North America Data Center News

Can the Cloud Go Green? Exploring the Path to Carbon-Neutral Data Centers

People consider the cloud to be intangible. However, there are dozens of servers powering that invisible force in thousands of data centers stationed around the world. These facilities, many of which operate continuously without interruption, consume vast amounts of energy and are increasingly...

June 27, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Sonim Looks to Merge with AI Data Center Firm

Nasdaq-listed Sonim Technologies, a provider of rugged mobile phones and other products, this week announced the signing of a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) for a proposed reverse take-over (RTO) with a privately owned US-based company that is “building out Nvidia-based high-performance co...

June 27, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Jet.AI Partners with Consensus Core for Canadian Data Centers

Jet.AI Inc., a company pivoting from aviation software and services into data centers, this week announced that it and Consensus Core Technologies, a Canadian provider of GPU infrastructure and AI cloud services, have executed a definitive agreement to jointly develop a phased hyperscale data ...

June 27, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Canada

Meta Purchases 791MW of Renewable Power in the US

Meta has signed four renewable energy agreements across four projects in Ohio (x2), Arizona, and Texas, for a combined capacity of 791MW from Invenergy to power its US data center portfolio.The four contracted projects include the 300MW Yellow Wood Solar Energy Center in Clinton County, Ohio, ...

June 27, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Gridmatic Inks 10MW PPA in Texas

US-based power marketer Gridmatic has signed a 10MW Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Sol Systems in Texas, with a portion of the power supplied to data center developer EdgeConneX under a 24/7 carbon-free energy agreement (24/7 CFE). The PPA has a capacity of 14MW and reached commercial op...

June 26, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Texas

Vultr Secures $329m in Credit Financing

Cloud infrastructure provider Vultr has secured $329 million in credit financing to help further expand its AI infrastructure and cloud computing platform. The financing is made up of a $255 million syndicated credit facility, including a $35 million uncommitted accordion, and $74 million of r...

June 25, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Cryptominer Hive Digital acquires Toronto data center

Crypto firm Hive Digital this week announced the signing of a purchase and sale agreement to acquire a facility with 7.2MW of installed capacity. Hive said the acquisition will support the development of a “sovereign Canadian AI ecosystem” through its wholly owned subsidiary, Buzz High Perform...

June 25, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Toronto

Utilidata Raises $60.3m for Energy Infrastructure AI Platform

Utilidata has raised $60.3 million in Series C funding to scale its energy infrastructure AI platform, Karman, developed in partnership with Nvidia. The platform provides real-time visibility, identifies and manages distributed energy resources, enhances resiliency, and offsets the need for fu...

June 24, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

HPE Expands its Nvidia AI Computing Portfolio

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) has expanded its portfolio of Nvidia AI computing solutions, including the launch of the next generation of HPE's Private Cloud AI, and plans to work with KDDI on a new GB200 NVL72 system.HPE's Private Cloud AI is described as an "integrated turnkey AI factory ...

June 24, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Top Data Center News from 16th-21st of June 2025

Amazon to Invest $13bn in Data Centers in AustraliaAmazon is planning to invest AU$20 billion (US$13bn) by 2029 in expanding data center infrastructure in Australia as it looks to develop additional data centers and expand its existing facilities in Sydney and Melbourne.Cawley Partners Acquire...

June 23, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

APR Energy Receives Approval for Natural Gas Powered Facility in Texas

APR Energy has obtained approval from state regulators to move forward with the development of an 800-acre data center in Pampa, Texas. The Pampa Chamber of Commerce and the Pampa Economic Development Corporation approved the project last Tuesday (July 10). The data center is expected to have ...

June 19, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Texas

BW Group Launches 'Sustainable' Data Center Development Firm

BW Group subsidiaries, BW Digital and BW ESS, have launched a new company focused on the development of ‘sustainable’ data centers in the Nordics and Canada. BW Velora will leverage the digital infrastructure expertise of BW Digital with BW ESS’ extensive experience developing energy infrastru...

June 18, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Canada

Cawley Partners Acquires 5,200 Acres outside Dallas for Data Center Park

Cawley Partners has acquired 5,200 acres south of Dallas to potentially develop a large data center park outside Dallas. The acquired South Creek Ranch in the City of Ferris is set to see a mix of uses, including data centers, logistics, manufacturing, and residential.“This particular piece of...

June 18, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Dallas

Top Data Center News from 9th-14th June 2025

NextDC Announces Plans for Data Center in MelbourneAustralian data center firm NextDC will be making a AU$2 billion (US$1.29bn) commitment to develop M4 Melbourne — a new campus which will host an AI Factory: a liquid-cooled facility engineered for sovereign AI. Soluna Secures $20million for ...

June 16, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Meta, XGS Signs 150MW Geothermal Deal in New Mexico

Social network firm Meta has signed an agreement with enhanced geothermal energy firm XGS Energy to support the development and deployment of a 150MW project in New Mexico.This project is expected to supply energy to the PNM electrical grid and power Meta’s data center portfolio across New Mex...

June 14, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

New Mexico

Crusoe Secures $750m Credit Facility from Brookfield

Crusoe this week announced it has secured a $750 million credit facility from Brookfield Asset Management, through its infrastructure debt platform to fuel its data center and cloud build-out. The financing will primarily be deployed to fuel the development of Crusoe’s planned data centers an...

June 12, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

AWS to Launch Second "Secret" Cloud Region for Federal Customers

Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to launch a second cloud region for federal customers' secret-classified workloads by the end of this year. This region will enable federal customers with "secret-level" workloads to be deployed in multiple regions, thus improving resiliency and speed.“The launc...

June 12, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Amazon to Invest $20bn in Data Centers in Pennsylvania

Amazon is committing to investing $20 billion in Pennsylvania to expand its AI infrastructure. The company will initially focus that investment on Salem Township and Falls Township, intending to develop "innovation campuses.""Pennsylvania is competing again—and I'm proud to announce that with ...

June 10, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Pennsylvania

Top Data Center News from 2nd - 7th of June 2025

Amazon to Invest $10bn in North CarolinaAmazon will be making a $10 billion investment in the expansion of its data center infrastructure in North Carolina, which will be used to support the company's cloud and AI services, bringing at least 500 full-time jobs to the region in the process.Gree...

June 09, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Texas Critical Data Centers signs MoU for AI Data Center

Texas Critical Data Centers (TCDC) has entered a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with PowerForward Energy to supply onsite generation at its proposed 250MW AI data center in Ector County, Texas.The MoU will set the parameters for a power supply agreement between the companies, wh...

June 07, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Texas

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