Dutch gov't removes zoning permission for Zeewolde land earmarked for Meta data center
Meta had already given up, new decision prevents anyone else with similar plans
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Idaho lawmakers look to limit tax breaks on data centers again
New bill to prevent double dipping makes more progress than previous attempt
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Idaho bill limiting data center tax breaks stumbles
Data centers still allowed to double dip on tax benefits in the state
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Idaho considers limiting tax breaks for data centers
Rep. John Gannon says you can sales or property tax benefits, not both
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Meta asks the ITU to stop adding "leap seconds" to alter time
The last leap second, at the end of 2016, caused a Cloudflare outage
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Dutch government won't sell Zeewolde land to Meta, hyperscale data center development moratorium moves forward
Draft decision would ban large data centers outside of two regions
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Dutch Senate votes for motion to prevent further site works at Meta's Zeewolde data center
Lawmakers want site prep stopped while government negotiates land sale
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Meta data center in Zeewolde facing opposition by Dutch Housing Minister
Former Deputy PM Hugo de Jonge hopes stricter requirements for data centers will prevent the development of the hyperscale
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Facebook to take up to 250MW in QTS’ Hillsboro campus in Oregon
Social network expanding beyond its own Prineville campus in the state, though QTS needs to source the renewable energy it desires first
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Regulators take issue with Facebook power purchase agreements in New Mexico
Commission says three PPAs are complicated and could hurt suppliers’ other customers
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Facebook announces 10th and 11th data centers at Prineville, Oregon campus amid renewable energy fight
Social network is having issues sourcing renewable power on campus due to regulation change
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FTC claims Facebook is a monopoly, sues to break up WhatsApp and Instagram
Most US states join in giant antitrust lawsuits
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FCC commissioner calls for greater scrutiny over 'adversary' submarine cable connections
With a focus on China
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Facebook claims potential data restrictions will force it to drop EU platforms
It also won an extension to legally challenge a suspension of EU-US data transfers
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Ireland to order Facebook to halt data transfers from EU to US
The legal drama that shook the EU and US digital relationship continues...
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Facebook starts building ninth data center at Prineville campus, Oregon
How long until the company builds another?
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Gallatin council votes to supply water to planned Facebook data center in Tennessee
Facebook is doing business under the name of Woolhawk LLC
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Amazon buys 112-acre plot for new data center in New Albany, Ohio
The company also has a permit to build a smaller data center in the area
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Facebook to expand Eagle Mountain data center in Utah
The results of taxation, or rather, the lack of it
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Special master to decide if Emerson should pay BladeRoom's $24.5m trade secret lawsuit legal costs
Emerson already paid $30m in damages, after a jury agreed that the company used stolen designs to build a Facebook data center
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Proposed legislation could threaten data center construction near Atlanta BeltLine
Laws could be put in place to protect a future walking path, hindering data center development in the area
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Looks like Facebook won't be building data centers in China
The move comes as Facebook has outlined a plan to transform the social network into a “privacy-focused platform”
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Tech industry reacts negatively to Trump travel ban
As do stock markets
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Larry Page, Brian Krzanich, Satya Nadella and more to meet Trump at tech summit
DCD still awaiting invite
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The UK's Investigatory Powers Bill demands mass storage of private data
Great for storage vendors, not so good for citizens
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ICANN transitions out of US control, despite Trump, Cruz opposition
Last minute legal action fails to stop move
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Trump opposes transfer of ICANN control out of the US
“Or Internet freedom will be lost for good, since there will be no way to make it great again once it is lost”