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Microsoft Reportedly Secures Capacity At Pure DC Data Center In Finland

Pure DC has launched the first phase of its Seinäjoki, Finland, data center project, with Microsoft reportedly among the customers leasing capacity at the site. The initial phase will deliver 110MW of capacity with an estimated investment of $1.7 billion. Pure DC has been developing plans for the...

July 14, 2026

Microsoft Azure

Equinix to Reuse Data Center Heat to Warm Homes in Milan

Equinix has partnered with Italian energy company A2A to recover waste heat from its data center campus in Settimo Milanese and feed it into Milan’s district heating network. Under the agreement, Equinix will design and operate the heat recovery system, while A2A will use four large-scale heat pu...

July 10, 2026

Equinix

Microsoft Reports 25% Rise in CO₂ Emissions Amid Data Center Expansion

Microsoft reported a 25 percent year-on-year rise in carbon emissions, with total Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions increasing to 20.29 million metric tons of CO₂e as data center expansion accelerated. The company said the jump was largely due to its decision to stop using unbundled renewable energy ce...

July 10, 2026

Microsoft Azure

National Grid Ventures Invests $1.75bn in Gas Plant for Microsoft Texas Data Center

National Grid Ventures (NGV), the commercial arm of National Grid, has acquired a 35% stake in Joulent for $1.75 billion to support development of power infrastructure for large data centers. The investment will help fund Project Kilby, a 2.67GW natural gas facility being developed with Chevron. ...

July 04, 2026

Microsoft Azure

NTT Facilities Creates Modular Design for Hyperscale Data Centers

NTT’s Facilities division says it has developed a prefabricated construction method, Hyper Ready Module, designed to speed up hyperscale data center delivery. The modular system uses prebuilt units that can be transported and assembled on-site, with the company claiming it could reduce delivery t...

July 03, 2026

NTT

Digital Realty Buys Blackstone Stake in Three Virginia Data Centers for $3.5 Billion

Digital Realty is acquiring a stake in three Northern Virginia data centers from Blackstone. The deal covers 288MW of fully leased capacity across two sites in Manassas and one at the Digital Dulles campus in Sterling, all 100% leased to hyperscale customers. Blackstone is selling a 64% interest ...

July 01, 2026

Digital Realty Trust

Yondr and JK Land Holdings Secure $715m for Virginia Data Center Expansion

Yondr Group and JK Land Holdings have secured $715 million through a private offering of 6.875 percent senior secured notes due 2031 to finance the development of their Virginia data center campus. The notes, issued by Yondr JK 1, LLC, will be sold to qualified institutional buyers. Proceeds w...

June 25, 2026

Yondr Group

Microsoft’s First Data Center at Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin Campus Now Operational

The first data center at Microsoft’s Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin campus is now officially operational, the company confirmed on June 23. Construction was completed just over two years after the project was first announced. The site is part of Microsoft’s “Fairwater” data center design and will form...

June 23, 2026

Microsoft Azure

Equinix Trials Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology at Data Center in Ireland

Equinix has launched its first trial of hydrogen fuel cell technology as a replacement for diesel backup generation at a data center in Ireland. Working with ESB and GeoPura, the company has deployed two hydrogen-powered generators at its DB3 Data Center facility. The 12-week trial will support c...

June 19, 2026

Equinix

Microsoft Begins Construction of La Porte Data Center Campus

Microsoft has broken ground on a new data center campus in La Porte, Indiana. Brad Smith, Microsoft vice chair and president, announced in a LinkedIn post that the groundbreaking ceremony took place on June 17. Smith wrote: "Today we broke ground in La Porte, Indiana, alongside Mayor Tom Dermo...

June 18, 2026

Microsoft Azure

Rackspace to Deploy 30MW of AMD AI Infrastructure Across Data Centers

Rackspace has signed an agreement with AMD to deploy 30MW of AI infrastructure across its data centers, targeting customers in regulated sectors such as healthcare. The rollout will begin later this year and continue through 2028, with the capacity intended to support AI training and inference wo...

June 17, 2026

Rackspace

Google Plans $1.5 Billion Expansion of Alabama Data Center Campus

Google will invest an additional $1.5 billion to expand its data center campus in Jackson County through 2027. The site, built on the former Widows Creek coal plant, has been operational since 2019. According to Baxtel, it currently includes two 135,000 sq ft (12,540 sqm) data center buildings, t...

June 16, 2026

Google

Top Data Center News for 8th-13th of June, 2026

OpenAI in Early Talks for 10GW Data Center Lease in Ohio **OpenAI is in advanced talks to lease a proposed 10GW data center in Ohio which could be built in phases starting with an 800MW first stage expected i...

June 15, 2026

Google

Microsoft Begins Construction on Alviso Data Center Campus in San Jose

Microsoft has started construction on its Alviso data center campus in San Jose, California. The 48MW facility will be the company's first wholly owned and operated data center in the city and is expected to be completed in 2028. The project is forecast to create around 600 construction jobs and ...

June 12, 2026

Microsoft Azure

Jinko Power Targets 1GW Solar-Backed AI Data Center Project in Western China

Chinese solar developer Jinko Power, a subsidiary of the broader Jinko Solar Group, is planning a 1GW data center project in Ningxia, western China, that will be powered directly by a dedicated solar facility. According to a report by Nikkei, the company has signed a framework investment agreemen...

June 12, 2026

Google

Microsoft Acquires 470-Acre Site on Finland’s West Coast for a New Data Center

Microsoft has acquired 190 hectares (469.5 acres) of land in Finland's GigaVaasa industrial zone for a potential data center project. The site spans the municipalities of Vaasa and Mustasaari on the country's west coast and was selected for its existing industrial infrastructure. “We are pleas...

June 09, 2026

Microsoft Azure

Keppel Plans 60MW Data Center in Seoul as It Expands Into South Korea

Singapore-based real estate investor Keppel will develop a 60MW greenfield data center in Ansan, near Seoul, marking its entry into South Korea’s data center market. The project will be developed through Keppel Data Centre Fund III (KDCF III), which has acquired a majority stake in the vehicle th...

June 09, 2026

Keppel Data Center REIT

Google to Pay SpaceX-xAI $920 Million Per Month for AI Data Center Capacity

Google has entered into an agreement with SpaceX to secure large-scale computing capacity. According to a regulatory filing submitted by SpaceX on June 5, Google will lease roughly 110,000 GPUs, CPUs, memory modules, and related infrastructure for approximately $920 million per month. The contrac...

June 08, 2026

Google

CyrusOne Begins Construction on 380MW Data Center in Texas

CyrusOne has begun construction on a new data center campus in Texas, breaking ground last week in Freestone County, about 90 miles (144 km) south of Dallas. Full details of the planned development have not yet been disclosed. CyrusOne has partnered with Constellation on a 380MW agreement to p...

June 08, 2026

CyrusOne

Top Data Center News for 1st - 6th June, 2026

Polar DC Secures €800 Million for Norway Data Center Project **Nordic AI data center developer Polar DC has raised €800 million ($932.2 million) for the development of its Norway data ...

June 08, 2026

Google

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