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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 up to 1.8GW of capacity. The AI-focused facility will use a closed-loop liquid cooling system and is ...

July 09, 2026

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Singapore Proposes New Licensing Framework for Data Centers

Singapore has proposed new licensing, security, and sustainability rules for data centers under its draft Digital Infrastructure Bill. If approved, data centers over 10MW serving third-party customers would need a license from the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), while a separate lice...

July 02, 2026

Singapore

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 connectivity systems. "I'm excited to share that I've joined Anthropic as a supply chain lead, power and coo...

June 16, 2026

Meta

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 completed in late May, with Gnomon now listed as the sole shareholder. DC North was launched by Crat...

June 13, 2026

Meta

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 in the future, though no launch timeline has been disclosed. Meta will cover power and water costs,...

June 10, 2026

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Data Center Operators are Hiring Laid-off Meta Platforms Workers

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 affec...

May 22, 2026

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

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 p...

May 20, 2026

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Meta Begins Construction on Tulsa Data Center

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...

April 22, 2026

Meta

Modular Data Center Provider EPG Raises $100M in Series B+ Funding

Singapore-based modular data center provider EPG has raised over $100 million in Series B+ funding, led by Decarbonization Partners, Alibaba Cloud, and other investors.The financing will support EPG's international growth, including expanding R&D, manufacturing, and delivery capabilities.A...

March 31, 2026

Singapore

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

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 ...

March 05, 2026

Meta

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

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 C...

February 23, 2026

Meta

Meta Unveils Plans for a 1GW Data Center Campus in Indiana

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 w...

February 11, 2026

Meta

EPG Secures $100m Series B Funding

Singaporean provider of modular and prefabricated data center infrastructure EPG has completed its Series B financing, raising nearly US$100 million. The company said the proceeds from the financing will support capacity expansion, working capital, and global growth.The round was co-led by in...

January 31, 2026

Singapore

20i Launches Data Center Location in Singapore

Managed hosting provider 20i has signed an agreement to lease capacity at an Equinix data center in Singapore. 20i providers hosting services, including reseller hosting, managed WordPress hosting, and cloud servers - including 20icloud, AWS, and GCP. It utilizes "autoscaling" and load balanci...

January 27, 2026

Singapore

Johnson Controls to Invest S$60m to Expand Innovation Center in Singapore

Johnson Controls has announced plans to invest up to S$60 million (US$44m) to expand its Innovation Center in Singapore. According to the company, the expansion will target the growing demand for more energy-efficient data center infrastructure across the Asia-Pacific region.Johnson Controls h...

January 06, 2026

Singapore

Singapore Gov't Launches Data Center Efficiency Standard

The Singaporean government has launched a new standard to support data center operators. The standard - SS 715:2025: Energy Efficiency of Data Centre IT Equipment - aims to save energy consumption of IT equipment in data centers by at least 30 percent.The standard will also aid data center use...

August 29, 2025

Singapore

Vena Launches AI-ready Data Center Subsidiary

Singaporean infrastructure developer Vena Global has launched a new subsidiary focused on the development of AI-ready data center infrastructure across the Asia-Pacific region, with plans to create a digital infrastructure developer that is highly integrated with low-carbon energy development....

May 30, 2025

Singapore

Partners Group to Acquire Digital Halo

Global private markets firm Partners Group is set to acquire Singapore-based Digital Halo- a data center operator with facilities located across Southeast and North Asia. The company is currently owned by Arch Capital, which will remain a minority shareholder in the business.Following the term...

May 20, 2025

Singapore

Keppel looks to buy facilities in Singapore

Keppel DC REIT this week announced the proposed acquisition of two hyperscale data centers at the Keppel Data Centre Campus in Singapore from a joint venture owned by its parent company. Keppel will continue to operate and manage the two facilities post-acquisition.The deal would be for S$1.0...

November 20, 2024

Singapore

Data center fire in Singapore impacts Alibaba Cloud services

A data center fire incident in Singapore has caused issues to Alibaba's cloud services. The company said it occurred in Availability Zone C of its Singapore region."At 10:20 on September 10, 2024 Beijing time, Alibaba Cloud monitoring detected network access anomalies in availability zone C of...

September 12, 2024

Singapore

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