July 31, 2026 Ohio
French energy and water utility Veolia has been selected to operate and maintain a 350MW microgrid powering an undisclosed AI data center campus in Ohio. The behind-the-meter energy system is designed to supply 100% of the facility’s power needs, combining gas engines, linear generators, and a...
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July 22, 2026 Ohio
Cervenka Development Partners is exploring a potential data center project in Amherst, Ohio. The company has applied for a zoning variance to allow data center use on industrial land parcels along Nordson Drive. The request will be reviewed by the City of Amherst Zoning Board of Appeals on July...
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July 14, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Pure DC has launched the first phase of its Seinäjoki, Finland, data center project, with Microsoft reportedly among the customers leasing capacity at the site. The initial phase will deliver 110MW of capacity with an estimated investment of $1.7 billion. Pure DC has been developing plans for the...
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July 10, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft reported a 25 percent year-on-year rise in carbon emissions, with total Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions increasing to 20.29 million metric tons of CO₂e as data center expansion accelerated. The company said the jump was largely due to its decision to stop using unbundled renewable energy...
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July 04, 2026 Microsoft Azure
National Grid Ventures (NGV), the commercial arm of National Grid, has acquired a 35% stake in Joulent for $1.75 billion to support development of power infrastructure for large data centers. The investment will help fund Project Kilby, a 2.67GW natural gas facility being developed with Chevron....
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June 23, 2026 Microsoft Azure
The first data center at Microsoft’s Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin campus is now officially operational, the company confirmed on June 23. Construction was completed just over two years after the project was first announced. The site is part of Microsoft’s “Fairwater” data center design and will form...
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June 18, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has broken ground on a new data center campus in La Porte, Indiana. Brad Smith, Microsoft vice chair and president, announced in a LinkedIn post that the groundbreaking ceremony took place on June 17. Smith wrote: "Today we broke ground in La Porte, Indiana, alongside Mayor Tom Dermody,...
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June 12, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has started construction on its Alviso data center campus in San Jose, California. The 48MW facility will be the company's first wholly owned and operated data center in the city and is expected to be completed in 2028. The project is forecast to create around 600 construction jobs and...
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June 09, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has acquired 190 hectares (469.5 acres) of land in Finland's GigaVaasa industrial zone for a potential data center project. The site spans the municipalities of Vaasa and Mustasaari on the country's west coast and was selected for its existing industrial infrastructure. “We are pleased...
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June 04, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has filed plans to expand its data center footprint in Mecklenburg County, Virginia, with a proposed 490-acre campus adjacent to its existing AVC17 facility. The project would add three data center buildings, an electrical substation, and supporting infrastructure to help meet growing...
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May 18, 2026 Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio, has turned down Lakeland Equity Group’s $1.6 billion plan to develop a data center campus. Mayor Justin M. Bibb announced on May 14 that the city had denied the permit for the proposed facility, which was planned for a 35-acre site at 3560 E 55th St. Lakeland described the...
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May 08, 2026 Ohio
Private credit firm Lakeland Equity Group has filed plans for a $1.6 billion data center project in Cleveland, Ohio. The proposal outlines a 150MW campus on a 35-acre site at 3560 E 55th St, currently owned by trucking company Morabito Enterprises. The development could include three two-story...
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May 05, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has confirmed it is behind a planned data center project in Tyrone, Georgia. In a blog post, the company said it will host a community information session on May 19 to discuss key aspects of the development, including energy use, water and sustainability, construction timelines, design,...
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April 30, 2026 Ohio
Real estate firm Five 9s Digital has sold a data center in Columbus, Ohio, with colocation provider Expedient understood to be the buyer. “Five 9s Digital announced the successful sale of a 6MW single-tenant data center in Columbus, Ohio, to its long-term tenant,” the company said this week....
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April 06, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft commits $1bn to cloud and AI infrastructure in Thailand Microsoft will invest more than $1 billion in cloud and AI infrastructure in Thailand over the next two years, to be used in expanding the company's data center footprint, upskill local talent, and invest in cybersecurity and...
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April 02, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft, Chevron, and Engine No. 1 have signed an exclusivity agreement that could provide up to 2.5GW of natural gas power for a new data center, though commercial terms have yet to be finalized.Bloomberg first reported that the agreement is linked to a proposed $7 billion natural gas power...
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April 02, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft will invest more than $1 billion in cloud and AI infrastructure in Thailand over the next two years, vice chair and president Brad Smith said after a meeting with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. The investment will be used to expand the company's data center footprint, upskill...
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April 01, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft and Armada are partnering to integrate their edge offerings. Azure Local will be deployable in Armada’s Galleon modular edge data centers, alongside the company’s Edge Platform. The integration will allow customers to run workloads in intermittently connected, contested, or fully...
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March 19, 2026 Ohio
Ohio state senator Bernie Moreno has urged the backers of a $136m data center to forgo tax subsidies tied to its planned expansion. In a public letter on Monday, he argued that the economic benefits of expanding the Ark Data Centers campus do not justify the subsidies.The expansion would create...
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March 19, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has pledged to stop requiring local governments to sign nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) for its data center projects. In a blog post, the company said this commitment builds on its “Community-First AI Infrastructure Plan,” which promises to prevent data centers from raising electricity...
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