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Read DayOne to Expand CTP1 Thailand to 300MW
DayOne to Expand CTP1 Thailand to 300MW

DayOne to Expand CTP1 Thailand to 300MW

November 12, 2025 DayOne

APAC data center company DayOne plans to expand its data center in Thailand, eventually scaling the Chonburi Tech Park (CTP) campus to 1GW. Having broken ground on the first facility in March, the company will have 180MW of grid capacity. The CTP1 data center, which is still under construction,...

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Read Microsoft Receives Approval for Data Center Campuses in Aragón, Spain
Microsoft Receives Approval for Data Center Campuses in Aragón, Spain

Microsoft Receives Approval for Data Center Campuses in Aragón, Spain

November 12, 2025 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has received the initial approval for its planned data center campuses in the Aragón region in Spain, dubbed MSFT Region, that will see the development of three campuses in La Muela, Villamayor de Gállego, and Zaragoza, as well as their interconnection via fiber optics.The project is...

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Read Vantage Plans 192MW Data Center Campus in Virginia
Vantage Plans 192MW Data Center Campus in Virginia

Vantage Plans 192MW Data Center Campus in Virginia

November 10, 2025 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers is expanding its footprint in Virginia with a $2 billion, 192MW campus near Fredericksburg in Stafford County. The campus will be Vantage’s fourth in Virginia and brings the company’s statewide capacity to 782MW with a combined investment of approximately $8bn.“The...

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Read Microsoft Reveals Plans for Cloud Region in Johor, Malaysia
Microsoft Reveals Plans for Cloud Region in Johor, Malaysia

Microsoft Reveals Plans for Cloud Region in Johor, Malaysia

November 08, 2025 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has detailed its plans for a second cloud region in Johor, Malaysia, just months after Microsoft launched its Kuala Lumpur cloud region. The region will be known as Southeast Asia 3, and was first revealed by the company in October. YB Gobind Singh Deo, Malaysia’s Minister of Digital,...

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Read Microsoft X G42 Expand Data Center Capacity Plans in UAE
Microsoft X G42 Expand Data Center Capacity Plans in UAE

Microsoft X G42 Expand Data Center Capacity Plans in UAE

November 05, 2025 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft and G42 are teaming up to expand their data center capacity in the UAE by 200MW, as part of the previously announced $15.2 billion investment in the country. The expanded data center capacity will be provided by G42's subsidiary, Khazna Data Centers, and is expected to go live before...

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Read OpenAI Signs $38bn Multi-year Cloud Deal with AWS
OpenAI Signs $38bn Multi-year Cloud Deal with AWS

OpenAI Signs $38bn Multi-year Cloud Deal with AWS

November 04, 2025 Amazon AWS

OpenAI has signed a $38 billion seven-year agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) which will see the generative AI giant run its workloads on AWS infrastructure. Under the terms of the deal, OpenAI will have access to “hundreds of thousands” of Nvidia GB200s and GB300s via Amazon EC2...

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Read Microsoft Signs $9.7bn Cloud Deal with Iren
Microsoft Signs $9.7bn Cloud Deal with Iren

Microsoft Signs $9.7bn Cloud Deal with Iren

November 03, 2025 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed a $9.7bn deal with Iren to access the neocloud's GPUs. The agreement will give Microsoft access to Iren's Nvidia GB300s. The total value of the contract is $9.7bn, with Microsoft providing 20 percent in prepayment.Daniel Roberts, co-founder & co-CEO of Iren, said: “We’re...

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Read AWS to Invest $5bn in South Korea Data Centers
AWS to Invest $5bn in South Korea Data Centers

AWS to Invest $5bn in South Korea Data Centers

October 30, 2025 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to invest a further $5 billion in data centers in South Korea, which will include the construction of new AI data centers in the Incheon and Gyeonggi regions. This investment builds on a previous $4 billion commitment to the country made in June of this...

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Read OpenAI Plans Another Stargate Data Center Cluster
OpenAI Plans Another Stargate Data Center Cluster

OpenAI Plans Another Stargate Data Center Cluster

October 23, 2025 Vantage Data Centers

OpenAI plans to deploy another Stargate data center cluster, this time in Port Washington, Wisconsin, to be developed alongside Oracle and Vantage Data Centers, on a site from powered land provider Cloverleaf Infrastructure.The Wisconsin site, codenamed Lighthouse, is planned to support 'close to...

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Read Vantage Plots Second Italian Data Center Campus
Vantage Plots Second Italian Data Center Campus

Vantage Plots Second Italian Data Center Campus

October 16, 2025 Vantage Data Centers

Data center operator Vantage this week announced plans for MXP2, expanding its footprint in Lombardy. The €350 million ($407m) campus, located in Castelletto some 15 kilometers from central Milan, will feature two three-story data center buildings delivering a combined 32MW of critical IT...

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Read QTS Starts Preparation for $13bn UK data center
QTS Starts Preparation for $13bn UK data center

QTS Starts Preparation for $13bn UK data center

October 10, 2025 QTS Data Centers

QTS has begun site work on a massive data center project in Northumberland, UK which could see an investment of up to £10 billion ($13.2bn) across 10 facilities if fully built out. This March, the project received outline planning permission from the local council. After initially being pitched...

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Read NBA Selects AWS as Cloud and AI Partner
NBA Selects AWS as Cloud and AI Partner

NBA Selects AWS as Cloud and AI Partner

October 07, 2025 Amazon AWS

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has signed a multi-year agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Under the deal, AWS will become the official cloud and AI partner of the NBA and its affiliate leagues, including WNBA, NBA G League, Basketball Africa League, and NBA Take-Two Media.The...

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Read Microsoft Signs 100MW Solar PPA in Japan
Microsoft Signs 100MW Solar PPA in Japan

Microsoft Signs 100MW Solar PPA in Japan

October 02, 2025 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Japanese energy firm Shizen Energy for 100MW of solar power in Japan.The power will be supplied from four solar projects in the Kyushu and Chugoku regions of Japan. According to Shizen, all four projects have reached financial close, and...

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Read Microsoft Signs Green Steel Supply Deal with Stegra
Microsoft Signs Green Steel Supply Deal with Stegra

Microsoft Signs Green Steel Supply Deal with Stegra

September 25, 2025 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed a deal with green steel company Stegra for the supply of low-carbon steel for use within its data centers. The agreement will see Stegra deliver green steel, which it claims is up to 95 percent less carbon-intensive than conventional steel, to Microsoft's data center...

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Read Vantage Enters Spain with €3.2 billion Investment
Vantage Enters Spain with €3.2 billion Investment

Vantage Enters Spain with €3.2 billion Investment

September 19, 2025 Vantage Data Centers

US operator Vantage Data Centers is entering the Spanish market and has announced plans to invest €3.2 billion ($3.78bn) in developing a data center campus in Villanueva de Gállego, the Zaragoza area of Aragon. The project will be developed in collaboration with the Aragonese company Desarrollos...

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Read Microsoft Signs $6bn AI Deal with Nscale
Microsoft Signs $6bn AI Deal with Nscale

Microsoft Signs $6bn AI Deal with Nscale

September 18, 2025 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed a deal to rent $6.2 billion of AI computing power in Norway. The capacity will be provided by Nscale and Norwegian investment company Aker. The compute capacity will be powered entirely by renewable energy, and it seems to be from the same data center as announced earlier...

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Read Vantage Data centers Launches Second Campus in London
Vantage Data centers Launches Second Campus in London

Vantage Data centers Launches Second Campus in London

September 17, 2025 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has launched its second data center campus in London, the UK, spanning 194,000 sq ft (18,000 sqm) of data center space. The site offers 20MW of IT capacity and is the result of £250 million ($340.1m) in investment from the company.“Our unrivaled ability to scale quickly, as...

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Read Microsoft Signs Ten Year Partnership with Shayp
Microsoft Signs Ten Year Partnership with Shayp

Microsoft Signs Ten Year Partnership with Shayp

September 17, 2025 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has signed a ten-year partnership with Belgian water technology company Shayp to support the launch of its corporate water efficiency platform, Shayp 4IMPACT, designed to deliver verifiable and auditable water savings. It will commence with deployments across schools and public...

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Read Microsoft to Build Data Center in Elsdorf, Germany
Microsoft to Build Data Center in Elsdorf, Germany

Microsoft to Build Data Center in Elsdorf, Germany

September 16, 2025 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft is set to develop a data center on a 26-hectare site, around one kilometer (0.6 miles) south of Heppendorf, Germany.Elsdorf is in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis area in North Rhine-Westphalia, just west of Cologne. Positioned in the west of Germany, Microsoft is already developing data centers in...

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Read Vantage Raises $1.6bn for APAC Expansion
Vantage Raises $1.6bn for APAC Expansion

Vantage Raises $1.6bn for APAC Expansion

September 12, 2025 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has raised $1.6 billion to expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific region, starting with the acquisition of Yondr Group’s data center campus in Johor, Malaysia.“This significant investment marks a pivotal milestone in our APAC growth journey,” said Jeremy Deutsch, president...

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