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Read Top Data Center News for 8th-13th September, 2025
Top Data Center News for 8th-13th September, 2025

Top Data Center News for 8th-13th September, 2025

September 15, 2025 United Kingdom

Vantage Raises $1.6bn for APAC Expansion Vantage Data Centers has raised $1.6 billion to expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific region, starting with the acquisition of Yondr Group’s data center campus in Johor, Malaysia.EcoDataCenter Raises $703m in Debt Financing EcoDataCenter has secured €600...

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Read BlackRock to Invest $678m in UK Data Centers
BlackRock to Invest $678m in UK Data Centers

BlackRock to Invest $678m in UK Data Centers

September 15, 2025 United Kingdom

Power technology firm ABB is investing $110 million in manufacturing over the next three months to support growth in industries such as data centers. This investment is to “expand R&D and manufacturing of its advanced electrification solutions,” as customers “focus on improving energy...

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Read Ministry of Defence Awards Google Cloud £400m Contract
Ministry of Defence Awards Google Cloud £400m Contract

Ministry of Defence Awards Google Cloud £400m Contract

September 12, 2025 United Kingdom

The UK government's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded Google Cloud a £400 million ($542.12m) contract. Google is to deliver a UK sovereign cloud capability to give the MoD a secure cloud platform. The offering will be built on Google Distributed Cloud Air-Gapped.“Google Cloud is dedicated to...

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Read Helen Seeking Data Center partners
Helen Seeking Data Center partners

Helen Seeking Data Center partners

September 12, 2025 Finland

Helen, one of Finland's largest energy companies, has announced that it is open to supporting data center operators in joining its “comprehensive energy system” in Helsinki, where facilities can be connected to the city’s advanced district heating and cooling network."The synergy benefits of data...

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Read EcoDataCenter Raises $703m in Debt Financing
EcoDataCenter Raises $703m in Debt Financing

EcoDataCenter Raises $703m in Debt Financing

September 09, 2025 Germany / Deutschland

EcoDataCenter has secured €600 million ($703m) in debt financing from Deutsche Bank Private Credit and Infrastructure which will be used to develop AI data centers in Sweden.“AI infrastructure is a new base industry, and we are building one of Europe’s most exciting companies in the sector. We...

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Read Polish Data Center Program Offers $220m in Funding to Applicants
Polish Data Center Program Offers $220m in Funding to Applicants

Polish Data Center Program Offers $220m in Funding to Applicants

September 09, 2025 Poland

A data center project in Poland is offering up to PLN 800 million ($220m) in funding for three state-owned data centers, with the Digital Poland Project Center calling for applications. The data centers are each expected to span around 2,000 sqm (21,527 sq ft), and will "largely" be powered by...

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Read 250MW Off-Grid Facility Planned for Gibraltar
250MW Off-Grid Facility Planned for Gibraltar

250MW Off-Grid Facility Planned for Gibraltar

September 08, 2025 Brittany

Pelagos Data Centres this week announced plans to develop a 250MW project on the British territory of Gibraltar. The facility will be constructed in five phases at a 20,000 square meter (215,280 sq ft) site near the Port of Gibraltar.Konstantin Sokolov, chairman of Pelagos Data Centres, said:...

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Read DataCrunch Proposes Data Center in Akaa, Finland
DataCrunch Proposes Data Center in Akaa, Finland

DataCrunch Proposes Data Center in Akaa, Finland

September 08, 2025 Finland

Helsinki-based AI cloud company DataCrunch is looking to develop a data center in Akaa, Finland and has purchased 10 hectares of land in the Akaa Point business district for around €600,000 ($698,200). "The scale of the investment is significant and it strengthens our city's tax revenue base,...

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Read SAP to Spend €20bn on European Sovereign Cloud
SAP to Spend €20bn on European Sovereign Cloud

SAP to Spend €20bn on European Sovereign Cloud

September 05, 2025 Germany / Deutschland

German software company SAP is planning to invest more than €20 billion ($23.3bn) in expanding its sovereign cloud offering in Europe which will span the next 10 years.Among SAP's plans is to bring an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform to its European cloud offerings, as well as...

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Read Globalstar to Grow Ground Station Infrastructure in Greece
Globalstar to Grow Ground Station Infrastructure in Greece

Globalstar to Grow Ground Station Infrastructure in Greece

September 05, 2025 Greece

Satellite firm Globalstar this week announced construction of additional gateway infrastructure at its existing ground station site at OTE’s teleport in Nemea, Greece, to support its third-generation C-3 mobile satellite system.“We again thank our US commercial services officers at our embassies...

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Read Virtus Signs cPPA for 31MW of Power
Virtus Signs cPPA for 31MW of Power

Virtus Signs cPPA for 31MW of Power

September 02, 2025 United Kingdom

UK data center developer Virtus has signed a corporate Power Purchase Agreement (cPPA) for 31MW of wind power from the Lynn and Inner Dowsing (LID) windfarms, a pair of offshore wind farms in the North Sea. Virtus will offtake 16 percent of the total generation from LID, with a commencement date...

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Read Crusoe Adds 24MW of Capacity in atNorth Facility in Iceland
Crusoe Adds 24MW of Capacity in atNorth Facility in Iceland

Crusoe Adds 24MW of Capacity in atNorth Facility in Iceland

August 29, 2025 Iceland

AI cloud and data center firm Crusoe and atNorth this week announced a “significant expansion” of Crusoe Cloud’s capacity within atNorth’s ICE02 data center in Keflavik. This strategic expansion is designed to meet the surging demand for Crusoe Cloud services from customers of all sizes across...

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Read Hyperscale to Hyper-Space: Data Centers Beyond Earth
Hyperscale to Hyper-Space: Data Centers Beyond Earth

Hyperscale to Hyper-Space: Data Centers Beyond Earth

August 29, 2025 United Kingdom

Every day, humans generate more data than they did the previous day. In 2010, the planet generated approximately two zettabytes of digital information, a figure that increased to 64 zettabytes over the next decade. For comparison, one zettabyte is a trillion gigabytes, so large that if you tried...

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Read Terakraft and Neurophos Deploy AI Hardware at Data Center in Norway
Terakraft and Neurophos Deploy AI Hardware at Data Center in Norway

Terakraft and Neurophos Deploy AI Hardware at Data Center in Norway

August 22, 2025 Norway

AI data center operator Terakraft and AI chip company Neurophos are teaming up for AI infrastructure at the former's data center in Norway, aiming to develop "sustainable" AI infrastructure under the agreement.“By hosting Neurophos’ ultra-efficient optical chips in our green data center for...

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Read 500MW Solar Park and AI Campus Planned in Germany
500MW Solar Park and AI Campus Planned in Germany

500MW Solar Park and AI Campus Planned in Germany

August 22, 2025 Germany / Deutschland

A major renewable energy and AI data center campus is planned for Weida-Land in Germany. Located in the Saxony-Anhalt municipality, the project will include a 500MW solar farm, 500MW/1,750MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), and an AI campus with a data center.The solar parks will be...

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Read E-Werk and Leitwerk Plans Data Center in Lahr, Germany
E-Werk and Leitwerk Plans Data Center in Lahr, Germany

E-Werk and Leitwerk Plans Data Center in Lahr, Germany

August 21, 2025 Germany / Deutschland

Energy firm E-Werk Mittelbaden and IT services provider Leitwerk are investing €16 million ($18.63m) in a new data center within the startkLahr Airport & Business Park in Lahr, close to the French border in western Baden-Württemberg. “Starting signal for our data center in Lahr,” Julian...

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Read Kildare Completes Government Data Center
 Kildare Completes Government Data Center

Kildare Completes Government Data Center

August 15, 2025 Republic of Ireland

County Kildare in Ireland has completed the construction of a government data center which will be for government use, replacing several smaller data centers, and is located at the Backweston Campus in Kildare. It has been designed with sustainability in mind, and waste heat may be used at other...

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Read DayOne Plans 128MW Data Center in Finland
DayOne Plans 128MW Data Center in Finland

DayOne Plans 128MW Data Center in Finland

August 15, 2025 Finland

APAC data center firm DayOne this week announced plans to develop a campus in Lahti, some 100km northeast of Helsinki. The €1.2 billion ($1.4bn) project will be located in a former industrial site in Kiveriö. At full build-out, the project could total 128MW IT load."Finland is an ideal strategic...

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Read Avaio Digital Enters Spain with New Data Center
Avaio Digital Enters Spain with New Data Center

Avaio Digital Enters Spain with New Data Center

August 15, 2025 Spain

Data center firm Avaio Digital this week announced its first data center in Spain, in the town of Algete in the Community of Madrid. The €650 million ($759m) project – known as Algete Data Hub and Avaio Digital Scorpio – has secured 56.3MW of power with Iberdrola, in addition to the initial 8MW...

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Read EdgeMode Explores Development of 20MW AI Data Center in Sweden
EdgeMode Explores Development of 20MW AI Data Center in Sweden

EdgeMode Explores Development of 20MW AI Data Center in Sweden

August 14, 2025 Sweden

EdgeMode, a US-based data center developer, has partnered with AI infrastructure firm Vertical Data to market and deliver a 20MW AI data center in Sweden. The project aims to combine EdgeMode’s Marviken Smart Energy Cluster, which is tied to a 95MW renewable Power Purchase Agreement (PPA),...

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