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Read Switch Files Plans for 176-Acre Apex Data Center Campus in North Las Vegas
Switch has submitted a letter of intent to North Las Vegas officials for a roughly 175-acre data center campus at Apex Industrial Park, the first formal development proposal for a land position the...

Switch Files Plans for 176-Acre Apex Data Center Campus in North Las Vegas

September 26, 2026 Switch

Switch has submitted a letter of intent to North Las Vegas officials for a roughly 175-acre data center campus at Apex Industrial Park, the first formal development proposal for a land position the company has quietly assembled along the US-93 corridor since the start of the year. KTNV Las Vegas...

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Read Google-Backed Texas Battery Pilot Improves Carbon-Free Data Center Matching
A three-month Google-sponsored battery storage pilot in Texas has shown how BESS can improve hourly carbon-free energy matching for data centers. The pilot, led by Quintrace, esVolta, and LevelTen ...

Google-Backed Texas Battery Pilot Improves Carbon-Free Data Center Matching

September 23, 2026 Google

A three-month Google-sponsored battery storage pilot in Texas has shown how BESS can improve hourly carbon-free energy matching for data centers. The pilot, led by Quintrace, esVolta, and LevelTen Energy, used batteries to store surplus renewable energy and discharge it during periods of higher...

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Read Prysmian, Rio Tinto To Supply Low-Carbon Aluminum For Amazon Data Center In Ohio
Italian cable manufacturer Prysmian and mining company Rio Tinto will supply an Amazon data center in Ohio with low-carbon aluminum electrical cables. The aluminum will be produced by Elysis, a joi...

Prysmian, Rio Tinto To Supply Low-Carbon Aluminum For Amazon Data Center In Ohio

September 21, 2026 Amazon AWS

Italian cable manufacturer Prysmian and mining company Rio Tinto will supply an Amazon data center in Ohio with low-carbon aluminum electrical cables. The aluminum will be produced by Elysis, a joint venture between Rio Tinto and Alcoa. Its smelting process uses proprietary inert anodes instead...

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Read Google Explores Data Center Development In New Mexico
Google is exploring a new data center project in Lea County, New Mexico.
The company has not disclosed further details, including the site location or facility specifications.

“Though many deta...

Google Explores Data Center Development In New Mexico

September 19, 2026 Google

Google is exploring a new data center project in Lea County, New Mexico. The company has not disclosed further details, including the site location or facility specifications. “Though many details remain outstanding, we’re excited about the possibilities that exist in Lea County, and look forward...

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Read Aligned Begins Construction On Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Campus In Pennsylvania
Aligned Data Centers has broken ground on Project Phoenix, a new 2GW data center campus in Shippingport, Pennsylvania. Located in Shippingport Industrial Park, the campus will comprise three facili...

Aligned Begins Construction On Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Campus In Pennsylvania

September 17, 2026 Aligned

Aligned Data Centers has broken ground on Project Phoenix, a new 2GW data center campus in Shippingport, Pennsylvania. Located in Shippingport Industrial Park, the campus will comprise three facilities. It is next to the former Shippingport Power Station, which is being redeveloped into a natural...

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Read Serverfarm Expands North American Data Center Fund To $3.89B
US data center company Serverfarm has increased its existing revolving credit facility to $3.89 billion after securing an additional $895 million. The funding, secured last month, will support Serv...

Serverfarm Expands North American Data Center Fund To $3.89B

September 16, 2026 ServerFarm Realty

US data center company Serverfarm has increased its existing revolving credit facility to $3.89 billion after securing an additional $895 million. The funding, secured last month, will support Serverfarm’s North American data center projects, including campuses in Houston, Texas, Clarksville,...

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Read Vantage Data Centers Raises $2B For North American Development Portfolio
Vantage Data Centers has secured $2 billion in financing to support early-stage development across its North American portfolio. The five-year revolving credit facility initially covers three devel...

Vantage Data Centers Raises $2B For North American Development Portfolio

September 15, 2026 Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has secured $2 billion in financing to support early-stage development across its North American portfolio. The five-year revolving credit facility initially covers three development assets, with more eligible to be added. Vantage said the funding will accelerate project...

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Read Edged Completes Construction Of Data Centers In Council Bluffs, Iowa
US data center operator Edged has completed the structural work on two facilities in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The company announced that OMA01-1 and OMA01-2 have reached the topping-out stage.

"Rea...

Edged Completes Construction Of Data Centers In Council Bluffs, Iowa

September 14, 2026 Edged Energy

US data center operator Edged has completed the structural work on two facilities in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The company announced that OMA01-1 and OMA01-2 have reached the topping-out stage. "Reaching this milestone reflects our continued commitment to investing in communities that are positioned...

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Read Microsoft Plans 38GW Of Data Center Capacity By 2032
Microsoft plans to more than triple its data center capacity over the next five years, targeting 38GW by 2032, up from its current 12GW. The capacity will combine Microsoft-owned facilities with le...

Microsoft Plans 38GW Of Data Center Capacity By 2032

September 11, 2026 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft plans to more than triple its data center capacity over the next five years, targeting 38GW by 2032, up from its current 12GW. The capacity will combine Microsoft-owned facilities with leased capacity from third-party providers, including neoclouds such as CoreWeave, Nscale, Lambda,...

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Read Google And Blackstone JV Faces Delays On Data Center Projects
Google and Blackstone’s joint venture is facing delays at several data center projects across the US, although the partnership remains optimistic about its progress. Known internally as Project Bra...

Google And Blackstone JV Faces Delays On Data Center Projects

September 09, 2026 Google

Google and Blackstone’s joint venture is facing delays at several data center projects across the US, although the partnership remains optimistic about its progress. Known internally as Project Braid, the JV was formed in May 2026 to develop a cloud platform powered by Google’s Tensor Processing...

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Read Digital Realty Launches 6.4MW Data Center In Nairobi, Kenya
Digital Realty has launched its second data center in Nairobi, Kenya. The company announced on September 7 that its Nairobi Two Data Center (NBO2) is now operational, adding 6.4MW of capacity to it...

Digital Realty Launches 6.4MW Data Center In Nairobi, Kenya

September 08, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has launched its second data center in Nairobi, Kenya. The company announced on September 7 that its Nairobi Two Data Center (NBO2) is now operational, adding 6.4MW of capacity to its Nairobi campus. The facility covers 12,000 sq ft (1,100 sqm). The launch follows iColo’s...

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Read Qualcomm And AWS Collaborate On Custom AI Silicon For Large-Scale Data Centers
Qualcomm is partnering with Amazon to develop customized AI infrastructure solutions. Under the multi-generational partnership, Qualcomm Technologies and Amazon will develop custom silicon for larg...

Qualcomm And AWS Collaborate On Custom AI Silicon For Large-Scale Data Centers

September 08, 2026 Amazon AWS

Qualcomm is partnering with Amazon to develop customized AI infrastructure solutions. Under the multi-generational partnership, Qualcomm Technologies and Amazon will develop custom silicon for large-scale AI data centers, focusing on AI inference and optical connectivity of up to 1.6T. The...

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Read Meta’s $1.2B Data Center In Kuna, Idaho, Goes Live
Meta’s Kuna, Idaho Data Center Is Now Operational Meta has begun serving traffic from its data center in Kuna, Idaho. The company announced the campus in 2022, initially planning to invest $800 mil...

Meta’s $1.2B Data Center In Kuna, Idaho, Goes Live

September 04, 2026 Meta

Meta’s Kuna, Idaho Data Center Is Now Operational Meta has begun serving traffic from its data center in Kuna, Idaho. The company announced the campus in 2022, initially planning to invest $800 million in a 960,000 sq ft (89,187 sqm) facility. The project was later temporarily paused for redesign...

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Read Diraq And Equinix To Deploy Australia’s First Commercial Quantum Computer
Australian quantum startup Diraq has partnered with Equinix to deploy a quantum computer at an Equinix data center in Sydney. The eight-qubit system will use a silicon chip with self-contained cryo...

Diraq And Equinix To Deploy Australia’s First Commercial Quantum Computer

September 03, 2026 Equinix

Australian quantum startup Diraq has partnered with Equinix to deploy a quantum computer at an Equinix data center in Sydney. The eight-qubit system will use a silicon chip with self-contained cryogenic cooling and control electronics. The chip can be replaced to increase the qubit count without...

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Read Switch Files Plans For Data Center Campus At Former Pittsburgh Race Track
Switch has filed plans for a new three-building data center campus in Big Beaver Borough, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The proposed Big Beaver Data Center/Switch Pit 01-03 will feature three faci...

Switch Files Plans For Data Center Campus At Former Pittsburgh Race Track

August 24, 2026 Switch

Switch has filed plans for a new three-building data center campus in Big Beaver Borough, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The proposed Big Beaver Data Center/Switch Pit 01-03 will feature three facilities, each covering 201,690 sq ft (18,737 sqm). Planning documents indicate a combined backup...

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Read Google Reveals It Is Behind 506-Acre Project Clydesdale Data Center In Oklahoma
Google has confirmed it is behind the Project Clydesdale data center campus near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Developed by Beale Infrastructure, the 506-acre campus will be located near the Cherokee Industrial...

Google Reveals It Is Behind 506-Acre Project Clydesdale Data Center In Oklahoma

August 19, 2026 Google

Google has confirmed it is behind the Project Clydesdale data center campus near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Developed by Beale Infrastructure, the 506-acre campus will be located near the Cherokee Industrial Park in Owasso. “The Tulsa Regional Chamber is thrilled that Google is deepening its footprint in...

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Read Nashville Authorizes Eminent Domain for DC BLOX Site Near Zoo
Nashville's Metro Council voted 27 to 5 on August 4 to authorize the acquisition of a proposed [DC BLOX](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/dc-blox) data center site beside the Nashville Zoo. The vote...

Nashville Authorizes Eminent Domain for DC BLOX Site Near Zoo

August 10, 2026 DC BLOX

Nashville's Metro Council voted 27 to 5 on August 4 to authorize the acquisition of a proposed DC BLOX data center site beside the Nashville Zoo. The vote allows Metro Nashville to negotiate for the 23.49-acre DC BLOX Nashville Campus or pursue eminent domain if the parties cannot agree. The...

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Read Amazon Acquires 8,000-Acre Texas Site for Gas-Powered Data Center
Amazon has acquired an 8,000-acre site in Pecos, Texas, where it plans to develop a data center powered by an on-site natural gas plant that could become one of the largest in the US. According to ...

Amazon Acquires 8,000-Acre Texas Site for Gas-Powered Data Center

August 10, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon has acquired an 8,000-acre site in Pecos, Texas, where it plans to develop a data center powered by an on-site natural gas plant that could become one of the largest in the US. According to Cleanview reporting, Amazon acquired the GW Ranch site from Pacifico Energy for the planned...

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Read We Energies Begins Three Renewable Projects to Help Power Vantage Data Center
Wisconsin utility We Energies has begun construction on three renewable energy and battery storage projects, with about half of their combined capacity earmarked for a major AI data center campus i...

We Energies Begins Three Renewable Projects to Help Power Vantage Data Center

August 08, 2026 Vantage Data Centers

Wisconsin utility We Energies has begun construction on three renewable energy and battery storage projects, with about half of their combined capacity earmarked for a major AI data center campus in Port Washington. The projects include a 150MW solar farm with 50MWh of battery storage, a 110MW...

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Read AWS Eyes Data Center Development at 4.5GW Gas Plant in Pennsylvania
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is exploring a potential data center development at a natural gas power plant near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. First reported by TribLive, Amazon is considering a data cente...

AWS Eyes Data Center Development at 4.5GW Gas Plant in Pennsylvania

August 07, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is exploring a potential data center development at a natural gas power plant near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. First reported by TribLive, Amazon is considering a data center campus next to the planned Homer City Redevelopment gas plant in Indiana County. “As part of our...

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