Aligned Data Centers, a leading technology infrastructure company offering innovative, sustainable and adaptable colocation and build-to-scale solutions for cloud, enterprise, and managed service providers, announces 2021 milestone achievements in growth, sustainability, and historic green financing, including the first-ever green, and largest-ever inaugural, data center securitization, and the first-ever U.S. data center sustainability-linked financing.
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As the Internet’s Carbon Footprint Increases Daily with Global Usage, Ledger8760 Gives Data Center Providers a New Way to Track Carbon Emissions 24/7
Aligned partners with Ledger8760 to offer transparent and accurate data of their carbon footprint to better inform their own and their hundreds of customers’ sustainability strategies and goals.
Aligned Ranked as 157th Fastest-Growing Company in North America on the 2021 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™
Aligned ranks 157th no the Deloitte Technology Fast 500. This recognition is due to the company’s accelerated growth of 870 percent during this period.
Aligned Sets Record for Largest-Ever Inaugural Data Center Securitization As Part of $1.725 Billion in Structured Sustainable Debt Financing
Aligned announces the establishment of a newly-created data center ABS platform and the issuance of $1.35 billion in securitized notes thereunder, which is the largest-ever inaugural data center securitization.
Aligned Expands Presence in Salt Lake Metro Area With New Waterless Build-to-Scale Data Center
Aligned announces its continuing expansion in the Salt Lake Metro Area with the development of the Company’s new data center campus.
Aligned Exceeds Core ESG Objectives and Increases Sustainability-Linked Credit Facility to $1.25 Billion
Aligned announces it has increased its senior secured credit facility, the first-ever U.S. data center sustainability-linked financing, by $250 million to $1.25 billion.
Aligned Breaks Ground on Chicago Hyperscale Data Center Campus
Aligned announces it has broken ground on its latest hyperscale data center campus in Chicago, Illinois. The first data center being constructed on the 18.5-acre campus, known as ORD-01, is a 220,000 square-foot, 48 MW facility (expandable to ~60 MW).
Aligned Launches Second Salt Lake Metro Data Center
Aligned announces the completion its second data center in the Salt Lake Metro Area, located in West Jordan, UT. The new 48 MW (expandable to 60 MW), 240,000 square-foot facility is the second data center to be built on Aligned’s Salt Lake Metro data center campus.
Aligned Launches Next Evolution of its Delta³ Cooling Technology, Increasing Cooling Capacity by 25%
Furthering Aligned’s industry-leading commitment to environmental stewardship and energy efficiency, Delta³ now offers 25% greater cooling capacity, allowing for higher densities and more flexible customer IT loads.
Aligned Closes $1 Billion Credit Facility and First-Ever U.S. Data Center Sustainability-Linked Financing
The first-of-its-kind facility in the U.S. data center sector provides Aligned with additional capital to accelerate corporate, customer and community-related sustainability initiatives as well as short and long-term growth objectives.
Aligned Selected as 2020 Green Lease Leader by the Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Alliance and the Institute for Market Transformation
Aligned announces it has been named a 2020 Green Lease Leader by the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT) and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Better Buildings Alliance.
Aligned Begins Construction on Second Hyperscale Data Center in Ashburn, VA
At full build, Aligned’s master-planned Ashburn hyperscale campus will offer approximately 1 million square feet of space and 180 MW of capacity.
Aligned Increases Facility to $575 Million in Response to Demand for Adaptive and Sustainable Data Center Solutions
Aligned has increased its secured credit facility to $575 million as the company experiences continuous and consistently strong customer demand for its adaptive infrastructure solutions.
Aligned Energy Announces Phase Two Expansion at Its Ashburn Data Center Campus
Representing one of the fastest expansions of new capacity in the Ashburn market this year, at full build, the campus will offer ~ 1 mm square feet of data center, office and amenity space as well as 180 MW of total critical load.
100% of Aligned’s Power Across All Data Centers is Renewable
Aligned announces its increased commitment to environmental stewardship and sustainability by matching 100% of the IT loads across the Company’s data center portfolio with certified renewable energy.
Aligned Partners with PacketFabric to Expand On-Demand Cloud and Network Connectivity Across Its Data Centers
Aligned partners with PacketFabric to expand connectivity options at its Ashburn, Dallas, Phoenix, and Salt Lake City data centers.
Datto Selects Aligned for Ongoing Expansion
Datto, Inc., the leading global provider of IT solutions delivered through managed service providers (MSPs), has selected Aligned’s Salt Lake Metro data center for its ongoing expansion.
Aligned Breaks Ground on Second Salt Lake Metro Data Center
Aligned announces the expansion of its Salt Lake Metro data center campus, breaking ground on a second facility in West Jordan, Utah.
Aligned Secures Nearly $500 Million Facility to Support Expansion Plans
Aligned has completed a $495 million secured credit facility with investors including Goldman Sachs Bank USA, CPPIB Credit Investments Inc. (CPPIB Credit), a subsidiary of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and a global investment management corporation.
Aligned Completes Phase One of Ashburn Data Center Campus
Aligned announces completion of phase one of its hyperscale data center campus in Ashburn, Virginia. The initial 368,755 square-foot, 60 MW facility will be followed by a 409,000 square-foot, 120 MW development on the 26-acre campus.
