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Read Electrovaya to Test Data Center Energy Storage Systems with $5m DOE Backing
Electrovaya to Test Data Center Energy Storage Systems with $5m DOE Backing

Electrovaya to Test Data Center Energy Storage Systems with $5m DOE Backing

April 07, 2026 United States

Canadian lithium-ion battery manufacturer Electrovaya is set to take part in a US Department of Energy (DOE)-funded project to test the feasibility of integrating battery energy storage systems (BESS) into a data center environment. The $5 million award, granted under the DOE’s Critical Facility...

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Read Sagtec Global to Build Sovereign AI Data Center
Sagtec Global to Build Sovereign AI Data Center

Sagtec Global to Build Sovereign AI Data Center

March 31, 2026 United States

Malaysian tech firm Sagtec Global plans to build a sovereign AI data center.The company aims to complete the facility by Q4 2026 through its subsidiary CL Technologies. While details remain limited, the data center will use Nvidia GPU architecture to support daily transactions across food and...

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Read Modular Data Centers Could Tap Gas Pipelines For Power And Cooling
Modular Data Centers Could Tap Gas Pipelines For Power And Cooling

Modular Data Centers Could Tap Gas Pipelines For Power And Cooling

March 31, 2026 United States

Power tech firms Sapphire Technologies and Anax Power are partnering to turn excess gas pipeline pressure into power and cooling for data centers. Sapphire will provide its FreeSpin in-line turboexpander, which captures waste energy from pipeline pressure reduction, while Anax will integrate the...

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Read Top Data Center News for 23rd-28th March, 2026
Top Data Center News for 23rd-28th March, 2026

Top Data Center News for 23rd-28th March, 2026

March 30, 2026 United States

PDG Plans two New Data Center Campuses in India, Totaling 210MW APAC data center company Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has acquired additional land in India with plans for a 90MW, three-building campus which will bring its total Indian footprint to 1GW, with a committed investment of $2.5 billion...

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Read Data Center Energy Efficiency Startup Niv-AI Emerges from Stealth with $12m Fundraise
Data Center Energy Efficiency Startup Niv-AI Emerges from Stealth with $12m Fundraise

Data Center Energy Efficiency Startup Niv-AI Emerges from Stealth with $12m Fundraise

March 28, 2026 United States

Data center energy efficiency startup Niv-AI has emerged from stealth with $12 million in seed funding. The company says its technology can analyze GPU power spikes based on the type of workload being processed.This allows the company to “actively synchronize energy and compute” and safely...

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Read Major Players and Competition in the Data Center Market
Major Players and Competition in the Data Center Market

Major Players and Competition in the Data Center Market

March 27, 2026 United States

The global data center market is shaped by a complex and rapidly evolving competitive landscape, where a handful of powerful players coexist with hundreds of specialized operators spread across regions and niches. Rather than being controlled by a single dominant force, the industry is structured...

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Read Aligned Secures $2.58bn Credit Facility for US Data Center Expansion
Aligned Secures $2.58bn Credit Facility for US Data Center Expansion

Aligned Secures $2.58bn Credit Facility for US Data Center Expansion

March 26, 2026 United States

US operator Aligned Data Centers has secured new financing to support its data center build-out. The company this week today announced the closing of a new $2.58 billion credit facility to support the continued expansion of its US data center portfolio.Backed by insurance firms, pension funds,...

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Read Top Data Center News For 16th - 21st March, 2026
Top Data Center News For 16th - 21st March, 2026

Top Data Center News For 16th - 21st March, 2026

March 23, 2026 United States

€1.6B Irish Data Center Proposed in 2019 Finally Approved A €1.6 billion data center project finally received approval on Friday, March 13, after six years of permitting hurdles and legal challenges. Art’s proposal will see the construction of a 200MW campus with six data halls each offering...

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Read €1.6B Irish Data Center Proposed in 2019 Finally Approved
€1.6B Irish Data Center Proposed in 2019 Finally Approved

€1.6B Irish Data Center Proposed in 2019 Finally Approved

March 16, 2026 United States

A €1.6 billion ($1.8 billion) data center project finally received approval on Friday, March 13, after six years of permitting hurdles and legal challenges. Developer Art Data Centres secured planning permission in 2022, won an appeal in 2024, and successfully defended against a judicial review...

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Read Top Data Center News For 9th - 14th March, 2026
Top Data Center News For 9th - 14th March, 2026

Top Data Center News For 9th - 14th March, 2026

March 16, 2026 United States

Microsoft and Meta Commit to $50bn in New Data Center Leases in Latest Quarter Microsoft and Meta have each committed around $50 billion to additional data center leases in the latest quarter, thee new deals pushing total future data center lease commitments by cloud companies and hyperscalers to...

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Read US Real state Firm Comstock Launches Data Center Unit
US Real state Firm Comstock Launches Data Center Unit

US Real state Firm Comstock Launches Data Center Unit

March 13, 2026 United States

US real estate company Comstock has launched a dedicated data center unit and partnered on two development projects. The Nasdaq-listed firm announced the creation of its Data Center Platform (DCP) and said it has entered into two separate partnerships to pursue large-scale data center campuses in...

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Read Korea Zinc Eyes Rare Earth Recovery from Old US Data Center Gear
Korea Zinc Eyes Rare Earth Recovery from Old US Data Center Gear

Korea Zinc Eyes Rare Earth Recovery from Old US Data Center Gear

March 13, 2026 United States

Smelting company Korea Zinc is discussing plans with US tech firms to extract and recycle rare earth minerals from retired data center equipment, according to Chairman Yun B. Choi in a Reuters interview. Trade tensions between Beijing and the US, exacerbated by President Donald Trump’s threats of...

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Read Crestchic Launches Load Bank for Liquid-cooled Data Centers
Crestchic Launches Load Bank for Liquid-cooled Data Centers

Crestchic Launches Load Bank for Liquid-cooled Data Centers

March 10, 2026 United States

Crestchic has launched a 600kW load bank designed to test liquid-cooled data center infrastructure.The company, a manufacturer and provider of load bank solutions, last week announced the launch of its 600kW Liquid Cooled offering. Loadbanks are electrical testing devices that simulate a real...

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Read Boom Supersonic Taps Baker Hughes for Natural Gas Generators to Support 1.21GW Crusoe Data Center Power Deal
Boom Supersonic Taps Baker Hughes for Natural Gas Generators to Support 1.21GW Crusoe Data Center Power Deal

Boom Supersonic Taps Baker Hughes for Natural Gas Generators to Support 1.21GW Crusoe Data Center Power Deal

March 02, 2026 United States

Aircraft developer and natural gas turbine provider Boom Supersonic has selected US energy firm Baker Hughes to supply gas-generation equipment to complement its 42MW natural gas turbine platform. The equipment will support a 1.21GW onsite power agreement Boom has signed with AI data center...

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Read New Data Center Simulator Game lets Players Build and Manage their own Facility, Set for Release in March
New Data Center Simulator Game lets Players Build and Manage their own Facility, Set for Release in March

New Data Center Simulator Game lets Players Build and Manage their own Facility, Set for Release in March

February 28, 2026 United States

A data center simulator game – aptly named “Data Center” – where you can “build, cable, and grow a living data center,” is set to release later next month. Players will have to “build, cable, and grow a living data center from the group up,” according to the game’s description on Steam. Unlike...

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Read Ciena Launches New Optical Engine Designed For The AI-driven Data Center Era
Ciena Launches New Optical Engine Designed For The AI-driven Data Center Era

Ciena Launches New Optical Engine Designed For The AI-driven Data Center Era

February 26, 2026 United States

In its first new solution since acquiring Nubis Communications last year, Ciena continues to tackle data center AI demands with the launch of a flexible, high-density pluggable optical engine, Vesta 200 6.4T CPX. The new solution is claimed to reduce power consumption by up to 70 percent, while...

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Read President Trump Urges Big Tech to Develop Their Own Power Plants to Support Data Centers Across the US
President Trump Urges Big Tech to Develop Their Own Power Plants to Support Data Centers Across the US

President Trump Urges Big Tech to Develop Their Own Power Plants to Support Data Centers Across the US

February 26, 2026 United States

US President Donald Trump has directed major data center operators and technology companies to build their own power generation infrastructure to supply their facilities. Speaking during his annual State of the Union address, Trump argued that the move is necessary to prevent consumers from...

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Read CPower, Bentaus, and Supermicro Complete AI Data Center Energy Orchestration Pilot Project in California
CPower, Bentaus, and Supermicro Complete AI Data Center Energy Orchestration Pilot Project in California

CPower, Bentaus, and Supermicro Complete AI Data Center Energy Orchestration Pilot Project in California

February 25, 2026 United States

In collaboration with Supermicro, US virtual power producer (VPP) CPower Energy and AI orchestration platform Bentaus have completed a joint demonstration project aimed at improving how AI compute interacts with the power grid. As part of the trial, CPower transmitted real-time wholesale...

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Read Top Data Center News for 16th-22nd of February, 2026.
Top Data Center News for 16th-22nd of February, 2026.

Top Data Center News for 16th-22nd of February, 2026.

February 23, 2026 United States

Kevin O’Leary Targets 7.5GW Data Center Development in Utah TV’s Kevin O’Leary is plotting a second “Wonder Valley” development, this time in the US state of Utah, and says the scheme could offer up to 7.5GW of power for hyperscale data centers.Adani Plans to Develop 5GW of Data Center Capacity...

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Read US Utility PPL Reports 23% Increase in Data Center Pipeline, Reaching 25.2GW.
US Utility PPL Reports 23% Increase in Data Center Pipeline, Reaching 25.2GW.

US Utility PPL Reports 23% Increase in Data Center Pipeline, Reaching 25.2GW.

February 23, 2026 United States

In its latest earnings report, the utility said that it now expects at least 10GW of data center load to be signed under Electricity Service Agreements (ESA) by the end of Q1. Vincent Sorgi, president of PPL, said during the call that he believes “ all of the 25.2GW of projects have a high...

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