Read OData Secures $1.02bn in Green Financing
OData Secures $1.02bn in Green Financing
September 06, 2025

OData Secures $1.02bn in Green Financing

ODATA SA

Latin American data center firm OData this week announced $1.02bn in green financing. The proceeds will be used for data center projects that “meet the highest standards of sustainability” across Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and Colombia. The company said the financing was the largest of its kind fo...

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Read Khazna Data Centers Secures $2.6bn Bank Financing
Khazna Data Centers Secures $2.6bn Bank Financing
September 06, 2025

Khazna Data Centers Secures $2.6bn Bank Financing

Khazna

Khazna Data Centers has secured $2.62 billion in bank financing from two of the country’s banks, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) and First Abu Dhabi Bank, to grow its data center empire.“The criticality of our work is highlighted by the expanding scale, scope, and sophistication required to s...

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Read Flexential to Build Sixth Hillsboro Facility
Flexential to Build Sixth Hillsboro Facility
September 06, 2025

Flexential to Build Sixth Hillsboro Facility

Flexential

US data center firm Flexential  this week announced the acquisition of a land parcel in Hillsboro, Oregon, that will be home to its sixth data center in the city.Located across from Flexential's Hillsboro 1 data center at 3935 Northeast Aloclek Place, the site will host Hillsboro 6, a 350,000-...

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Read Indus Towers to Boost Infra Footprint to Africa
Indus Towers to Boost Infra Footprint to Africa
September 05, 2025

Indus Towers to Boost Infra Footprint to Africa

Africa

Indian tower company Indus Towers has outlined plans to expand its footprint into Africa. The company's board has approved plans to expand its tower portfolio into Africa, kicking off with Nigeria, Uganda, and Zambia.In the announcement, Indus has said that it will leverage its financial posit...

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Read Globalstar to Grow Ground Station Infrastructure in Greece
Globalstar to Grow Ground Station Infrastructure in Greece
September 05, 2025

Globalstar to Grow Ground Station Infrastructure in Greece

Greece

Satellite firm Globalstar this week announced construction of additional gateway infrastructure at its existing ground station site at OTE’s teleport in Nemea, Greece, to support its third-generation C-3 mobile satellite system.“We again thank our US commercial services officers at our embassi...

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Read Bosch and Alibaba Sign Cloud and AI Agreement
Bosch and Alibaba Sign Cloud and AI Agreement
September 05, 2025

Bosch and Alibaba Sign Cloud and AI Agreement

Alibaba Cloud

Technology company Bosch has signed an expanded agreement with Alibaba Group for cloud computing and AI technologies. Both companies will work together on cloud-based enterprise operations, AI business innovations, and expanding Bosch's e-commerce business.“Our partnership opens up exciting op...

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Read SAP to Spend €20bn on European Sovereign Cloud
SAP to Spend €20bn on European Sovereign Cloud
September 05, 2025

SAP to Spend €20bn on European Sovereign Cloud

Germany / Deutschland

German software company SAP is planning to invest more than €20 billion ($23.3bn) in expanding its sovereign cloud offering in Europe which will span the next 10 years.Among SAP's plans is to bring an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platform to its European cloud offerings, as well as launc...

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Read Starlink Expands Ground Infrastructure in Chile
Starlink Expands Ground Infrastructure in Chile
September 05, 2025

Starlink Expands Ground Infrastructure in Chile

Chile

Chile’s undersecretariat of telecommunications (Subtel) this week authorized a request submitted by Starlink to roll out six ground stations across the country. Five of them will be located in the Metropolitan Region - in the municipalities of San Bernardo, Pudahuel, Las Condes, and Quilicura....

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Read Hive Completes Second Phase of Paraguay Cryptomine
Hive Completes Second Phase of Paraguay Cryptomine
September 05, 2025

Hive Completes Second Phase of Paraguay Cryptomine

Hive Data Center

Data center infrastructure and technology firm, Hive Digital, has announced the completion of the second phase of development at its cryptomine in Paraguay ahead of schedule. With the completion of Phase II at the Yguazú site in Paraguay, Hive states that it has a total global hashrate of 18 E...

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Read Rackspace Appoints Gajen Kandiah as CEO
Rackspace Appoints Gajen Kandiah as CEO
September 04, 2025

Rackspace Appoints Gajen Kandiah as CEO

United States

Rackspace Technology appointed Gajen Kandiah as its new CEO to drive its cloud AI ambitions in the sector, after joining the hybrid cloud provider from Hitachi Digital, where he served for more than five years across various divisions, most notably as COO and executive chairman."I am honored t...

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Read Microsoft Agrees to $6bn Cloud Discount for US government
Microsoft Agrees to $6bn Cloud Discount for US government
September 04, 2025

Microsoft Agrees to $6bn Cloud Discount for US government

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has agreed to provide the US government with up to $6 billion in discounts over the next three years. The discounts will apply to Azure cloud computing services, Microsoft 365, Copilot, Dynamics 365, and cybersecurity tools. The first year alone could see the government saving up to ...

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Read Optus to Offload 340 Mobile Towers to Waveconn
Optus to Offload 340 Mobile Towers to Waveconn
September 04, 2025

Optus to Offload 340 Mobile Towers to Waveconn

Australia

Australian telco Optus has this week announced it will sell 340 mobile towers and rooftop sites to Australian digital infrastructure company Waveconn. The carrier said the transaction is part of the company's strategy to "unlock capital for future investment and enhance customer experience."Ac...

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Read Dominion Proposes New Rate Class for Data Centers
Dominion Proposes New Rate Class for Data Centers
September 04, 2025

Dominion Proposes New Rate Class for Data Centers

Virginia

Virginia’s primary electrical utility, Dominion Energy, has proposed the creation of a new rate class for data centers.The new class would apply to utility customers who consume more than 25MW of energy and have a monthly load factor of more than 75 percent. This will result in many, if not mo...

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Read Former Air Force Data Center up for Sale in Michigan
Former Air Force Data Center up for Sale in Michigan
September 03, 2025

Former Air Force Data Center up for Sale in Michigan

Michigan

A former US Air Force data center, used as a call center until recently, is up for sale in Michigan. Sitting on 3.6 acres in Iosco County’s Wurtsmith Industrial District, the single-story facility spans 13,100 sq ft (1,215 sqm).It was originally a data center supporting Wurtsmith Air Force Bas...

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Read North Dakota State University Awarded $3.85m for Supercomputer
North Dakota State University Awarded $3.85m for Supercomputer
September 03, 2025

North Dakota State University Awarded $3.85m for Supercomputer

North Dakota

North Dakota State University (NDSU) has been awarded $3.85 million to acquire and deploy an AI supercomputer named Bison, which will be housed in the university’s Center for Computationally Assisted Science and Technology (CCAST) data center and is expected to come online in the summer of 202...

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Read Digital Edge Breaks Ground on Data Center in Virginia
Digital Edge Breaks Ground on Data Center in Virginia
September 03, 2025

Digital Edge Breaks Ground on Data Center in Virginia

Digital Edge DC

APAC operator Digital Edge and local energy firm B.Grimm Power Public Company (BGRIM) this week celebrated the groundbreaking of their first joint data center in Chonburi. The companies said the project is part of a $1 billion investment plan to deliver hyperscale and AI-ready data center camp...

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Read AWS Launches Cloud Region in New Zealand
AWS Launches Cloud Region in New Zealand
September 02, 2025

AWS Launches Cloud Region in New Zealand

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a new cloud region in New Zealand dubbed the AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region. This region consists of three availability zones. AWS has previously said it would invest around NZ$7.5 billion (US$5.3 billion) in its cloud operations and infrastructure...

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Read Virtus Signs cPPA for 31MW of Power
Virtus Signs cPPA for 31MW of Power
September 02, 2025

Virtus Signs cPPA for 31MW of Power

United Kingdom

UK data center developer Virtus has signed a corporate Power Purchase Agreement (cPPA) for 31MW of wind power from the Lynn and Inner Dowsing (LID) windfarms, a pair of offshore wind farms in the North Sea. Virtus will offtake 16 percent of the total generation from LID, with a commencement da...

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Read Rezoning Requests Approved for Data Center in Ohio
Rezoning Requests Approved for Data Center in Ohio
September 01, 2025

Rezoning Requests Approved for Data Center in Ohio

Ohio

Rezoning requests for a data center outside Toledo, Ohio, have been approved. The land parcels are located in Oregon, a city in Lucas County east of Toledo. The Oregon City Council unanimously approved requests for seven land parcels totaling 20 acres to be rezoned from ‘Agricultural District’...

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Read Top Data Center News for 25th - 30th August, 2025
Top Data Center News for 25th - 30th August, 2025
September 01, 2025

Top Data Center News for 25th - 30th August, 2025

United States

Google to Invest $9bn in Virginia Data CentersGoogle announced this week that it will invest an additional $9 billion in Virginia through the end of 2026, which will go towards the development of a new data center in Chesterfield County and the expansion of the existing facilities in Loudoun a...

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