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Google Breaks Ground on Swedish data center in Horndal

Google has officially broken ground on a new data center in Horndal, Sweden. Located in Avesta Municipality in Dalarna County, the facility will be the company’s first self-developed, owned, and operated data center in the country. While limited details have been released, Google says the site...

June 02, 2026

Google

Nscale and Vattenfall Finalize PPA to Power Kvandal Facility in Norway

European neocloud Nscale has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Swedish state-owned energy company Vattenfall in Norway. The agreement will support the first phase of Nscale’s data center development in Kvandal. While the exact capacity has not been disclosed, the companies say it wi...

May 25, 2026

Nscale

Magnora Secures Milan-Area Land for 30 MW Data Center, Its Second Italy Project

Norwegian renewables and data center developer Magnora ASA has secured land for a new 30 MW data center project in the Milan area, the company announced on Monday. The wholly owned project is Magnora's second in Italy and brings its data center development portfolio to 585 MW gross and 460 MW ...

May 18, 2026

Milan

Google Launches $15bn Data Center Build in India

Google has broken ground on its $15 billion data center project in Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh, India. The company held a groundbreaking ceremony on April 28 to mark the start of construction. The event was jointly hosted by Google, AdaniConneX, and Nxtra by Airtel, and was attended ...

April 28, 2026

Google

Google Starts Work on New Data Center in Austria

Google has broken ground on its data center development in Kronstorf, Austria. The facility will be the company’s first self-built and owned data center in the country. Set to span 42,000 sqm (452,000 sq ft) on a 70-hectare site in central Austria, Google received planning permission for the p...

April 23, 2026

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Google acquires Project Maize data center campus in Indiana

Google has taken over the controversial Project Maize data center development in Michigan City, Indiana. The Michigan City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) confirmed that Google acquired the project, located at 402 Royal Road, last week.The project will redevelop a long-vacant building a...

April 20, 2026

Google

Google Secures Capacity at Nscale Facility in West London

Google has reportedly agreed to take capacity at an Nscale data center in West London, UK. The facility is separate from those that OpenAI had previously been expected to lease from Nscale in the country.According to a Bloomberg report, citing a source familiar with the matter, the agreement w...

April 15, 2026

Google

Former Green Mountain CEOs Establish New Nordic Data Center Firm

A new Nordic data center firm has been launched by two former CEOs of Norwegian operator Green Mountain. The company, Heim Datacenter, plans to develop data centers in Finland and Sweden.The company was set up by Tor Kristian Gyland, who was CEO of Green Mountain from 2017 until 2023, and Svei...

April 13, 2026

Green Mountain AS

Google Advances Plans for its First French Data Center

Google is reportedly moving forward with plans for its first data center in France, with a preliminary consultation set to assess the project’s environmental impact. The French National Commission for Public Debate (CNDP), which oversees public consultations for major infrastructure projects, ...

April 13, 2026

Google

Google Acquires Land to Develop $15 Billion Data Center in India

Google is set to begin work on its $15 billion data center projects in Andhra Pradesh later this month. According to Economic Times Telecom, the land has been handed over to Google’s subsidiary, Raiden Infotech India Private Limited, with groundbreaking expected on April 28, 2026.Google confir...

April 07, 2026

Google

Nscale Teams With Fortum to Develop Data Center in Harjavalta, Finland

Neocloud provider Nscale is partnering with Finnish energy company Fortum on another Nordic data center project, this time in Finland. Planned for the Sievari industrial area on land owned by the Town of Harjavalta, the development is one of several Nscale is advancing in the country. Fortum w...

April 06, 2026

Nscale

Baker Hughes, Google Cloud Team on Data Center AI

US energy firm Baker Hughes has partnered with Google Cloud to develop AI tools aimed at optimizing power use and improving data center sustainability. The collaboration targets growing energy demand driven by AI and cloud expansion, with both companies exploring how to better leverage industr...

March 27, 2026

Google

Google Buys Land for Data Center in West Virginia for Billion Dollar Project

Google plans to build a data center in Putnam County, West Virginia. Governor Patrick Morrisey announced that the company has purchased land and received approval for a multi-billion-dollar “High Impact Development Project.”The project is still in its early stages, with Google set to meet loca...

March 27, 2026

Google

T1 Energy Gets 50MW Grid Connection for Norway Data Center Site

Battery and solar panel maker T1 Energy has obtained 50MW of capacity for a Norwegian site originally intended for battery cell production, now planned as a data center. The company announced this week that Norway’s national grid operator, Statnett, has allocated 50MW of power to T1 Energy’s ...

March 20, 2026

Norway

OpenAI Reshuffles Leadership Amid Data Center Strategy Reset

OpenAI has reorganized its leadership as it shifts toward leasing more AI capacity from cloud providers. The company is still pursuing its global Stargate data center buildout with Oracle and SoftBank, but recent reports suggest it may scale back expansion plans in favor of rented infrastructu...

March 18, 2026

OpenAI

Østfold Energi Eyes Data Centers South of Oslo

Another data center may be on the way in Norway. Østfold Energi is preparing sites in Sarpsborg and Våler in partnership with local municipalities, with Google likely to take the Våler location.“We have extensive experience with project development in collaboration with landowners, local commu...

March 17, 2026

Oslo

3i Infrastructure Buys Majority Stake in Norway’s Lefdal Mine Datacenter

Investment firm 3i Infrastructure has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Norway’s Lefdal Mine Datacenter (LMD). Announced this week, 3i plans to invest €300 million ($347.3 million) in the deal, which is expected to close in summer 2026.The data center company is being acquired from a fund ...

March 14, 2026

Norway

Google Outlines Plans for Data Center in Botetourt County, Virginia

Google has outlined plans for a proposed data center development in Botetourt County, Virginia. Known as Project Raspberry, details of the project were revealed in a notice issued by the US Army Corps of Engineers’ Norfolk District.Planned for a 343.6-acre site within the Greenfield Industrial...

March 11, 2026

Google

Norway Ammonia Plant Plans Dropped as Company Eyes Data Center Development

Plans for a proposed ammonia plant in Norway have been scrapped, with the developer now exploring the site for potential data center use. The shift comes after delays caused the project to lose its grid capacity allocation with the local grid operator Iverson eFuels has decided to terminate p...

March 07, 2026

Norway

Google has Confirmed it is the Company Behind the Planned 403-acre Data Center Campus in Hermantown, Minnesota

Google has confirmed it is the company behind the 403-acre data center campus project in Hermantown, Minnesota.As reported by MPRNews, Google has confirmed its role in the development, describing the area as a "natural fit for this project, offering a climate that supports energy-efficient air...

March 04, 2026

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