Data centers are critical to internet, and there is an emerging segment of the data center market that consists of facilities dedicated to cryptocurrency mining. This issue of Zoning Practice explores why cities, towns, and counties may wish to define and regulate data centers and cryptocurrency mining as distinct uses in their zoning codes and provides a summary of contemporary approaches.| American Planning Association
Data centers are one of the most energy-intensive building types, consuming 10 to 50 times the energy per floor space of a typical commercial office building.| Energy.gov
Data centers are dead spaces for downtown. Dallas has to do better with a vision we can rally around.| Dallas News
Jane Hope Hamilton, spokeswoman for Inspire Dallas, told The News that her firm spoke to former DMN site owner Ray Washburne in January to explore a land deal.| Dallas News
Sale to a data center comes as Washburne “couldn’t get anything out of the city” on the new convention center buildout.| Dallas News
Developer Ray Washburne is selling the Rock of Truth to a data center provider.| Dallas News
Plans for the $3 billion reconstruction of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas are moving forward, with a project manager set to come on board next month.| CandysDirt.com
When Ray Washburne purchased the iconic Dallas Morning News building at 508 Young Street just across from Union Station earlier this year, many wondered what would be the fate of the building. Well, wonder no more.| CandysDirt.com