Data Center News

150MW Data Center Planned in North Frisia, Germany, Draws Protests

Germany / Deutschland

A 150MW data center proposed in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, has faced local opposition. Developed by Uniq Land, the project would be built on a 55,000 sqm site near Langenhorn in North Frisia, with potential to expand grid capacity to 300MW. The plan received a hostile response at a Jun...

Omen AI Secures $31M for Data Center Fluid Monitoring Technology

United States

Omen AI has raised $31 million in Series A funding to develop systems for monitoring servers and other data center equipment. The San Francisco-based company’s round was led by Nava Ventures, bringing its total funding to $41.5 million since its 2024 founding. Investors include former Meta COO Sh...

Digital Realty Buys Blackstone Stake in Three Virginia Data Centers for $3.5 Billion

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is acquiring a stake in three Northern Virginia data centers from Blackstone. The deal covers 288MW of fully leased capacity across two sites in Manassas and one at the Digital Dulles campus in Sterling, all 100% leased to hyperscale customers. Blackstone is selling a 64% interest ...

Le Bourget Data Center Plan at Former H&M Site Faces Potential Mayoral Block

France

A planned data center in Le Bourget, France, could be blocked by the commune’s newly elected mayor. Mehdi Nezzar, who took office earlier this year, is calling for the cancellation of Segro’s 75MW project at a former H&M warehouse in the northeastern Paris suburb. A building permit was previo...

Developer Withdraws Data Center Proposal in St. Joseph, Missouri

Missouri

An application to rezone and annex land for a proposed data center in St. Joseph, Missouri, has been withdrawn. Capstone Technology Campus, owned by local businessman Steve Craig, had sought approval for a 130-acre development across sites at 6321 and 5701 Pickett Road. The City of St. Joseph con...

Michigan's Oakland University Moves Forward with Data Center Project

Phoenix Michigan City Investors LLC

Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, is moving ahead with a data center project. The university's Board of Trustees this week approved the next due diligence phase for a proposal from Fairmount Properties, which will build and operate the facility at no cost to the university. First propose...

Virtus Plans 32.5MW Data Center in Slough, UK

VIRTUS Data Centres Ltd

Virtus Data Centres is planning a new data center in Slough, west of London. The company this week announced London19, a 32.5MW facility at the Slough Trading Estate. Planning permission has already been secured through the estate's Simplified Planning Zone, with Segro set to develop the powered ...

Patmos Plans Data Center in Independence, Missouri, Amid Moratorium Debate

Patmos

Patmos is planning a new data center in Independence, Missouri. The Kansas City Star reports the company is under contract to acquire a warehouse at 2500 Little Blue Parkway for a $107 million data center conversion. Patmos began talks with owner NorthPoint in November 2025, according to VP of st...

150MW Data Center Planned for Norfolk, UK

United Kingdom

A data center could be developed in Norfolk, UK. First reported by the Norwich Evening News, Norwich Apex Ltd plans a two-story data center, substation, and three-story office building on a 13-hectare site off Ipswich Road in Norwich. The company secured planning permission for the Apex Business ...

1.5GW Data Center Campus Planned for Devon, UK

United Kingdom

Xlinks, the company behind the proposed Morocco–UK power cable, has unveiled plans for a 1.5GW AI data center campus in Devon. The project, announced this week, includes two planning applications submitted to Torridge District Council: the 1.5GW Valeon AI data center campus and a 1.8GW battery en...

900-Acre Data Center Proposed for Salix, Iowa

Iowa

A 900-acre data center campus could be developed in Salix, Iowa, as MidAmerican evaluates a recently annexed site for the project. In a June 8 letter to the Salix City Council, the energy company said the 900-acre parcel, bounded by Old Highway 75, 260th Street, and Charles Avenue, is being asses...

Top Data Center News for 22nd-27th of June, 2026

Microsoft’s First Data Center at Mount Pleasant Now Operational The first data center at Microsoft’s Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin campus covering 1,000 acres and developed as part of its “Fairwater” data center design to form part of a multi-building AI cluster with 18 data center buildings is now f...

The Complete Guide to Data Center Tier I–IV

United States

Introduction In today's digital economy, virtually every online interaction depends on a data center. Whether someone is streaming a movie, making an online payment, accessing a cloud application, or training an artificial intelligence (AI) model, there is a data center working behind the scenes ...

Local council Objects to 60,000 sqm Buckinghamshire Data Center Proposal

United Kingdom

Denham Parish Council has objected to a proposed 60,000 sqm data center development in Buckinghamshire, UK. Submitted by Mulberry Commercial Developments II on June 1, 2026, the plan calls for two data center buildings on Green Belt land on either side of Denham Court Drive near the village of De...

Nexus DC Files Application for Dallas Data Center Project

Nexus Data Centers

Nexus Data Centers has filed plans for a new data center project in Texas. The company has submitted an application to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for a facility at 357 HCR 3372 in Hubbard, Hill County. The Nexus – Apex DFW HB1 project will span 491,380 sq ft (45,650 sqm), wi...

Closed Chicago-area incinerator Being Explored for Data Center Development

Chicago

A shuttered incinerator in Robbins, near Chicago, is attracting interest from multiple data center developers. According to NBC and the Chicago Tribune, at least five potential buyers have approached owner Paul Duggan this year about acquiring the 16-acre Robbins Resource Recovery Center site at ...

EcoDataCenter Secures 10MW Hydropower PPA with Fortum in Sweden

EcoDataCenter (EcoDC AB)

Nordic data center developer EcoDataCenter has signed a 10MW hydroelectric power purchase agreement with Finnish energy company Fortum to supply its Falun, Sweden facility. Under the four-year deal running from 2026 to 2030, EcoDataCenter will source electricity from Fortum’s Dalälven hydro plant...

FuelCell Energy to Supply up to 380MW of Fuel Cells to Fit Energy for Data Center Use

United States

US hydrogen fuel cell developer FuelCell Energy has signed its first binding data center power agreement with US developer Fit Energy USA. Under the deal, FuelCell will provide up to 380MW of on-site fuel cell generation to power data centers behind the meter, potentially marking one of the large...

Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders unveil AI Data Center Moratorium Act

United States

Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have introduced the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, which would halt construction of new AI data centers until a federal regulatory framework is established. The bill applies to AI facilities exceeding 20MW and...

Yondr and JK Land Holdings Secure $715m for Virginia Data Center Expansion

Yondr Group

Yondr Group and JK Land Holdings have secured $715 million through a private offering of 6.875 percent senior secured notes due 2031 to finance the development of their Virginia data center campus. The notes, issued by Yondr JK 1, LLC, will be sold to qualified institutional buyers. Proceeds will...