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Read AEP And X-energy Study 960MW SMR Plant To Power Amazon In Indiana
X-energy and American Electric Power will study a 960 MW advanced nuclear plant at a retired coal station in Sullivan County, Indiana, with Amazon funding development work and positioned to buy the...

AEP And X-energy Study 960MW SMR Plant To Power Amazon In Indiana

October 20, 2026 Indiana

X-energy and American Electric Power will study a 960 MW advanced nuclear plant at a retired coal station in Sullivan County, Indiana, with Amazon funding development work and positioned to buy the plant's output. The companies announced a joint development agreement on Oct. 19 covering...

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Read Microsoft To Fund 1,100MW Of Indiana Generation Under 20-Year NiSource Deal
Microsoft will pay for all the generation and transmission needed to serve its La Porte, Indiana data center campus under a 20-year electric service agreement with [NiSource](https://www.nisource.c...

Microsoft To Fund 1,100MW Of Indiana Generation Under 20-Year NiSource Deal

October 19, 2026 Indiana

Microsoft will pay for all the generation and transmission needed to serve its La Porte, Indiana data center campus under a 20-year electric service agreement with NiSource announced Oct. 16. Service starts in 2028. The utility's unregulated affiliate, NiSource Generation Company, will add...

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Read NiSource And Microsoft Sign 20-Year Deal For 1,100MW Of Indiana Power
Microsoft will fund about 1,100 MW of new generation and transmission in northern Indiana and buy the output for 20 years under an agreement with [NiSource](https://www.nisource.com/news/article/ni...

NiSource And Microsoft Sign 20-Year Deal For 1,100MW Of Indiana Power

October 19, 2026 Indiana

Microsoft will fund about 1,100 MW of new generation and transmission in northern Indiana and buy the output for 20 years under an agreement with NiSource, the holding company that owns Northern Indiana Public Service Company. Announced Friday, the deal covers the La Porte data center campus...

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Read Digital Realty Picks Kokomo for 1GW Campus, Its First in Indiana
[Digital Realty](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/digital-realty-trust) wants to build its first [Indiana](https://baxtel.com/regions/indiana) data centers in Kokomo, proposing a three-building camp...

Digital Realty Picks Kokomo for 1GW Campus, Its First in Indiana

October 17, 2026 Indiana

Digital Realty wants to build its first Indiana data centers in Kokomo, proposing a three-building campus with roughly 1GW of IT capacity on 476 acres of greenfield land. The global REIT published a project page for the development after city officials confirmed its interest earlier this month,...

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Read Meta Named on 400MW Kentucky Campus With 40-Year Local Tax Break
Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve a development and community revenue agreement with Meta, ending two years in which the company behind a planned hyperscale campus n...

Meta Named on 400MW Kentucky Campus With 40-Year Local Tax Break

October 16, 2026 Meta

Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve a development and community revenue agreement with Meta, ending two years in which the company behind a planned hyperscale campus near Maysville, Kentucky was kept unnamed (Mason County Fiscal Court announcement). The site covers...

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Read Mason County Approves 40-Year Tax Deal for Meta's 400MW Kentucky Campus
The Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve three agreements that clear the way for [Meta](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/meta) to build a hyperscale data center campus o...

Mason County Approves 40-Year Tax Deal for Meta's 400MW Kentucky Campus

October 16, 2026 Meta

The Mason County Fiscal Court voted unanimously on Oct. 13 to approve three agreements that clear the way for Meta to build a hyperscale data center campus on nearly 3,000 acres near Maysville in northeastern Kentucky. The approvals, set out in the county's news release, cover a 40-year...

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Read Digital Realty Proposes 1GW Data Center Campus In Kokomo, Indiana

[Digital Realty](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/digital-realty-trust) is proposing a three-building data center campus on about 476 acres at Industrial Park North in Kokomo, Indiana, with a site...

Digital Realty Proposes 1GW Data Center Campus In Kokomo, Indiana

October 16, 2026 Indiana

Digital Realty is proposing a three-building data center campus on about 476 acres at Industrial Park North in Kokomo, Indiana, with a site plan that calls for roughly 1GW of IT capacity and completion in 2033. The company published the details on its Kokomo project page, and Kokomo Mayor Tyler...

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Read Meta Signs for GPU Capacity at Firmus AI Factories in Southeast Asia
[Meta](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/meta) has signed strategic AI infrastructure agreements with Australian AI factory developer [Firmus Technologies](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/firmus-tech...

Meta Signs for GPU Capacity at Firmus AI Factories in Southeast Asia

September 30, 2026 Meta

Meta has signed strategic AI infrastructure agreements with Australian AI factory developer Firmus Technologies for GPU compute capacity at Firmus sites across Southeast Asia, the companies announced Tuesday. The agreements cover contracted capacity plus options to expand, and Capital Brief...

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Read Meta Signs Deal to Use AI Capacity at Firmus Data Centers in Southeast Asia
Meta has agreed to lease AI compute capacity from Australian neocloud Firmus across its upcoming Southeast Asian data centers. The deal expands an existing partnership under which Meta leases Nvidi...

Meta Signs Deal to Use AI Capacity at Firmus Data Centers in Southeast Asia

September 30, 2026 Meta

Meta has agreed to lease AI compute capacity from Australian neocloud Firmus across its upcoming Southeast Asian data centers. The deal expands an existing partnership under which Meta leases Nvidia GB300 NVL72 capacity at Firmus’ Melbourne facility. Firmus is developing AI factories with DayOne...

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Read Meta’s $1.2B Data Center In Kuna, Idaho, Goes Live
Meta’s Kuna, Idaho Data Center Is Now Operational Meta has begun serving traffic from its data center in Kuna, Idaho. The company announced the campus in 2022, initially planning to invest $800 mil...

Meta’s $1.2B Data Center In Kuna, Idaho, Goes Live

September 04, 2026 Meta

Meta’s Kuna, Idaho Data Center Is Now Operational Meta has begun serving traffic from its data center in Kuna, Idaho. The company announced the campus in 2022, initially planning to invest $800 million in a 960,000 sq ft (89,187 sqm) facility. The project was later temporarily paused for redesign...

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Read Meta Expands Louisiana Data Center Campus To 5GW
Meta plans to more than double its Richland Parish, Louisiana, data center campus to 5GW of capacity. The site, known as the Hyperion data center project, was previously planned as a 2GW developmen...

Meta Expands Louisiana Data Center Campus To 5GW

July 13, 2026 Meta

Meta plans to more than double its Richland Parish, Louisiana, data center campus to 5GW of capacity. The site, known as the Hyperion data center project, was previously planned as a 2GW development. Announced in late 2024, Hyperion was originally designed as a 4 million sq ft (372,000 sqm)...

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Read Meta Plans $9.17 Billion Gigawatt-Scale Data Center in Alberta, Canada
Meta is planning a 1GW data center in Sturgeon County, Alberta, marking the company’s first facility in Canada. The project represents a CA$13 billion (US$9.17 billion) investment and could scale u...

Meta Plans $9.17 Billion Gigawatt-Scale Data Center in Alberta, Canada

July 09, 2026 Meta

Meta is planning a 1GW data center in Sturgeon County, Alberta, marking the company’s first facility in Canada. The project represents a CA$13 billion (US$9.17 billion) investment and could scale up to 1.8GW of capacity. The AI-focused facility will use a closed-loop liquid cooling system and is...

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Read Meta Veteran Sham Parmar Joins Anthropic Supply Chain Operations
Meta’s Sham Parmar has joined generative AI company Anthropic.
Parmar previously served as senior manager for supply chain and engineering, overseeing electrical, mechanical, and fiber connectivit...

Meta Veteran Sham Parmar Joins Anthropic Supply Chain Operations

June 16, 2026 Meta

Meta’s Sham Parmar has joined generative AI company Anthropic. Parmar previously served as senior manager for supply chain and engineering, overseeing electrical, mechanical, and fiber connectivity systems. "I'm excited to share that I've joined Anthropic as a supply chain lead, power and cooling...

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Read Private Equity Firm Acquires Croatia’s ‘Fort Knox’ Data Center
Gnomon Capital has acquired 100% of Croatian data center DC North, known as the “Fort Knox” facility, in a deal involving former owners Cratis and Muraplast. Court records show the transfer was com...

Private Equity Firm Acquires Croatia’s ‘Fort Knox’ Data Center

June 13, 2026 Meta

Gnomon Capital has acquired 100% of Croatian data center DC North, known as the “Fort Knox” facility, in a deal involving former owners Cratis and Muraplast. Court records show the transfer was completed in late May, with Gnomon now listed as the sole shareholder. DC North was launched by Cratis...

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Read Meta Signs 168MW Data Center Pact at Reliance Gujarat Campus
Meta and Reliance are partnering to develop a 168MW data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. Reliance will build the facility, which Meta will lease to run AI workloads. The project may be expanded...

Meta Signs 168MW Data Center Pact at Reliance Gujarat Campus

June 10, 2026 Meta

Meta and Reliance are partnering to develop a 168MW data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat, India. Reliance will build the facility, which Meta will lease to run AI workloads. The project may be expanded in the future, though no launch timeline has been disclosed. Meta will cover power and water costs,...

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Read Data Center Operators are Hiring Laid-off Meta Platforms Workers
Data Center Operators are Hiring Laid-off Meta Platforms Workers

Data Center Operators are Hiring Laid-off Meta Platforms Workers

May 22, 2026 Meta

Several data center operators have pointed to open roles after Meta Platforms began laying off around 8,000 employees, about 10% of its workforce. The cuts affected staff across all levels, including some in data center roles. On LinkedIn, multiple data center firms expressed support for affected...

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Read Meta Begins Laying off 8,000 Employees, Including Data Center Staff
Meta Begins Laying off 8,000 Employees, Including Data Center Staff

Meta Begins Laying off 8,000 Employees, Including Data Center Staff

May 20, 2026 Meta

Meta has begun laying off 8,000 employees globally as part of a broader restructuring tied to its growing AI and data center investments. The company plans to reduce its workforce by around 10 percent to free up cash flow for expanded data center spending. At the same time, Meta has canceled...

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Read Meta Begins Construction on Tulsa Data Center
Meta Begins Construction on Tulsa Data Center

Meta Begins Construction on Tulsa Data Center

April 22, 2026 Meta

Meta has broken ground on its first data center in Oklahoma, beginning construction on a campus in Tulsa. The project is expected to involve around $1 billion in investment, with the company confirming it is behind the 340-acre Project Anthem development, according to News On 6. First proposed in...

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Read Meta Signs Pre-development Agreement for Data Center in Beloit, Wisconsin
Meta Signs Pre-development Agreement for Data Center in Beloit, Wisconsin

Meta Signs Pre-development Agreement for Data Center in Beloit, Wisconsin

March 05, 2026 Meta

Meta Platforms has reportedly signed a pre-development agreement with the Town of Beloit for a potential data center project in southern Wisconsin. According to the Beloit Daily News, the facility could be built on a 430-acre site located between Town Line Road, South Prairie Avenue, and East...

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Read Meta Plans to Deploy 366MW of Modular Gas-fired Units to Support a 1GW Data Center in El Paso, Texas
Meta Plans to Deploy 366MW of Modular Gas-fired Units to Support a 1GW Data Center in El Paso, Texas

Meta Plans to Deploy 366MW of Modular Gas-fired Units to Support a 1GW Data Center in El Paso, Texas

February 23, 2026 Meta

The 1GW project, which broke ground in October, would be powered by 813 modular generators, slated to come online by 2027. The units are expected to cost $473 million. The proposal has also drawn opposition from environmental and community organizations. For instance, the Sembrando Esperanza...

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