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TIM Connects Milan Data Center to District Heating Network

Telecom Italia (TIM) has connected its data center outside Milan to a local district heating scheme and announced that waste heat from its TIM Enterprise data center in Rozzano will be used to warm more than 5,000 homes in the ALER district.Elio Schiavo, TIM's chief enterprise and innovative ...

February 27, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Sharon AI and New Era Helium Purchase Land in West Texas for Data Center

Sharon AI and New Era Helium this week announced they have signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Grow Odessa to acquire a 200-acre site in Ector County in West Texas for the development of a 250MW AI/HPC data center that will be powered via natural gas from New Era.The companies said the site i...

February 26, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Digital Edge Names John Freeman as CEO

APAC data center firm Digital Edge has appointed group president John Freeman as chief executive officer to succeed Samuel Lee, who will transition to the role of senior advisor to the board after five years at the helm.With over two and a half decades of experience in the data center sector, ...

February 26, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Gaw and Sinar Primera Launch Data Center in Indonesia

Real estate private equity firm Gaw Capital Partners and Indonesian real estate business Sinar Primera have launched a new data center in Batam, Indonesia. Phase one of the new data center offers 5.2 MW on a 13,000 sqm site. Phase II aims to deliver a further 20MW.Kok Chye Ong, managing direct...

February 26, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Akamai Launches Managed Container Service

Akamai Technologies announced this week that it would be offering managed container services for companies seeking to run their workloads closer to users, devices, and sources of data. The offering will be available from the 700-plus cities where Akamai has servers located including more than ...

February 26, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Bavarian Governor Invests €270m in Data Center Expansion

Italian oil giant Eni has signed a Letter of Intent with investment firm MGX and G42 to develop up to 1GW of data centers in Italy. The first project is planned around Ferrera Erbognone, in Lombardy, Italy, already home to Eni’s own data center, and will be developed in two phases of up to 500...

February 25, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

DataVolt to Develop Data Center in Riyadh

Saudi-based data center developer DataVolt is to build a facility in Riyadh. The company and the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON) have agreed on land lease terms for the development of an AI-ready data center in Riyadh.“We are providing mission-critical digita...

February 25, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Microsoft and Clearloop to Deploy Solar Power in Underserved US communities

Microsoft has partnered with Clearloop to deploy up to 100MW of solar projects over the next three years in historically underinvested communities across the US, spanning 20 socioeconomically diverse American communities, including in Arkansas and Louisiana.“We applaud Microsoft for using its ...

February 24, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Top Data Center News for 17th-22nd February 2025

Data center developer ImpactData has partnered with Raeden, signing a joint venture (JV) agreement to support the development of a 20MW turnkey colocation data center in Greensboro, North Carolina. Jet.AI, a company that develops AI solutions for the aviation industry, is selling its aviation ...

February 24, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Sesterce Invests €450m in AI data Center in France

French cloud computing provider Sesterce is investing €450 million ($471.85m) into developing an AI data center set to be located in the Rovaltain business park in Valence Romans Agglo, and will house 40,000 GPUs for the training and deployment of AI. Works will commence in September 2025 with...

February 24, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Core Scientific Leases AUBix Data Center in Alabama

Data center firm Core Scientific which develops cryptomine and HPC data centers, this week announced plans for a facility in Auburn, Lee County. The company said its Auburn data center will housed within the existing AUBix facility at 1571 W Samford Avenue. It will launch with a capacity of 16...

February 24, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

SemiQon Raises €17.5m for Quantum Computers

Finnish quantum startup SemiQon has raised €17.5 million ($18.3m) to support the development of cryogenic CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) technology. €15m ($15.7m) was in equity and €2.5m ($2.6m) came from European Innovation Council grants.SemiQon unveiled its first cryo-CMOS t...

February 24, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

ImpactData Partners with Raeden for Greensboro Data Center

Data center developer ImpactData has partnered with Raeden, signing a joint venture (JV) agreement to support the development of a 20MW turnkey colocation data center in Greensboro, North Carolina.“ImpactData’s strong efforts to obtain readily buildable land and near-term deliverable power fro...

February 22, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

BitFuFu Acquires 51MW Data Center in Oklahoma

Cryptomining firm BitFuFu this week announced it has signed a definitive agreement and acquired a majority ownership in a 51MW operational Bitcoin mining data center in Oklahoma. The transaction was funded with cash from BitFuFu’s balance sheet and common stock.“We have made significant progre...

February 22, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Jet.AI Pivots to Data Center Development

Jet.AI, a company that develops AI solutions for the aviation industry, is selling its aviation business and pivoting to developing data centers. The company is in the process of planning a 50MW facility around Las Vegas for its debut project. FlyExclusive will acquire the business in conjunct...

February 22, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Aphorio Carter Acquires Two Enterprise Data Centers in Kentucky

Data center investment firm Aphorio Carter this week announced the acquisition of data centers in Louisville and Simpsonville for a combined purchase price of approximately $35 million. The two properties operate as enterprise data centers occupied by the same Fortune 200 tenant.Each data cent...

February 21, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Machine Investment Acquires Two Printing Press Sites in Pennsylvania

Machine Investment Group and its affiliates this week announced the purchase of two former LSC Communications industrial facilities in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to be redeveloped into data centers. The two separate locations, totaling more than two million square feet will be redeveloped into da...

February 21, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Bitfarms Explores Pivot to HPC and AI

Bitfarms last week announced it had tapped Appleby Strategy Group (ASG) and World Wide Technology (WWT), to conduct a comprehensive feasibility analysis on all its North American sites and advise on its global HPC/AI strategy. According to the company, ASG and WWT are evaluating Bitfarms’ ener...

February 21, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Nordik DC Partners with Accelsius for New Data Center

Direct-to-chip cooling specialist Accelsius has partnered with Nordik Data Centers to build an AI data center in Montreal, Canada. The company said it has more than two million sq ft (185,800 sqm) of “ready to develop land," fully equipped with infrastructure and redundant fiber connectivity. ...

February 21, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

AREP Closes $309 Million Data Center Investment Fund

American Real Estate Partners (AREP), an institutional real estate fund manager and operating company, this week announced the closing of its fourth real estate GP fund, AREP Strategic Opportunity Fund IV with $309 million in equity commitments.“This $309 million raise signals both tremendous ...

February 21, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

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