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RadiusDC has acquired Miami I, a network-centric data center in South Florida, enhancing its urban data center platform. The 170,000 sq. ft. facility, built to withstand Category 5 hurricanes, offers 15MW of IT power and robust connectivity. RadiusDC plans to expand the power capacity from 3.2MW to 9.2MW by 2026, further strengthening its foothold in the Miami market and beyond.
MechanicWeb has launched AMD Ryzen 9950X-powered hosting services in Dallas, featuring DDR5 ECC RAM and PCIE 5.0 NVMe SSDs. The company claims up to 20X performance gains and 3X faster page loads without any changes to the website. The Ryzen 9950X CPU offers top single-thread performance, with superior PHP and MySQL performance and enhanced security features.
Firefighters responded to a fire at a former R.R. Donnelley plant in Chicago’s South Loop, now a major data center. The blaze, reported on a carpet or roof, was quickly extinguished. The historic 1912 building now houses the Midwest’s largest multi-tenant Equinix data center. No downtime has been reported.
GitHub faced a global outage after a database infrastructure change disrupted key services, including GitHub Actions, Pages, and Copilot. Users encountered errors and unicorn-themed error messages as the platform went down. By 2345 UTC, GitHub began rolling back the change, gradually restoring normal operations. The company is now monitoring for a full recovery as services come back online.
Vantage has filed plans to build two large data center campuses in South Fulton, Georgia, just outside Atlanta. The Westlake project will span 754,220 square feet, set for completion in 2028. The Stacks Road project will cover 696,980 square feet, expected to finish in 2027. These expansions mark Vantage’s growing presence in Georgia, adding to its existing campuses across the U.S.
Edged Energy is setting up a new data center in New Albany, Ohio, targeting a July 2025 completion. The facility will conserve water by using innovative cooling technology, saving 95 million gallons annually. Designed for AI workloads, it aligns with the community’s focus on sustainability and efficient energy use, providing 24MW of power just outside Columbus.
