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BIG SPENDERS: Retail sales grew 3.7% year over year, outpacing 1.8% foot traffic growth. Read more here.
STRIP CLUB: The investment community finally gives retail strip centers their due. Read more here.
MEGA BYTE SITE: Microsoft plans data center campus on 1,350 AC megasite in Person County, NC. Read more here.
MOB SCENE: These are the top markets for new medical office building construction. PLAYER: Coy Davidson. Read more here.


DATA CENTERS: Serverfarm closes $3B credit facility to fund hyperscale campuses in key North American markets. PLAYER: Avner Papouchado. Read more here.
DATA CENTERS: “Largest power project in the country” receives permit to build private electricity grid for Texas data centers. Read more here.
DATA CENTERS: Red Wolf DCD Properties plans $12.6B data center campus in Kansas. Read more here.
DATA CENTERS: Century Aluminum Co. sells 750 AC site in Kentucky to TeraWulf affiliate for $200M. PLAYERS: Jesse Gary, Paul Prager. Read more here.
CRYPTO MINING: Hut 8 pivots from bitcoin mining to AI infrastructure. Read more here.
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WIND: Aikido Technologies plans to build data centers inside floating offshore wind turbine platforms in the North Sea. PLAYER: Sam Kanner. Read more here.
SOLAR: BlackRock-led consortium agrees to acquire US utility AES Corp. for $10.7B. Read more here.
SOLAR: Otovo agrees to acquire California-based EnergyAid for approximately $10M. PLAYERS: John Berger, Nick Sherman. Read more here.
SOLAR: Nofar USA acquires approximately 1 GW of solar assets from Pine Gate Renewables, expanding its portfolio to 2.3 GW. PLAYER: Allon Raveh. Read more here.
SOLAR: MacLean-Fogg acquires OMCO Solar, a US manufacturer of solar trackers and racking systems. Read more here.

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