Markley Group LLC donated $40,000 to send the Lowell 12-under Cal Ripken All-Stars to the World Series, and gave $30,000 more to the Lowell Folk Festival and Lowell Spinners — continuing the company's deep investment in the community it calls home.
Read storyMarkley Lowell donated $40,000 to cover travel expenses for the Lowell 12U Cal Ripken All-Stars, ensuring every player and family can attend the Cal Ripken National Championship in Missouri starting August 5.
Read storyWhile the Markley Group's Lowell facility is the largest of its kind in Massachusetts, it is not a hyperscale center; it's significantly smaller. In fact, it's less than a fifth the size of Google's Council Bluffs roughly 2 million square foot data center in Iowa.
Read storyA USA Today opinion piece draws a historical parallel between 19th-century railroad opposition and today's data center debate, arguing that AI infrastructure will prove as vital to America's future as the transcontinental railroad.
Read storyNBC10 Boston reports on the growing debate over AI data centers in Lowell, weighing economic opportunity against environmental concerns.
Read storyNBC10 Boston takes viewers inside the Markley data center in Lowell for an exclusive look at its facilities and operations.
Read storyThe Markley Group has planted more than 2,000 trees nearby to improve air quality and chose Lowell for its abundant Merrimack River water — the same resource that powered 19th century textile mills. The facility uses about 118,000 gallons of water per day at peak summer, a small fraction of the city's daily consumption.
Read storyMarkley's complex supports public safety agencies, universities, local hospitals, and other regional institutions. It's a co-location data center — a shared facility where multiple companies rent space — different from the hyperscale data centers built to serve global technology companies.
Read storyCBS News Boston takes a rare look inside the Markley facility in Lowell — the largest data center in Massachusetts.
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