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The recent UN climate summit COP29 held in Azerbaijan ended 33 hours late and with no country getting what they wanted, according to the head of the UN climate body Simon Stiell. There was however agreement on the need to transition away from fossil fuels, though the details won’t be debated until COP30, which takes…

Facilities Management Advisor’s “Under Construction” series highlights some of the latest, most interesting facility project announcements every month. $10B Meta Data Center Meta, the tech giant behind Facebook and Instagram, is building a massive $10 billion artificial intelligence (AI) data center in northeast Louisiana. At 4 million square feet, the facility will be the largest of more…

This Christmas, teams from across Compass Group UK & Ireland have been working with local and national charities in the communities where they work, supporting thousands of people across the country. Over the last few weeks, Compass colleagues have been carrying out a number of fundraising and volunteering activities including: One Retail has raised over…

As cyber threats and breaches grow, healthcare organizations and facilities need a better approach to cybersecurity. In October 2024, the healthcare sector just passed an unfortunate milestone. As investigations into the Change Healthcare attack from February continued, the company revealed that sensitive patient information on more than 100 million Americans had been exposed in the…

  Duke Health announced that the healthcare system has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire Lake Norman Regional Medical Center (LNRMC) and the related businesses, in Mooresville, N.C., from subsidiaries of Community Health Systems, Inc. With a projected closing in the first quarter of 2025, Duke’s acquisition of the 123-bed, acute-care hospital would represent…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has opened applications for the 2025 Renew America’s Schools Prize, which will offer $90 million for facility upgrades that improve health, safety, and energy costs in K-12 public schools across America. Funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, this third round of funding builds on $178 million awarded in 2023 and…