Read Exa Launches New Fiber Route from London to Brussels
Exa Launches New Fiber Route from London to Brussels
July 17, 2025

Exa Launches New Fiber Route from London to Brussels

Europe

Exa Infrastructure has launched a new European fiber route, including a subsea cable connecting the UK to mainland Europe. The 1,200 km project includes a 115km submarine cable linking Margate in the UK to Ostend, Belgium. Exa is responsible for providing landing party and backhaul services on...

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Read W Denis Group Launches Division Focused on Insuring Data Centers
W Denis Group Launches Division Focused on Insuring Data Centers
July 17, 2025

W Denis Group Launches Division Focused on Insuring Data Centers

United States

Insurance broker W Denis Group this week launched a new specialist division focused exclusively on insuring data centers and their integrated power generation infrastructure. The broker said the new unit will deliver “comprehensive, competitively priced solutions backed by multi-billion capaci...

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Read Data center Firms Plan $90bn Investment in Pennsylvania
Data center Firms Plan $90bn Investment in Pennsylvania
July 16, 2025

Data center Firms Plan $90bn Investment in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

Data center and energy firms have pledged to invest $90 billion in the US state of Pennsylvania to help build out its digital infrastructure following a summit attended by President Donald Trump. The first Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit was held on Tuesday, with Trump and state sena...

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Read Duos Edge AI to Deploy Two Edge Data Centers in Texas
Duos Edge AI to Deploy Two Edge Data Centers in Texas
July 16, 2025

Duos Edge AI to Deploy Two Edge Data Centers in Texas

Texas

Duos Edge AI is set to deploy two of its Edge data centers in Corpus Christi, Texas which will serve as “central communications hubs for carriers delivering services to mobile operators, enterprises, local education, healthcare, and digital economy sectors while driving growth across the local...

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Read InfraVia to Sell Switzerland’s Green Datacenter to IFM
InfraVia to Sell Switzerland’s Green Datacenter to IFM
July 16, 2025

InfraVia to Sell Switzerland’s Green Datacenter to IFM

Switzerland

Investment firm InfraVia Capital Partners this week announced IFM Global Infrastructure Fund (IFM GIF), advised by IFM Investors, has agreed to indirectly acquire 100 percent of Green Group AG. Terms were not shared, but the deal is set to close later this year.“We look forward to embarking on...

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Read Allianz Acquires Stake in Yondr
Allianz Acquires Stake in Yondr
July 16, 2025

Allianz Acquires Stake in Yondr

Yondr Group

Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has announced tthat its subsidiary Allianz Capital Partners GmbH has acquired a minority stake in Yondr Group, joining DigitalBridge and La Caisse (formerly CDPQ) as investors in the firm. The stake was acquired on behalf of the Allianz insurance companies ...

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Read National Bank of Bahrain Launches Data Center
National Bank of Bahrain Launches Data Center
July 16, 2025

National Bank of Bahrain Launches Data Center

Bahrain

The National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) has launched a new data center, a result of an 18-month effort to transform the bank's infrastructure, with support from the Central Bank of Bahrain. The data center is Tier III design certified by Uptime Institute and located on the 6th floor of NBB's headqu...

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Read Google Wins $200m Contract with US DoD
Google Wins $200m Contract with US DoD
July 16, 2025

Google Wins $200m Contract with US DoD

Google

Google has won a contract valued up to $200 million with the US Department of Defense's (DoD) Chief Digital and Intelligence Office (CDAO) to provide infrastructure for AI. Under the contract with Google Public Sector, the DoD can access Google's cloud infrastructure, including its tensor proc...

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Read Oracle to Invest $3bn in Cloud and AI Infrastructure
Oracle to Invest $3bn in Cloud and AI Infrastructure
July 15, 2025

Oracle to Invest $3bn in Cloud and AI Infrastructure

Oracle

Oracle plans to invest a combined $3 billion in AI and cloud infrastructure in Germany and the Netherlands over the next five years. $2bn has been earmarked for Germany, while $1bn will go to the Netherlands.Germany's Federal Minister for Digital Affairs, Karsten Wildberger, said: "Oracle's st...

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Read Frontier Consortium Buys $1.75 Million of Carbon Credits
Frontier Consortium Buys $1.75 Million of Carbon Credits
July 15, 2025

Frontier Consortium Buys $1.75 Million of Carbon Credits

Google

Frontier, a carbon credit purchasing consortium that counts Google and Meta as founding members, this week announced it has facilitated $1.75 million of carbon removal purchases from Karbonetiq (United States), Limenet (Italy), and pHathom (Canada) on behalf of buyers Stripe, Shopify, and Goog...

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Read Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Proposed in Pennyslyvania
Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Proposed in Pennyslyvania
July 15, 2025

Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Proposed in Pennyslyvania

Pennsylvania

A large data center campus is being proposed in Northeast Pennsylvania. 1778 Rich Pike LLC is aiming to develop a 1.5GW, 1,000-acre campus on either side of Interstate 380, just north of Clifton Beach Road. The project is known as the Gouldsboro Data Center in some documents.Each building woul...

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Read Globalinx to Develop Data Center in Portsmouth, Virginia
 Globalinx to Develop Data Center in Portsmouth, Virginia
July 15, 2025

Globalinx to Develop Data Center in Portsmouth, Virginia

Virginia

Virginia data center firm Globalinx this week revealed plans to develop a backup data center in Portsmouth, a city some 20 miles west of its existing Virginia Beach site.Chris Mitchell, director of sales at Globalinx Datacenters, told the authority the company was building a data center within...

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Read CoreWeave Plans $6bn Facility in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
CoreWeave Plans $6bn Facility in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
July 14, 2025

CoreWeave Plans $6bn Facility in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

AI cloud firm CoreWeave has revealed plans to invest up to $6 billion in developing a data center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania which will have an initial 100MW of IT capacity, though it will have the potential to scale up to 300MW, and will be "purpose-built" for AI use cases. Around 600 skilled...

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Read Google Signs 3GW US Hydro Energy Deal with Brookfield
Google Signs 3GW US Hydro Energy Deal with Brookfield
July 14, 2025

Google Signs 3GW US Hydro Energy Deal with Brookfield

Google

Brookfield Asset Management and Brookfield Renewable this week announced a first-of-its-kind Hydro Framework Agreement (HFA) with Google to deliver up to 3,000MW of carbon-free hydroelectric capacity across the United States.Under the agreement, hydroelectric assets will be relicensed, overhau...

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Read Top Data Center News from 7th-12th of July, 2025
Top Data Center News from 7th-12th of July, 2025
July 14, 2025

Top Data Center News from 7th-12th of July, 2025

United States

Yondr Completes 40MW Frankfurt Data CenterData center firm Yondr has announced that its 40MW data center in Bischofsheim which includes a solar photovoltaic (PV) installation on the roof, a green wall, and electric vehicle charging points, is now fully operational, just as it completes a resea...

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Read Oakland University Calls for Data Center Proposals
Oakland University Calls for Data Center Proposals
July 12, 2025

Oakland University Calls for Data Center Proposals

Michigan

Oakland University (OU) in Rochester, Michigan, has released a "request for proposals" (RFP) last month, detailing the data center project planned for a five-acre site located at 253 Pioneer Drive, Rochester, on the existing parking lot P-35.The Oakland Press reports that it is this substation...

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Read Starwood Files for 1.2GW, 11-building Data Center Campus in Delaware
Starwood Files for 1.2GW, 11-building Data Center Campus in Delaware
July 12, 2025

Starwood Files for 1.2GW, 11-building Data Center Campus in Delaware

Delaware

Plans have been filed for a large gigawatt-scale data center campus in Delaware, filing two applications with New Castle County to develop a new campus that would total 1.2GW across 6 million sq ft (557,418 sqm). Project Washington would see 11 buildings developed on approximately 580 acres of...

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Read Vesper Infrastructure Acquires French Operator Thésée DataCenter
Vesper Infrastructure Acquires French Operator Thésée DataCenter
July 12, 2025

Vesper Infrastructure Acquires French Operator Thésée DataCenter

France

Vesper Next Generation Infrastructure Fund I SCSp announced this week that it has signed a binding agreement to acquire 100 percent of the share capital of Thésée from state-owned French investment group Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations/Banque des Territoires and Groupe IDEC Invest, the real...

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Read Glenn Lockwood Departs from Microsoft
Glenn Lockwood Departs from Microsoft
July 12, 2025

Glenn Lockwood Departs from Microsoft

Microsoft Azure

Glenn K. Lockwood has left Microsoft after spending the last three years at the company, initially as the HPC/AI workload lead in Azure Storage's product group, before working more broadly on the design of Microsoft's largest AI supercomputers."Everything I did at Microsoft touched supercomput...

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Read Yondr Completes 40MW Frankfurt Data Center
Yondr Completes 40MW Frankfurt Data Center
July 12, 2025

Yondr Completes 40MW Frankfurt Data Center

Yondr Group

Data center firm Yondr Group this week announced that its 40MW data center in Bischofsheim, just south of Frankfurt, is now fully operational. The site includes a solar photovoltaic (PV) installation on the roof, a green wall, and electric vehicle charging points. Yondr said it has also comple...

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