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Read Google to Invest €5bn in AI Infrastructure in Belgium
Google to Invest €5bn in AI Infrastructure in Belgium

Google to Invest €5bn in AI Infrastructure in Belgium

October 11, 2025 Google

Google has committed to investing an additional €5bn ($5.8bn) in cloud and AI infrastructure in Belgium over the next two years. The investment will go towards expanding the company's data center campuses in Saint-Ghislain and aims to add a further 300 full-time jobs.“With today’s announcement,...

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Read Entergy Arkansas to Power Planned Google Facility
Entergy Arkansas to Power Planned Google Facility

Entergy Arkansas to Power Planned Google Facility

October 04, 2025 Google

US utility Entergy Arkansas has announced that it will power Google's planned data center in West Memphis, Arkansas. The deal was part of a larger announcement by Google, in which the search giant committed to investing $4 billion in the state through 2027. According to the company, it has now...

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Read Google Opens Hertfordshire Data Center
Google Opens Hertfordshire Data Center

Google Opens Hertfordshire Data Center

September 16, 2025 Google

Google is opening a new data center in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, today as part of what it says is a £5 billion ($6.81bn) investment in the UK over the next two years. It is part of a string of investments unveiled by US companies in UK digital infrastructure this week, timed to coincide with...

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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 Google Cloud to Provide AI and Cloud Services to Eneva
Google Cloud to Provide AI and Cloud Services to Eneva

Google Cloud to Provide AI and Cloud Services to Eneva

September 11, 2025 Google

Brazilian power generation firm Eneva has partnered with Google Cloud to use its cloud, data, and AI technologies to optimize its operations across the Brazilian market. Accenture migrated Eneva's infrastructure to Google Cloud to improve its access to data across the enterprise as a part of this...

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Read Google Behind West Memphis Data Center Project in Arkansas
Google Behind West Memphis Data Center Project in Arkansas

Google Behind West Memphis Data Center Project in Arkansas

September 10, 2025 Google

Google has confirmed it is behind a data center project in West Memphis, Arkansas. Dubbed Project Pyramid, plans were submitted earlier this year to develop a five-building data center campus on a 1,178-acre property on the south side of Bollinger Road in West Memphis, Crittenden County. The...

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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 Revolut and Google Cloud Sign Multi-Year Agreement
Revolut and Google Cloud Sign Multi-Year Agreement

Revolut and Google Cloud Sign Multi-Year Agreement

September 06, 2025 Google

UK-based fintech Revolut has signed a multi-year and multi-million-dollar deal with Google Cloud. The two companies have an existing relationship, with Revolut being one of the largest Google Pay and Wallet partners. "Google's world-leading AI and cloud infrastructure are an incredible asset,"...

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Read Commonwealth Fusion Systems Raises $863m in Series B2 funding
Commonwealth Fusion Systems Raises $863m in Series B2 funding

Commonwealth Fusion Systems Raises $863m in Series B2 funding

August 30, 2025 Google

Google-backed nuclear fusion company, Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), has successfully raised $863 million in Series B2 funding, adding a range of international investors to its list of backers. New investors included NVentures (Nvidia's venture capital arm), Counterpoint Global, Galaxy...

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Read Google to Invest $9bn in Virginia Data Centers
Google to Invest $9bn in Virginia Data Centers

Google to Invest $9bn in Virginia Data Centers

August 30, 2025 Google

Google and Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin this week announced Google will invest an additional $9 billion in Virginia through the end of 2026. The funds will go towards the development of a new data center in Chesterfield County and expansion of the existing facilities in Loudoun and Prince...

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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 Google, I&M and TVA to Expand Use of Demand Response in Data Centers
Google,  I&M and TVA to Expand Use of Demand Response in Data Centers

Google, I&M and TVA to Expand Use of Demand Response in Data Centers

August 04, 2025 Google

Google has signed agreements with utilities Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to enable demand response capabilities at its data centers doing machine learning (ML) workloads. The agreements are part of a broader strategy by Google to bring flexible demand...

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Read Google Signs Long Duration Energy Storage Partnership
Google Signs Long Duration Energy Storage Partnership

Google Signs Long Duration Energy Storage Partnership

July 24, 2025 Google

Google has signed its first partnership with a long-duration energy storage (LDES) company, Energy Dome to support multiple commercial deployments worldwide to help scale the company’s CO2 battery technology. The company has developed a 20MW/200MWh battery, which it claims has a lifetime of more...

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Read Westinghouse to Use Google Cloud AI Tools
Westinghouse to Use Google Cloud AI Tools

Westinghouse to Use Google Cloud AI Tools

July 17, 2025 Google

Westinghouse Electric Company is teaming up with Google Cloud to use AI for the construction of nuclear reactors. Under the agreement with Google, Westinghouse will combine its existing HiVE and bertha nuclear AI solutions with Google Cloud technologies to help improve both the construction of...

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Read Google Wins $200m Contract with US DoD
Google Wins $200m Contract with US DoD

Google Wins $200m Contract with US DoD

July 16, 2025 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...

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Read Frontier Consortium Buys $1.75 Million of Carbon Credits
Frontier Consortium Buys $1.75 Million of Carbon Credits

Frontier Consortium Buys $1.75 Million of Carbon Credits

July 15, 2025 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...

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Read Google Signs 3GW US Hydro Energy Deal with Brookfield
Google Signs 3GW US Hydro Energy Deal with Brookfield

Google Signs 3GW US Hydro Energy Deal with Brookfield

July 14, 2025 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,...

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Read Google Cloud Signs Agreement with UK gov't to Reduce Legacy Tech Reliance
Google Cloud Signs Agreement with UK gov't to Reduce Legacy Tech Reliance

Google Cloud Signs Agreement with UK gov't to Reduce Legacy Tech Reliance

July 11, 2025 Google

Google Cloud and the UK government are teaming up to tackle the UK's reliance on legacy IT as both parties hope to save taxpayer money by replacing old technology. Google has also teamed up with the Imperial War Museum to digitize and transcribe its oral history collection, and is working with...

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Read Google buys land for data center in Botetourt County, Virginia
Google buys land for data center in Botetourt County, Virginia

Google buys land for data center in Botetourt County, Virginia

June 26, 2025 Google

Google has spent $14 million to buy a plot of land for a data center development in Botetourt County, Virginia. The deal for the 312-acre site at the Botetourt Center industrial park, Greenfield, was announced on Tuesday.“We are always looking for communities that have the innovative and...

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Read New Data Center Campus Planned in Keuruu, Finland
New Data Center Campus Planned in Keuruu, Finland

New Data Center Campus Planned in Keuruu, Finland

June 20, 2025 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 by...

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