September 14, 2026 DayOne
APAC data center operator DayOne has started construction on its new Kodaira data center in Tokyo, Japan. Phase I will provide 15MW of IT capacity, while the full Kodaira campus is planned to reach 42MW. DayOne CEO, Jamie Khoo, said: “Today’s groundbreaking marks a beginning, not only of a new...
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September 11, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft plans to more than triple its data center capacity over the next five years, targeting 38GW by 2032, up from its current 12GW. The capacity will combine Microsoft-owned facilities with leased capacity from third-party providers, including neoclouds such as CoreWeave, Nscale, Lambda,...
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September 09, 2026 DAMAC Digital
Damac Digital and Vodafone Türkiye have begun construction of their planned data center in Izmir, western Turkey. The project was first announced in 2024 with a $100 million investment, but Damac Digital has now increased the budget to $300 million. The facility will be Vodafone’s second data...
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September 03, 2026 Equinix
Australian quantum startup Diraq has partnered with Equinix to deploy a quantum computer at an Equinix data center in Sydney. The eight-qubit system will use a silicon chip with self-contained cryogenic cooling and control electronics. The chip can be replaced to increase the qubit count without...
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August 31, 2026 DayOne
DayOne has partnered with TNB Power Generation to explore up to 1.5GW of on-site power generation and battery storage for its planned data center in Selangor, Malaysia. The partnership was formalized through a non-binding MoU, with the final capacity and configuration subject to feasibility...
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August 04, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Swiss startup Exclaim Robotics, founded by a former Microsoft engineer, has raised $4.95 million in pre-seed funding to develop autonomous robots for AI data center maintenance. Backed by Founderful and Playfair, the company aims to automate remote hands tasks such as cleaning optics,...
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July 18, 2026 Elisa Corporation
Elisa CEO Topi Manner has highlighted the data center market as a key long-term growth opportunity for the telecom company. Speaking during Elisa’s Q2 earnings call, Manner said the quarter marked the start of the company’s large-scale data center connectivity business, amid Finland’s ongoing...
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July 14, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Pure DC has launched the first phase of its Seinäjoki, Finland, data center project, with Microsoft reportedly among the customers leasing capacity at the site. The initial phase will deliver 110MW of capacity with an estimated investment of $1.7 billion. Pure DC has been developing plans for the...
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July 10, 2026 Equinix
Equinix has partnered with Italian energy company A2A to recover waste heat from its data center campus in Settimo Milanese and feed it into Milan’s district heating network. Under the agreement, Equinix will design and operate the heat recovery system, while A2A will use four large-scale heat...
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July 10, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft reported a 25 percent year-on-year rise in carbon emissions, with total Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions increasing to 20.29 million metric tons of CO₂e as data center expansion accelerated. The company said the jump was largely due to its decision to stop using unbundled renewable energy...
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July 04, 2026 Microsoft Azure
National Grid Ventures (NGV), the commercial arm of National Grid, has acquired a 35% stake in Joulent for $1.75 billion to support development of power infrastructure for large data centers. The investment will help fund Project Kilby, a 2.67GW natural gas facility being developed with Chevron....
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June 24, 2026 DayOne
Paragon Globe has agreed to sell a 65-acre site in Iskandar Puteri, Johor, to DayOne Data Centers for RM398 million ($96 million) under a conditional agreement disclosed to Bursa Malaysia. The parcels are located in Gerbang Nusajaya, near Nusajaya Tech Park, part of Malaysia’s data center hub....
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June 23, 2026 Microsoft Azure
The first data center at Microsoft’s Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin campus is now officially operational, the company confirmed on June 23. Construction was completed just over two years after the project was first announced. The site is part of Microsoft’s “Fairwater” data center design and will form...
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June 19, 2026 Equinix
Equinix has launched its first trial of hydrogen fuel cell technology as a replacement for diesel backup generation at a data center in Ireland. Working with ESB and GeoPura, the company has deployed two hydrogen-powered generators at its DB3 Data Center facility. The 12-week trial will support...
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June 18, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has broken ground on a new data center campus in La Porte, Indiana. Brad Smith, Microsoft vice chair and president, announced in a LinkedIn post that the groundbreaking ceremony took place on June 17. Smith wrote: "Today we broke ground in La Porte, Indiana, alongside Mayor Tom Dermody,...
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June 15, 2026 Hyperco Oy
Nordic data center developer Hyperco is planning another facility in Finland, with local reports indicating the company has applied to build a second data center in Kouvola. The proposed two-story facility in the Koria district would span 56,670 sqm (609,990 sq ft) and offer up to 100MW of...
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June 12, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has started construction on its Alviso data center campus in San Jose, California. The 48MW facility will be the company's first wholly owned and operated data center in the city and is expected to be completed in 2028. The project is forecast to create around 600 construction jobs and...
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June 09, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has acquired 190 hectares (469.5 acres) of land in Finland's GigaVaasa industrial zone for a potential data center project. The site spans the municipalities of Vaasa and Mustasaari on the country's west coast and was selected for its existing industrial infrastructure. “We are pleased...
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June 04, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has filed plans to expand its data center footprint in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, with a proposed 490-acre campus adjacent to its existing AVC17 facility. The project would add three data center buildings, an electrical substation, and supporting infrastructure to help meet growing...
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June 04, 2026 DAMAC Digital
The data center arm of UAE property conglomerate Damac has said it plans to achieve an IT capacity landbank of 6GW across 13 countries and more than 35 sites. The Dubai-based firm said it is expanding in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East driven by an increasing demand for AI, cloud...
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