Data Center News

VivoPower Acquires 40MW Data Center in Norway

Norway

VivoPower International has signed an exclusive heads-of-agreement to acquire the facility from an undisclosed firm. According to Vivo, the data center has a further 40MW of capacity earmarked for potential approval in 2026 and is powered exclusively by hydroelectric energy.Vivo intends to rep...

CapitaLand Sells Stake in Data Centers in India

India / Bhārata

New Year’s Eve saw CapitaLand Investment Limited (CLI) announce it has successfully raised approximately S$150 million (US$115m) equity in the first close of its CapitaLand India Data Centre Fund (CIDCF), which is focused on data center development opportunities within India’s “key data center...

Georgia-Based Film Studio Considers Converting to Data Center

Georgia

Athens, Georgia-based Athena Studios is considering converting into a data center, its CEO Joel Harber has said. The film studio has seen a significant decline in movie production demand, according to Harber, which has led to an “oversupply of space and an undersupply of demand.”Athena Studios...

Data4 Chosen for €5bn Data Center Project in Northern France

DATA4 Group

Data4 is leading a €5 billion ($5.86 billion) project to develop a data center campus at a former steelworks in northern France. The company has been selected to deliver the campus at the Soufflantes industrial park in Escaudain, near Denain, which is just outside the city of Valenciennes.A co...

AWS Gets Greenlight for Three Data Centers in Dublin

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has received planning permission for three data centers in north Dublin, Ireland. The greenlight, awarded by planning appeals body An Coimisiún Pleanála (ACP), comes three years after the application was first filed by Amazon affiliate Universal Developers LLC.The dat...

AIC Partners with Romania’s ClusterPower on 800MW Data Center Build-out

Romania

Data center investment company Accelerated Infrastructure Capital (AIC) is partnering with Romanian operator ClusterPower for a new campus.The companies this week announced an equity partnership agreement to co-develop a new 800MW AI data center region in southwestern Romania.“ClusterPower bri...

Cisco Signs 15-year vPPA with R.Power in Poland

Poland

Polish renewable energy firm R.Power has signed a virtual Power Purchase Agreement (vPPA) with Cisco Systems, a US networking firm. Over the term of the 15-year agreement, R.Power will supply approximately 486MWh of power to Cisco for its Polish operations.According to the companies, the contr...

Ground Broken on 30m Square Feet Data Center for Saudi Arabian Gov't

On January 1, the foundation stone of the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority's (SDAIA) Hexagon data center was laid in a groundbreaking ceremony. The data center will host more than 290 government systems, and has been designed to meet "green building requirements."SDAIA wrote: "...

Google to Build Three Subsea Cables in Papua New Guinea

Google

Google will build three subsea cables in Papua New Guinea as part of plans to upgrade the digital backbone of the biggest Pacific Island nation. The build-out of the subsea cables will be funded by Australia under a mutual defense treaty, confirmed the Papua New Guinea government."The entire i...

AWS Plans Data Center in Covington, Georgia

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is planning a data center in Covington, just outside of Atlanta, Georgia.The company has made a $100 million agreement with the city to construct a water treatment and cooling facility to support the data center.“This new project is expected to generate significant ne...

VNG Merges AI Infrastructure and Cloud Units under "GreenNode" Brand

Vietnamese tech unicorn VNG is merging its VNG Cloud unit with its AI infrastructure unit GreenNode. The merged company is set to operate under the GreenNode branding. The combined platform will offer traditional cloud computing services, as well as AI services.VNG's CEO, Kelly Wong, said that...

TNE Partners with Data District to Support 1GW Data Center Pipeline in Alberta, Canada

Technologies New Energy (TNE) has partnered with Data District to support the development of AI-ready data centers in Alberta, Canada. According to the partners, the data centers will be designed to support advanced computing workloads, including high-density AI applications.Julio Perez, chief...

Blue Owl Backs Out of Funding Oracle's $10bn Michigan Facility

Oracle

Blue Owl Capital is not planning to provide financial backing to Oracle's planned data center in Saline Township, Michigan. The data center project, valued at $10 billion, is being developed by Oracle, Related Digital, and OpenAI as part of the latter's Stargate project.The campus is expected ...

Yondr’s Second Virginia Data Center Ready for Service

Yondr this week announced that the second data center at its Loudoun County campus is ready for service. Yondr has completed the first 12MW of the new facility's 48MW capacity, with the remainder due to come online in 2026.Todd Sauer, VP design and construction for the Americas at Yondr Group,...

Verdantas Proposes New Data Center in Newark, Delaware

Delaware

A new data center has been proposed in New Castle County, Newark, Delaware. The proposed data center would sit just off of Ogletown Road, on a 44-acre site currently occupied by the White Clay Center Industrial Park.The application describes consolidating the seven buildings of the campus into...

Element Critical announces new data center platform in US

United States

Element Critical this week announced the launch of a new US data center platform backed by 26North Partners, Arctos, Mercuria, and Safanad. Element said with backing from its investors, the new platform will "accelerate acquisitions, development, and strategic expansion across top US markets."...

Ares Acquires Land and Data Centers in Virginia

Virginia

Alternative investment manager Ares Management Corporation has expanded its data center platform Ada Infrastructure into the US, acquiring land in Virginia for a new campus.The Ares Digital Infrastructure business, through an Ares fund, has acquired a 314-acre site along the I-95 South data ce...

Evocative Secures Further Funding for AI-driven Data Center Upgrades

Internet infrastructure provider Evocative has secured debt financing from a “large global investment firm” to further its growth driven by AI data center demand. The company said the new financing is in addition to continued equity support from its long-term partner, Crestline Investors.“This...

FCDC Plans New Data Center Campus in Vaasa, Finland

Finland

Finnish data center FCDC is planning a new campus in western-central Finland. FDFC Corp Oy aims to develop a 66,000 sqm (710,420 sq ft) campus in GigaVaasa, located in the Laajametsä business area near the airport. Two data center buildings are planned."The data center project supports Vaasa's...

Elisa Confirms Plans to Cut 357 Jobs Following Personnel Negotiations

Finland

Finnish telco Elisa has confirmed it will cut 357 jobs. The announcement comes after the company launched its transformation program in October, when the carrier hinted up to 450 jobs could be lost."As part of the transformation program, Elisa is streamlining its organization and optimizing it...