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August 01, 2026
Posted by: Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
New Jersey
Memphis
Memphis City Council has delayed a vote on a proposed 12-month data center moratorium for a second time, despite protests from more than 100 residents. The pause, proposed by councilor JB Smiley Jr., would allow officials to assess data centers’ social, health, and environmental impacts. Councilo...
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Softbank Corp.
SoftBank Group, Singaporean technology company Grab Holdings, and Malaysian oil and gas firm Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (Petros) have signed a framework agreement to explore an AI and digital infrastructure platform in Sarawak, Malaysia. Details of any planned data center development have not been ...
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Orcadian Energy
UK oil and gas firm Orcadian Energy has terminated an agreement with an undisclosed US digital infrastructure operator to develop a gas-powered offshore data center in the North Sea. The July agreement proposed a data center of up to 200MW powered by gas from the Earlham and Orwell fields, estima...
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Nebius
AI cloud provider Nebius has signed an LOI with Volt to become the first offtaker at its planned AI Gigafactory in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The campus is planned to deliver 600MW across six buildings, with the first phase comprising two 100MW data centers. The initial phase is expected to cost...
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Yandex NV
A third Yandex data center in Russia has been hit by Ukrainian drone strikes within a week, forcing the company to suspend operations at its Vladimir facility. Yandex said no one was injured, but at least 84 services were affected, with Yandex Cloud operating in limited mode. The Sasovo and Kalug...
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United States
Data center fires and power failures have more than doubled since 2024, according to the Energy Incident Register. Reported incidents rose from eight in 2024 to 20 in 2025 and 19 in 2026. Of 93 incidents recorded across 26 countries since 2010, 47 occurred from 2024 onward. The US recorded 33 inc...
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Georgia
A five-building data center campus has been proposed in Georgia. Canoochee River RV Resort, LLC has filed an application with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs for the proposed Canoochee River RV Resort Data Center Project. The development is planned for a 470-acre site at 2700 Airport ...
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Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has cut the number of buildings planned for the 791-acre Durand Avenue portion of its Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, data center campus to seven from nine, reducing the parcel's projected taxable value by about 24 percent, or nearly $1.9 billion, the Milwaukee Business Journal reported on M...
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SWI Group
European real estate investor SWI has raised €800 million ($892.4m) through a capital increase involving institutional investors and new share issuance. The Euronext Amsterdam-listed company will use the funds to expand its data center and AI compute platforms across Europe and the US, including ...
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ServerDomes Global: Hueco Ranch
Kaufman & Company and ServerDomes Global broke ground on Oct. 7 on Hueco Ranch, a $15 billion geodesic-dome data center campus near Desert Haven in Hudspeth County, Texas. The campus spans roughly 24,000 acres and is planned to generate 350 MW, KTSM reported. County officials say no one told ...
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Italy
Cologno Monzese City Council in Lombardy, Italy, has unanimously rejected an 80MW data center proposed by Officine Mak and 2C Sviluppo Immobiliare Spa at the former Torriani industrial site. The project, which was expected to generate €12 million ($13.4 million) in council fees, included two data...
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Pacifico Energy
The first data center building at the 2,842-acre Cedar Creek campus being developed by Pacifico Energy and BlackChamber Group is on file with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The October 7 filing, reported by Community Impact, outlines a $366 million building at the Bastrop Count...
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Finnish regulators have ordered a halt to work at two planned Google data centers after more than 300 hectares of forest were cleared before mandatory environmental impact assessments were completed, the BBC reported. The order covers the company's project sites in Muhos and Kajaani, both in the ...
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Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty has begun construction of KIX15, a 24-megawatt data center at its KIX Campus in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, the company announced on Oct. 7. The facility is being developed by MC Digital Realty, the operator's 50/50 joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation, and is sched...
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Texas
ThisWay Global plans a 73MW data center in Bryan, Texas, called the Research and AI Compute Center (RACC). Located at Texas A&M-RELLIS, it will provide AI and HPC resources to eligible researchers, public-sector organizations, and industry users. The project is planned for a 25-acre site, sub...
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Anthropic
A $366 million data center project, named Project Longhorn – Building One, has been filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The 498,165 sq ft (46,281 sqm) facility is planned for Earl Callahan Road near Walter Hoffman Road in Cedar Creek, Bastrop County. Construction is sched...
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Poland
Renewable energy developer WBS Power appears to have withdrawn plans for a data center with a proposed 1.6GW power connection in Trzebnica, Lower Silesia, southwestern Poland. The WBS Power 3 project would have included buildings up to 35 meters tall, on-site diesel generators, and energy storage...
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ByteDance
TikTok owner ByteDance accounts for around one-fifth of China’s data center capacity, according to SemiAnalysis. Its analysis of 1,000 data centers and 60 providers found China has more than 24GW of operational capacity, a 20GW pipeline, and another 30GW in announced projects. Nearly all of ByteD...
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Google’s planned data centers in Finland are under investigation after around 300 hectares of forest were reportedly cleared before environmental assessments were completed. Finland’s Licensing and Supervision Agency has requested reports from local authorities and project manager Tuike Finland o...
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South Korea
KT Cloud is developing a 50MW data center in the Cheongna district of Incheon, South Korea. The facility will have two basement levels and 11 floors above ground. Construction is due to begin in Q4 2026, with completion targeted for Q1 2030. As the design, build, and operate partner, KT Cloud wil...
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