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Kraft Group eyes $16B data center development in Massachusetts
The Kraft Group is “in the early stages of planning a group of data centers in the Central Massachusetts town of Sutton that the town manager says would total more than” $16B in investment. Sutton Town Manager Austin Cyganiewicz, who detailed the potential project in a memo to the town’s Select Board, said that the proposal “is tentative and no applications have yet been filed.” The project would “bring to Massachusetts the type of sprawling construction that have quickly led to community opposition across much of the country as well as here at home.” The Kraft Group’s proposal would be the “largest in Massachusetts by far.” A proposed data center project in Westfield totals $4B. The Kraft Group is “proposing to build 10 data center buildings.” Cyganiewicz said that it would “open in phases from 2029 through 2033.” Unified Global Packaging Group, a subsidiary of the Kraft Group, owns roughly 390 acres in a corner of Sutton. The Sutton Select Board isn’t scheduled to vote on the data center proposal when it meets Tuesday night. Cyganiewicz said that first steps will include “establishing a zoning bylaw and negotiating a community benefits agreement” (BOSTON BUSINESS JOURNAL, 11/10).
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Ahead of Johnston exodus, Polisena says FM to lay off local workers
FM is laying off an unknown number of employees in conjunction with plans to relocate its global headquarters from Johnston to Providence, Johnston Mayor Joe Polisena Jr. said on Thursday. Polisena told Rhode Island Current in a phone interview that he met with an FM employee earlier in the day, who said she and at […]
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Robert Kraft’s Company Set to Pour $16 Billion Into Massachusetts Under Massive Eight-Year Project
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s company is stepping into the world of data centers with a major project that would cost more than $16 billion. The massive project is supposed to be completed by the year 2033. “The estimated $16.75 billion project – which the developers note is ‘several times the $2.8 billion in assessed value of all property in Sutton today,'” the Boston Herald reported. “Would complete two buildings by 2029 and two more each year through 2033 in the small town, ultimately constructing what would become potentially the fourth-largest data center in the U.S.” The full...
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Village at Manville Could Push Lincoln’s Affordable Share Near 9%
Lincoln is still short of Rhode Island’s 10 percent low- and moderate-income housing goal, but not by the margin it once was. The 2026 Housing Fact Book puts that housing at 8.35 percent of the town’s year-round homes and says Lincoln needs 157 more qualifying homes to reach the benchmark.