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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 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 Microsoft Drops NDAs for Ddata Center Projects
Microsoft Drops NDAs for Ddata Center Projects

Microsoft Drops NDAs for Ddata Center Projects

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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Read Apto Eyes 240MW Data Center Campus in Madrid
Apto Eyes 240MW Data Center Campus in Madrid

Apto Eyes 240MW Data Center Campus in Madrid

March 14, 2026 Apto

Apto is developing a new data center campus in Madrid, Spain. The company this week announced plans to develop a 195,000 sqm (2.1 million sq ft) campus in Fuenlabrada. The project has secured building permits, with construction expected to begin soon. Apto said it has already completed site...

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Read Microsoft and Meta Commit to $50bn in New Data Center Leases in Latest Quarter
Microsoft and Meta Commit to $50bn in New Data Center Leases in Latest Quarter

Microsoft and Meta Commit to $50bn in New Data Center Leases in Latest Quarter

March 12, 2026 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft and Meta have each committed around $50 billion to additional data center leases in the latest quarter. According to Bloomberg, citing an analysis of quarterly filings, the new deals push total future data center lease commitments by cloud companies and hyperscalers to more than $700...

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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 CyrusOne Completes Structural Topping-out of New Texas Data Center
CyrusOne Completes Structural Topping-out of New Texas Data Center

CyrusOne Completes Structural Topping-out of New Texas Data Center

March 10, 2026 CyrusOne

CyrusOne has reached the topping-out milestone for its latest data center in Texas. The company announced this week that the first building at its new campus in Bosque County has been topped out.“Bosque County, Texas, showed up — and CyrusOne was honored to celebrate alongside them,” the company...

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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 Vantage and Altarea Plan 400MW Data Center Development in Bordeaux, France
Vantage and Altarea Plan 400MW Data Center Development in Bordeaux, France

Vantage and Altarea Plan 400MW Data Center Development in Bordeaux, France

February 25, 2026 Vantage Data Centers

The campus, to be built on land owned by Altarea, is expected to rank among the largest data center developments in France, according to the companies. Altarea has already secured a 400MW grid connection for the site. However, the exact location and construction timeline have not been disclosed....

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Read CyrusOne Completes Structural Build on its Latest Frankfurt Data Center in Germany
CyrusOne Completes Structural Build on its Latest Frankfurt Data Center in Germany

CyrusOne Completes Structural Build on its Latest Frankfurt Data Center in Germany

February 09, 2026 CyrusOne

The company annouced the topping out of FRA7 this week. CyrusOne said the moment was marked with a traditional Richtfest; a German event to celebrate the moment, where a wreath called der Richtkranz is used to decorate the roof of the building.First announced in 2023, CyrusOne broke ground on...

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Read Vantage Refused Approval For Data Center Project Outside Frankfurt.
Vantage Refused Approval For Data Center Project Outside Frankfurt.

Vantage Refused Approval For Data Center Project Outside Frankfurt.

February 08, 2026 Vantage Data Centers

US data center firm Vantage has been denied the chance to develop a new campus outside Frankfurt, Germany. The Groß-Gerau city council this month voted against entering into contract negotiations with the company Vantage Data Centers regarding the establishment of a data center.SPD parliamentary...

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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 Perplexity Signs $750m Cloud Agreement with Microsoft
Perplexity Signs $750m Cloud Agreement with Microsoft

Perplexity Signs $750m Cloud Agreement with Microsoft

January 27, 2026 Microsoft Azure

AI-powered search engine Perplexity has signed a three year $750 million cloud computing agreement with Microsoft, reports Bloomberg. This is the first cloud agreement Perplexity has signed outside of Amazon Web Services (AWS), of which it has a long-term partnership.“We are excited to partner...

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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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Read Keppel secures rights to 720MW data center campus outside Melbourne, Australia
Keppel secures rights to 720MW data center campus outside Melbourne, Australia

Keppel secures rights to 720MW data center campus outside Melbourne, Australia

January 16, 2026 Keppel Data Center REIT

Keppel this week said its Connectivity Division has secured the rights to lease a 123-hectare contiguous site near Morwell, Victoria, with a gross power capacity of up to 720MW, from Australian energy and infrastructure landowner Lightwood Group.Manjot Singh Mann, CEO of Connectivity, Keppel,...

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Read OVHcloud Aims for Annual Revenue of €2bn
OVHcloud Aims for Annual Revenue of €2bn

OVHcloud Aims for Annual Revenue of €2bn

January 09, 2026 OVH Group

OVHcloud has published its earnings for the first quarter of 2026, with public cloud doing much of the heavy lifting. Revenue for the first quarter totaled €275.3 million ($320bn), up six percent Year-on-Year (YoY). This is further broken down into private cloud (€167.2m/$194.41m- up four...

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Read Keppel Secures 10-year Land Lease Extension for Singapore
Keppel Secures 10-year Land Lease Extension for Singapore

Keppel Secures 10-year Land Lease Extension for Singapore

January 08, 2026 Keppel Data Center REIT

Keppel has secured a land lease extension for a data center campus in Singapore. The company last year announced that the relevant authorities had granted conditional approval for a 10-year land tenure lease extension for the Keppel Data Centre Campus at Genting Lane in Singapore.Keppel said the...

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Read Microsoft Plans $400m Data Center in Castroville, Texas
Microsoft Plans $400m Data Center in Castroville, Texas

Microsoft Plans $400m Data Center in Castroville, Texas

January 08, 2026 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft is planning to invest $400 million in a data center project in Castroville, Texas. Dubbed SAT 82, the data center will be located at 2580 Farm to Market Road, 471 N in Castroville, a town to the west of San Antonio. The data center will span 195,670 sq ft (18,178 sqm) across one story,...

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