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Read Dade County Approves 90-Day Data Center Moratorium After 300MW Proposal
Dade County commissioners in Georgia approved a 90-day moratorium on new data center development after an Atlanta company explored a 300-megawatt project there. The [Chattanooga Times Free Press](h...

Dade County Approves 90-Day Data Center Moratorium After 300MW Proposal

November 10, 2026 Georgia

Dade County commissioners in Georgia approved a 90-day moratorium on new data center development after an Atlanta company explored a 300-megawatt project there. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported that the board acted unanimously on Nov. 5 and that the pause gives officials time to draft...

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Read Fluidstack Starts Construction on 99-Acre Wythe County Data Center Campus
Fluidstack has begun construction on a 99-acre data center campus at Progress Park in Wythe County, Virginia, [WDBJ reported](https://www.wdbj7.com/2026/10/29/fluidstack-hosts-open-house-wythe-coun...

Fluidstack Starts Construction on 99-Acre Wythe County Data Center Campus

November 10, 2026 Virginia: Rural

Fluidstack has begun construction on a 99-acre data center campus at Progress Park in Wythe County, Virginia, WDBJ reported. Wythe County is the only locality in the New River Valley with a data center under construction, WSLS reported. The campus is called Solis Arx. Wythe County and the Joint...

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Read Milan Data Center Protest Draws Over 1,000 As Lombardy Plans Stricter Law
More than 1,000 people gathered in Piazza della Scala in Milan on Oct. 10 to oppose new data center construction in Lombardy, [Il Giorno](https://www.ilgiorno.it/milano/cronaca/data-center-protesta...

Milan Data Center Protest Draws Over 1,000 As Lombardy Plans Stricter Law

November 10, 2026 Milan

More than 1,000 people gathered in Piazza della Scala in Milan on Oct. 10 to oppose new data center construction in Lombardy, Il Giorno reported. The rally was the first national demonstration called by the National Network of Stop Data Center Committees. Organizers want the national government...

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Read Equinix Opens 8MW SG6 Data Center As Singapore's First Under Green Rules
[Equinix](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/equinix) opened SG6, its sixth data center in [Singapore](https://baxtel.com/regions/singapore), on Nov. 6 with 8MW of capacity in its first phase, the com...

Equinix Opens 8MW SG6 Data Center As Singapore's First Under Green Rules

November 09, 2026 Singapore

Equinix opened SG6, its sixth data center in Singapore, on Nov. 6 with 8MW of capacity in its first phase, the company announced. Equinix invested about $290 million in the nine-story building at Jalan Tukang in western Singapore. SG6 is the first data center in Singapore built under the...

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Read Norway Grid Operator Statnett Halts New Data Center Capacity Reservations
Statnett, the state-owned grid operator in [Norway](https://baxtel.com/regions/norway), has temporarily stopped reserving new transmission capacity for data centers. The halt, announced on 9 Novemb...

Norway Grid Operator Statnett Halts New Data Center Capacity Reservations

November 09, 2026 Norway

Statnett, the state-owned grid operator in Norway, has temporarily stopped reserving new transmission capacity for data centers. The halt, announced on 9 November, is expected to be lifted no later than 1 August 2027. It suspends new reservation requests and the processing of new applications for...

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Read AirTrunk Confirms Operator Role for Seven-Building Mickleham Campus
[AirTrunk](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/airtrunk) plans a seven-building data center campus at Mickleham, about 35km north of central [Melbourne](https://baxtel.com/regions/melbourne). The compa...

AirTrunk Confirms Operator Role for Seven-Building Mickleham Campus

November 09, 2026 Melbourne

AirTrunk plans a seven-building data center campus at Mickleham, about 35km north of central Melbourne. The company said in a 9 November statement that it is advancing the proposal at 45 Donnybrook Road and named itself as the operator behind the project, after the applicant went unnamed in the...

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Read Google To Invest $17B In First Wyoming Data Center Near Cheyenne
[Google](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/google) will invest $17 billion in its first data center in Wyoming, a campus in Laramie County near Cheyenne, the company [said](https://blog.google/innova...

Google To Invest $17B In First Wyoming Data Center Near Cheyenne

November 06, 2026 Cheyenne

Google will invest $17 billion in its first data center in Wyoming, a campus in Laramie County near Cheyenne, the company said on Nov. 5. The number puts a price on a project Baxtel reported in October, when American Electric Power disclosed a 20-year power purchase agreement to build a 702MW...

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Read Goodman and Digital Realty Launch A$715M Bid for 9.9% NEXTDC Stake
[Goodman Group](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/goodman-group) and [Digital Realty](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/digital-realty-trust) moved to buy up to 9.9% of Australian operator [NEXTDC](htt...

Goodman and Digital Realty Launch A$715M Bid for 9.9% NEXTDC Stake

November 05, 2026 Melbourne

Goodman Group and Digital Realty moved to buy up to 9.9% of Australian operator NEXTDC at a 45.5% premium to the previous close. The buyers offered A$9.50 a share through an aftermarket bookbuild, a purchase Reuters valued at about A$715 million (US$501 million) after reviewing the term sheet....

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Read atNorth Signs Calentix Heat Reuse Deal at 300MW Sollefteå Site
atNorth has signed a [project development agreement](https://calentix.com/en/resources/atnorth-calentix-heat-reuse-swe04) with the Swedish energy infrastructure company Calentix covering the [SWE04...

atNorth Signs Calentix Heat Reuse Deal at 300MW Sollefteå Site

November 04, 2026 Sweden

atNorth has signed a project development agreement with the Swedish energy infrastructure company Calentix covering the SWE04 data center in Långsele, Sweden. Under the agreement, Calentix will develop and finance a system that recovers surplus heat from SWE04 and supplies it to the nearby...

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Read OpenAI Rebrands Data Centers as Compute Campuses After Midterm Rebuke
[OpenAI](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/openai) is now calling its data centers compute campuses, a change that arrived with a policy package published two days after the midterms. The company rel...

OpenAI Rebrands Data Centers as Compute Campuses After Midterm Rebuke

November 04, 2026 Georgia

OpenAI is now calling its data centers compute campuses, a change that arrived with a policy package published two days after the midterms. The company released a National Community Compact and a Compute Campus Policy Blueprint on Nov. 5. The compact covers future campuses that OpenAI owns and...

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Read Drax, Brookfield and Radiant to Develop 1GW Data Center at Selby
[Drax Group](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/drax-group) will develop up to 1GW of data center capacity at its North Yorkshire power station with [Brookfield](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/brookf...

Drax, Brookfield and Radiant to Develop 1GW Data Center at Selby

November 03, 2026 Leeds

Drax Group will develop up to 1GW of data center capacity at its North Yorkshire power station with Brookfield and Radiant. The deal was announced on Nov. 3. Brookfield estimates investment in the site could exceed £20 billion ($26.8 billion), including £2.5 billion for the first phase. Phase one...

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Read NTT Opens 12MW Jakarta 2 Annex Data Center in Indonesia
[NTT DATA](https://www.nttdata.com/en-us/news/2026/ntt-data-opens-jakarta-data-center) opened its new Jakarta data center on Nov. 3, adding 12MW of IT capacity at its existing campus in South Jakar...

NTT Opens 12MW Jakarta 2 Annex Data Center in Indonesia

November 03, 2026 Jakarta

NTT DATA opened its new Jakarta data center on Nov. 3, adding 12MW of IT capacity at its existing campus in South Jakarta. The facility, the Jakarta 2 Annex Data Center, is known as JKT2A and sits inside NTT DATA's Jakarta campus. JKT2A extends the JKT2 campus, which hosts more than 240...

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Read Microsoft Signs Two Solar PPAs With Blueleaf For Japan Data Centers
[Microsoft](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/microsoft-azure) will buy the entire output of two new solar projects in [Japan](https://baxtel.com/regions/japan) developed by Blueleaf Energy under lon...

Microsoft Signs Two Solar PPAs With Blueleaf For Japan Data Centers

October 29, 2026 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft will buy the entire output of two new solar projects in Japan developed by Blueleaf Energy under long-term power purchase agreements. Macquarie Asset Management, which owns Blueleaf, said in a press release on Oct. 28 that its Energy Markets and Customer Solutions team coordinated both...

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Read Malaysia Requires Data Centers To Source 30% Renewable Energy
Malaysia's government has approved a requirement for data centers to source at least 30 percent of their power from renewable energy. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof told the Dewan ...

Malaysia Requires Data Centers To Source 30% Renewable Energy

October 29, 2026 Johor

Malaysia's government has approved a requirement for data centers to source at least 30 percent of their power from renewable energy. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof told the Dewan Rakyat on October 27 that the rule applies to a data center's total capacity or its energy...

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Read Microsoft Extends Data Center Useful Life To 25 Years As Cloud Revenue Rises 30%
[Microsoft](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/microsoft-azure) is extending the useful life of its data centers and office buildings to 25 years from 15, effective ![blogs.microsoft.com](/rails/activ...

Microsoft Extends Data Center Useful Life To 25 Years As Cloud Revenue Rises 30%

October 29, 2026 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft is extending the useful life of its data centers and office buildings to 25 years from 15, effective this fiscal year. The company reported fiscal first-quarter Microsoft Cloud revenue up 30% on Oct. 28, with Azure revenue up 48%, according to Microsoft's earnings release....

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Read NTT Data Adds AI Factories In Paris And Singapore, Bringing Total To Five
NTT Data has launched AI Factory GPU clusters in [Paris](https://baxtel.com/regions/paris) and [Singapore](https://baxtel.com/regions/singapore), expanding its network of AI evaluation environments...

NTT Data Adds AI Factories In Paris And Singapore, Bringing Total To Five

October 29, 2026 Singapore

NTT Data has launched AI Factory GPU clusters in Paris and Singapore, expanding its network of AI evaluation environments to five sites. The company announced the expansion on October 27, and the new facilities join AI Factories in Plano, Texas, and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Data Center Dynamics...

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Read AirTrunk Secures A$4.25B Green Loan for SYD3 Sydney Campus
AirTrunk has secured an [A$4.25 billion green loan](https://airtrunk.com/airtrunk-secures-a4-25b-green-loan-for-syd3-western-sydney-expansion-supporting-australias-digital-economy) to fund continue...

AirTrunk Secures A$4.25B Green Loan for SYD3 Sydney Campus

October 28, 2026 Sydney

AirTrunk has secured an A$4.25 billion green loan to fund continued development of its SYD3 campus in Western Sydney. Reuters put the facility at about US$2.98 billion. Thirty-two local and international financial institutions backed the debt, which 14 lead banks underwrote. AirTrunk develops and...

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Read CoreWeave Brings 22.5MW Online at atNorth's Copenhagen Data Center
CoreWeave has brought most of its planned 22.5MW of IT capacity online at [atNorth](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/atnorth)'s [DEN01](https://baxtel.com/data-center/atnorth-den01) data center in t...

CoreWeave Brings 22.5MW Online at atNorth's Copenhagen Data Center

October 27, 2026 Copenhagen

CoreWeave has brought most of its planned 22.5MW of IT capacity online at atNorth's DEN01 data center in the Copenhagen metro, its first deployment in Denmark. The company announced the activation from London on October 27. atNorth owns and operates DEN01, a colocation site in Ballerup,...

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Read Amazon Settles With Two Former AWS Managers Over Data Center Kickbacks
Amazon has settled its civil claims against two former AWS real estate managers it accused of taking kickbacks on Northern Virginia data center deals. The ![alamy.com](/rails/active_storage/represe...

Amazon Settles With Two Former AWS Managers Over Data Center Kickbacks

October 27, 2026 Northern Virginia

Amazon has settled its civil claims against two former AWS real estate managers it accused of taking kickbacks on Northern Virginia data center deals. The company told a federal court on October 20 that it had reached the agreement with Carl Nelson and Casey Kirschner, less than two weeks before...

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Read OpenAI Seeks Permit To Fill 72 Acres Of Wetlands At Project Camellia
OpenAI has applied for a federal permit to fill 72 acres of wetlands at its Project Camellia data center campus in Georgia. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Savannah District is taking public comm...

OpenAI Seeks Permit To Fill 72 Acres Of Wetlands At Project Camellia

October 26, 2026 Georgia

OpenAI has applied for a federal permit to fill 72 acres of wetlands at its Project Camellia data center campus in Georgia. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Savannah District is taking public comments on the application through Nov. 4, the Savannah Morning News reported. The campus is...

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