leading membership association for data center professionals, the four-day conference and expo is designed to meet the rising…

DartPoints Expands Greenville Data Center to 12.5 MW to Support Enterprise and Edge Growth

DartPoints, a leading regional provider of colocation, cloud and interconnection solutions, today announced a $125 million expansion of its Greenville County, South Carolina data center. The project increases total capacity from 2.5 MW to 12.5 MW, adding 88,000 square feet of high-density space engineered for AI, enterprise and edge applications. The investment will create 10…

Google to Invest $9 Billion in South Carolina to Expand Cloud and AI Infrastructure

Google announced plans for a $9 billion investment in South Carolina between 2026 and 2027, marking one of the largest technology investments in the state’s history. The initiative will expand Google’s cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure, strengthen energy affordability programs, and support workforce development — further establishing South Carolina as a national hub for…

Driving AI Innovation: Gray’s Data Center Leadership in the National Spotlight

As the demand for AI and more data continues to rise, Gray’s work in the Data Center market is playing a critical role in this rapidly expanding industry. Gray, a fully integrated design-builder, was recently highlighted in a New York Times’ piece showcasing the Data Center market. This industry is advancing at a blistering pace thanks to the constant need for more…

Greenidge Generation Announces Sale of South Carolina Property to Data Journey for $12.1 Million and 8% Stake in Planned Data Center’s Profits

Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: GREE) (“Greenidge” or the “Company”), a vertically integrated cryptocurrency data center and power generation company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its 152-acre Spartanburg, South Carolina property (the “Spartanburg property”) to Data Journey LLC (“Data Journey”) for $12.1 million in cash and an 8%…

Flexibility Key to Mitigate Supply Chain Delays in Data Center Construction

Supply chain delays continue to affect construction across the globe, especially for data center facilities. DPR Construction recommends collaborative procurement planning and built-in flexibility to help project teams maintain schedules and get new data centers online as planned. According to McKinsey & Company, the U.S. data center demand is expected to grow at an average…

Schneider Electric Publishes New White Paper on Liquid Cooling for AI Data Centres

Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, has released white paper 133 titled “Navigating Liquid Cooling Architectures for Data Centres with AI Workloads.” The paper provides a thorough examination of liquid cooling technologies and their applications in modern data centres, particularly those handling high-density AI workloads. The demand for AI…