Data Center News

Edisun to supply AI-driven data centers with power from Madrid solar plant

Madrid

European solar power producer Edisun Power plans to direct power from its 941MW Fuencarral solar power plant in Madrid to data centers in the region.The company noted that the additional electricity demand from artificial intelligence and the increasingly stringent European regulations for the...

Qualcomm claims win following mistrial in copyright battle with Arm

United States

Qualcomm is claiming victory in its court battle with chip design giant Arm after a jury in the US found that its processor designs are properly licensed, despite the case ended in a mistrial, leaving the door open for Arm to return with a fresh action.After a week-long federal court trial hel...

Swisscom cleared for €8bn Vodafone acquisition

Swisscom, in a statement, confirmed it has received clearance for the acquisition of Vodafone Italia from both the Italian Competition Authority (Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato) and the Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy (MIMIT)."This paves the way to the creation of a...

Taiwan considers partnership with Amazon over Kuiper satellite Internet comms

The Taiwanese government confirmed this week that it's in talks with Amazon's Project Kuiper subsidiary over a partnership for satellite-based communications. This comes after technology minister Wu Cheng-wen told media earlier this week that the OneWeb network of French satellite operator Eut...

European Investment Bank to provide loan for two data centers in Azerbaijan

The European Investment Bank will provide €43 million ($44.71m) in loans for the development of two data centers in Azerbaijan. AzInTelecom operates under the Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of the Republic of Azerbaijan and offers cloud solutions and telecom services.Elkhan Aziz...

Australia's National Reconstruction Fund Corporation invests into Vault Cloud

Australia

Australia's National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC) has invested AU$22.5 million (US$14.04m) in Canberra-based Vault Cloud. The investment will be used by Vault to deliver "additional security capabilities for its existing contracts" and to expand its offerings including artificial int...

Intel shareholders file lawsuit alleging federal securities laws violations

California

Intel shareholders have filed a derivative lawsuit against the company, alleging executives, including former CEO Pat Gelsinger, made false and misleading statements about the reorganization of a manufacturing segment. The lawsuit accuses Intel executives, including former CEO Pat Gelsinger, o...

Vertiv acquires tech and assets from BSE

China

Vertiv's Chinese subsidiary has acquired centrifugal chiller technology and assets from BiXin Energy Technology Co. (BSE), a manufacturer of chillers, heat pumps, heat-recovery solutions and air-handling units.“This acquisition supports our capital allocation strategy, which includes adding te...

Nokia pairs with EOLO for 5G Standalone mmWave network in Italy

Italy

Nokia has partnered with Italian telco EOLO to deploy a 5G standalone mmWave RAN network in Italy. In the announcement, vendor Nokia claimed the deployment to be a European first, noting it has signed a four-year deal with EOLO. As part of the deal, the vendor will provide its 5G AirScale port...

Penta Infra bags new investors

Penta Infra

PGGM, which invests on behalf of Dutch pension fund PFZW, has acquired a 49 percent stake in the European data center provider  from Photon Capital, an investor that has been involved with Penta Infra since its inception. Bob Sprengers, CEO at Penta Infra, said: "We are proud to welcome PGGM a...

Duos Technologies to develop data centers in Texas

Texas

Duos Technologies is set to develop a high-density data center campus at Pampa Energy Center (PEC).The company will develop data centers supported by up to 500MW of self-generated natural gas power and supplemented by up to 200MW of wind turbine generation and alternative fuel services.“The US...

Equinix partners with Dell Technologies for private AI solution

Equinix

Equinix and Dell Technologies are teaming up to offer a private AI solution that enables customers to train AI models on public and private clouds deployed on-premises. Using the Dell AI Factory with Nvidia which combines Dell PowerEdge XE9680 with Nvidia GPUs, the Nvidia Spectrum-X Ethernet p...

NorthWestern Energy to supply Atlas Power energy to power Montana data center

Montana

NorthWestern Energy has signed an energy supply agreement with Atlas Power Group to power its flagship data center in Butte, Montana. The new supply agreement will see NorthWestern supply Atlas with 75MW of power beginning in 2026, with a further 75MW expected in the next three to five years.“...

Serverfarm increases North American credit facility to $1.637bn

North America

Serverfarm has increased its North American credit facility to $1.637 billion. Led by TD Securities, the increased credit facility has added seven new lenders for a total of 19.“Following our recent 500MW+ Houston announcement, we’re delighted to have access to additional capital to support Se...

Centersquare sued by investment manager CenterSquare

Philadelphia

 Philadelphia-based investment manager CenterSquare has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against data center firm Centersquare.  The lawsuit, filed on August 24, includes allegations of cybersquatting, or using a domain name too similar to a protected trademark with the intent to profit ...

INZET and Sustainability Economics sign MoU in Bali

Bali

The Amerta Bali Lestari Foundation's INZET unit has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sustainability Economics for clean energy-powered AI data centers in Bali. Sustainability Economics provides net zero solutions for customers in high-emitting sectors, and is currently exploring...

Will 2025 be the Year of the Data Center? Here are Three Promising Facts from the Virginia Market

Last summer, Sequoia partner David Cahn declared that 2025 would be the “Year of the Data Center,” as project developers and investors lined up to expand data center capacity in support of the AI industry’s massive build-out. To validate this thesis, we looked at Baxtel’s proprietary data in o...

HPE to build Blue Lion supercomputer at LRZ

Germany / Deutschland

HPE will build an Nvidia-powered supercomputer at the Leibniz Supercomputing Center (LRZ) in Germany. Dubbed Blue Lion, the system will employ 100 percent direct liquid cooling. The water-cooling solution will allow waste heat from the supercomputer to be reused for heating local buildings.“Pr...

CTIA president and CEO to step down next year

United States

 CTIA president and CEO Meredith Attwell Baker has confirmed she will retire from the CTIA next year at the end of her contract. In the departure announcement last week, CTIA chair and CEO of Carolina West Wireless Slayton Stewart noted that Baker's biggest contribution during her tenure was t...

EU launches €10.6bn space Internet program

Europe

In an announcement, the European Commission said it has signed the concession contract for the Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite (IRIS²), with the SpaceRISE consortium. A number of key partners were also named, including Thales Alenia Space, OHB, Airbus...