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Fredericksburg, VA
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$172.1M SALE: Massive Fredericksburg Warehouse Changes Hands As Data Center Boom Continues $172.1M SALE: Massive Fredericksburg Warehouse Changes Hands As Data Center Boom Continues $172.1M SALE: Massive Fredericksburg Warehouse Changes Hands As Data Center Boom Continues
$172.1M Sale: Massive Fredericksburg Warehouse Changes Hands As Data Center Boom Continues A massive Virginia warehouse built to support the booming data center industry has changed hands in a staggering $172.1 million deal, according to the real estate firm that arranged the sale. The nearly 1 million-square-foot facility, known as Capitol 95, is located at 211 Centreport Parkway in Fredericksburg and was purchased by an investment fund managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing, according to JLL Capital Markets, which announced the transaction on Tuesday, Oct. 27. The sale puts a hefty price tag on a property that was only completed earlier this year, highlighting the grow…

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by Zak Failla
Hartford, CT
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Microsoft Offers Buyouts To 60K Employees After Earlier Mass Layoffs Microsoft Offers Buyouts To 60K Employees After Earlier Mass Layoffs Microsoft Offers Buyouts To 60K Employees After Earlier Mass Layoffs
Microsoft Offers Buyouts To 60K Employees After Earlier Mass Layoffs Microsoft is offering buyouts to more than a quarter of its workforce as the tech giant looks to slash costs while spending heavily on AI. The company announced a new voluntary exit program for about 60,000 workers worldwide on Monday, Oct. 26. The offer is available to eligible employees in Canada, India, the United Kingdom, and the US. The buyouts affect about 27% of Microsoft's 223,000 global employees. Workers who accept the offer will receive financial support and career planning resources to help them leave the company. CNBC reported that eligible employees have until December t…

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by Chris Spiker
Alexandria, VA
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Third Time's A Charm? Virginia Thieves Return To Scene Of $200K Copper Heist At Data Center Third Time's A Charm? Virginia Thieves Return To Scene Of $200K Copper Heist At Data Center Third Time's A Charm? Virginia Thieves Return To Scene Of $200K Copper Heist At Data Center
Third Time's A Charm? Virginia Thieves Return To Scene Of $200K Copper Heist At Data Center Three overnight break-ins, more than $200,000 in stolen copper, and a pair of masked thieves who just keep coming back for more have Virginia investigators hunting for answers. The Culpeper County Sheriff's Office is searching for two suspects believed to be behind a string of thefts at a data center construction site along Germanna Highway, where thieves have struck three times in a month, cutting through locks and fencing to steal valuable materials and equipment. The first break-in happened overnight between Sept. 22 and Sept. 23, when thieves forced their way through the property's fron…

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by Zak Failla
Hartford, CT
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Massive AWS Outage Exposes Internet's Weaknesses, Experts Warn Massive AWS Outage Exposes Internet's Weaknesses, Experts Warn Massive AWS Outage Exposes Internet's Weaknesses, Experts Warn
Massive AWS Outage Exposes Internet's Weaknesses, Experts Warn A major Amazon Web Services outage brought parts of the global economy to a halt, disrupting everything from banking apps to airline systems. The incident, centered in AWS's massive US-East-1 region in northern Virginia, started overnight on Monday, Oct. 20. According to analytics tracker BuiltWith, the problems impacted an estimated 76 million websites, including Daily Voice. The outage affected a wide range of popular apps and companies. Those suffering outages also included Amazon, Canva, Coinbase, Delta Air Lines, Disney+, Hinge, Lyft, Reddit, Ring, Robinhood, Roblox, Sig…

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by Chris Spiker
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Double-Fatal Plane Crash Ignites Fire In Suburban Denver Business Park Double-Fatal Plane Crash Ignites Fire In Suburban Denver Business Park Double-Fatal Plane Crash Ignites Fire In Suburban Denver Business Park
Double-Fatal Plane Crash Ignites Fire In Suburban Denver Business Park Both people aboard were killed after a small plane crashed in a business park near an airport outside Denver, igniting a fire that threatened a nearby data center’s generators, authorities said. South Metro Fire Rescue said the crash was reported around 6:20 a.m. Friday, Sept. 5, about a mile south of  Centennial Airport  in Englewood, Colorado, at the office park that includes the Flexential Denver–Englewood Data Center.  First reports mentioned an explosion at Peoria Street and Aviator Way; arriving crews found a fire encroaching on backup generators but quickly contai…

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by Joe Lombardi