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Five Colorado Cities and Counties Pause or Ban New Data Centers in 2026

Colorado's Front Range spent the spring slamming the brakes on data centers. Denver, Jefferson County, Boulder County, Larimer County, and the city of Longmont have all moved to pause or ban new development since May. Colorado Springs did the opposite. Its planning department quietly approved a roughly 50 MW AI data center at the former Intel chip fab near Garden of the Gods Road. ...

June 21, 2026

Posted by: Mike Bavto

Colorado (CO)

Major Players and Competition in the Data Center Market

The global data center market is shaped by a complex and rapidly evolving competitive landscape, where a handful of powerful players coexist with hundreds of specialized operators spread across regions and niches. Rather than being controlled by a single dominant force, the industry is structu...

March 27, 2026

United States

Baker Hughes, Google Cloud Team on Data Center AI

US energy firm Baker Hughes has partnered with Google Cloud to develop AI tools aimed at optimizing power use and improving data center sustainability. The collaboration targets growing energy demand driven by AI and cloud expansion, with both companies exploring how to better leverage industr...

March 27, 2026

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Maincubes Breaks Ground on Second Berlin Data Center

German data center company Maincubes has begun construction on a new Berlin campus. The company this week held a groundbreaking ceremony in Nauen for its BER02 site. “With the official start of construction for the substation and the cable route, we have reached an important milestone for our...

March 26, 2026

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Tetracore and Huawei Plan 20MW Gas-powered Data Center in Nigeria

West African energy firm Tetracore Energy Group plans a $400 million data center in Nigeria in partnership with Huawei and Inspirive Technologies.The planned 20MW facility will be located at Tetracore’s energy park in Atakobo, Ogun State, southwestern Nigeria, and is designed to meet Tier III ...

March 26, 2026

Nigeria

US Army Selects Carlyle and CyrusOne to Build Data Centers on Army-owned Land

The US Army has chosen two companies to develop data centers at military bases across the country. Global investment firm Carlyle and data center operator CyrusOne will build facilities on Army-owned land in Texas and Utah.“AI is a strategic asset for the army,” said Secretary of the Army Dan ...

March 26, 2026

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Arbor, GridMarket Target 5GW for US Data Centers

US power firm Arbor Energy partners with GridMarket to supply up to 5GW to data centers starting in 2029. The agreement will serve data center operators and other industrial clients, offering faster deployment than conventional power solutions.Arbor is using a modular approach with its 25MW ...

March 26, 2026

United Kingdom

Aligned Secures $2.58bn Credit Facility for US Data Center Expansion

US operator Aligned Data Centers has secured new financing to support its data center build-out. The company this week today announced the closing of a new $2.58 billion credit facility to support the continued expansion of its US data center portfolio.Backed by insurance firms, pension funds,...

March 26, 2026

United States

Samsung Electronics Leases Space at Digital Realty Data Center in Seoul, South Korea

Samsung Electronics has become a colocation customer at Digital Realty’s data center in Seoul, South Korea.Samsung Electronics, the technology division of South Korean conglomerate Samsung, will host its enterprise IT workloads at Digital Realty’s ICN10 colocation data center in Sangam Digital...

March 25, 2026

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RealVantage Invests in $7million in Minnesota Data Center

Singapore-based real estate firm RealVantage is entering digital infrastructure, investing $7 million in a 21MW data center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The data center was acquired earlier this year by US firm Cloud Capital and Bahrain’s Arcapita, who plan to expand the site to 31MW. “The acq...

March 25, 2026

Minnesota

PDG Plans Two New Data Center Campuses in India, Totaling 210MW

APAC data center company Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has acquired additional land in India for development. This week, the firm announced a multi-site acquisition in Mumbai and Hyderabad, adding 210MW of capacity.The sites reportedly have power and land approvals secured. PDG’s website lists...

March 25, 2026

India / Bhārata

Digital Realty Plans New Data Center in Milan

Digital Realty is expanding in Italy with plans to develop a data center campus in Milan.The colocation giant this week announced its entry into the Milan market with the acquisition of two plots in Abbiategrasso, southwest of the city center.The company plans to develop an initial 8MW facilit...

March 24, 2026

Digital Realty Trust

Krambu Plans AI Data Center in Missoula County, Montana

Data center developer Krambu is planning an AI facility in Bonner, Montana. The project, proposed for the former Bonner Mill Industrial Park in Missoula County, is intended to have a sustainable footprint, according to CEO Steve Wood. In an interview with local outlet MTN, Wood said the propos...

March 24, 2026

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Metrobloks Plans Three-building Data Center Campus in Kansas City, Missouri

Metrobloks plans to build a data center campus near Kansas City, Missouri. The company announced this week that it will invest $1.4 billion in a campus in Liberty, a city north of Kansas City in Clay County.The three-building campus will total 568,800 sq ft (52,770 sqm), though full project ti...

March 24, 2026

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Cerebras Eyes Data Center Project in Manitoba, Canada

Cerebras is planning to develop a data center in Manitoba, Canada, DCD has learned. Earlier this month, the company announced it would be a tenant at a 300MW Bell Canada facility in Saskatchewan, where CoreWeave is also expected to lease capacity."Today, you might have noticed that we announce...

March 24, 2026

Cerebras Systems

UK Government to Decide on 300MW Buckinghamshire Data Center Approval

The UK Government, rather than local planning authorities, will determine whether a proposed 300MW data center in Buckinghamshire receives planning permission.While planning decisions in the UK are typically made by local councils, Secretary for Housing, Communities and Local Government Steve ...

March 23, 2026

United Kingdom

Eleveight AI Deploys 512 Nvidia B300 GPUs at 2MW Armenia Data Center

Armenian startup Eleveight AI has installed 512 Nvidia B300 GPUs at its AI data center in Gagarin, with construction of the facility set to be completed this month. The company said the hardware is already in place, adding that the facility is designed to run on a renewable-heavy power mix and...

March 23, 2026

Armenia

Datagrid Secures Power Deal With Mercury for 280MW Invercargill Data Center Campus

Datagrid New Zealand has signed a 15-year, 140MW Power Purchase Option Agreement (PPOA) with New Zealand energy company Mercury to supply power for its planned hyperscale AI campus in Southland. Under the agreement, Mercury will supply roughly 1.2TWh of power annually, supporting the first ph...

March 23, 2026

Datagrid New Zealand

Top Data Center News For 16th - 21st March, 2026

€1.6B Irish Data Center Proposed in 2019 Finally ApprovedA €1.6 billion data center project finally received approval on Friday, March 13, after six years of permitting hurdles and legal challenges. Art’s proposal will see the construction of a 200MW campus with six data halls each offering 20...

March 23, 2026

United States

Bridge Data Centres in Discussions Over $6bn Loan

Bridge Data Centres, owned by Bain Capital, is reportedly pursuing a loan of up to $6 billion. Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter, said the company is in discussions with lenders to finance its planned expansion in Thailand.The company’s QHI01 data center in Bangkok broke ground...

March 23, 2026

Bridge Data Centres

Developer Withdraws Fayetteville, Georgia Data Center Application

Real estate firm Crow Holdings Development and CHI/Acquisitions have effectively withdrawn their application to build a data center in Fayetteville, Georgia.Although the project was rejected by the city’s planning and zoning commission in late January, Crow Holdings had planned to appeal the d...

March 21, 2026

Georgia

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