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Read Microsoft Signs Two Solar PPAs With Blueleaf For Japan Data Centers
[Microsoft](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/microsoft-azure) will buy the entire output of two new solar projects in [Japan](https://baxtel.com/regions/japan) developed by Blueleaf Energy under lon...

Microsoft Signs Two Solar PPAs With Blueleaf For Japan Data Centers

October 29, 2026 Japan

Microsoft will buy the entire output of two new solar projects in Japan developed by Blueleaf Energy under long-term power purchase agreements. Macquarie Asset Management, which owns Blueleaf, said in a press release on Oct. 28 that its Energy Markets and Customer Solutions team coordinated both...

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Read Amazon Settles With Two Former AWS Managers Over Data Center Kickbacks
Amazon has settled its civil claims against two former AWS real estate managers it accused of taking kickbacks on Northern Virginia data center deals. The company told a federal court on October 20...

Amazon Settles With Two Former AWS Managers Over Data Center Kickbacks

October 27, 2026 Northern Virginia

Amazon has settled its civil claims against two former AWS real estate managers it accused of taking kickbacks on Northern Virginia data center deals. The company told a federal court on October 20 that it had reached the agreement with Carl Nelson and Casey Kirschner, less than two weeks before...

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Read Amazon Pledges €16B For Germany In 2027, Including €4.8B For AWS Frankfurt
Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion ($18 billion) in Germany in 2027, including €4.8 billion to expand the [AWS Europe (Frankfurt) region](https://press.aboutamazon.com/de/2026/10/invest-i...

Amazon Pledges €16B For Germany In 2027, Including €4.8B For AWS Frankfurt

October 21, 2026 Frankfurt

Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion ($18 billion) in Germany in 2027, including €4.8 billion to expand the AWS Europe (Frankfurt) region, the company said on Oct. 20. Chancellor Friedrich Merz and federal economy and energy minister Katherina Reiche appeared with Amazon chief global...

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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...

Virginia Senator Perry Proposes Three-Year Statewide Data Center Moratorium

October 15, 2026 Northern 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 would take effect July 1, 2027...

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Read 2026 Is the Year Texas Passes Virginia in Data Center Capacity
[Texas](https://baxtel.com/data-center/texas) now has more data center capacity operating and under construction than [Virginia](https://baxtel.com/data-center/virginia). Baxtel tracks 28.3 GW buil...

2026 Is the Year Texas Passes Virginia in Data Center Capacity

October 13, 2026 Northern Virginia

Texas now has more data center capacity operating and under construction than Virginia. Baxtel tracks 28.3 GW built or building in Texas, against 17.8 GW in Virginia. On capacity already online, Virginia still leads, 12.3 GW to 11.1 GW. If projects scheduled for this year deliver on time, Texas...

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Read NTT Data Nears $6.3B, 500MW Data Center Deal For Anthropic In Osaka
NTT Data Group is in the final stages of talks to build a data center in Osaka Prefecture for Anthropic, in what would be the U.S. AI developer's first dedicated facility in Japan. The project coul...

NTT Data Nears $6.3B, 500MW Data Center Deal For Anthropic In Osaka

October 13, 2026 Japan

NTT Data Group is in the final stages of talks to build a data center in Osaka Prefecture for Anthropic, in what would be the U.S. AI developer's first dedicated facility in Japan. The project could draw up to 500 MW and cost as much as ¥1 trillion, about $6.3 billion, Nikkei Asia reported on...

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Read Telehouse Adds Sixth Data Center Building To Frankfurt Campus
Telehouse has opened Building N, its sixth data center facility in Frankfurt, Germany, adding 5.4MW of capacity. The four-story facility spans 9,300 sqm (100,104 sq ft), including 2,165 sqm (23,304...

Telehouse Adds Sixth Data Center Building To Frankfurt Campus

September 01, 2026 Frankfurt

Telehouse has opened Building N, its sixth data center facility in Frankfurt, Germany, adding 5.4MW of capacity. The four-story facility spans 9,300 sqm (100,104 sq ft), including 2,165 sqm (23,304 sq ft) of technical space. It uses air cooling, with Telehouse exploring liquid cooling to support...

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Read NV Energy Files Lawsuit Against Tract Over Nevada Data Center Costs
Nevada utility NV Energy has filed a lawsuit against Denver-based data center developer Tract, alleging the company failed to cover the costs of serving its facilities and instead shifted those exp...

NV Energy Files Lawsuit Against Tract Over Nevada Data Center Costs

August 04, 2026 Denver

Nevada utility NV Energy has filed a lawsuit against Denver-based data center developer Tract, alleging the company failed to cover the costs of serving its facilities and instead shifted those expenses to other utility customers across the state. “Most data center developers pursuing projects in...

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Read Eurus Energy and Toyota Break Ground on Wind-Powered Data Centre in Hokkaido
Japanese renewable energy company Eurus Energy has begun construction of the Soya Green Data Center 1 in Hokkaido, developed with Toyota Tsusho. The facility will be Japan’s first data centre direc...

Eurus Energy and Toyota Break Ground on Wind-Powered Data Centre in Hokkaido

July 24, 2026 Japan

Japanese renewable energy company Eurus Energy has begun construction of the Soya Green Data Center 1 in Hokkaido, developed with Toyota Tsusho. The facility will be Japan’s first data centre directly powered by wind energy, using electricity from the nearby Kobaoko Wind Farm via a private line....

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Read PowerX and Highreso Partner on Data Center and BESS Collaboration
Japanese battery energy storage system (BESS) developer PowerX and data center operator Highreso have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on deploying battery storage at Highr...

PowerX and Highreso Partner on Data Center and BESS Collaboration

July 16, 2026 Japan

Japanese battery energy storage system (BESS) developer PowerX and data center operator Highreso have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaborate on deploying battery storage at Highreso's data centers and expanding its GPU data center business. Highreso operates the GPUSOROBAN...

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Read Mayor of London Commits to Joint Effort on Data Center Growth Challenges
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged "coordinated action" to address the challenges posed by rising data center demand across the capital, particularly growing pressure on power infrastructure. A re...

Mayor of London Commits to Joint Effort on Data Center Growth Challenges

June 17, 2026 London

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged "coordinated action" to address the challenges posed by rising data center demand across the capital, particularly growing pressure on power infrastructure. A report commissioned by the Greater London Authority and prepared by Buro Happold found that...

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Read Denver City Council Approves a One-year Moratorium on Data Centers
Denver City Council Approves a One-year Moratorium on Data Centers

Denver City Council Approves a One-year Moratorium on Data Centers

May 20, 2026 Denver

Denver City Council voted Monday to approve a one-year moratorium on new data center developments. The measure temporarily halts the acceptance, processing, and approval of zoning permits, site development plans, and amendment applications related to data centers. However, the moratorium excludes...

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Read PowerX Unveils Mounted BESS for Data Centers
PowerX Unveils Mounted BESS for Data Centers

PowerX Unveils Mounted BESS for Data Centers

May 19, 2026 Japan

PowerX, a Japanese energy storage firm, has unveiled a mounted battery energy storage system for data centers. The product concept, dubbed "PowerX Energy Blade," is a high-output, rack-mounted lithium-ion battery storage system. The company claims that the unit will be optimized for...

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Read ABB Buys Premium Power to Strengthen Data Center Advisory Services
ABB Buys Premium Power to Strengthen Data Center Advisory Services

ABB Buys Premium Power to Strengthen Data Center Advisory Services

February 16, 2026 Dublin

Global electrification firm ABB has acquired Irish electrical engineering consultancy Premium Power to expand its advisory capabilities within the data center market.“For more than two decades, Premium Power has built its reputation by helping customers solve complex electrical challenges with...

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Read Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Campus Planned in Toyama, Japan
Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Campus Planned in Toyama, Japan

Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Campus Planned in Toyama, Japan

January 09, 2026 Japan

Nanto City and data center firm GigaStream Toyama are planning to develop a large-scale cluster known as the Nanto Campus. The site, located on land outside Toyama within Nanto City, will reportedly support up to 3.1GW upon completion.Renders suggest two-buildings are planned in the first phase....

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Read Qilimanjaro Opens Quantum Data Center in Barcelona
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Qilimanjaro Opens Quantum Data Center in Barcelona

November 06, 2025 Barcelona

Quantum computing firm Qilimanjaro last week announced the inauguration of Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech's quantum data center in the city's innovation district. The facility has the capacity to host up to ten quantum computers, available in both analog and digital modes, and connected with...

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Read Groq and IBM Partner on Agentic AI Capabilities
Groq and IBM Partner on Agentic AI Capabilities

Groq and IBM Partner on Agentic AI Capabilities

October 20, 2025 Kyndryl

AI chip startup Groq has partnered with IBM to provide agentic AI capabilities via GroqCloud on IBM watsonx Orchestrate. Under the terms of the agreement, the partners will also integrate Red Hat’s open source vLLM technology with Groq’s LPU chips, with plans to support IBM Granite models on...

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Read MOL Partners with Kinetics for Floating Data Center Platform
MOL Partners with Kinetics for Floating Data Center Platform

MOL Partners with Kinetics for Floating Data Center Platform

July 07, 2025 Japan

Japanese shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has partnered with Kinetics, an energy systems provider, to develop a floating data center platform. Both companies are to collaborate on the design, construction, and deployment of a data center hosted on a retrofitted vessel.The partnership will...

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Read Cryptominer Hive Digital acquires Toronto data center
Cryptominer Hive Digital acquires Toronto data center

Cryptominer Hive Digital acquires Toronto data center

June 25, 2025 Toronto

Crypto firm Hive Digital this week announced the signing of a purchase and sale agreement to acquire a facility with 7.2MW of installed capacity. Hive said the acquisition will support the development of a “sovereign Canadian AI ecosystem” through its wholly owned subsidiary, Buzz High...

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Read CloudHQ forms a JV with ESR Group
CloudHQ forms a JV with ESR Group

CloudHQ forms a JV with ESR Group

January 22, 2025 Japan

Data center provider CloudHQ has formed a joint venture with real asset manager ESR Group for the Cosmosqure data center project in Osaka, Japan. Located in Nanko Kita, 10km (6.2 miles) from Osaka’s central business district, the campus will see an investment of $2 billion to deliver a planned...

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