Read Google Strategic Sourcing Executive Joins OpenAI
Allyson Fealtman, a former Google data center strategic sourcing and supplier development lead, has joined OpenAI after 16 years at Google. She led 11 commodity managers overseeing liquid and air c...
October 17, 2026

Google Strategic Sourcing Executive Joins OpenAI

Google

Allyson Fealtman, a former Google data center strategic sourcing and supplier development lead, has joined OpenAI after 16 years at Google. She led 11 commodity managers overseeing liquid and air cooling, interconnects, and mechanical equipment. She joined OpenAI in May and will focus on strategi...

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Read Digital Realty Tops Out Second Seoul Data Center
Digital Realty has topped out ICN11, its second data center in Seoul, South Korea. The facility is expected to become operational in the second half of 2027.

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October 17, 2026

Digital Realty Tops Out Second Seoul Data Center

Digital Realty Bersama

Digital Realty has topped out ICN11, its second data center in Seoul, South Korea. The facility is expected to become operational in the second half of 2027. “The topping out isn't just a construction milestone; it's a powerful symbol of what happens when incredible teams come together to build s...

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Read Digital Realty Picks Kokomo for 1GW Campus, Its First in Indiana
[Digital Realty](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/digital-realty-trust) wants to build its first [Indiana](https://baxtel.com/regions/indiana) data centers in Kokomo, proposing a three-building camp...
October 17, 2026

Digital Realty Picks Kokomo for 1GW Campus, Its First in Indiana

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty wants to build its first Indiana data centers in Kokomo, proposing a three-building campus with roughly 1GW of IT capacity on 476 acres of greenfield land. The global REIT published a project page for the development after city officials confirmed its interest earlier this month, w...

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Read Meta Named on 400MW Kentucky Campus With 40-Year Local Tax Break
Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve a development and community revenue agreement with Meta, ending two years in which the company behind a planned hyperscale campus n...
October 16, 2026

Meta Named on 400MW Kentucky Campus With 40-Year Local Tax Break

Meta

Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve a development and community revenue agreement with Meta, ending two years in which the company behind a planned hyperscale campus near Maysville, Kentucky was kept unnamed (Mason County Fiscal Court announcement). The site covers r...

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Read Digital Realty Proposes Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Campus Near Indianapolis, Indiana
Digital Realty plans to develop a gigawatt-scale data center campus on 476 acres in Kokomo, Indiana, comprising three single-story buildings.
Kokomo, the county seat of Howard County, is about 50 ...
October 16, 2026

Digital Realty Proposes Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Campus Near Indianapolis, Indiana

Digital Realty Bersama

Digital Realty plans to develop a gigawatt-scale data center campus on 476 acres in Kokomo, Indiana, comprising three single-story buildings. Kokomo, the county seat of Howard County, is about 50 miles north of Indianapolis. Located on greenfield land in Industrial Park North near US 31 and Count...

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Read Digital Realty Proposes 1GW Data Center Campus In Kokomo, Indiana

[Digital Realty](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/digital-realty-trust) is proposing a three-building data center campus on about 476 acres at Industrial Park North in Kokomo, Indiana, with a site...
October 16, 2026

Digital Realty Proposes 1GW Data Center Campus In Kokomo, Indiana

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is proposing a three-building data center campus on about 476 acres at Industrial Park North in Kokomo, Indiana, with a site plan that calls for roughly 1GW of IT capacity and completion in 2033. The company published the details on its Kokomo project page, and Kokomo Mayor TWide s...

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Read BlackRock CEO Warns US Data Center Construction Slowdown Could Trigger Recession
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink warned that a nationwide US data center construction moratorium could trigger a recession, given the economy’s growing reliance on AI infrastructure investment. JLL estimat...
October 16, 2026

BlackRock CEO Warns US Data Center Construction Slowdown Could Trigger Recession

United States

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink warned that a nationwide US data center construction moratorium could trigger a recession, given the economy’s growing reliance on AI infrastructure investment. JLL estimates data center development will require $3 trillion in investment by 2030. Global occupancy stands a...

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Read Mason County Approves 40-Year Tax Deal for Meta's 400MW Kentucky Campus
The Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve three agreements that clear the way for [Meta](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/meta) to build a hyperscale data center campus o...
October 16, 2026

Mason County Approves 40-Year Tax Deal for Meta's 400MW Kentucky Campus

Meta

The Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve three agreements that clear the way for Meta to build a hyperscale data center campus on nearly 3,000 acres near Maysville in northeastern Kentucky. The approvals, set out in the county's news release, cover a 40-year industria...

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Read LightEdge Considers Data Center Project Near Des Moines, Iowa
LightEdge plans to develop a colocation data center on ten acres in Boone Business Park, Iowa, about 48 miles northwest of Des Moines.
The Boone County Economic Growth Corporation has signed a let...
October 16, 2026

LightEdge Considers Data Center Project Near Des Moines, Iowa

Iowa

LightEdge plans to develop a colocation data center on ten acres in Boone Business Park, Iowa, about 48 miles northwest of Des Moines. The Boone County Economic Growth Corporation has signed a letter of intent for the land sale. The city’s planning commission has approved the site plan for recomm...

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Read CapitaLand to Launch 53MW Data Center in Chennai, India, by Year-End
CapitaLand Investment Limited has unveiled plans for a 53MW data center in Ambattur, Chennai, targeted for completion by the end of 2026. The project is the first in Tamil Nadu under its CapitaLand...
October 16, 2026

CapitaLand to Launch 53MW Data Center in Chennai, India, by Year-End

CapitaLand

CapitaLand Investment Limited has unveiled plans for a 53MW data center in Ambattur, Chennai, targeted for completion by the end of 2026. The project is the first in Tamil Nadu under its CapitaLand India Trust platform. First proposed in 2021, the facility was initially planned to deliver 55MW by...

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Read AEP To Invest $4B In 702MW Fuel Cell Plant For Google
American Electric Power will invest about $4 billion in a 702 MW fuel cell generation project near Cheyenne, Wyoming, under a 20-year power purchase agreement with [Google](https://baxtel.com/data-...
October 15, 2026

AEP To Invest $4B In 702MW Fuel Cell Plant For Google

Google

American Electric Power will invest about $4 billion in a 702 MW fuel cell generation project near Cheyenne, Wyoming, under a 20-year power purchase agreement with Google, the utility announced. The plant is being developed Large-scale landscape photo showing an extensive array of Bloom Energy fu...

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Read Big Watt, PowerHouse Win Approval for 1GW Behind-the-Meter Texas Campus
Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to approve a development agreement with Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers for Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre data center and power project e...
October 15, 2026

Big Watt, PowerHouse Win Approval for 1GW Behind-the-Meter Texas Campus

PowerHouse Data Centers

Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to approve a development agreement with Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers for Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre data center and power project east of the city that could reach one gigawatt of capacity. In a joint press release, the partners sa...

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Read Virginia Senator Calls for Three-Year Statewide Pause on Data Center Development
Virginia could introduce a three-year data center moratorium under Senate Bill 843, proposed by Democratic Senator Russet Perry, who represents Loudoun County. If passed, the bill would prevent sta...
October 15, 2026

Virginia Senator Calls for Three-Year Statewide Pause on Data Center Development

Virginia

Virginia could introduce a three-year data center moratorium under Senate Bill 843, proposed by Democratic Senator Russet Perry, who represents Loudoun County. If passed, the bill would prevent state agencies from approving data center planning applications for three years from July 1, 2027. Perr...

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Read Taylor Approves 1GW Gas-Fired Data Center Campus for Big Watt, PowerHouse
Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to annex and approve a development agreement for Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre hyperscale project east of Taylor that Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse ...
October 15, 2026

Taylor Approves 1GW Gas-Fired Data Center Campus for Big Watt, PowerHouse

PowerHouse Data Centers

Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to annex and approve a development agreement for Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre hyperscale project east of Taylor that Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers say could support up to one gigaRendering of a PowerHouse data center campus developmen...

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Read Digital Realty Completes Structural Topping-Out of Second Seoul Data Center
Digital Realty has topped out ICN11, its second data center in Seoul, South Korea. The facility is expected to become operational in the second half of 2027.

“The topping out isn't just a constr...
October 15, 2026

Digital Realty Completes Structural Topping-Out of Second Seoul Data Center

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has topped out ICN11, its second data center in Seoul, South Korea. The facility is expected to become operational in the second half of 2027. “The topping out isn't just a construction milestone; it's a powerful symbol of what happens when incredible teams come together to build s...

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Read NTT Installs Nvidia GPU Test Cluster at Munich 2 Data Center
NTT Global Data Centres has deployed an Nvidia GPU cluster at its Munich 2 data center, allowing clients to test AI applications at scale before committing to wider deployments. Dubbed AI Factory M...
October 15, 2026

NTT Installs Nvidia GPU Test Cluster at Munich 2 Data Center

NTT

NTT Global Data Centres has deployed an Nvidia GPU cluster at its Munich 2 data center, allowing clients to test AI applications at scale before committing to wider deployments. Dubbed AI Factory Munich, the cluster lets customers assess AI workloads against real-world infrastructure, security, d...

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Read Serverfarm Completes Structure of First Data Center at Arkansas Campus
Serverfarm has topped out the first building at its new data center campus in Clarksville, Arkansas. CEO Avner Papouchado said the company is committed to the area and aims to be a long-term commun...
October 15, 2026

Serverfarm Completes Structure of First Data Center at Arkansas Campus

ServerFarm Realty

Serverfarm has topped out the first building at its new data center campus in Clarksville, Arkansas. CEO Avner Papouchado said the company is committed to the area and aims to be a long-term community partner. The two-story ARK1 facility will offer 108MW of capacity across 300,000 sq ft (27,870 s...

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Read Big Watt, PowerHouse Win Taylor Approval for 1GW Texas Data Center Campus
Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to approve a development agreement with Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers for the Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre hyperscale project immediat...
October 15, 2026

Big Watt, PowerHouse Win Taylor Approval for 1GW Texas Data Center Campus

PowerHouse Data Centers

Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to approve a development agreement with Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers for the Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre hyperscale project immediately east of the city that could reach one gigawatt of capacity. The joint venture announced the appr...

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Read Virginia Senator Perry Proposes Three-Year Statewide Data Center Moratorium
State Sen. Russet Perry on Tuesday released draft legislation that would halt approvals for new data centers across Virginia for three years, escalating the political fight over the industry's grow...
October 15, 2026

Virginia Senator Perry Proposes Three-Year Statewide Data Center Moratorium

Virginia

State Sen. Russet Perry on Tuesday released draft legislation that would halt approvals for new data centers across Virginia for three years, escalating the political fight over the industry's growth in the world's largest data center market. Senate Bill 843 wouldEditorial image depicting data ce...

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Read Microsoft Acquires 600 Acres for Data Center Development in Woodward, Iowa
Microsoft has acquired 600 acres in Woodward, around 30 miles northwest of Des Moines, Iowa, for a potential data center campus. The purchase was disclosed at a residents’ meeting on October 12, fo...
October 14, 2026

Microsoft Acquires 600 Acres for Data Center Development in Woodward, Iowa

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has acquired 600 acres in Woodward, around 30 miles northwest of Des Moines, Iowa, for a potential data center campus. The purchase was disclosed at a residents’ meeting on October 12, four days after the sale closed. The site lies between Highway 141 and Seminole Avenue, but developmen...

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