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Read Milan Data Center Protest Draws Over 1,000 As Lombardy Plans Stricter Law
More than 1,000 people gathered in Piazza della Scala in Milan on Oct. 10 to oppose new data center construction in Lombardy, [Il Giorno](https://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/data-center-protesta...

Milan Data Center Protest Draws Over 1,000 As Lombardy Plans Stricter Law

November 10, 2026 Milan

More than 1,000 people gathered in Piazza della Scala in Milan on Oct. 10 to oppose new data center construction in Lombardy, Il Giorno reported. The rally was the first national demonstration called by the National Network of Stop Data Center Committees. Organizers want the national government...

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Read Equinix Opens 8MW SG6 Data Center As Singapore's First Under Green Rules
[Equinix](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/equinix) opened SG6, its sixth data center in [Singapore](https://baxtel.com/regions/singapore), on Nov. 6 with 8MW of capacity in its first phase, the com...

Equinix Opens 8MW SG6 Data Center As Singapore's First Under Green Rules

November 09, 2026 Singapore

Equinix opened SG6, its sixth data center in Singapore, on Nov. 6 with 8MW of capacity in its first phase, the company announced. Equinix invested about $290 million in the nine-story building at Jalan Tukang in western Singapore. SG6 is the first data center in Singapore built under the...

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Read New Jersey Senate Passes 38-0 Bill Banning Data Center NDAs
The New Jersey Senate voted 38-0 on October 22 to make nondisclosure agreements around data center projects unenforceable in the state. [Senate Bill 4304](https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/...

New Jersey Senate Passes 38-0 Bill Banning Data Center NDAs

November 09, 2026 New Jersey

The New Jersey Senate voted 38-0 on October 22 to make nondisclosure agreements around data center projects unenforceable in the state. Senate Bill 4304 has moved to the Assembly, where it was referred to the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee. The bill bars data center applicants and...

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Read Google Backstops TeraWulf Debt for $19B Anthropic Campus in Kentucky
TeraWulf has secured Google as a credit backstop for the debt financing behind its Justified Data Campus in Hawesville, Kentucky ([TeraWulf press release](https://investors.terawulf.com/news-events...

Google Backstops TeraWulf Debt for $19B Anthropic Campus in Kentucky

November 05, 2026 Kentucky

TeraWulf has secured Google as a credit backstop for the debt financing behind its Justified Data Campus in Hawesville, Kentucky (TeraWulf press release). The campus carries a 20-year lease with Anthropic worth about $19 billion (Reuters). Baxtel reported in July that the company was seeking...

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Read Sabey Data Centers Pilots HVO Diesel Replacement at Austin Data Center
[Sabey Data Centers](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/sabey-data-centers) has started a pilot using hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) as a diesel replacement in backup generators at its Austin campus...

Sabey Data Centers Pilots HVO Diesel Replacement at Austin Data Center

October 30, 2026 Austin

Sabey Data Centers has started a pilot using hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) as a diesel replacement in backup generators at its Austin campus. The company is testing the renewable fuel as the primary fuel source for those generators, according to Sabey's announcement. Sabey says the pilot...

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Read NTT Data Adds AI Factories In Paris And Singapore, Bringing Total To Five
NTT Data has launched AI Factory GPU clusters in [Paris](https://baxtel.com/regions/paris) and [Singapore](https://baxtel.com/regions/singapore), expanding its network of AI evaluation environments...

NTT Data Adds AI Factories In Paris And Singapore, Bringing Total To Five

October 29, 2026 Paris

NTT Data has launched AI Factory GPU clusters in Paris and Singapore, expanding its network of AI evaluation environments to five sites. The company announced the expansion on October 27, and the new facilities join AI Factories in Plano, Texas, and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Data Center Dynamics...

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Read Amazon Settles With Two Former AWS Managers Over Data Center Kickbacks
Amazon has settled its civil claims against two former AWS real estate managers it accused of taking kickbacks on Northern Virginia data center deals. The ![alamy.com](/rails/active_storage/represe...

Amazon Settles With Two Former AWS Managers Over Data Center Kickbacks

October 27, 2026 Northern Virginia

Amazon has settled its civil claims against two former AWS real estate managers it accused of taking kickbacks on Northern Virginia data center deals. The company told a federal court on October 20 that it had reached the agreement with Carl Nelson and Casey Kirschner, less than two weeks before...

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Read Fireworks Reserves $94.4M Nvidia B300 Capacity at Forum Edge AI Dallas Site
Fireworks has reserved three years of Nvidia B300 GPU capacity at Forum Edge AI's powered data center in Dallas. The 36-month agreement carries a combined total contract value of approximately $94....

Fireworks Reserves $94.4M Nvidia B300 Capacity at Forum Edge AI Dallas Site

October 26, 2026 Dallas

Fireworks has reserved three years of Nvidia B300 GPU capacity at Forum Edge AI's powered data center in Dallas. The 36-month agreement carries a combined total contract value of approximately $94.4 million, Forum Edge AI said on Oct. 26, reflecting GPU capacity and associated CPU management...

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Read TerraWatt Proposes Up to 1GW Data Center at Former Alton Steel Site
TerraWatt has proposed buying Alton Steel's 381-acre Illinois mill site and building a data center campus of up to 1GW there. The developer announced the plan on [Oct. 21](https://static1.squarespa...

TerraWatt Proposes Up to 1GW Data Center at Former Alton Steel Site

October 23, 2026 Illinois

TerraWatt has proposed buying Alton Steel's 381-acre Illinois mill site and building a data center campus of up to 1GW there. The developer announced the plan on Oct. 21 for the Riverbend Technology Center at 5 Cut Street in Alton. Alton Steel would sell the land, TerraWatt would develop and...

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Read ZTE Launches M8000 Micro-Module for AI Racks up to 250kW
ZTE launched the ZXEDC M8000 Intelligent Computing Micro-Module at Data Center World Asia in [Singapore](https://baxtel.com/regions/singapore), an integrated IT pod built for AI data centers. The [...

ZTE Launches M8000 Micro-Module for AI Racks up to 250kW

October 23, 2026 Singapore

ZTE launched the ZXEDC M8000 Intelligent Computing Micro-Module at Data Center World Asia in Singapore, an integrated IT pod built for AI data centers. The company announced the product in a release published Oct. 20 (ZTE). The module combines an enclosed cold aisle, liquid-cooled racks, network...

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Read Microsoft Files for 422MW Three-Building Data Center Campus in Rome, Georgia
Microsoft filed for state review on October 20 of a three-building data center campus in Rome, Georgia, with 422MW of planned capacity. The [Development of Regional Impact application](https://dca....

Microsoft Files for 422MW Three-Building Data Center Campus in Rome, Georgia

October 22, 2026 Atlanta

Microsoft filed for state review on October 20 of a three-building data center campus in Rome, Georgia, with 422MW of planned capacity. The Development of Regional Impact application covers 349 acres at 0 Huffaker Road and 1,659,000 square feet of floor space. Microsoft owns the land, bought in...

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Read Amazon Pledges €16B For Germany In 2027, Including €4.8B For AWS Frankfurt
Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion ($18 billion) in Germany in 2027, including €4.8 billion to expand the [AWS Europe (Frankfurt) region](https://press.aboutamazon.com/de/2026/10/invest-i...

Amazon Pledges €16B For Germany In 2027, Including €4.8B For AWS Frankfurt

October 21, 2026 Frankfurt

Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion ($18 billion) in Germany in 2027, including €4.8 billion to expand the AWS Europe (Frankfurt) region, the company said on Oct. 20. Chancellor Friedrich Merz and federal economy and energy minister Katherina Reiche appeared with Amazon chief global...

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Read Amazon Drops 800,000 Sq Ft Data Center Campus In Loudoun County Deal
Amazon Data Services has withdrawn its application to build four data centers on the former George Washington University campus in Ashburn, Virginia, ending a months-long standoff with Loudoun Coun...

Amazon Drops 800,000 Sq Ft Data Center Campus In Loudoun County Deal

October 21, 2026 Ashburn: Data Center Alley

Amazon Data Services has withdrawn its application to build four data centers on the former George Washington University campus in Ashburn, Virginia, ending a months-long standoff with Loudoun County. Officials announced the agreement, called Project Potomac Promise, at the Oct. 20 Board of...

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Read Alcoa To Sell Idle Massena East Smelter Site For Up To $315M Data Center Build
Alcoa will sell portions of its long-idled Massena East aluminum smelter in northern New York to a developer that plans to build a data center on the property, a transaction the company values at u...

Alcoa To Sell Idle Massena East Smelter Site For Up To $315M Data Center Build

October 19, 2026 New York State

Alcoa will sell portions of its long-idled Massena East aluminum smelter in northern New York to a developer that plans to build a data center on the property, a transaction the company values at up to $315 million. Alcoa disclosed the definitive agreement in its third-quarter 2026 results on...

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Read Meta Named on 400MW Kentucky Campus With 40-Year Local Tax Break
Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve a development and community revenue agreement with Meta, ending two years in which the company behind a planned hyperscale campus n...

Meta Named on 400MW Kentucky Campus With 40-Year Local Tax Break

October 16, 2026 Kentucky

Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve a development and community revenue agreement with Meta, ending two years in which the company behind a planned hyperscale campus near Maysville, Kentucky was kept unnamed (Mason County Fiscal Court announcement). The site covers...

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Read Mason County Approves 40-Year Tax Deal for Meta's 400MW Kentucky Campus
The Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve three agreements that clear the way for [Meta](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/meta) to build a hyperscale data center campus o...

Mason County Approves 40-Year Tax Deal for Meta's 400MW Kentucky Campus

October 16, 2026 Kentucky

The Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve three agreements that clear the way for Meta to build a hyperscale data center campus on nearly 3,000 acres near Maysville in northeastern Kentucky. The approvals, set out in the county's news release, cover a 40-year...

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Read Big Watt, PowerHouse Win Taylor Approval for 1GW Texas Data Center Campus
Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to approve a development agreement with Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers for the Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre hyperscale project immediat...

Big Watt, PowerHouse Win Taylor Approval for 1GW Texas Data Center Campus

October 15, 2026 Austin

Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to approve a development agreement with Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers for the Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre hyperscale project immediately east of the city that could reach one gigawatt of capacity. The joint venture announced the...

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Read Big Watt, PowerHouse Win Approval for 1GW Behind-the-Meter Texas Campus
Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to approve a development agreement with Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers for Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre data center and power project e...

Big Watt, PowerHouse Win Approval for 1GW Behind-the-Meter Texas Campus

October 15, 2026 Austin

Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to approve a development agreement with Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers for Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre data center and power project east of the city that could reach one gigawatt of capacity. In a joint press release, the partners...

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Read Virginia Senator Perry Proposes Three-Year Statewide Data Center Moratorium
State Sen. Russet Perry on Tuesday released draft legislation that would halt approvals for new data centers across Virginia for three years, escalating the political fight over the industry's grow...

Virginia Senator Perry Proposes Three-Year Statewide Data Center Moratorium

October 15, 2026 Northern Virginia

State Sen. Russet Perry on Tuesday released draft legislation that would halt approvals for new data centers across Virginia for three years, escalating the political fight over the industry's growth in the world's largest data center market. Senate Bill 843 would take effect July 1, 2027...

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Read Taylor Approves 1GW Gas-Fired Data Center Campus for Big Watt, PowerHouse
Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to annex and approve a development agreement for Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre hyperscale project east of Taylor that Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse ...

Taylor Approves 1GW Gas-Fired Data Center Campus for Big Watt, PowerHouse

October 15, 2026 Austin

Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to annex and approve a development agreement for Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre hyperscale project east of Taylor that Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers say could support up to one gigawatt. The partners announced the approval in a Business...

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