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• LeaseWeb To Open Virginia Data Center

  November 22nd, 2010 : Rich Miller

  European hosting provider LeaseWeb will expand into the U.S. market next year, opening a new data center in Manassas, Va. as the first step in a major global expansion. Read More

• Microsoft Project Boosts Southern Virginia

  August 27th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  Microsoft's decision to build a major data center near Boydton, Virginia provides a major boost for efforts to promote the southern region of the state as a major data center destination. Read More

• Wikipedia To Add A U.S. Data Center

  July 2nd, 2010 : Rich Miller

  The Wikimedia Foundation will add a new data center in the coming year to support Wikipedia and its other sites, saying that "ensuring high site availability" is the foundation's number one priority. Read More

• Zynga Leases Data Center in Virginia

  May 12th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  Fast-growing social gaming company Zynga has reportedly leased data center space in a major data center in northern Virginia, according to industry sources. Zynga has been a high-profile user of cloud computing services. Read More

• Terremark Continues Expansion at Virginia Site

  April 26th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  IT infrastructure provider Terremark Worldwide (TMRK) has launched construction of the third data center at its NAP of the Capital Region campus in Culpeper, Virginia, the company said today. The company will invest $45 million in the 50,000 square foot facilty. Read More

• The Ashburn Building Boom Continues

  April 6th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  Digital Realty Trust (DLR) said it will build two more new data centers in Ashburn, Virginia after fully leasing a 135,000 square foot facility it compelted in January. The announcement continues the building boom in Ashburn, currently home to more than 2 million square feet of data centers. Read More

• Large Lease for CoreSite in Northern Virginia

  March 22nd, 2010 : Rich Miller

  Data center specialist CoreSite has leased a large chunk of space in northern Virginia to "one of the world’s largest IT service providers," the company said today. Read More

• Qwest Buys Northern Virginia Data Center

  February 15th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  Qwest Communications (Q) has acquired an existing data center in northern Virginia that will serve as the company's 17th CyberCenter hosting facility. Buying an existing data center allowed Qwest to add capacity - including power capacity -more quickly than building a new site. Read More

• REIT Buys Ashburn Data Center Campus

  January 8th, 2010 : Rich Miller

  First Potomac Realty Trust (FPO) has acquired a three-building campus in Ashburn, Virginia that houses several data center facilities, the company said this week. Read More

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