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Read AWS reports record expansion in 2025, adding 1.2GW of data centre capacity in Q4 alone
Amazon Web Services (AWS) highlighted strong expansion in its latest sustainability report, saying it added more data centre capacity globally than any other company last year, including over 1.2GW...

AWS reports record expansion in 2025, adding 1.2GW of data centre capacity in Q4 alone

July 02, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) highlighted strong expansion in its latest sustainability report, saying it added more data centre capacity globally than any other company last year, including over 1.2GW in Q4 alone. Between October 2024 and October 2025, AWS added a total of 3.8GW. CEO Andy Jassy said...

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Read 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 Dulle...

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

July 01, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

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...

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Read Amazon Employees Back Data Center Regulations, Allege Workplace Retaliation
Three Amazon employees have alleged that the company retaliated against them after they testified in support of a Seattle data center moratorium. According to reports, the employees—Darius Irani, P...

Amazon Employees Back Data Center Regulations, Allege Workplace Retaliation

June 22, 2026 Amazon AWS

Three Amazon employees have alleged that the company retaliated against them after they testified in support of a Seattle data center moratorium. According to reports, the employees—Darius Irani, Patrick Schloesser, and Liesl Wigand, all members of Amazon Employees for Climate Justice (AECJ)—were...

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Read 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 deploy...

Equinix Trials Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology at Data Center in Ireland

June 19, 2026 Equinix

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...

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Read 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 thi...

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

June 17, 2026 Rackspace

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...

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Read 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...

Google Plans $1.5 Billion Expansion of Alabama Data Center Campus

June 16, 2026 Google

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,...

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Read Top Data Center News for 8th-13th of June, 2026
**[OpenAI in Early Talks for 10GW Data Center Lease in Ohio](https://baxtel.com/news/openai-in-early-talks-for-10gw-data-center-lease-in-ohio)**
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Top Data Center News for 8th-13th of June, 2026

June 15, 2026 Google

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 in 2028, with full build-out estimated to cost up to $500 billion. Microsoft Acquires...

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Read 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 sol...

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

June 12, 2026 Google

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...

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Read Blue Owl Secures $975M Financing for Northern Virginia Data Center
Corscale Data Centers has secured $975 million in financing from Blue Owl for Project Helios, a newly built data center in Prince William County, Virginia. The funding was arranged by Newmark on be...

Blue Owl Secures $975M Financing for Northern Virginia Data Center

June 12, 2026 Amazon AWS

Corscale Data Centers has secured $975 million in financing from Blue Owl for Project Helios, a newly built data center in Prince William County, Virginia. The funding was arranged by Newmark on behalf of a joint venture between Corscale and Affinius Capital. The facility is fully leased to an...

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Read Amazon Data Centers Consumed 2.5 Billion Gallons of Water in 2025
Amazon said its data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025. Water withdrawals at facilities it owns and operates fell 2% from 2024 despite an increase in the number of data centers, whi...

Amazon Data Centers Consumed 2.5 Billion Gallons of Water in 2025

June 11, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon said its data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025. Water withdrawals at facilities it owns and operates fell 2% from 2024 despite an increase in the number of data centers, while the company did not disclose water use at leased sites. AWS owned about 28.4 million square feet...

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Read Sentinel DC Withdraws Maine Paper Mill Data Center Proposal
Sentinel Data Centers has reportedly abandoned plans to develop a data center at a former paper mill site in Jay, Maine. The decision was first reported by the Sun Journal.JGT2 Redevelopment, which...

Sentinel DC Withdraws Maine Paper Mill Data Center Proposal

June 11, 2026 Sentinel Data Centers

Sentinel Data Centers has reportedly abandoned plans to develop a data center at a former paper mill site in Jay, Maine. The decision was first reported by the Sun Journal.JGT2 Redevelopment, which had planned to partner with Sentinel on the $550 million project, told Jay officials that the data...

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Read 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, CP...

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

June 08, 2026 Google

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...

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Read 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...

CyrusOne Begins Construction on 380MW Data Center in Texas

June 08, 2026 CyrusOne

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...

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Read Top Data Center News for 1st - 6th June, 2026
**[Polar DC Secures €800 Million for Norway Data Center Project](https://baxtel.com/news/polar-dc-secures-800-million-senior-secured-bond-for-norway-data-center-project)**
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Top Data Center News for 1st - 6th June, 2026

June 08, 2026 Google

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 center project in a transaction representing a “new record” in terms of deal size in the Nordic market. Brookfield...

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Read CorScale Plans 140MW Data Center Campus Outside London for 2029 Start
CorScale is set to advance its first UK project. The company has appointed McLaren Construction and Phoenix ME to begin predevelopment work on a data center in Iver, Buckinghamshire. The 14-acre Co...

CorScale Plans 140MW Data Center Campus Outside London for 2029 Start

June 06, 2026 Corscale

CorScale is set to advance its first UK project. The company has appointed McLaren Construction and Phoenix ME to begin predevelopment work on a data center in Iver, Buckinghamshire. The 14-acre Court Lane site could deliver up to 140MW across two multi-story buildings, with plans dating back to...

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Read Google Targets Net Positive Water Use at Data Centers by 2030
Google has pledged to replenish more water than it consumes across its data centers by 2030. The company plans to upgrade water and wastewater systems, work with utilities in local communities, and...

Google Targets Net Positive Water Use at Data Centers by 2030

June 05, 2026 Google

Google has pledged to replenish more water than it consumes across its data centers by 2030. The company plans to upgrade water and wastewater systems, work with utilities in local communities, and prioritize air-cooled technologies to reduce water use. It also aims to expand the use of reclaimed...

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Read Compass Datacenters Funds $15M Animal Shelter Amid Ellis County Data Center Debate
Compass Datacenters is seeking to ease opposition to its data center plans by proposing a $15 million contribution toward a new animal shelter in Red Oak, Ellis County, Texas. A June 2 statement sa...

Compass Datacenters Funds $15M Animal Shelter Amid Ellis County Data Center Debate

June 05, 2026 Compass Datacenters

Compass Datacenters is seeking to ease opposition to its data center plans by proposing a $15 million contribution toward a new animal shelter in Red Oak, Ellis County, Texas. A June 2 statement said Ellis County and Compass Datacenters have announced a proposed $15 million grant agreement to...

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Read Digital Realty Plans New Data Center in Seattle, Washington
Digital Realty is planning a new data center in Seattle, Washington, as the city considers a moratorium on new developments. According to BizJournal and other reports, the company has filed plans w...

Digital Realty Plans New Data Center in Seattle, Washington

June 05, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is planning a new data center in Seattle, Washington, as the city considers a moratorium on new developments. According to BizJournal and other reports, the company has filed plans with the Seattle City Council to replace the existing retail building and parking garage at 301...

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Read Gigawatt Scale Data Center and Energy Project Kicks Off in Texas
Google and Intersect Power have begun construction at the Meitner Energy Center, a colocated data center and energy project spanning Gray and Roberts Counties, Texas. The development combines a dat...

Gigawatt Scale Data Center and Energy Project Kicks Off in Texas

June 04, 2026 Google

Google and Intersect Power have begun construction at the Meitner Energy Center, a colocated data center and energy project spanning Gray and Roberts Counties, Texas. The development combines a data center with more than 1GW of wind, solar, and battery storage capacity. The companies said the...

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Read Google Breaks Ground on Swedish data center in Horndal
Google Breaks Ground on Swedish data center in Horndal

Google Breaks Ground on Swedish data center in Horndal

June 02, 2026 Google

Google has officially broken ground on a new data center in Horndal, Sweden. Located in Avesta Municipality in Dalarna County, the facility will be the company’s first self-developed, owned, and operated data center in the country. While limited details have been released, Google says the site...

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