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DATA CENTERS EXTRA: Snapshots from the Field

Resonating with Site Selection’s findings that Texas leads all states in data center projects and project-affiliated job creation since January 2024, Cushman & Wakefield’s 2026 Global Data Center Market Comparison report named Dallas the No. 1 primary data center market in the world, followed by Atlanta (2), Virginia (3), Columbus (4) and Johor, Malaysia (5).

Chipping Away

In mid-April, a new cohort of eight startups in four states received more than $1 million in combined funding from the Powering Regional Opportunities for Prototyping Microelectronics (PROPEL) program.

Bay Area Bonanza

Among the 500 most capitalized AI firms in the world, 70 are located in San Francisco, California, topped by OpenAI, the firm whose co-founder Sam Altman is in the news this week after an in-depth profile by Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz in The New Yorker.

Project Bulletin: May 13, 2024

With $3.3 billion in tow, Microsoft has plans to deliver a state-of-the-art data center campus in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. In late 2023, it was announced that Microsoft would be acquiring two facilities previously owned by Taiwan-based electronics company Foxconn, which failed to deliver its $10 billion commitment.

Project Bulletin: April 22, 2024

A $250 million investment by Apple will look to promote collaboration between the company’s teams housed in Singapore’s northeast Ang Mo Kio district.