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Microsoft files plans for two-building campus outside Atlanta

The filing expands Microsoft's Georgia footprint as hyperscalers race to lock down power capacity and land ahead of 2027 delivery windows.

Siting & Development Sep 17, 2026 4 min read

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Loudoun County, Virginia Votes to Pause New Data Center Applications

Loudoun County's Board of Supervisors voted 7-1-1 to pause new data center and substation applications for up to a year while it rewrites its rules for the facilities.

Loudoun Times-Mirror · Sep 20, 2026
Siting & Development

Virginia Governor Signs Executive Order on Data Center Accountability

Governor Abigail Spanberger signed Executive Order 22, rolling out a statewide data center accountability framework covering transparency, environmental standards, energy costs and clean power.

Office of the Governor of Virginia · Sep 20, 2026
Power & Cooling

NC Regulators Deny Duke Energy's $584M Gas Turbine Near Amazon Data Center

The North Carolina Utilities Commission blocked Duke Energy's $584 million gas turbine expansion near Hamlet, saying the utility hadn't proven the project was needed or that customers would be protected from its costs.

WRAL · Sep 19, 2026
Data Center AI

AI Cloud and Data Center Firm Nscale Files for US IPO

London-based AI infrastructure company Nscale has filed a registration statement with the SEC for a proposed U.S. IPO, seeking to list on the NYSE under the ticker NSCL.

Nscale · Sep 19, 2026
Siting & Development

Magnora Takes 50% Stake in Estonia's Risti Kampus Data Center

Oslo-listed developer Magnora has agreed to acquire a 50% interest in Sunly's Risti Kampus data center project in western Estonia, targeting 180MW in its first phase and up to 400MW eventually.

BeBeez International · Sep 18, 2026
Siting & Development

Microsoft Expands Nature-Inspired Design to Over 20 Data Centers

Microsoft is scaling a biomimicry-based approach to data center design, first piloted in the Netherlands, to more than 20 sites in the US and Germany and making it standard for new US projects.

Data Center Frontier · Sep 18, 2026