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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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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June 23, 2026 Finland
A 60MW data center is being planned in western Finland by renewable energy firm Aurinkokarhu. Reported by local media including Yle and Vasabladet, the project would be located in Närpiö (Närpes), in the Ostrobothnia region. The company has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire 18 hectares of...
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June 19, 2026 Finland
Verne has begun construction on a new data center in Finland, marking the first phase of development at its Mäntsälä campus. The company announced this week that work is underway on the initial 70MW phase of its data center campus in the Kapuli area of Mäntsälä, further expanding its footprint in...
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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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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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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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May 29, 2026 Finland
Winda Energy is planning a new data center development in Finnish Lapland. The company announced this week that the project, developed through Winda Energy Oy, will be located in Rajakangas, Keminmaa. Co-developed with investment firm Gi21 Capital, the 15-hectare site is expected to attract...
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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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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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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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April 10, 2026 Finland
A solar farm developer is expanding into the data center sector, with plans to develop a campus in Finland. The municipality of Iisalmi this week announced that Swedish energy company Helios Nordic Energy is planning a new data center in the Tervamäki area. While full details have not been...
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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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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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February 11, 2026 Meta
Meta is building a gigawatt-scale data center campus near Indianapolis, Indiana. “This facility represents an investment of over $10 billion in data center infrastructure and the surrounding community, one of our largest infrastructure investments to date,” the company said.“The data center will...
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December 31, 2025 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...
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December 30, 2025 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 its...
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December 04, 2025 Finland
Data center and cryptomine firm Bitzero has broken ground on a data center campus in Finland. Iit has begun Phase I development at its nearly 100-hectare data center site in Kokemäki, Finland."This site provides the space and power capacity we need to achieve our aggressive growth plans and...
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October 11, 2025 Finland
Kitee this week announced plans to sign a preliminary property purchase agreement with data center developer Scale42. The deal, to be discussed at a city meeting next week, concerns a 10-hectare plot in the northern part of the Kitee Puhos industrial area.William Tasney, CEO of Scale42, said:...
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September 12, 2025 Finland
Helen, one of Finland's largest energy companies, has announced that it is open to supporting data center operators in joining its “comprehensive energy system” in Helsinki, where facilities can be connected to the city’s advanced district heating and cooling network."The synergy benefits of data...
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