Data Center News

Kakao Plans Data Center in Namyangju, South Korea

Kakao Corp.

South Korean Internet firm Kakao is to build a data center in Namyangju, a city in the nation's Gyeonggi province. The KRW 600 billion ($442.3m) investment will see the company develop a 92,000 sqm (990,280 sq ft) AI-focused facility. Work is set to start next year, targeting a 2029 completion...

Data center Inaugurated at Port of Imbituba, Brazil

Brazil / Brasil

A new data center has been energized at the Port of Imbituba, Santa Catarina, Brazil. According to the developer, the data center will integrate neural networks and artificial intelligence to automate the Ports process and reduce response times during its operations.The facility cost an estima...

Top Data Center News from 16th-21st of June 2025

United States

Amazon to Invest $13bn in Data Centers in AustraliaAmazon is planning to invest AU$20 billion (US$13bn) by 2029 in expanding data center infrastructure in Australia as it looks to develop additional data centers and expand its existing facilities in Sydney and Melbourne.Cawley Partners Acquire...

Marsh Launches €1bn Data Center Insurance and Risk Management Services

United Kingdom

Insurance broker and risk advisor Marsh this week announced the launch of Nimbus, a new insurance facility providing clients cover for the construction of large-scale data centers across the UK and Europe.Nimbus provides up to €1 billion ($1.15bn) in construction all-risks coverage and up to €...

Haoyang Data Purchases Land for New Thailand Facility

Thailand / Prathet Thai

Chinese data center operator Beijing Haoyang Cloud & Data Technology Co recently acquired land from WHA Industrial Development (WHAID), one of Thailand’s leading industrial estate developers for a data center to be developed by Haoyang’s local subsidiary, Haoyang Data Center 1.“As global d...

100MW AI Data Center Planned in Armenia

Americas

Firebird, an AI cloud company, and the Armenian government this week announced plans to launch a 100MW AI data center in 2026 equipped with “thousands” of Nvidia Blackwell GPUs. The company said the project will funded via a $500 million public-private partnership with the Armenian government....

Data center Application Filed in Scotland

Scotland

Battery storage firm Apatura has filed an application to develop a data center outside Cumnock, southwest Scotland. The company is requesting an Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Opinion ahead of full planning permission as it looks to develop on 24.5 hectares of land south of Creoch F...

New Data Center Campus Planned in Keuruu, Finland

Finland

The Keuruu government last week announced that Suomen Energiainsinöörit Technology Oy plans to build a data center on a 40-hectare site on the western side of the Karjola industrial area. The company aims to develop a 200,000 sqm (2,152,782 sq ft) facility on the site, which is currently owned...

Eutelsat Announces €1.35bn Capital Raise

France

European satellite operator Eutelsat this week announced a €1.35 billion ($1.55bn) contemplated capital raise, anchored by key shareholders, to “secure the execution of [its] long-term strategic vision,” to fuel its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) ambitions, led by the French government.“This capital in...

Enegix to Build 100MW Crypto Facility in Piauí

Brazil / Brasil

Bitcoin-focused data center firm Enegix Global has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with local authorities in the Brazilian state of Piauí to build a 100MW data center. The planned facility is expected to cost up to $120 million and will run on idle state grid energy, with a project ...

Amazon to Invest $13bn in Data Centers in Australia

Amazon AWS

Amazon is planning to invest AU$20 billion (US$13bn) by 2029 in expanding data center infrastructure in Australia. The investment will see Amazon developing additional data centers and expanding its existing facilities in Sydney and Melbourne.Matt Garman, CEO of AWS, said of the company's inve...

Alibaba Cloud Confirms Second Data Center in South Korea

Alibaba Cloud

Alibaba Cloud has confirmed that a second data center will launch in South Korea by the end of this month (June 2025), noting that the expansion of its infrastructure is due to growing demand in the country for its cloud computing and AI services from local businesses."In line with the rapid a...

Oracle Deploys Exadata Database into Google Facility

Oracle

Oracle and Google Cloud are now offering Oracle Database@Google Cloud to customers in Japan for the first time. This multi-cloud offering allows customers to run Oracle databases and applications – such as transaction processing for order management, data warehousing and analytics for supply c...

APR Energy Receives Approval for Natural Gas Powered Facility in Texas

Texas

APR Energy has obtained approval from state regulators to move forward with the development of an 800-acre data center in Pampa, Texas. The Pampa Chamber of Commerce and the Pampa Economic Development Corporation approved the project last Tuesday (July 10). The data center is expected to have ...

IGM Financial Migrates Services to Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud

Google

Canadian wealth and asset management company IGM Financial has completed a data center migration project to the public cloud and is now using Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) for its operations.“The successful delivery of the data center migration to the public cloud underscores...

Microsoft Launches Chile Cloud Region

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft this week launched a new cloud region in Chile, its first in the South American country, located in the Santiago metropolitan region. This region is comprised of three independent physical locations - each with one or more data centers - is now operational.Tito Arciniega, president o...

AWS Breaks Ground on Water Replenishment Project in Sweden

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has broken ground on a water replenishment project in Katrineholm, Sweden as a part of a collaboration between AWS, the municipality of Katrineholm, and the regional water utility company, Sörmlands Vatten.AWS invested $4 million into the project, which aims to facili...

Aslan Energy to Develop 40MW Renewable Powered Facility

Aslan Energy Capital, a Singaporean renewable developer, has partnered with the Jakarta Industrial Estate Pulogadung (JIEP), Indonesia’s first industrial estate, to develop a 40MW data center in Jakarta, Indonesia.The facility will be primarily powered by renewable energy and will integrate a ...

Cawley Partners Acquires 5,200 Acres outside Dallas for Data Center Park

Dallas

Cawley Partners has acquired 5,200 acres south of Dallas to potentially develop a large data center park outside Dallas. The acquired South Creek Ranch in the City of Ferris is set to see a mix of uses, including data centers, logistics, manufacturing, and residential.“This particular piece of...

Bouygues Telecom Signs 15-year PPA with Suez

France

French telco Bouygues Telecom has signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with energy-from-waste (EfW) firm Suez in France which will see Suez supply 53GWh of power per year from its EfW portfolio. Over the term of the agreement, the telco aims to source up to 800GWh of power through f...