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Read AWS Files 36-Building Data Center Plan at 4.5GW Homer City Campus
Amazon Web Services has formally signed on to the largest gas-powered data center project in the United States. Amazon Data Services, Inc., the company's development arm, filed a Preliminary Land D...

AWS Files 36-Building Data Center Plan at 4.5GW Homer City Campus

October 07, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services has formally signed on to the largest gas-powered data center project in the United States. Amazon Data Services, Inc., the company's development arm, filed a Preliminary Land Development Plan with the Indiana County planning commission on August 28 under the project name...

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Read AWS Proposes 36-Building Data Center Campus in Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has filed plans for a 36-building data center campus at the Homer City Energy Campus in Pennsylvania. AWS first revealed its interest in the area in August while discussin...

AWS Proposes 36-Building Data Center Campus in Indiana County, Pennsylvania

October 07, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has filed plans for a 36-building data center campus at the Homer City Energy Campus in Pennsylvania. AWS first revealed its interest in the area in August while discussing potential development with Homer City Redevelopment. The proposed campus will span 1,100 acres...

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Read AWS Receives Planning Approval for Data Center in Iver, UK
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has received planning approval for a new data center project in Iver, Buckinghamshire, UK. Buckinghamshire Council approved the development, which will replace 17 industri...

AWS Receives Planning Approval for Data Center in Iver, UK

October 01, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has received planning approval for a new data center project in Iver, Buckinghamshire, UK. Buckinghamshire Council approved the development, which will replace 17 industrial and warehouse units with a data center featuring 27 backup generators. Planning officers...

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Read Schneider Electric and Equinix Trial Software-Defined Switchgear for Data Centers
Equinix and Schneider Electric have partnered to pilot software-defined medium-voltage switchgear at an undisclosed Equinix data center. The technology, developed by Schneider Electric, is designed...

Schneider Electric and Equinix Trial Software-Defined Switchgear for Data Centers

September 30, 2026 Equinix

Equinix and Schneider Electric have partnered to pilot software-defined medium-voltage switchgear at an undisclosed Equinix data center. The technology, developed by Schneider Electric, is designed to reduce the need for specialized cabling and hardware in data centers. Schneider said the...

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Read Digital Realty Plans Cable Landing Station In Los Angeles, California
Digital Realty is developing a new cable landing station (CLS) at its LAX12 data center in Los Angeles, California. The company announced the project last week, with the facility expected to suppor...

Digital Realty Plans Cable Landing Station In Los Angeles, California

September 28, 2026 Digital Realty Bersama

Digital Realty is developing a new cable landing station (CLS) at its LAX12 data center in Los Angeles, California. The company announced the project last week, with the facility expected to support subsea cables from 2028. Digital Realty has not disclosed how many cables the CLS will...

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Read Generac Secures $8bn Backup Generator Deal With Amazon
Generac has signed a long-term deal to supply backup generators to Amazon’s data centers. The agreement includes about $2.4 billion in deliveries over two years and could reach $8 billion overall. ...

Generac Secures $8bn Backup Generator Deal With Amazon

September 26, 2026 Amazon AWS

Generac has signed a long-term deal to supply backup generators to Amazon’s data centers. The agreement includes about $2.4 billion in deliveries over two years and could reach $8 billion overall. Amazon will also have the option to buy nearly 1.7 million Generac shares. “It provides visibility...

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Read BDx Begins Construction Of Second AI Campus In Jatiluhur, Indonesia
BDx Data Centers has begun construction of its 640MW AI Campus 2 (CGK4) in Jatiluhur, Indonesia. The first 120MW building is expected online in early 2027, with six buildings planned. The campus wi...

BDx Begins Construction Of Second AI Campus In Jatiluhur, Indonesia

September 22, 2026 BDx Data Centers

BDx Data Centers has begun construction of its 640MW AI Campus 2 (CGK4) in Jatiluhur, Indonesia. The first 120MW building is expected online in early 2027, with six buildings planned. The campus will use direct-to-chip liquid cooling for AI racks up to 500kW and has 845MVA of grid capacity. The...

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Read Prysmian, Rio Tinto To Supply Low-Carbon Aluminum For Amazon Data Center In Ohio
Italian cable manufacturer Prysmian and mining company Rio Tinto will supply an Amazon data center in Ohio with low-carbon aluminum electrical cables. The aluminum will be produced by Elysis, a joi...

Prysmian, Rio Tinto To Supply Low-Carbon Aluminum For Amazon Data Center In Ohio

September 21, 2026 Amazon AWS

Italian cable manufacturer Prysmian and mining company Rio Tinto will supply an Amazon data center in Ohio with low-carbon aluminum electrical cables. The aluminum will be produced by Elysis, a joint venture between Rio Tinto and Alcoa. Its smelting process uses proprietary inert anodes instead...

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Read Microsoft Plans 38GW Of Data Center Capacity By 2032
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 le...

Microsoft Plans 38GW Of Data Center Capacity By 2032

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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Read Damac And Vodafone Türkiye Triple Investment In Izmir Data Center Project
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 D...

Damac And Vodafone Türkiye Triple Investment In Izmir Data Center Project

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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Read Qualcomm And AWS Collaborate On Custom AI Silicon For Large-Scale Data Centers
Qualcomm is partnering with Amazon to develop customized AI infrastructure solutions. Under the multi-generational partnership, Qualcomm Technologies and Amazon will develop custom silicon for larg...

Qualcomm And AWS Collaborate On Custom AI Silicon For Large-Scale Data Centers

September 08, 2026 Amazon AWS

Qualcomm is partnering with Amazon to develop customized AI infrastructure solutions. Under the multi-generational partnership, Qualcomm Technologies and Amazon will develop custom silicon for large-scale AI data centers, focusing on AI inference and optical connectivity of up to 1.6T. The...

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Read Diraq And Equinix To Deploy Australia’s First Commercial Quantum Computer
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 cryo...

Diraq And Equinix To Deploy Australia’s First Commercial Quantum Computer

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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Read Digital Realty Begins Construction On Fourth Data Center In Zurich, Switzerland
Digital Realty has started construction on a new data center in Glattbrugg, Zurich, Switzerland. The ZUR4 facility will provide 15MW of IT capacity across around 6,300 sqm (67,810 sq ft) and is exp...

Digital Realty Begins Construction On Fourth Data Center In Zurich, Switzerland

August 28, 2026 Digital Realty Bersama

Digital Realty has started construction on a new data center in Glattbrugg, Zurich, Switzerland. The ZUR4 facility will provide 15MW of IT capacity across around 6,300 sqm (67,810 sq ft) and is expected to go live in 2028. The project will expand Digital Realty’s existing Zurich campus, which...

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Read STT GDC Exits Planned Vietnam Data Center Project
Vietnamese telecoms firm VNG is set to acquire ST Telemedia Global Data Centres’ (STT GDC) 65 percent stake in a planned data center project in Ho Chi Minh City. VNG will pay VND480 billion ($18.3m...

STT GDC Exits Planned Vietnam Data Center Project

August 21, 2026 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

Vietnamese telecoms firm VNG is set to acquire ST Telemedia Global Data Centres’ (STT GDC) 65 percent stake in a planned data center project in Ho Chi Minh City. VNG will pay VND480 billion ($18.3m) for full control of VTH Software Development, which owns the 25,465 sqm (274,100 sq ft) site...

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Read Taiwanese Cloud Provider Konst Leases Capacity at LG Sinar Mas Data Center in Indonesia
Taiwanese cloud and AI infrastructure provider Konst is leasing capacity at LG Sinar Mas’ upcoming SMX01 data center in Jakarta, expanding its presence in Southeast Asia. Set to open in Q4 2026, th...

Taiwanese Cloud Provider Konst Leases Capacity at LG Sinar Mas Data Center in Indonesia

August 10, 2026 LG Sinar Mas

Taiwanese cloud and AI infrastructure provider Konst is leasing capacity at LG Sinar Mas’ upcoming SMX01 data center in Jakarta, expanding its presence in Southeast Asia. Set to open in Q4 2026, the $300 million facility was announced in 2024 as a joint venture between LG Sinar Mas, SM+ Data...

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Read Amazon Acquires 8,000-Acre Texas Site for Gas-Powered Data Center
Amazon has acquired an 8,000-acre site in Pecos, Texas, where it plans to develop a data center powered by an on-site natural gas plant that could become one of the largest in the US. According to ...

Amazon Acquires 8,000-Acre Texas Site for Gas-Powered Data Center

August 10, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon has acquired an 8,000-acre site in Pecos, Texas, where it plans to develop a data center powered by an on-site natural gas plant that could become one of the largest in the US. According to Cleanview reporting, Amazon acquired the GW Ranch site from Pacifico Energy for the planned...

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Read AWS Eyes Data Center Development at 4.5GW Gas Plant in Pennsylvania
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is exploring a potential data center development at a natural gas power plant near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. First reported by TribLive, Amazon is considering a data cente...

AWS Eyes Data Center Development at 4.5GW Gas Plant in Pennsylvania

August 07, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is exploring a potential data center development at a natural gas power plant near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. First reported by TribLive, Amazon is considering a data center campus next to the planned Homer City Redevelopment gas plant in Indiana County. “As part of our...

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Read AWS Withdraws From Planned Data Center Campus Near Maryland Nuclear Plant
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has dropped plans for a data center campus next to Maryland's Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. The proposed project in Lusby, Calvert County, would have included eight ...

AWS Withdraws From Planned Data Center Campus Near Maryland Nuclear Plant

August 05, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has dropped plans for a data center campus next to Maryland's Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant. The proposed project in Lusby, Calvert County, would have included eight buildings totaling 2.46 million square feet (228,540 sqm) and around 500MW of capacity, powered...

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Read CDC Files Plans for Data Center in Kemps Creek, Sydney
Australian data center operator CDC has filed plans for a new campus in western Sydney. The company submitted a SEARS application to the New South Wales government for a data center at 871–901 Mamr...

CDC Files Plans for Data Center in Kemps Creek, Sydney

August 05, 2026 CDC Cyber Data Center International

Australian data center operator CDC has filed plans for a new campus in western Sydney. The company submitted a SEARS application to the New South Wales government for a data center at 871–901 Mamre Road in Kemps Creek. The proposed 88.4-hectare development would feature a four-story, 144MW...

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Read Former Microsoft Researcher Launches Data Center Robotics Startup
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 Founderfu...

Former Microsoft Researcher Launches Data Center Robotics Startup

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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