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Read Goodman Withdraws Plans for 90MW Data Center Campus in Sydney, Australia
Australian real estate firm Goodman Group has withdrawn plans for Project Mars, a 90MW data center campus in Sydney’s Lane Cove area. The company said the application was withdrawn following signif...

Goodman Withdraws Plans for 90MW Data Center Campus in Sydney, Australia

September 28, 2026 Goodman Group

Australian real estate firm Goodman Group has withdrawn plans for Project Mars, a 90MW data center campus in Sydney’s Lane Cove area. The company said the application was withdrawn following significant changes to the policy and regulatory environment for large-scale data center development since...

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Read Generac Secures $8bn Backup Generator Deal With Amazon
Generac has signed a long-term deal to supply backup generators to Amazon’s data centers. The agreement includes about $2.4 billion in deliveries over two years and could reach $8 billion overall. ...

Generac Secures $8bn Backup Generator Deal With Amazon

September 26, 2026 Amazon AWS

Generac has signed a long-term deal to supply backup generators to Amazon’s data centers. The agreement includes about $2.4 billion in deliveries over two years and could reach $8 billion overall. Amazon will also have the option to buy nearly 1.7 million Generac shares. “It provides visibility...

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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 Goodman Raises $455M For Hong Kong Data Center Partnership
Goodman Group has raised $455 million for its Hong Kong Data Centre Partnership (GHKDCP). The funds will mainly finance the mechanical and electrical fit-out of Goodman HKG10 in Tsuen Wan, which Go...

Goodman Raises $455M For Hong Kong Data Center Partnership

September 16, 2026 Goodman Group

Goodman Group has raised $455 million for its Hong Kong Data Centre Partnership (GHKDCP). The funds will mainly finance the mechanical and electrical fit-out of Goodman HKG10 in Tsuen Wan, which Goodman will operate. The data center will be built inside an existing Goodman warehouse, with initial...

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Read NextDC Raises AU$1.1B Through Convertible Notes
Australian data center operator NextDC is raising AU$1.1 billion (US$796 million) through convertible notes to fund its digital infrastructure expansion. The latest fundraising marks the company’s ...

NextDC Raises AU$1.1B Through Convertible Notes

September 11, 2026 NEXTDC

Australian data center operator NextDC is raising AU$1.1 billion (US$796 million) through convertible notes to fund its digital infrastructure expansion. The latest fundraising marks the company’s third capital raise in just over four months. Convertible notes allow companies to raise debt that...

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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 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 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 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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Read AWS Withdraws From Planned Data Center Campus Near Maryland Nuclear Plant
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has dropped plans for a data center campus next to Maryland's Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. The proposed project in Lusby, Calvert County, would have included eight ...

AWS Withdraws From Planned Data Center Campus Near Maryland Nuclear Plant

August 05, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has dropped plans for a data center campus next to Maryland's Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. The proposed project in Lusby, Calvert County, would have included eight buildings totaling 2.46 million square feet (228,540 sqm) and around 500MW of capacity, powered...

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Read Former Microsoft Researcher Launches Data Center Robotics Startup
Swiss startup Exclaim Robotics, founded by a former Microsoft engineer, has raised $4.95 million in pre-seed funding to develop autonomous robots for AI data center maintenance. Backed by Founderfu...

Former Microsoft Researcher Launches Data Center Robotics Startup

August 04, 2026 Microsoft Azure

Swiss startup Exclaim Robotics, founded by a former Microsoft engineer, has raised $4.95 million in pre-seed funding to develop autonomous robots for AI data center maintenance. Backed by Founderful and Playfair, the company aims to automate remote hands tasks such as cleaning optics,...

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Read AWS Plans 800,000 sq ft Data Center Campus at GWU Site in Ashburn
Details have emerged about Amazon's latest planned data center campus in Northern Virginia. Loudoun County Supervisor Juli E. Briskman (D-Algonkian) said this week that Amazon has filed plans to de...

AWS Plans 800,000 sq ft Data Center Campus at GWU Site in Ashburn

July 31, 2026 Amazon AWS

Details have emerged about Amazon's latest planned data center campus in Northern Virginia. Loudoun County Supervisor Juli E. Briskman (D-Algonkian) said this week that Amazon has filed plans to develop a four-building, 800,000 sq ft (74,320 sqm) data center campus at the former George Washington...

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Read Microsoft 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...

Microsoft Secures Capacity At Pure DC Data Center In Finland

July 14, 2026 Microsoft Azure

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...

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Read 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. T...

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

July 10, 2026 Microsoft Azure

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...

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Read AWS Proposes $1.2 Billion Data Center Campus Outside Housto
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is planning a new data center campus in Boling, Texas, outside Houston. Filed under Amazon Data Services with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, “Project Ea...

AWS Proposes $1.2 Billion Data Center Campus Outside Housto

July 08, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is planning a new data center campus in Boling, Texas, outside Houston. Filed under Amazon Data Services with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, “Project Eagle” will include four buildings on a roughly 2,700-acre site in Wharton County near FM 1301 and FM...

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Read Amazon Expands Mumbai Data Center Land Lease by four Acres
Amazon has leased an additional four acres of land at its site in Powai, Mumbai, expanding its data center footprint in India. According to *The Economic Times*, the land has been leased from Larse...

Amazon Expands Mumbai Data Center Land Lease by four Acres

July 06, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon has leased an additional four acres of land at its site in Powai, Mumbai, expanding its data center footprint in India. According to The Economic Times, the land has been leased from Larsen & Toubro Ltd under a 17-year agreement through Amazon Data Services, the company's primary data...

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Read 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 i...

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

July 04, 2026 Microsoft Azure

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....

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Read NextDC Unveils 612MW S7 Data Centre, OpenAI Stargate Set to Be Customer
NextDC's proposed S7 data centre in Eastern Creek, Sydney, will provide up to 612MW of capacity, according to planning documents. The Australian developer submitted plans for the project in mid-Mar...

NextDC Unveils 612MW S7 Data Centre, OpenAI Stargate Set to Be Customer

July 02, 2026 NEXTDC

NextDC's proposed S7 data centre in Eastern Creek, Sydney, will provide up to 612MW of capacity, according to planning documents. The Australian developer submitted plans for the project in mid-March, several months after acquiring the 255,135 sqm site for AU$353 million (US$244m) in October...

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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 NextDC Secures 169-hectare Land Parcel Outside Melbourne
Australian data center firm NextDC has acquired a large land parcel outside Melbourne, Victoria. Local media, including The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, report that the company has purchased ...

NextDC Secures 169-hectare Land Parcel Outside Melbourne

June 25, 2026 NEXTDC

Australian data center firm NextDC has acquired a large land parcel outside Melbourne, Victoria. Local media, including The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, report that the company has purchased 169 hectares in Lovely Banks, Victoria, near Geelong and around 70km west of Melbourne. The site was...

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