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Read Equinix to Reuse Data Center Heat to Warm Homes in Milan
Equinix has partnered with Italian energy company A2A to recover waste heat from its data center campus in Settimo Milanese and feed it into Milan’s district heating network. Under the agreement, E...

Equinix to Reuse Data Center Heat to Warm Homes in Milan

July 10, 2026 Equinix

Equinix has partnered with Italian energy company A2A to recover waste heat from its data center campus in Settimo Milanese and feed it into Milan’s district heating network. Under the agreement, Equinix will design and operate the heat recovery system, while A2A will use four large-scale heat...

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Read Digital Realty Buys Blackstone Stake in Three Virginia Data Centers for $3.5 Billion
Digital Realty is acquiring a stake in three Northern Virginia data centers from Blackstone. The deal covers 288MW of fully leased capacity across two sites in Manassas and one at the Digital Dulle...

Digital Realty Buys Blackstone Stake in Three Virginia Data Centers for $3.5 Billion

July 01, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is acquiring a stake in three Northern Virginia data centers from Blackstone. The deal covers 288MW of fully leased capacity across two sites in Manassas and one at the Digital Dulles campus in Sterling, all 100% leased to hyperscale customers. Blackstone is selling a 64% interest...

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Read Equinix Trials Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology at Data Center in Ireland
Equinix has launched its first trial of hydrogen fuel cell technology as a replacement for diesel backup generation at a data center in Ireland. Working with ESB and GeoPura, the company has deploy...

Equinix Trials Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology at Data Center in Ireland

June 19, 2026 Equinix

Equinix has launched its first trial of hydrogen fuel cell technology as a replacement for diesel backup generation at a data center in Ireland. Working with ESB and GeoPura, the company has deployed two hydrogen-powered generators at its DB3 Data Center facility. The 12-week trial will support...

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Read Digital Realty Plans New Data Center in Seattle, Washington
Digital Realty is planning a new data center in Seattle, Washington, as the city considers a moratorium on new developments. According to BizJournal and other reports, the company has filed plans w...

Digital Realty Plans New Data Center in Seattle, Washington

June 05, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is planning a new data center in Seattle, Washington, as the city considers a moratorium on new developments. According to BizJournal and other reports, the company has filed plans with the Seattle City Council to replace the existing retail building and parking garage at 301...

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Read EdgeConneX Proposes twin 730,000 sq ft Data Centers in Bastrop County
EdgeConneX Proposes twin 730,000 sq ft Data Centers in Bastrop County

EdgeConneX Proposes twin 730,000 sq ft Data Centers in Bastrop County

June 03, 2026 EdgeConneX

US operator EdgeConneX has filed plans to construct two 730,000-square-foot (67,820 sqm) data centers in Bastrop County, Texas. Named EDCAUS11 and EDCAUS12, the projects are planned for a 180-acre site at 6682 FM 535 in Cedar Creek, which the company acquired in November 2025. The parcel is...

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Read EdgeConneX Plans a €3 Billion Investment in Data Centers in Italy
EdgeConneX Plans a €3 Billion Investment in Data Centers in Italy

EdgeConneX Plans a €3 Billion Investment in Data Centers in Italy

May 23, 2026 EdgeConneX

The government of Italy has described EdgeConneX’s €3 billion investment as being of “national strategic interest.” The EdgeConneX Campus Italia program, announced on May 14 during a council of ministers chaired by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, will develop three data center campuses in the...

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Read Equinix is Building its Fourth Data Center in Malaysia
Equinix is Building its Fourth Data Center in Malaysia

Equinix is Building its Fourth Data Center in Malaysia

May 12, 2026 Equinix

Equinix will build its fourth data center in Malaysia, KL2, in Kuala Lumpur. The US$190 million facility will house over 2,200 cabinets at full build-out, though its size and IT capacity were not disclosed. Equinix said the new data center will be located less than 1 km from its KL1 facility in...

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Read Iron Mountain Completes Structural Build of Chennai Data Center
Iron Mountain Completes Structural Build of Chennai Data Center

Iron Mountain Completes Structural Build of Chennai Data Center

April 13, 2026 Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain has topped out a new data center in Chennai, India.“We are thrilled to celebrate a recent major milestone in our global expansion: the official topping-out ceremony of our Chennai CHN-1 data center in Ambattur!” the company said on LinkedIn this week. “As the structural framework...

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Read Equinix Begins Construction on DB7x Data Center in Dublin
Equinix Begins Construction on DB7x Data Center in Dublin

Equinix Begins Construction on DB7x Data Center in Dublin

March 30, 2026 Equinix

Equinix has begun construction on a new $92 million data center in Dublin, Ireland. The DB7x facility will be located in Blanchardstown, near the company’s existing sites in the city. Equinix is allocating $78 million toward high-performance infrastructure for AI workloads and $14 million for its...

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Read Digital Realty Plans New Data Center in Milan
Digital Realty Plans New Data Center in Milan

Digital Realty Plans New Data Center in Milan

March 24, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is expanding in Italy with plans to develop a data center campus in Milan.The colocation giant this week announced its entry into the Milan market with the acquisition of two plots in Abbiategrasso, southwest of the city center. The company plans to develop an initial 8MW facility,...

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Read Metrobloks Plans Three-building Data Center Campus in Kansas City, Missouri
Metrobloks Plans Three-building Data Center Campus in Kansas City, Missouri

Metrobloks Plans Three-building Data Center Campus in Kansas City, Missouri

March 24, 2026 Metrobloks

Metrobloks plans to build a data center campus near Kansas City, Missouri. The company announced this week that it will invest $1.4 billion in a campus in Liberty, a city north of Kansas City in Clay County.The three-building campus will total 568,800 sq ft (52,770 sqm), though full project...

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Read EdgeConneX Begins Construction on a New Data Center in Osaka, Japan
EdgeConneX Begins Construction on a New Data Center in Osaka, Japan

EdgeConneX Begins Construction on a New Data Center in Osaka, Japan

March 19, 2026 EdgeConneX

EdgeConneX has begun construction on a new data center outside Osaka, Japan. The company announced this week that it is developing its first 200MW, AI-ready campus in Greater Osaka in partnership with Kagoya Asset Management.The Kyotanabe campus will cover 130,000 sqm (1.4 million sq ft), with...

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Read Iron Mountain Plans a Seven-building Data Center Campus Outside Austin, Texas
Iron Mountain Plans a Seven-building Data Center Campus Outside Austin, Texas

Iron Mountain Plans a Seven-building Data Center Campus Outside Austin, Texas

March 18, 2026 Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain is targeting a new data center development outside Austin, Texas. First reported by BizJournal, the company is targeting a campus outside the city of Hutto in Williamson County.The Hutto City Council last week reviewed a presentation from Iron Mountain on its Taylor Meadows data...

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Read Digital Realty Approved for Sixth Data Center in Marseille, France
Digital Realty Approved for Sixth Data Center in Marseille, France

Digital Realty Approved for Sixth Data Center in Marseille, France

March 11, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty Approved for Sixth Data Center in Marseille, FranceWith server racks at the data center set to require 120kW each, presumably to host AI workloads, Digital Realty plans to install a new high-voltage power supply. This will run from power company RTE’s Realtor substation in Cabriès,...

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Read Digital Realty has Entered the Portuguese Market with the Acquisition of a Data Center in Lisbon
Digital Realty has Entered the Portuguese Market with the Acquisition of a Data Center in Lisbon

Digital Realty has Entered the Portuguese Market with the Acquisition of a Data Center in Lisbon

March 04, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has entered Portugal, acquiring a data center in Lisbon. Details on the facility, the seller, and terms of the deal weren’t shared in the release. However, in its recent Q4 2025 results, the company said it had acquired “a building and land” in the Carnaxide area of Lisbon for $8.3...

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Read AT&T Partners with AWS and Amazon Leo
AT&T Partners with AWS and Amazon Leo

AT&T Partners with AWS and Amazon Leo

February 05, 2026 AT&T

US telecoms firm AT&T is partnering with Amazon’s cloud and satellite units. The former will move more workloads to the cloud and utilize Amazon’s satellite fleet, while the cloud provider will benefit from new fiber connectivity between its data centers."This collaboration with AWS marks a...

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Read QTS Drops Plan for Data Center near Madison, Wisconsin
QTS Drops Plan for Data Center near Madison, Wisconsin

QTS Drops Plan for Data Center near Madison, Wisconsin

January 30, 2026 QTS Data Centers

QTS has backed off plans to develop a data center near Madison, Wisconsin, after pushback from local officials. The company has dropped plans for a campus in the Village of DeForest after the village announced its intention to deny an annexation request related to the project.“After individual...

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Read EuroCTP Selects Equinix's FR2 Data Center for Equity Trading Consildated Tape
EuroCTP Selects Equinix's FR2 Data Center for Equity Trading Consildated Tape

EuroCTP Selects Equinix's FR2 Data Center for Equity Trading Consildated Tape

January 29, 2026 Equinix

EuroCTP, a new provider of an EU real-time pre and post-trade Consolidated Tape (CT) for financial equity trades, has selected Equinix's FR2 data center to host its 'tape' in Frankfurt, Germany.“Equinix FR2 provides EuroCTP with the ideal foundation to drive growth, ensuring we can reliably meet...

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Read Equinix Launches Data Center in San Jose, California
Equinix Launches Data Center in San Jose, California

Equinix Launches Data Center in San Jose, California

January 26, 2026 Equinix

Equinix this week energized its SV12x facility, the first to do so under a new partnership between the city of San Jose and utility PG&E. The city and the utility partnered last year to guarantee power delivery for data centers. The deal promised infrastructure and speed improvements at a...

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Read Verizon Secures Approval for $20bn Frontier Acquisition
Verizon Secures Approval for $20bn Frontier Acquisition

Verizon Secures Approval for $20bn Frontier Acquisition

January 16, 2026 Verizon Enterprise

Verizon has secured all regulatory approvals to close its acquisition of Frontier Communications. It comes as the carrier this week received approval from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to push ahead with the deal.“California isn’t just approving a merger, we’re securing real...

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