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August 01, 2026
Posted by: Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji
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United States
Houston-based Woodway Energy Infrastructure plans to build a 22-mile (35.4km), 30-inch natural gas pipeline to supply an undisclosed US data center behind the meter. The pipeline is expected to enter service in the first half of 2028, pending regulatory approvals. Woodway will own and operate the...
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OpenAI
Alongside large AI training clusters, OpenAI and Anthropic are exploring smaller data center deployments. The companies are discussing 20–30MW capacity deals, likely for inference workloads. OpenAI has held talks with data center operators in the US and Nordics, while Anthropic has explored simil...
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New Era Energy & Digital
Texas data center developer New Era Energy & Digital has signed a 20-year PPA with Vistra subsidiary Luminant for at least 207MW to power the first phase of its Texas Critical Data Center project in Ector County. Power will come directly from Vistra’s 1.1GW natural gas plant in Odessa, locate...
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A three-month Google-sponsored battery storage pilot in Texas has shown how BESS can improve hourly carbon-free energy matching for data centers. The pilot, led by Quintrace, esVolta, and LevelTen Energy, used batteries to store surplus renewable energy and discharge it during periods of higher f...
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United States
Zeo Energy and Ewyze will develop off-grid power and data center infrastructure across the US. Their model combines solar, battery storage, and dispatchable power such as natural gas or geothermal to create dedicated microgrids. The companies say this could bring data center capacity online in tw...
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LGN Media Ltd
LG has introduced an air-cooled, oil-free centrifugal chiller designed for AI data centers. The system uses a magnetic-bearing centrifugal compressor, which suspends the rotating shaft without physical contact. LG says this eliminates the need for lubricating oil, reducing friction and improving ...
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Europe
The European Commission has proposed new rules requiring data centers across Europe to disclose their energy and water efficiency metrics. The EU plans to triple its data center capacity over the next five to seven years, prompting concerns over the impact on power grids and natural resources. Th...
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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 p...
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Nabiax
Spanish data center operator Nabiax has begun construction of a new facility in Alcalá de Henares, Madrid. Known as Alcalá Data Center 3 (ADC3), the project will complete Nabiax’s Alcalá campus and represents an investment of nearly €800 million ($918 million). The facility will add up to 100MW o...
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United States
Dutch nanoimprint lithography startup Morphotonics has raised more than €40 million ($46 million) in a Series B funding round. Existing investors 3M Ventures, Innovation Industries, and BOM participated alongside new backers including Invest-NL, the European Innovation Council Fund, Ernij Next, a...
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Oman Data Park
Oman’s state-backed renewable energy company O-Green is developing AI-ready data centers in Oman, Spain, and other European markets. The company aims to have more than 200MW of data center capacity operational by 2028. Founded last year, O-Green was established to support Oman’s energy transition...
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VALOREM
French energy company Valorem is planning a data center in Savonlinna, Finland. Valorem Energies Finland and the city have prepared a zoning agreement for the project. The facility is planned for a 32-hectare site in the Nätkin industrial area, with the first phase expected to provide 30–50MW fro...
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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 o...
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Google is exploring a new data center project in Lea County, New Mexico. The company has not disclosed further details, including the site location or facility specifications. “Though many details remain outstanding, we’re excited about the possibilities that exist in Lea County, and look forward...
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Russia / Россия
Russia claims it struck the De Novo data center in Kyiv, Ukraine, one of the country’s largest data centers. According to Russian state news agency TASS, Russian forces carried out strikes earlier this week targeting Ukrainian industrial and infrastructure sites, including defense, energy, metall...
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Virginia
Virginia’s Loudoun County has approved a 12-month moratorium on new data center applications, effective immediately. The Board of Supervisors voted 7-1 for the pause, with Supervisor Kristen Umstattd voting against and Caleb Kershner abstaining. The motion was introduced by Algonkian District Sup...
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PGIM Real Estate
Asset manager PGIM has sold a data center development site near Munich, Germany, to an unnamed European infrastructure investor. The 30MW project in Unterschleissheim has secured a building permit and regulatory approvals. PGIM’s European Value Partners II fund acquired the site in 2024. Details ...
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BitDeer
Bitdeer AI has signed a 10-year data center services agreement for the 65.1MW A202 facility in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The liquid-cooled facility will host Nvidia GB300 and NVL72 systems and is Bitdeer’s largest single capacity addition in Southeast Asia. Located alongside the 21.7MW A201 facility...
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Crusoe
AI data center and cloud company Crusoe has raised $3.9 billion in a Series F funding round, valuing the company at $30.9 billion. The round was co-led by Atreides Management, Mubadala Capital, and Valor Equity Partners, with additional investment from Founders Fund, GIC, Nvidia, QIA, Radical Ven...
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NorthC Datacenters
European data center operator NorthC has begun construction of a new facility in Frankfurt, Germany. “A new chapter begins for NorthC Datacenters Deutschland on Mainzer Landstraße: The preparatory construction work for our new FRA01 data center has begun,” the company said on LinkedIn this week. ...
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