Data Center News

Oracle Denies OpenAI Data Center Delays

Oracle has denied that it is suffering delays in completing the data centers it is providing to OpenAI.Oracle spokesperson Michael Egbert has since told Reuters: "There have been no delays to any sites required to meet our contractual commitments, and all milestones remain on track. We remain ...

Google Considers Data Center in Valer, Norway

Google

Google is exploring the possibility of establishing a data center in Valer, Norway. According to the Kommune of Valer, the project finds its origins in a 2017 feasibility study by Cowi and Smart Innovation Norway that identified Gylderåsen as a possible data center location.The Norwegian gover...

Tier III AI Data Center Proposed for Lewiston Bates Mill in Maine

Maine

A new Tier III AI data center has been proposed in downtown Lewiston, Maine, in the currently vacant Bates Mill No.3. The proposed project, which is being developed by MillCompute LLC, would become the state’s second-largest AI data center.Lewiston City administrator Bryan Kaenrath said the pr...

Oracle Might Let Customers Bring Their Own Hardware

Oracle has said it might consider letting customers bring their own hardware to Oracle data centers. Co-CEO Clay Magouryk explained how different business models impact Oracle's cash flow for new data center deployments.Magouryk said: "In some cases, customers actually want to bring their own ...

NTT Gains Council Approval for 482MW Data Center Campus in Nierstein, Germany

NTT

NTT is moving forward with a large data center campus outside Frankfurt, Germany.“Great news for our FRA6 data center campus in Nierstein: The city council has unanimously approved the development plan, an important milestone for our project,” the company said on LinkedIn over the weekend. “Th...

CloudHQ to Begin Constructing 276MW Data Center in Germany Next Year

CloudHQ

CloudHQ will begin construction of its 276MW data center in Germany next year. Located in the Frankfurt-Hochst industrial park, which is west of Frankfurt's city center, the facility will cover 217,000 sqm (2.3 million sq ft) across three buildings, each of which will offer 96MW of capacity.As...

$10bn Data Center Project Recieves Approval in Lacy Lakeview, Texas

Texas

A large-scale data center project in Lacy Lakeview near Waco, Texas, has received approval from city council members. The campus in question is being proposed by InfraKey Capital, and seeks to develop up to six data centers with 1GW of capacity in total.According to the company's project site,...

Adani Group to Establish 48MW Data Center in Southern India

India / Bhārata

India's Adani Group has announced its intention to establish a 48MW data center in the southern Indian state of Telangana. Karan Adani, the son of Adani Group founder Gautam Adani and the Managing Director of Adani Ports, announced on Monday that Rs 2,500 crore ($280 million) would be invested...

Empyrion Eyes 200MW Data Center Campus in Johor, Malaysia

Microsoft Azure

APAC data center firm Empyrion Digital is expanding into Malaysia, with the company this week announcing plans for a 200MW campus in Johor. Located in Nusajaya within the SiLC Industrial Cluster of Johor, the 34.9-acre MY1 campus is set to feature five 40MW buildings, with the first phase ener...

$10bn Data Center Project Recieves Approval in Lacy Lakeview, Texas

Texas

A large-scale data center project in Lacy Lakeview near Waco, Texas, has received approval from city council members. The campus in question is being proposed by InfraKey Capital, and seeks to develop up to six data centers with 1GW of capacity in total.According to the company's project site,...

Australian Data Centres Acquires Campus in Canberra

Australian Pacific Data Centres (APDC)

Australian Data Centres (ADC) this week announced the acquisition of a new data center campus in the Fyshwick area of Canberra, as it works to expand its footprint across Australia.“It strengthens our ability to meet increasing demand for secure, high-availability facilities that underpin gove...

Kio Opens Data Center in Queretaro, Mexico

KIO Data Centers

Latin American data center provider Kio Networks has launched a new facility in Querétaro, Mexico, Querétaro 02 (QRO2). With this facility, the company reaches almost 19MW of capacity in the state and consolidates a high-density hub next to its already operational QRO1."The opening of QRO2 str...

Racks Central Breaks Ground on Data Center in Johor, Malaysia

Malaysia

Singapore-based data center operator Racks Central has broken ground on a data center in Johor, Malaysia. Racks Central’s campus, dubbed RCJM 1, will be located in Iskandar Halal Park, an industrial park in the eastern portion of Johor Bahru. The company acquired a five-acre plot in the park i...

Georgia Power Proposes $16bn Plan to Add 10GW of New Generation Capacity

Georgia

US utility Georgia Power and the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) have submitted a proposal to add up to 10GW of new generation capacity over the next five years. The $16 billion plan aims to meet surging demand across its footprint from the data center sector, with around 90 percent of...

Summit Gains Nine Data Center Following HorizonIQ Acquisition

Summit

Managed IT infrastructure provider Summit has acquired HorizonIQ, a global private cloud, bare-metal, and GPU provider. Announced at the start of December, the acquisition sees Summit gaining a presence in nine data centers as well as expanding its private cloud offering with HorizonIQ's Proxm...

NextEra Energy Partners with Google to Develop at Least Three Gigawatt-Scale Facilities

NextEra Energy has partnered with Google Cloud to develop several gigawatt-scale data center campuses and the associated generation and capacity needed to power them. The companies are currently developing the first three campuses and are collaborating to identify additional locations and expa...

Jet.AI Details Plans for 350-Acre Data Center Campus in Winnipeg, Canada

Canada

Jet.AI Inc., a company pivoting from aviation software and services into data centers, has provided more details on a planned campus in Canada. The company last week announced that it aims to develop a 350-acre site 10 miles south of Winnipeg, Manitoba.“[The site] sits adjacent to an electrica...

Evolution Partners with HTC for Data Centers in Vietnam

Vietnam

APAC operator Evolution Data Centers has partnered with HTC International Telecommunication JSC (HITC) to develop data centers in Vietnam. EcoDC Data Centre (Hanoi) will be an expansion of HITC's existing facility in the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park. The Ho Chi Minh City development will be a new, lar...

150MW Data Center Proposed for Baltimore County, Maryland

Maryland

A report by Fox45 News revealed that applicant Security Land and Development LP is seeking to develop the data center campus on a 42-acre site in the Woodlawn area of the county. In addition to the campus, the applicant will donate five acres to BGE to develop an electrical substation and will...

Microsoft Plans $17.5bn AI Infrastructure Investment in India

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft revealed today that it would be spending $17.5 billion on AI infrastructure in India during the next four years starting in 2026, as well as a $5.42bn pledge to Canada in the next two years. A post on X by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said: "Thank you, PM Narendra Modi, for an inspiri...