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See all the replies. Post. * Hunterbrook @hntrbrkmedia Crews at a data center construction site in Georgia unearthed incendiary white phosphorus late last year. Police sent in a bomb squad. The site: a former Army dump near Atlanta, where Digital Realty ($DLR) is building a $3 billion data center campus. 12:03 PM · Oct 18, 2026· 25K Views 4 * Hunterbrook @hntrbrkmedia 1h Hunterbrook Media's investment affiliate, Hunterbrook Capital, does not have any positions based on this thread at the time of publication. Positions may change at any time. Full disclosures on its website. 1 Hunterbrook @hntrbrkmedia 1h The white phosphorus was found on the western side of the property, in an area that will sit under the planned data center building, according to a letter an environmental consultant sent to Georgia regulators on Digital Realty's behalf. 1 Hunterbrook @hntrbrkmedia 1h Digital Realty told Hunterbrook that crews excavated a 100-by-100-foot area, 8 feet deep, and recovered five 30-gallon drums of material containing white phosphorus. It says the drums were sent to a permitted hazardous waste facility. 1 Hunterbrook @hntrbrkmedia 1h The company also said that "work in the area where the material was initially discovered was stopped immediately upon the discovery of the material" and that "there were no reported injuries." No other munitions and explosives of concern have been encountered since the white 1 Hunterbrook @hntrbrkmedia 1h White phosphorus is used in smoke and incendiary munitions. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have considered their use in civilian areas a war crime. The letter to EPD says its presence here "is assumed to be associated with historical Army disposal operations." 1 Hunterbrook @hntrbrkmedia 1h From 1941 to around 1980, the Army dumped everything from gas masks to sewage sludge on the 97-acre Fort Gillem parcel Digital Realty bought for $120 million. In 2000, workers found a burn pit with lead up to 25,000 mg/kg. In 2009, they found drums labeled as TCE, a carcinogen. 1 Hunterbrook @hntrbrkmedia 1h The Army's 2023 property transfer report also warned of buried expended ordnance. Anyone who finds suspected unexploded munitions must stop work and call police. That's what happened with the white phosphorus, which turned out to be still combustible. 1 Hunterbrook @hntrbrkmedia 1h Digital Realty says it expects to spend more than $100 million on site remediation and environmental work. Satellite images reviewed by Hunterbrook show construction is continuing. 00:07 1 Hunterbrook @hntrbrkmedia 1h For neighbors, white phosphorus isn't the only worry. Pamela Felder said she bought her "forever" home less than a mile from the site. She said blasting there earlier this year felt like somebody picked her home up and dropped it back down, leaving cracks in her and her 1 Hunterbrook @hntrbrkmedia 1h A contractor's schedule lists 67 days of rock blasting at the site from early December 2025 through late February, plus 38 more days marked "overblast." 1 Hunterbrook @hntrbrkmedia 1h Felder complained to the blasting contractor, Maine Drilling & Blasting. She said an inspector the company sent out diagnosed the cracks as "settling." 1 Hunterbrook @hntrbrkmedia 1h "Blasting-related damages claims were thoroughly evaluated using pre-blast surveys and geotechnical monitoring. Following that review, it was determined that the damages claims were not the result of site activities," a Digital Realty spokesperson told Hunterbrook. 1 Hunterbrook @hntrbrkmedia 1h Read the full investigation here: Building a Data Center on a Toxic Army Munitions Dump From hntrbrk.com 1 * Midwestern Investor @Minnvestor 33m Gangster move by the city tbh. Zone the site so "there's nothing we can do," then sit back and watch $120M change hands knowing DLR will be forced to clean it up. City will collect the property taxes either way

JD Property plans UAE logistics joint venture with Digital Realty. October 17, 2026 JD Property is set to establish a logistics joint venture in the UAE, collaborating with US-based Digital Realty. This venture includes plans for a data center and warehouse development, highlighting the growing demand for logistics and data infrastructure in the region. InfraSale's audience should note the increasing investment in data centers as part of broader logistics strategies. data centers investment land development

Digital Realty tops out second data center in Seoul, South Korea. 16 Oct 2026 By: IDCNOVA Region: East Asia Digital Realty has reached a significant construction milestone on its second data center development in South Korea, topping out the ICN11 facility in Seoul as the company expands its footprint in one of Asia's most dynamic digital infrastructure markets. The topping out ceremony, announced this week, marks the completion of the structural framework for the facility, which is now scheduled to become operational by the second half of 2027. The project was first announced in 2021, when Digital Realty acquired a land parcel in Gurae-dong, Gimpo City, in northwest Seoul. The 64MW facility is set to span nearly 1 million square feet (92,903 square meters), making it a substantial addition to the company's regional capacity. Originally, the facility had been targeted to come online by the first half of 2023, but the timeline was subsequently adjusted. In a statement, the company framed the milestone in broader terms: "The topping out isn't just a construction milestone; it's a powerful symbol of what happens when incredible teams come together to build something bigger than any one of us could achieve alone." Digital Realty is collaborating with a consortium of construction and engineering firms on the project, including DPR Construction, DL E&C Co., Turner & Townsend, and Heerim Architects & Planners. The new development complements Digital Realty's existing presence in Seoul, where it currently operates ICN10, also known as Digital Seoul 1. That ten-story facility, announced in 2019 and brought online in 2022, offers up to 12MW of IT capacity across 132,000 square feet (12,265 square meters) of floorspace. The substantial capacity increase represented by ICN11 underscores the accelerating demand for data center infrastructure in South Korea, driven by cloud adoption, AI workloads, and the country's position as a regional technology hub. The topping out of ICN11 signals continued confidence in Seoul's data center market, where competition among domestic and international operators has intensified in recent years. As hyperscalers and enterprises seek to secure capacity in tier-one Asian markets, Digital Realty's expanded presence positions the company to capture growing demand for high-density, scalable infrastructure in the region.