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Read xAI Confirms New Data Center in Mississippi
xAI Confirms New Data Center in Mississippi

xAI Confirms New Data Center in Mississippi

January 09, 2026 Mississippi

Elon Musk’s AI company xAI has confirmed it is set to build a third data center in Mississippi, and will invest more than $20 billion in the state. The data center in Southhaven, DeSoto County, which will be known as MACROHARDRR – an apparent dig at Microsoft – will supply compute power for the...

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Read Soluna Partners with Siemens on 2MW Pilot
Soluna Partners with Siemens on 2MW Pilot

Soluna Partners with Siemens on 2MW Pilot

January 09, 2026 United States

Soluna has signed a deal with Siemens to develop a 2MW pilot project to determine power management challenges for AI computing at renewable energy sites. The companies signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to develop the project. It is set to be deployed at Soluna’s Project Grace site...

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Read SB Energy to Build and Operate OpenAI's 1.2GW Stargate Data Center in Milam County, Texas
SB Energy to Build and Operate OpenAI's 1.2GW Stargate Data Center in Milam County, Texas

SB Energy to Build and Operate OpenAI's 1.2GW Stargate Data Center in Milam County, Texas

January 09, 2026 Texas

SoftBank subsidiary SB Energy has partnered with OpenAI to build and operate the previously announced 1.2 GW Stargate data center in Milam County, Texas. SB Energy will provide the project's powered infrastructure, while SoftBank and OpenAI invest $1 billion in the company to support its growth,...

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Read Elon Musk's xAI Raises $20bn to Fund Data Center Build-out
Elon Musk's xAI Raises $20bn to Fund Data Center Build-out

Elon Musk's xAI Raises $20bn to Fund Data Center Build-out

January 08, 2026 United States

Elon Musk’s xAI has raised $20 billion to help fund its data center build-out. Financial backers include Valor Equity Partners, Stepstone Group, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Qatar Investment Authority, MGX, and Baron Capital Group.“This financing will accelerate our world-leading...

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Read 500,000 Square Feet Data Center Development Targeted for Scioto County, Ohio
500,000 Square Feet Data Center Development Targeted for Scioto County, Ohio

500,000 Square Feet Data Center Development Targeted for Scioto County, Ohio

January 08, 2026 Ohio

A company behind the affiliate Tilted Gate LLC is looking to develop a data center in Scioto County. The Scioto County commission said the center would be built in the Franklin Furnace area, specifically the Haverhill part of the county. The Scioto County commission has made its own announcement...

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Read Micron to Break Ground on New York Megafab Campus Next Week
Micron to Break Ground on New York Megafab Campus Next Week

Micron to Break Ground on New York Megafab Campus Next Week

January 08, 2026 New York

Memory chipmaker Micron will break ground on a $100 billion semiconductor fab campus in Onondaga County, New York, on January 16. Consisting of four fabs when fully built, the so-called megafab is expected to be complete by Q3 2041 and will be the largest semiconductor facility in the US.In a...

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Read Beale Infrastructure in Talks to Build Data Center Campus outside Tulsa, Oklahoma
Beale Infrastructure in Talks to Build Data Center Campus outside Tulsa, Oklahoma

Beale Infrastructure in Talks to Build Data Center Campus outside Tulsa, Oklahoma

January 07, 2026 Oklahoma

Data center developer Beale Infrastructure is planning another data center campus outside Tulsa in Oklahoma. Local press reports that the city of Claremore and Claremore Economic Development (CED) are in discussions with Beale over a data center development known as Project Mustang.“Over the past...

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Read Rowan Starts Work on 300MW Data Center in Temple, Texas
Rowan Starts Work on 300MW Data Center in Temple, Texas

Rowan Starts Work on 300MW Data Center in Temple, Texas

January 07, 2026 Texas

US data center firm Rowan Digital Infrastructure this week announced it has broken ground on a new $700 million project in the Bell County city. The company is developing on some 700 acres along Bob White Road. At full build-out, the campus could reach 300MW. “This campus will help unlock the...

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Read Stack Overflow Fully Exits Data Centers
Stack Overflow Fully Exits Data Centers

Stack Overflow Fully Exits Data Centers

January 06, 2026 New Jersey

Stack Overflow, a question-and-answer website for computer programmers, has officially exited its data center in New Jersey as part of its cloud migration effort. Stack noted that for the past 16 years it had been operating out of a physical data center in which the site reliability engineer...

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Read Top Data Center News for 29th December - 4th January, 2026
Top Data Center News for 29th December - 4th January, 2026

Top Data Center News for 29th December - 4th January, 2026

January 05, 2026 United States

Data4 Chosen for €5bn Data Center Project in Northern France Data4 is leading a €5 billion ($5.86 billion) project to develop a data center campus at a former steelworks in northern France. The company has been selected to deliver the campus at the Soufflantes industrial park in Escaudain, near...

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Read Georgia-Based Film Studio Considers Converting to Data Center
Georgia-Based Film Studio Considers Converting to Data Center

Georgia-Based Film Studio Considers Converting to Data Center

January 03, 2026 Georgia

Athens, Georgia-based Athena Studios is considering converting into a data center, its CEO Joel Harber has said. The film studio has seen a significant decline in movie production demand, according to Harber, which has led to an “oversupply of space and an undersupply of demand.”Athena Studios’...

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Read Ares Acquires Land and Data Centers in Virginia
Ares Acquires Land and Data Centers in Virginia

Ares Acquires Land and Data Centers in Virginia

January 02, 2026 Virginia

Alternative investment manager Ares Management Corporation has expanded its data center platform Ada Infrastructure into the US, acquiring land in Virginia for a new campus.The Ares Digital Infrastructure business, through an Ares fund, has acquired a 314-acre site along the I-95 South data...

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Read Element Critical announces new data center platform in US
Element Critical announces new data center platform in US

Element Critical announces new data center platform in US

January 02, 2026 United States

Element Critical this week announced the launch of a new US data center platform backed by 26North Partners, Arctos, Mercuria, and Safanad. Element said with backing from its investors, the new platform will "accelerate acquisitions, development, and strategic expansion across top US...

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Read Verdantas Proposes New Data Center in Newark, Delaware
Verdantas Proposes New Data Center in Newark, Delaware

Verdantas Proposes New Data Center in Newark, Delaware

January 02, 2026 Delaware

A new data center has been proposed in New Castle County, Newark, Delaware. The proposed data center would sit just off of Ogletown Road, on a 44-acre site currently occupied by the White Clay Center Industrial Park.The application describes consolidating the seven buildings of the campus into...

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Read Token Cat and Better Now Plan Data Center in New York
Token Cat and Better Now Plan Data Center in New York

Token Cat and Better Now Plan Data Center in New York

December 30, 2025 New York

Chinese tech firm Token Cat and US-based Better Now have announced that they will collaborate to develop and operate an artificial intelligence data center in New York. The project will see a multi-phase roll-out to build a 30MW data center, with the company already having secured access to 12MW...

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Read Top Data Center News for 22nd - 27th December 2025
Top Data Center News for 22nd - 27th December 2025

Top Data Center News for 22nd - 27th December 2025

December 29, 2025 United States

AtlasEdge Sells Nine Data Centers Across Europe to Spanish Operator Templus European Edge data center company AtlasEdge has sold a portfolio of facilities to Spanish operator Templus. The companies announced the deal this week, with nine data centers trading hands. Google to Buy Intersect Power...

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Read What Makes a Data Center Go Down and How Outages Are Prevented
What Makes a Data Center Go Down and How Outages Are Prevented

What Makes a Data Center Go Down and How Outages Are Prevented

December 29, 2025 United States

Few places on Earth are as quietly vital as a data center. From the outside, most look like simple warehouses: broad, windowless, and often isolated. However, data centers house some of the most complex environments ever engineered over centuries. Vast rooms filled with servers hum continuously...

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Read New Era Energy to Acquire SharonAI's 50 Percent Share in Texas Critical Data Centers
New Era Energy to Acquire SharonAI's 50 Percent Share in Texas Critical Data Centers

New Era Energy to Acquire SharonAI's 50 Percent Share in Texas Critical Data Centers

December 26, 2025 Texas

New Era Energy & Digital has signed a binding agreement to acquire Sharon AI’s 50 percent stake in Texas Critical Data Centers (TCDC), a joint venture between the two companies, which is developing an AI data center in Ector County, Texas.New Era Energy & Digital will pay SharonAI an...

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Read New Era Energy to Acquire SharonAI's 50 Percent Share in Texas Critical Data Centers
New Era Energy to Acquire SharonAI's 50 Percent Share in Texas Critical Data Centers

New Era Energy to Acquire SharonAI's 50 Percent Share in Texas Critical Data Centers

December 26, 2025 Texas

New Era Energy & Digital has signed a binding agreement to acquire Sharon AI’s 50 percent stake in Texas Critical Data Centers (TCDC), a joint venture between the two companies, which is developing an AI data center in Ector County, Texas.New Era Energy & Digital will pay SharonAI an...

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Read Red Post Energy to Develop Natural Gas Power Solution for Planned Data Center
Red Post Energy to Develop Natural Gas Power Solution for Planned Data Center

Red Post Energy to Develop Natural Gas Power Solution for Planned Data Center

December 24, 2025 Virginia

US independent power producer Red Post Energy Group has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with data center developer Wise Innovation Hub Venture (Oasis) to develop a natural gas power supply solution for a planned data center and technology hub in Wise County, Virginia."Reliable, dispatchable power...

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