Data Center News

Top Data Center News for 2nd -7th February, 2026

United States

Google Gets Greenlight for Data Center in Tulsa, OklahomaThe Sand Springs City Council has approved a gigawatt- scale data center campus development proposed by Google for just outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma, dubbed "Project Spring," planned for an 827-acre property located at 5615 OK-97, Sand Spr...

Chicago Tribune considers why data centers are developing faster in neighboring states

The Chicago Tribune cited Baxtel in an investigation of the tensions surrounding data center development in Illinois. According to the article, Illinois currently has 108 data centers, nearly twice as many as Indiana and Wisconsin combined. Yet industry groups warn the state is losing billions...

Singtel’s Nxera Launches New Data Center in Singapore

Singtel

Singtel has launched a new data center in Singapore. Nxera, The company's data center arm, this week announced the opening of DC Tuas, its largest facility in Singapore. With 58MW of capacity, the company claimed DC Tuas is Singapore’s highest-capacity data center.Bill Chang, CEO of Nxera and ...

Vantage Refused Approval For Data Center Project Outside Frankfurt.

Vantage Data Centers

US data center firm Vantage has been denied the chance to develop a new campus outside Frankfurt, Germany. The Groß-Gerau city council this month voted against entering into contract negotiations with the company Vantage Data Centers regarding the establishment of a data center.SPD parliamenta...

xneelo Starts Construction on Second Data Center in Johannesburg

South Africa

South African colocation and hosting firm xneelo  this week announced it has started construction on a new facility in the Samrand area of the city. Full details weren’t shared, but xneelo said the new facility will be modeled on its first Samrand data center's “proven design” while introducin...

KKR and Singtel Fully Acquire Data Center Firm STT GDC

ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)

Investment firm KKR and Singaporean telco Singtel this week announced the signing of definitive agreements to fully acquire the data center firm from ST Telemedia (STT).The companies will acquire the remaining 82 percent stake in STT GDC from ST Telemedia for S$6.6 billion (US$5.1bn). Upon com...

Meta Signs 176MWdc solar PPA with Zelestra in Texas

Texas

Meta has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Spanish renewable energy firm Zelestra for energy from the 176 MWdc (136MWac) Skull Creek Solar Plant in Texas. According to Meta, the PPA will support its efforts to add new clean energy to the grid and support its drive to match...

Google Signs 100MW PPA with EnBW for Power

Google

Google has signed a 100MW Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with German power company EnBW for energy from the He Dreiht offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.The 15-year deal will see the hyperscaler offtake power from the under-construction wind farm, which, when complete, will have an ins...

Serverfarm Completes $589m ABS Offering

United States

Data center infrastructure developer Serverfarm has closed its first asset-backed securities (ABS) offering at $589 million. The transaction was secured by three data center facilities: in Atlanta, a 153,000 sq ft (14214 sqm) facility with 12MW of critical IT capacity; a 300,000 sq ft (27,870 ...

UAE-based Electric and Autonomous Vehicle Company Robo.ai is setting its sights on Data Center Development.

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

An electric and autonomous vehicle developer is looking to move into the data center space.UAE-based Robo.ai last week announced that its Robo.ai Investments L.L.C.-FZ subsidiary has entered into a definitive joint venture agreement with Tachyon9 Corporation, a US-based data center infrastruct...

Thylander Secures Outside Investors for Data Center Venture

Denmark

Danish real estate firm Thylander this week said that Thylander Data Centers' (TYDC) investor base now includes Systematic Holding Aps by Michael Holm, Sagitta Ventures Aps, Weco A/S, and E. Bank Lauridsen Holding A/S. Terms of the investment weren’t shared.“We are well underway in developing ...

TA Realty Sells Two Data Center Buildings in Leesburg, Virginia

Virginia

Real estate firm TA Realty and its data center development arm, TA Digital Group (TADG), this week announced the sale of two hyperscale data center buildings totaling 745,000 sq ft (69,210 sqm) and 165MW of IT load capacity in Leesburg, Loudoun County.The facilities are the first two completed...

SoleCrypt Plans 20MW Solar Powered Data Center in Bizerte, Tunisia

Rhode Island

Anglo-Tunisian data center and solar developer SoleCrypt is planning to build a 20MW data center in Bizerte, in northern Tunisia, in partnership with Schneider Electric. According to the companies, the data center will be located at the landing point for three submarine cables, including the 8...

American Tower Pauses Plans for Edge Data Center in Indianapolis, Indiana

American Tower Corporation

US tower and data center firm American Tower has dropped plans to develop an Edge facility at a telecoms site in Indianapolis, Indiana.The single-story building would have totaled 4MW on seven acres of the 53-acre property. The company was planning to use a closed-loop cooling system and not r...

Multi-gigawatt Data Center Campus Planned in East Texas

Texas

A 2.1GW data center campus is being planned in East Texas. Amp Z is set to acquire land outside Lufkin in Angelina County, some 120 miles (193km) north of Houston.Citing county property records, the Lufkin Daily reports Verdant Industries, LLC, and Verdant Industries Realty, LLC, granted Amp Z...

Californian Senator Proposes Bill to Create New Rate Class

California

A new bill has been introduced in the California Senate aimed at regulating the expansion of large load data centers across the state and protecting ratepayers from footing the bill for the generation and transmission infrastructure needed to power them.Introduced by Senator Sasha Renée Pérez ...

Amazon Capex to Hit $200bn in 2026

Amazon AWS

Amazon plans to double its capex spend in 2026, investing $200 billion, most of which will be funnelled into data centers for its AWS cloud division.The firm revealed the news as it reported its financial results for Q4 2025, which saw operating income across Amazon grow to $25 billion, up fro...

Warehouse in Provo, Utah, to be Replaced with Data Center

Utah

B+F Timpanogos is looking to redevelop a warehouse property in Provo into a data center. The two requests, set to be discussed at a Provo planning commission meeting next week, are seeking a zoning amendment to add a warehouse at 1507 S 180 E in Provo to the city’s data center overlay district...

SGC Energy to Build 300MW Data Center in North Jeolla

South Korea

South Korean energy company SGC Energy is set to build a 300MW data center in Gunsan, marking its first foray into the AI data center business.The 300MW facility will be built at the Gunsan National Industrial Complex 2, the largest of two industrial areas located around Gunsan that house ship...

Croatian Telecom Upgrades Cooling Monitoring System at Zagreb Data Center

Croatia

Croatian Telecom (aka Hrvatski Telekom) this week announced that, alongside Siemens, it had successfully completed the White Space Cooling Optimization (WSCO) project.“Thanks to intelligent sensor placement and AI-based cooling management, HT’s data center in Zagreb now operates more efficient...