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ACQUISITION: DartPoints acquires campus for $29 million. DartPoints has acquired a former Lexmark data center campus in Lexington, Kentucky for $29 million, with plans to expand the site to support growing demand for AI, hyperscale, neo-cloud, and enterprise computing workloads. Current plans call for an initial deployment of 20–30MW of capacity, with long-term expansion potential of up to 70MW. The facility is being designed to support densities of up to 200kW per rack, 415V power, and both traditional air-cooling and direct-to-chip liquid cooling systems. Scott Willis, President and CEO of DartPoints, said Lexington offers a unique combination of existing infrastructure, power availability, and scalability needed to support next-generation AI and cloud workloads.

DEVELOPMENT: TAC Data Centers plans 1GW campus in Virginia. TAC Data Centers, a subsidiary of The Ardent Companies, is planning a large-scale data center campus in Wythe County, Virginia, that would require more than 1GW of power capacity. The proposed development would consist of nine to eleven data center buildings totaling between 3.5 million and 4 million square feet. Bryan Durrett, General Counsel for TAC Data Centers, said the project was designed to minimize traffic, visual impact, noise, and water consumption while creating a long-term tax base for the county.

DEVELOPMENT: Digital Realty proposes new Seattle data center. Digital Realty has submitted plans for a new data center development in Seattle, Washington, as city officials consider a one-year moratorium on new data center projects. The proposed development would replace the existing retail building and parking garage at 301 Virginia Street / 1930 3rd Avenue with a six-story data center that would also include office, retail, and research-and-development space. Construction could begin as early as 2027.

WATER: Microsoft highlights low-water AI data center design at build 2026. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the company’s newest generation of AI data centers can operate with annual water consumption roughly equivalent to that of a single restaurant, highlighting Microsoft's new closed-loop liquid cooling architecture during Microsoft Build 2026.

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