The Cold Aisle

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Port Averill and Tarrow Point, New York

Merrivane Labs’ newest data centre stands on the site of a coal-fired power station that closed in 2014, outside the town of Port Averill on the shore of Lake Ontario, three hundred miles north-west of New York City. It was promised for March 2026, then June, then October. It is to be switched on on 8 January 2027.

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A cold aisle

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Lake Ontario weather briefing

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Tarrow Point site plan

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The power station in snow

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