Boston: 61 data centres, 30 operators, 378 MW live

• 19 Aug 2026Announced50 MW

  VoltCore exploits Alabama zoning gap to advance 50 MW Bitcoin mining data center in Somerville

  VoltCore is building a 50 MW Bitcoin mining data center on 15 acres near Somerville, Alabama (population under 800), after identifying legal loopholes that render two local moratoriums unenforceable. Morgan County cannot zone unincorporated land under Dillon's Rule, while Somerville never adopted zoning; the company routed utilities through county rights-of-way after four landowners denied easements. The developer operates through multiple corporate entities (Sovereign Global Solutions, Sovereign Gazelle LLC, Project Avalanche) to obscure ownership. Local officials including Morgan County Commission Chairman Ray Long acknowledged their moratorium is merely a "message" with no enforcement power.

• 31 Jul 2026Moratorium

  Worcester enacts moratorium on data centres and cable landing stations

  Worcester has enacted a moratorium on data centres and cable landing stations.

• 1 Jan 2025Decommissioned

  Waltham Equinix 065 decommissioned

  Waltham Equinix 065 was closed/decommissioned in 2025; the source page for it is no longer available.

• 28 Sept 2021Commissioned

  Cambridge Lumen 078 commissioned

  Cambridge Lumen 078 came into service on 28 September 2021.

• 25 Jul 2018Acquisition$15M

  Carter Validus completes monetization of all data center assets with $15M Andover sale

  Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT sold its final data center asset, the Andover Data Center in Massachusetts, to an unaffiliated buyer for $15.0 million on July 25, 2018. The 92,700 rentable square foot mission-critical facility located 25 miles north of Boston had a net book value of approximately $10.6 million as of June 30, 2018. This transaction concluded the company's strategic effort to fully monetize its entire data center portfolio.

• 1 May 2017Acquisition

  Billerica Equinix 071 ownership change

  Billerica Equinix 071 changed ownership on 1 May 2017 as part of Equinix's completed acquisition of 29 data centers and their operations.

• 1 Jan 2011Commissioned

  Needham Digital Realty 012 commissioned

  Needham Digital Realty 012 came into service in 2011; the source lists it as 105 Cabot Street Boston with the year 2011 marked (C).

• 4 Nov 2010Expansion$80M

  Internap Expands Boston Data Center by 7,000 Square Feet

  Internap Network Services announced a 7,000 net sellable square foot expansion of its company-controlled data center in Boston as part of Q3 2010 results. The company also expanded its overall company-controlled footprint by 26,500 net sellable square feet during the quarter while reducing lower-margin partner data center revenue. Internap simultaneously secured a new $80 million credit facility, increasing borrowing capacity by $45 million.

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