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August 01, 2026
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Finnish regulators have ordered a halt to work at two planned Google data centers after more than 300 hectares of forest were cleared before mandatory environmental impact assessments were completed, the BBC reported. The order covers the company's project sites in Muhos and Kajaani, both in the ...
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Texas
ThisWay Global plans a 73MW data center in Bryan, Texas, called the Research and AI Compute Center (RACC). Located at Texas A&M-RELLIS, it will provide AI and HPC resources to eligible researchers, public-sector organizations, and industry users. The project is planned for a 25-acre site, sub...
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ByteDance
TikTok owner ByteDance accounts for around one-fifth of China’s data center capacity, according to SemiAnalysis. Its analysis of 1,000 data centers and 60 providers found China has more than 24GW of operational capacity, a 20GW pipeline, and another 30GW in announced projects. Nearly all of ByteD...
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Poland
Renewable energy developer WBS Power appears to have withdrawn plans for a data center with a proposed 1.6GW power connection in Trzebnica, Lower Silesia, southwestern Poland. The WBS Power 3 project would have included buildings up to 35 meters tall, on-site diesel generators, and energy storage...
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Anthropic
A $366 million data center project, named Project Longhorn – Building One, has been filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The 498,165 sq ft (46,281 sqm) facility is planned for Earl Callahan Road near Walter Hoffman Road in Cedar Creek, Bastrop County. Construction is sched...
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Yandex NV
A Yandex data center in Sasovo, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, has reportedly been hit by a drone strike, according to the Kyiv Independent. Open-source intelligence groups identified the facility as Yandex DC Sasovo, the company’s largest data center. Yandex Cloud’s status dashboard reported an ongoing ...
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AirTrunk
AirTrunk plans to invest an additional $1 billion to expand its Inzai data center campus in Japan and deploy liquid cooling for high-density AI workloads. The expansion will be funded by a $1 billion green loan led by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, MUFG Bank, and United Overseas Bank. AirTr...
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Sesterce
French AI infrastructure firm Sesterce plans to invest $10 billion in an AI data center campus at the former Kaipola paper mill in Jämsä, Finland. Construction is expected to begin this year, with capacity starting at 200MW before expanding to 600MW. Sesterce aims to develop more than 1GW of capa...
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South Korea
KT Cloud is developing a 50MW data center in the Cheongna district of Incheon, South Korea. The facility will have two basement levels and 11 floors above ground. Construction is due to begin in Q4 2026, with completion targeted for Q1 2030. As the design, build, and operate partner, KT Cloud wil...
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Google’s planned data centers in Finland are under investigation after around 300 hectares of forest were reportedly cleared before environmental assessments were completed. Finland’s Licensing and Supervision Agency has requested reports from local authorities and project manager Tuike Finland o...
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Applied Digital
Applied Digital is expanding into Europe with plans for a 1GW-scale data center campus in Finland.The Nasdaq-listed company has secured access to up to 1GW of potential power capacity, with initial availability expected from 2028. The project is Applied Digital’s first outside the US. Details rem...
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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 acr...
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Google will buy 890 MW of new nuclear output from Constellation Energy under a 20-year power purchase agreement covering 11 reactors across the PJM Interconnection, the companies announced on Oct. 6. Constellation will spend more than $4.3 billion upgrading reactors in Illinois, Pennsylvania and ...
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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 PIT1...
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Firmus Technologies
Australian neocloud provider Firmus has reached construction milestones at data center projects in Tasmania and Indonesia. In Tasmania, Firmus has topped out the first of two 42MW data halls at its Launceston site, with primary cooling pipework also installed. In Indonesia, the first data hall ha...
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Nova Complex
Green hydrogen and ammonia producer EverWind Fuels is exploring plans to add data centers at its industrial site in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, Canada. The company confirmed to CBC that its long-term plans could include data center development at the site, near Port Hawkesbury. EverWind spokespers...
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atNorth
Nordic data center operator atNorth is expanding its presence in Finland with a new facility in Salo. The FIN05 campus will occupy 28.6 hectares, with 75MW secured for its first phase and expansion potential of up to 230MW, including 160MW of IT capacity. AtNorth plans to invest €2 billion ($2.24...
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Italy
IT systems in Basilicata, southern Italy, have been restored after a data center outage between September 27 and 28. The regional government said its Central Reservation Center for healthcare services was back online on Wednesday. Technicians worked for several hours to restore the data center in...
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Former IBM research campus in San Jose, California, is being acquired by data center developer Blackstart Digital. According to Mercury News, Blackstart has agreed to acquire the former IBM Almaden Research Center at 650 Harry Road, with financial terms undisclosed. The deal could close before th...
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Google’s former head of global data center design and construction, John M. Wilson, has joined Anthropic as a member of technical staff, leading EMEA capacity delivery after six years at Google. "Leading global infrastructure delivery across data centers and subsea programs taught me two enduring...
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