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Blue Owl Capital co-President Marc Zahr and servers inside a data center.
Data Centers · Investments & Sales
Virginia

Blue Owl’s Stack Infrastructure Buys Virginia Data Center Site for $66M

By Greg Cornfield
Aerial photo of a data centera in a remote location in Stutsman County, North Dakota.
Data Centers · Technology
National

For Data Centers, the Case for a Local Balance Sheet

By Suhail Y Tayeb
Equinix CEO and President Adaire Fox-Martin and servers at a Equinix data center.
Data Centers · Capital Markets
National

Data Center Giant Equinix Ups Its 2026 Forecast Behind Robust Q2

By Greg Cornfield
An illustration of a Old West wildcatter plugging in a plug into an outlet in the dirt.
Data Centers · Finance
National

Rise of the Data Center ‘Wildcatters’

By Brian Pascus
A data center with a pause button on it.
Data Centers · Development
New York

New York’s Temporary Data Center Moratorium Could Mean Permanent Losses

By Larry Getlen
Starwood Capital's Barry Sternlicht and wires inside a server at a data center.
Data Centers · Development
Virginia

Starwood Advances 226K-SF Data Center in Fairfax County, Va.

By Greg Cornfield
Jeevan Kalanithi.
Data Centers · Technology
National

OpenSpace CEO Jeevan Kalanithi: 5 Questions

By Philip Russo
CEO Dan Letter and Prologis' logo on the New York Stock Exchange.
Data Centers · Capital Markets
National

Prologis Beats Expectations With Record Leasing and Data Center Growth

By Emily Davis
Data center.
Data Centers · Technology
National

The New Stakeholder in Data Center Development

By Suhail Y Tayeb
Gov. Kathy Hochul and advocates for a data center moratorium hold signs at a rally in Albany, N.Y., in May.
Data Centers · Policy
New York

New York Enacting Nation’s First Statewide Data Center Moratorium  

By Andrew Coen
An aerial view of farmland in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Data Centers · Development
Florida

Palm Beach County Pauses Data Center Applications

By Julia Echikson
An illustration of an index finger of a hand pressed to a pair of lips signifying silence.
Data Centers · Development
National

Secrecy Is Killing Data Center Deals

By Suhail Y Tayeb
Starwood Capital's Barry Sternlicht (top) and Jonathan Pollack, and an aerial view of a data center.
Data Centers · Finance
National

Starwood Capital Group Closes $10.2B Opportunistic Fund for Data Center Investment

By Brian Pascus
Digital Realty's Greg Wright (top), Blackstone's Mike Forman and a Digital Realty sign outside one of its data centers.
Data Centers · Investments & Sales
Virginia

Blackstone Sells Three NoVA Data Centers to Digital Realty for $3.5B

By Andrew Coen
An illustration of a blue owl flying and carrying a pair of servers from a data center.
Data Centers · Capital Markets
National

Once Down, Blue Owl Finds Its Wings Again

By Patrick Sisson
Illustration of a central red and pink AI cube with white AI lettering placed on a blue circuit board base, surrounded by scattered glowing server racks, electronic components and colorful connection lines.
Data Centers · Technology
National

Aston Power Secures $20M Series A Funding

By Philip Russo
Entrance to the Nashville Zoo.
Data Centers · Development
Tennessee

Nashville Zoo Proving a Beast of an Opponent for Data Center

By Amanda Schiavo