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Read Snow Lake and Exodys form SMR Venture
Snow Lake and Exodys form SMR Venture

Snow Lake and Exodys form SMR Venture

May 29, 2025 United States

Snow Lake Energy, a uranium development firm, and US-based nuclear engineering company Exodys Energy have launched a joint venture to develop a small modular reactor (SMR) for the US data center market. This venture will use an SMR design based on pressurized water reactor (PWR) technology and...

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Read Hyper Bit to Acquire Dogecoin Mining
Hyper Bit to Acquire Dogecoin Mining

Hyper Bit to Acquire Dogecoin Mining

May 27, 2025 United States

Cryptomining firm Hyper Bit Technologies this week announced it has signed a non-binding agreement to purchase Dogecoin Mining Technologies in a structured deal that will include an 11MW data center hosting facility based in Canada, along with a minimum of 2,000 ElphaPex DG2 mining rigs.“We view...

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Read Top Data Center News from 17th -24th of May 2025
Top Data Center News from 17th -24th of May 2025

Top Data Center News from 17th -24th of May 2025

May 26, 2025 United States

Gigawatt Scale Data Center Cluster to be developed Outside Paris French national investment bank Bpifrance, UAE investment fund MGX, French AI firm Mistral AI, and Nvidia have formed a joint venture to establish Europe’s first purpose-built intelligence hub; supporting the full AI lifecycle from...

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Read Top Data Center News from 12th-17th May 2025
Top Data Center News from 12th-17th May 2025

Top Data Center News from 12th-17th May 2025

May 19, 2025 United States

Blue Owl Closes $7 billion Digital Infrastructure Fund Blue Owl Capital Inc. has successfully closed its latest digital infrastructure fund focused on data center development and acquisition with $7 billion of total capital commitments, exceeding the original target of $4 billion.FivePoint...

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Read Could DeepSeek's Efficiency Advances Boost Nvidia's Long-Term Prospects?
Could DeepSeek's Efficiency Advances Boost Nvidia's Long-Term Prospects?

Could DeepSeek's Efficiency Advances Boost Nvidia's Long-Term Prospects?

January 29, 2025 United States

DeepSeek's announcement of a new large language model achieving state-of-the-art performance at significantly reduced computational costs sent shockwaves through the AI infrastructure market, triggering a $1.2 trillion market decline and a 15% drop in Nvidia's stock value. The market's reaction...

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Read NextEra Partners with GE Vernova on Gas for Data Centers
NextEra Partners with GE Vernova on Gas for Data Centers

NextEra Partners with GE Vernova on Gas for Data Centers

January 27, 2025 United States

US energy generator NextEra Energy has partnered with energy equipment manufacturer GE Vernova to develop gas-fired generation to meet the energy demands of data centers and will be taking further steps to restart the idled Duane Arnold Energy Center, a nuclear power plant in Iowa.NextEra CEO...

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Read Oklo and RPower to deploy nuclear and natural gas hybrid power model for data centers
Oklo and RPower to deploy nuclear and natural gas hybrid power model for data centers

Oklo and RPower to deploy nuclear and natural gas hybrid power model for data centers

January 18, 2025 United States

Small modular reactor and nuclear recycling firm Oklo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with RPower, a provider of onsite prime and backup power solutions, to deploy a phased power model that combines natural gas and nuclear power for the data center sector. The model will combine...

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Read Cottonwood Group closes $56 million in financing
Cottonwood Group closes $56 million in financing

Cottonwood Group closes $56 million in financing

January 17, 2025 United States

Cottonwood Group closed $56 million in financing for three data center developments in Arizona, Ohio, and Virginia. Based in California, Cottonwood is a private equity real estate investment firm headed up by CEO Alexander Shing.“The timing for these investments was ideal, given the sector’s...

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Read DOE details upcoming ATS-5 supercomputer
DOE details upcoming ATS-5 supercomputer

DOE details upcoming ATS-5 supercomputer

January 17, 2025 United States

The Department of Energy (DOE) has released details about an incoming supercomputer dubbed ATS-5. This system will replace the 30 petaflops ATS-3 Crossroads machine which the DOE said is “nearing the end of its useful lifetime.” While no information about the compute power of the ATS-5 has been...

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Read PowerSecure partners with Edged Energy to supply backup generation for US data centers
PowerSecure partners with Edged Energy to supply backup generation for US data centers

PowerSecure partners with Edged Energy to supply backup generation for US data centers

January 16, 2025 United States

PowerSecure, the distributed energy solution subsidiary of US utility Southern Company, has partnered with Edged Energy to supply critical electrical and mechanical systems for Edged data center operations in the US, coinciding with the opening of the Edged Atlanta Campus in Atlanta, Georgia,...

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Read Ligado sues Inmarsat following bankruptcy ruling
Ligado sues Inmarsat following bankruptcy ruling

Ligado sues Inmarsat following bankruptcy ruling

January 14, 2025 United States

Satellite operator Ligado Networks has sued its contract partner Inmarsat shortly after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In its lawsuit, Ligado claims Inmarsat failed to make the required upgrades to its satellite network while still demanding payments from Ligado, at a time when Ligado has been...

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Read US government signs executive order for gigawatt-scale data center campus development on federal lands
US government signs executive order for gigawatt-scale data center campus development on federal lands

US government signs executive order for gigawatt-scale data center campus development on federal lands

January 14, 2025 United States

Outgoing US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to open up federal lands for data center development. This will make government-owned land available to developers for lease and require agencies to make efforts to improve transmission infrastructure to those developments.“Today,...

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Read Constellation Energy to acquire Calpine Corporation
Constellation Energy to acquire Calpine Corporation

Constellation Energy to acquire Calpine Corporation

January 13, 2025 United States

US energy giant Constellation Energy has agreed to acquire Calpine Corporation, an independent power producer, for $26.6 billion, including debt considerations in a transaction that includes 50 million shares of Constellation stock, $4.5 billion in cash, and the assumption of about $12.7 billion...

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Read Deep Fission to supply Endeavour data centers with 2GW of nuclear energy
Deep Fission to supply Endeavour data centers with 2GW of nuclear energy

Deep Fission to supply Endeavour data centers with 2GW of nuclear energy

January 09, 2025 United States

Deep Fission, a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) developer, has partnered with Endeavour Energy, a US sustainable infrastructure developer, to develop and deploy its technology at scale. They have committed to co-developing 2GW of nuclear energy to supply Endeavour's global portfolio of data...

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Read Nick Clegg steps down as Meta's president of global affairs
Nick Clegg steps down as Meta's president of global affairs

Nick Clegg steps down as Meta's president of global affairs

January 07, 2025 United States

Sir Nick Clegg has stepped down as Meta’s president of global affairs, announcing his departure on a post on Meta’s Facebook platform after almost seven years.In a post confirming his departure, Clegg said it was “the right time for me to move on.” "My time at the company coincided with a...

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Read Bit Digital acquires Montreal site for data center
Bit Digital acquires Montreal site for data center

Bit Digital acquires Montreal site for data center

January 04, 2025 United States

US data center developer and crypto firm Bit Digital has acquired the site for a build-to-suit 5MW data center expansion project in Montreal, Canada.The company initially used cash on hand to fund the acquisition and is working to obtain mortgage financing to cover the site's acquisition and...

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Read TPG in talks to buy Crown Castle's fiber assets
TPG in talks to buy Crown Castle's fiber assets

TPG in talks to buy Crown Castle's fiber assets

December 31, 2024 United States

TPG is in advanced talks to buy Crown Castle's fiber assets in a deal worth an estimated $8 billion. US tower operator Crown Castle has been looking to sell its fiber assets for some time, notably revealing in April that it had held talks with multiple parties over a sale.The company launched a...

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Read xAI raises $6 billion in a Series C funding round
xAI raises $6 billion in a Series C funding round

xAI raises $6 billion in a Series C funding round

December 27, 2024 United States

Elon Musk's generative AI startup xAI has raised $6 billion in a Series C funding round from investors including A16Z, Blackrock, Fidelity Management & Research Company, Kingdom Holdings, Lightspeed, MGX, Morgan Stanley, OIA, QIA, Sequoia Capital, Valor Equity Partners and Vy Capital, amongst...

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Read US Senate passes bill for additional rip and replace funding
 US Senate passes bill for additional rip and replace funding

US Senate passes bill for additional rip and replace funding

December 24, 2024 United States

The US Senate has voted in favor of a bill that looks set to provide an additional $3 billion to telecom companies in funding for the rip and replace program. This was included as part of the $895 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that was passed by the US Senate on December 18....

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Read Qualcomm claims win following mistrial in copyright battle with Arm
Qualcomm claims win following mistrial in copyright battle with Arm

Qualcomm claims win following mistrial in copyright battle with Arm

December 23, 2024 United States

Qualcomm is claiming victory in its court battle with chip design giant Arm after a jury in the US found that its processor designs are properly licensed, despite the case ended in a mistrial, leaving the door open for Arm to return with a fresh action.After a week-long federal court trial held...

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