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Microsoft to Begin Permitting Process for 1,385-acre Data Center campus in North Carolina

The technology firm acquired the 1,350-acre Person County Mega Park in Woodsdale Township back in November 2024, reportedly paying $26.85 million for the land. At the time, no plans for the site were shared.Kyle Puryear, Person County board of commissioners chairman, said: “Person County is pr...

February 25, 2026

North Carolina

Tract’s Fleet Data Centers Seeks $3.8bn to Fuel Nevada Build-out

Fleet Data Centers, the data center development arm of Tract, is seeking to raise billions of dollars to build out a campus in Reno, Nevada, for a major tenant.The project has been 100 percent leased to an unnamed “AA- investment grade rated tenant with a market cap in excess of $3 trillion” o...

February 14, 2026

Tract

Amazon Capex to Hit $200bn in 2026

Amazon plans to double its capex spend in 2026, investing $200 billion, most of which will be funnelled into data centers for its AWS cloud division.The firm revealed the news as it reported its financial results for Q4 2025, which saw operating income across Amazon grow to $25 billion, up fro...

February 05, 2026

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Amazon: 30,000 Jobs Out, $125 Billion in AI Spending In

The company blames bureaucracy. The balance sheet tells a different story.Amazon has now eliminated 30,000 corporate positions since October, making it the largest workforce reduction in the company's 30-year history. The cuts came in two waves: 14,000 in late October 2025, followed by another...

February 04, 2026

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Amazon Confirms 16,000 Layoffs, Including at AWS

Amazon plans to cut some 16,000 workers across the company, in its latest round of layoffs. Job losses were first rumored last week, and then accidentally leaked when a draft email written by Colleen Aubrey, a SVP at cloud division Amazon Web Services (AWS), was included in a calendar invitati...

January 30, 2026

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Perplexity Signs $750m Cloud Agreement with Microsoft

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...

January 27, 2026

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Amazon Plans 14,000 More Job Cuts

Amazon is gearing up to lay off as many as 14,000 white-collar workers, with cuts starting as soon as next Tuesday. Jobs at cloud division Amazon Web Services are among those at risk, along with retail, Prime Video, and human resources units.The cuts follow layoffs at AWS last July, which impa...

January 24, 2026

Amazon AWS

Tract expands into Illinois with plans for 1GW data center park

Data center park developer Tract is expanding into Chicago, Illinois. The campus, located off I-80 and Highway 6 in Morris, can reportedly support up to 1GW at full build-out across ~2.9 million sq ft of data center capacity. Initial energization is targeted for June 2028, and a full 1GW load ...

January 16, 2026

Tract

Proposal Filed for 1,800-acre Data Center Campus Outside Greensboro, North Carolina

A large data center campus is being proposed outside Greensboro, North Carolina. The Stokes County board of commissioners is due to meet next week to discuss an amendment to the county’s zoning ordinance to include data centers as permitted in the heavy manufacturing conditional zoning classi...

January 10, 2026

North Carolina

Microsoft Plans $400m Data Center in Castroville, Texas

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 sto...

January 08, 2026

Microsoft Azure

AWS Plans Data Center in Covington, Georgia

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is planning a data center in Covington, just outside of Atlanta, Georgia.The company has made a $100 million agreement with the city to construct a water treatment and cooling facility to support the data center.“This new project is expected to generate significant ne...

January 03, 2026

Amazon AWS

AWS Gets Greenlight for Three Data Centers in Dublin

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has received planning permission for three data centers in north Dublin, Ireland. The greenlight, awarded by planning appeals body An Coimisiún Pleanála (ACP), comes three years after the application was first filed by Amazon affiliate Universal Developers LLC.The dat...

January 03, 2026

Amazon AWS

Nscale Agrees $865m Deal for 40MW of Space at WhiteFiber Data Center

Colo firm WhiteFiber has agreed a $865 million deal with Nscale that will see the neocloud take 40MW of space at an upcoming data center in North Carolina. The ten-year deal will see Nscale rent space at WhiteFiber’s NC-1 facility in Madison, North Carolina."WhiteFiber has taken a prudent and ...

December 24, 2025

North Carolina

Microsoft Signs Two PPAs with Iberdrola in Spain

Microsoft has signed two Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) with Iberdrola in Spain representing 150MW of contracted capacity. The power is tied to two onshore wind power projects in the country, the 94MW Iglesias Wind Farm, in Burgos, Castilla y León and the 101MW El Escudo Wind Farm, in Cantabr...

December 22, 2025

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft to Purchase CO2 Removal Credits from InPlanet

Microsoft has signed a carbon removal deal with Brazilian enhanced rock weathering (ERW) firm InPlanet for more than 28,500 tons of carbon credits. The removals will be generated through InPlanet’s ERW program in Brazil, which is the largest in the country, spanning more than 12,000 hectares o...

December 20, 2025

Microsoft Azure

Empyrion Eyes 200MW Data Center Campus in Johor, Malaysia

APAC data center firm Empyrion Digital is expanding into Malaysia, with the company this week announcing plans for a 200MW campus in Johor. Located in Nusajaya within the SiLC Industrial Cluster of Johor, the 34.9-acre MY1 campus is set to feature five 40MW buildings, with the first phase ener...

December 13, 2025

Microsoft Azure

AWS to Invest $7bn in Data Centers in Hyderabad, India

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has signed an agreement with the Government of Telangana to significantly expand its data center footprint in the Indian state. AWS will invest $7 billion in its cloud infrastructure in Hyderabad over the next 14 years.A. Revanth Reddy, Telangana's Chief Minister, sai...

December 12, 2025

Amazon AWS

Microsoft Signs 3.6 Million Ton Carbon Removal Deal

Microsoft has signed a carbon removal deal with low-carbon fuel firm Beaver Lake Renewable Energy for 3.6 million tons of carbon removal units (CRU) over a 12-year period. The carbon removal units will be delivered from the company’s Beaver Lake biomethanol plant near Pineville, Louisiana, whi...

December 10, 2025

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Plans $17.5bn AI Infrastructure Investment in India

Microsoft revealed today that it would be spending $17.5 billion on AI infrastructure in India during the next four years starting in 2026, as well as a $5.42bn pledge to Canada in the next two years. A post on X by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said: "Thank you, PM Narendra Modi, for an inspiri...

December 09, 2025

Microsoft Azure

AWS and Google Cloud Partner on Multicloud Networking

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud are teaming up on a multicloud networking solution. Rob Enns, and AWS' VP of network services, Robert Kennedy, the two aim to help create a "more open" cloud environment wherein Google and AWS can connect with one another in a "simplified manner."Acco...

December 05, 2025

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