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atNorth Plans €2B Salo Data Center With 75MW First Phase, 230MW Path

atNorth will develop a €2 billion data center, FIN05, in Salo, [Finland](https://baxtel.com/regions/finland), on a 28.6-hectare site, with 75 MW of power secured for the first phase and a path to a...

atNorth will develop a €2 billion data center, FIN05, in Salo, Finland, on a 28.6-hectare site, with 75 MW of power secured for the first phase and a path to as much as 230 MW. The Nordic operator announced the plan on October 5. Power will arrive through a new Fingrid substation.Exterior view of atNorth's operational FIN02 data center facility in Finland. The first phase is scheduled to go live in 2028, according to Data Center Dynamics. atNorth expects to invest roughly €2 billion in the si...

October 05, 2026

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Read Entergy Adds 440MW Solar PPA For Google West Memphis Expansion
Entergy Arkansas plans roughly $600 million of new generation and transmission for [Google](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/google)'s data center campus in [West Memphis](https://baxtel.com/data-ce...
October 20, 2026

Entergy Adds 440MW Solar PPA For Google West Memphis Expansion

Google

Entergy Arkansas plans roughly $600 million of new generation and transmission for Google's data center campus in West Memphis, Arkansas, with Google covering the cost. The utility announced a second phase of its service agreement on Oct. 19 that adds a 440 MW solar contract and two battery proje...

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Read NiSource And Microsoft Sign 20-Year Deal For 1,100MW Of Indiana Power
Microsoft will fund about 1,100 MW of new generation and transmission in northern Indiana and buy the output for 20 years under an agreement with [NiSource](https://www.nisource.com/news/article/ni...
October 19, 2026

NiSource And Microsoft Sign 20-Year Deal For 1,100MW Of Indiana Power

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft will fund about 1,100 MW of new generation and transmission in northern Indiana and buy the output for 20 years under an agreement with NiSource, the holding company that owns Northern Indiana Public Service Company. Announced Friday, the deal covers the La Porte data center campus Micr...

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Read Alcoa Sells New York Smelter to Data Center Developer in $315m Deal
Alcoa Corporation has agreed to sell parts of its former Massena East smelter in upstate New York to an unnamed data center developer for up to $315 million. The buyer was not disclosed, though cry...
October 19, 2026

Alcoa Sells New York Smelter to Data Center Developer in $315m Deal

New York

Alcoa Corporation has agreed to sell parts of its former Massena East smelter in upstate New York to an unnamed data center developer for up to $315 million. The buyer was not disclosed, though cryptominer NYDIG has previously been linked to the site, where an affiliate has filed plans for a data...

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Read Microsoft To Fund 1,100MW Of Indiana Generation Under 20-Year NiSource Deal
Microsoft will pay for all the generation and transmission needed to serve its La Porte, Indiana data center campus under a 20-year electric service agreement with [NiSource](https://www.nisource.c...
October 19, 2026

Microsoft To Fund 1,100MW Of Indiana Generation Under 20-Year NiSource Deal

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft will pay for all the generation and transmission needed to serve its La Porte, Indiana data center campus under a 20-year electric service agreement with NiSource announced Oct. 16. Service starts in 2028. The utility's unregulated affiliate, NiSource GeDirectly depicts the official gro...

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Read Alcoa To Sell Idle Massena East Smelter Site For Up To $315M Data Center Build
Alcoa will sell portions of its long-idled Massena East aluminum smelter in northern New York to a developer that plans to build a data center on the property, a transaction the company values at u...
October 19, 2026

Alcoa To Sell Idle Massena East Smelter Site For Up To $315M Data Center Build

New York State

Alcoa will sell portions of its long-idled Massena East aluminum smelter in northern New York to a developer that plans to build a data center on the property, a transaction the company values at up to $315 million. Alcoa disclosed the definitive agreement in its third-quarter 2026 results on Oct...

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Read Mason County Approves 40-Year Tax Deal for Meta's 400MW Kentucky Campus
The Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve three agreements that clear the way for [Meta](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/meta) to build a hyperscale data center campus o...
October 16, 2026

Mason County Approves 40-Year Tax Deal for Meta's 400MW Kentucky Campus

Meta

The Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve three agreements that clear the way for Meta to build a hyperscale data center campus on nearly 3,000 acres near Maysville in northeastern Kentucky. The approvals, set out in the county's news release, cover a 40-year industria...

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Read Meta Named on 400MW Kentucky Campus With 40-Year Local Tax Break
Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve a development and community revenue agreement with Meta, ending two years in which the company behind a planned hyperscale campus n...
October 16, 2026

Meta Named on 400MW Kentucky Campus With 40-Year Local Tax Break

Meta

Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve a development and community revenue agreement with Meta, ending two years in which the company behind a planned hyperscale campus near Maysville, Kentucky was kept unnamed (Mason County Fiscal Court announcement). The site covers r...

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Read AEP To Invest $4B In 702MW Fuel Cell Plant For Google
American Electric Power will invest about $4 billion in a 702 MW fuel cell generation project near Cheyenne, Wyoming, under a 20-year power purchase agreement with [Google](https://baxtel.com/data-...
October 15, 2026

AEP To Invest $4B In 702MW Fuel Cell Plant For Google

Google

American Electric Power will invest about $4 billion in a 702 MW fuel cell generation project near Cheyenne, Wyoming, under a 20-year power purchase agreement with Google, the utility announced. The plant is being developed Large-scale landscape photo showing an extensive array of Bloom Energy fu...

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Read DayOne Adds $3.67 Billion Johor Financing, Bank Platform Hits $7.3 Billion
A seven-bank consortium has added RM15 billion, about US$3.67 billion, to [DayOne](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/dayone)'s Johor data center financing, lifting the Singapore-headquartered operato...
October 14, 2026

DayOne Adds $3.67 Billion Johor Financing, Bank Platform Hits $7.3 Billion

DayOne

A seven-bank consortium has added RM15 billion, about US$3.67 billion, to DayOne's Johor data center financing, lifting the Singapore-headquartered operator's debt platform in Malaysia's southern state to RM30 billion, or roughly US$7.3 billion. The lenders set out the upsizing in a joint stateme...

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Read Digi Power X Secures $200m Debt Financing for Alabama AI Data Center
Data center and energy infrastructure developer Digi Power X has secured a $200 million debt financing commitment, syndicated by Goldman Sachs and provided by an unnamed major lender. The funding w...
October 14, 2026

Digi Power X Secures $200m Debt Financing for Alabama AI Data Center

Alabama

Data center and energy infrastructure developer Digi Power X has secured a $200 million debt financing commitment, syndicated by Goldman Sachs and provided by an unnamed major lender. The funding will support its 40MW data center in Columbiana, Alabama, which is being built in two phases: 15MW by...

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Read SWI Raises €800m to Fund Data Center Expansion
European real estate investor SWI has raised €800 million ($892.4m) through a capital increase involving institutional investors and new share issuance. The Euronext Amsterdam-listed company will u...
October 12, 2026

SWI Raises €800m to Fund Data Center Expansion

SWI Group

European real estate investor SWI has raised €800 million ($892.4m) through a capital increase involving institutional investors and new share issuance. The Euronext Amsterdam-listed company will use the funds to expand its data center and AI compute platforms across Europe and the US, including ...

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Read Anthropic-Linked $366m Data Center Project Proposed in Cedar Creek, Texas
A $366 million data center project, named Project Longhorn – Building One, has been filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The 498,165 sq ft (46,281 sqm) facility is planned f...
October 09, 2026

Anthropic-Linked $366m Data Center Project Proposed in Cedar Creek, Texas

Anthropic

A $366 million data center project, named Project Longhorn – Building One, has been filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The 498,165 sq ft (46,281 sqm) facility is planned for Earl Callahan Road near Walter Hoffman Road in Cedar Creek, Bastrop County. Construction is sched...

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Read Sesterce Plans $10bn Investment in 600MW AI Data Center Campus in Jämsä, Finland
French AI infrastructure firm Sesterce plans to invest $10 billion in an AI data center campus at the former Kaipola paper mill in Jämsä, Finland. Construction is expected to begin this year, with...
October 08, 2026

Sesterce Plans $10bn Investment in 600MW AI Data Center Campus in Jämsä, Finland

Sesterce

French AI infrastructure firm Sesterce plans to invest $10 billion in an AI data center campus at the former Kaipola paper mill in Jämsä, Finland. Construction is expected to begin this year, with capacity starting at 200MW before expanding to 600MW. Sesterce aims to develop more than 1GW of capa...

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Read Google’s €13bn Finland Data Center Expansion Investigated Over Forest Clearance
Google’s planned data centers in Finland are under investigation after around 300 hectares of forest were reportedly cleared before environmental assessments were completed. Finland’s Licensing and...
October 08, 2026

Google’s €13bn Finland Data Center Expansion Investigated Over Forest Clearance

Google

Google’s planned data centers in Finland are under investigation after around 300 hectares of forest were reportedly cleared before environmental assessments were completed. Finland’s Licensing and Supervision Agency has requested reports from local authorities and project manager Tuike Finland o...

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Read Google Signs 20-Year Nuclear PPA With Constellation For 890MW In PJM
[Google](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/google) will buy 890 MW of new nuclear output from Constellation Energy under a 20-year power purchase agreement covering 11 reactors across the PJM Interco...
October 07, 2026

Google Signs 20-Year Nuclear PPA With Constellation For 890MW In PJM

Google

Google will buy 890 MW of new nuclear output from Constellation Energy under a 20-year power purchase agreement covering 11 reactors across the PJM Interconnection, the companies announced on Oct. 6. Constellation will spend more than $4.3 billion upgrading reactors in Illinois, Pennsylvania and ...

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Read Lambda, Sharon AI Raise $1.36B In GPU-Backed Debt On Same Day
Two neoclouds on opposite sides of the Pacific closed a combined $1.36 billion in GPU-backed debt on October 1. [San Francisco-based](https://baxtel.com/regions/san-francisco-bay-area) Lambda [clos...
October 03, 2026

Lambda, Sharon AI Raise $1.36B In GPU-Backed Debt On Same Day

United States

Two neoclouds on opposite sides of the Pacific closed a combined $1.36 billion in GPU-backed debt on October 1. San Francisco-based Lambda closed a $1 billion investment-grade term loan, its first institutional deal above that mark, while Australian operator Sharon AI entered a US$356 million GPU...

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Read Crusoe Plans $4.8bn Data Center Campus in Jayton, Texas
Crusoe has filed plans for two data center buildings in Jayton, Texas. According to filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, both facilities will be located along Country Roa...
October 02, 2026

Crusoe Plans $4.8bn Data Center Campus in Jayton, Texas

Crusoe

Crusoe has filed plans for two data center buildings in Jayton, Texas. According to filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, both facilities will be located along Country Road 233 and P2390 at an unspecified address in Jayton, Kent County. Each data center will span 759,260 ...

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Read Amazon, Constellation Sign 20-Year PPA For 190MW Calvert Cliffs Uprate
[Amazon](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/amazon-aws) and Constellation Energy have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement to fund a 190MW uprate at the Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center in Lusb...
October 01, 2026

Amazon, Constellation Sign 20-Year PPA For 190MW Calvert Cliffs Uprate

Amazon AWS

Amazon and Constellation Energy have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement to fund a 190MW uprate at the Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center in Lusby, Maryland, the companiesOfficial Constellation hero banner photograph showing the Calvert Cliffs nuclear station along the Chesapeake Bay. said ...

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Read Intro Group Commits $270m to Egypt’s Kemet Data Center
Egyptian conglomerate Intro Group plans to invest $270 million in the first phase of the Kemet Data Center project in Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone. The 80MW facility will cover 80,000 sqm (860,...
October 01, 2026

Intro Group Commits $270m to Egypt’s Kemet Data Center

Intro Technology

Egyptian conglomerate Intro Group plans to invest $270 million in the first phase of the Kemet Data Center project in Egypt’s Suez Canal Economic Zone. The 80MW facility will cover 80,000 sqm (860,000 sq ft) and be developed in two phases. It is expected to be partially powered by solar energy. L...

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Read Samsung Invests $1bn in KKR-Backed Helix Data Center Platform
Samsung has invested $1 billion in Helix Digital Infrastructure, the data center developer established by KKR. Helix and KKR announced on September 29 that Samsung committed the funding through its...
September 29, 2026

Samsung Invests $1bn in KKR-Backed Helix Data Center Platform

Samsung SDS

Samsung has invested $1 billion in Helix Digital Infrastructure, the data center developer established by KKR. Helix and KKR announced on September 29 that Samsung committed the funding through its long-duration capital fund, providing additional capital to support Helix’s data center expansion. ...

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