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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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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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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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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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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June 23, 2026 Microsoft Azure
The first data center at Microsoft’s Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin campus is now officially operational, the company confirmed on June 23. Construction was completed just over two years after the project was first announced. The site is part of Microsoft’s “Fairwater” data center design and will form...
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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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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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June 18, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has broken ground on a new data center campus in La Porte, Indiana. Brad Smith, Microsoft vice chair and president, announced in a LinkedIn post that the groundbreaking ceremony took place on June 17. Smith wrote: "Today we broke ground in La Porte, Indiana, alongside Mayor Tom Dermody,...
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June 16, 2026 Meta
Meta’s Sham Parmar has joined generative AI company Anthropic. Parmar previously served as senior manager for supply chain and engineering, overseeing electrical, mechanical, and fiber connectivity systems. "I'm excited to share that I've joined Anthropic as a supply chain lead, power and cooling...
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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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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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June 13, 2026 Meta
Gnomon Capital has acquired 100% of Croatian data center DC North, known as the “Fort Knox” facility, in a deal involving former owners Cratis and Muraplast. Court records show the transfer was completed in late May, with Gnomon now listed as the sole shareholder. DC North was launched by Cratis...
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June 12, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has started construction on its Alviso data center campus in San Jose, California. The 48MW facility will be the company's first wholly owned and operated data center in the city and is expected to be completed in 2028. The project is forecast to create around 600 construction jobs and...
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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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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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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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June 10, 2026 Meta
Meta and Reliance are partnering to develop a 168MW data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. Reliance will build the facility, which Meta will lease to run AI workloads. The project may be expanded in the future, though no launch timeline has been disclosed. Meta will cover power and water costs,...
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June 09, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has acquired 190 hectares (469.5 acres) of land in Finland's GigaVaasa industrial zone for a potential data center project. The site spans the municipalities of Vaasa and Mustasaari on the country's west coast and was selected for its existing industrial infrastructure. “We are pleased...
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June 09, 2026 Keppel Data Center REIT
Singapore-based real estate investor Keppel will develop a 60MW greenfield data center in Ansan, near Seoul, marking its entry into South Korea’s data center market. The project will be developed through Keppel Data Centre Fund III (KDCF III), which has acquired a majority stake in the vehicle...
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