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Read We Energies Begins Three Renewable Projects to Help Power Vantage Data Center
Wisconsin utility We Energies has begun construction on three renewable energy and battery storage projects, with about half of their combined capacity earmarked for a major AI data center campus i...

We Energies Begins Three Renewable Projects to Help Power Vantage Data Center

August 08, 2026 Vantage Data Centers

Wisconsin utility We Energies has begun construction on three renewable energy and battery storage projects, with about half of their combined capacity earmarked for a major AI data center campus in Port Washington. The projects include a 150MW solar farm with 50MWh of battery storage, a 110MW...

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Read NTT Data Reports $500M Data Center Investment in Q1 Results
Japanese IT services provider NTT Data reported $634 million in data center investment during Q1 FY2026, alongside $733 million in data center sales. Overall, the NTT Group company posted $8 billio...

NTT Data Reports $500M Data Center Investment in Q1 Results

August 07, 2026 NTT Data

Japanese IT services provider NTT Data reported $634 million in data center investment during Q1 FY2026, alongside $733 million in data center sales. Overall, the NTT Group company posted $8 billion in net sales, up 15.8 percent year over year, while net new orders rose 29.7 percent to $9.15...

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Read AirTrunk Secures $2.3bn Funding for Johor Bahru Data Centre Campus
APAC data centre firm AirTrunk has secured $2.3 billion in funding for its JHB2 campus in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Announced in 2025, JHB2 is expected to deliver more than 270MW of capacity across a ...

AirTrunk Secures $2.3bn Funding for Johor Bahru Data Centre Campus

July 29, 2026 AirTrunk

APAC data centre firm AirTrunk has secured $2.3 billion in funding for its JHB2 campus in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Announced in 2025, JHB2 is expected to deliver more than 270MW of capacity across a 520-hectare site, alongside the company’s expanding JHB1 facility. The loan was supported by 30...

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Read Equinix to Reuse Data Center Heat to Warm Homes in Milan
Equinix has partnered with Italian energy company A2A to recover waste heat from its data center campus in Settimo Milanese and feed it into Milan’s district heating network. Under the agreement, E...

Equinix to Reuse Data Center Heat to Warm Homes in Milan

July 10, 2026 Equinix

Equinix has partnered with Italian energy company A2A to recover waste heat from its data center campus in Settimo Milanese and feed it into Milan’s district heating network. Under the agreement, Equinix will design and operate the heat recovery system, while A2A will use four large-scale heat...

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Read Digital Edge Plans 270MWV Data Center Campus Near Mumbai
APAC data center provider Digital Edge is reportedly planning a 270MW data center development near Mumbai, India.According to *The Economic Times*, citing a person familiar with the project, the co...

Digital Edge Plans 270MWV Data Center Campus Near Mumbai

July 06, 2026 Digital Edge DC

APAC data center provider Digital Edge is reportedly planning a 270MW data center development near Mumbai, India.According to The Economic Times, citing a person familiar with the project, the company acquired an approximately 30-acre parcel at the proposed Green Integrated Data Centre Park in...

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Read NTT Facilities Creates Modular Design for Hyperscale Data Centers
NTT’s Facilities division says it has developed a prefabricated construction method, Hyper Ready Module, designed to speed up hyperscale data center delivery. The modular system uses prebuilt units...

NTT Facilities Creates Modular Design for Hyperscale Data Centers

July 03, 2026 NTT

NTT’s Facilities division says it has developed a prefabricated construction method, Hyper Ready Module, designed to speed up hyperscale data center delivery. The modular system uses prebuilt units that can be transported and assembled on-site, with the company claiming it could reduce delivery...

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Read Equinix Trials Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology at Data Center in Ireland
Equinix has launched its first trial of hydrogen fuel cell technology as a replacement for diesel backup generation at a data center in Ireland. Working with ESB and GeoPura, the company has deploy...

Equinix Trials Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology at Data Center in Ireland

June 19, 2026 Equinix

Equinix has launched its first trial of hydrogen fuel cell technology as a replacement for diesel backup generation at a data center in Ireland. Working with ESB and GeoPura, the company has deployed two hydrogen-powered generators at its DB3 Data Center facility. The 12-week trial will support...

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Read Digital Edge Secures Land in Seoul for New 60MW Data Center
Digital Edge is expanding in South Korea with the acquisition of a powered land parcel in Ansan, near Seoul. Backed by a 90MVA power agreement, the site will host SEL5, a planned 60MW data center. ...

Digital Edge Secures Land in Seoul for New 60MW Data Center

June 08, 2026 Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge is expanding in South Korea with the acquisition of a powered land parcel in Ansan, near Seoul. Backed by a 90MVA power agreement, the site will host SEL5, a planned 60MW data center. The facility will feature dual-feed power from two independent 154kV substations and support...

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Read Digital Edge Reaches Topping-Out Milestone for First Data Center Near Jakarta
Digital Edge Reaches Topping-Out Milestone for First Data Center Near Jakarta

Digital Edge Reaches Topping-Out Milestone for First Data Center Near Jakarta

May 30, 2026 Digital Edge DC

Asia-Pacific data center operator Digital Edge has reached a major construction milestone with the topping out of the first facility at its new campus near Jakarta, Indonesia. The company announced the completion of the structural framework for CGK1, the inaugural building within its CGK Campus...

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Read Mapletree has Sold a Data Center in Philadelphia
 Mapletree has Sold a Data Center in Philadelphia

Mapletree has Sold a Data Center in Philadelphia

May 27, 2026 Mapletree Redwood Data Centre Trust

Mapletree Industrial Trust is divesting a data center in Philadelphia. The company announced this week that it has entered into a purchase and sale agreement, through an affiliate, for the proposed sale of the facility located at 2000 Kubach Road. The property is being acquired by an unnamed...

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Read Digital Edge Raises $575 Million to Expand APAC Data Centers
Digital Edge Raises $575 Million to Expand APAC Data Centers

Digital Edge Raises $575 Million to Expand APAC Data Centers

May 26, 2026 Digital Edge DC

APAC data center firm Digital Edge has secured new debt financing. The company last week announced the successful closing of its inaugural $575 million holding company (HoldCo) financing. Proceeds from the facility will support the continued expansion of the company’s campus footprints across...

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Read SoftBank to Roll out “AI Data Center GPU Cloud” Platform in Japan
SoftBank to Roll out “AI Data Center GPU Cloud” Platform in Japan

SoftBank to Roll out “AI Data Center GPU Cloud” Platform in Japan

May 26, 2026 Softbank Corp.

SoftBank Corp. is set to launch an “AI Data Center GPU Cloud” service in Japan starting October 2026. The offering will form part of SoftBank Corp.’s neocloud business and will be built on its Infrinia AI Cloud OS stack. A beta version is already available. The service will run on SoftBank’s AI...

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Read Digital Realty Launches New Data Center in Barcelona
Digital Realty Launches New Data Center in Barcelona

Digital Realty Launches New Data Center in Barcelona

May 18, 2026 MC Digital Realty

Digital Realty has opened a new data center in Barcelona, marking its first facility in the city. The BCN1 site is located at Av. del Maresme, 43 in the Sant Adrià de Besòs innovation district. Digital Realty, through its subsidiary Interxion, announced plans in 2022 for a 15MW data center in...

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Read Goldman Sachs has Acquired Canadian Data Center Firm QScale
Goldman Sachs has Acquired Canadian Data Center Firm QScale

Goldman Sachs has Acquired Canadian Data Center Firm QScale

May 14, 2026 Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs has acquired Canadian data center firm QScale. The firm announced this week that its Infrastructure unit within Goldman Sachs Alternatives has completed the acquisition in partnership with QScale’s founders and management team. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.Martin...

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Read Equinix is Building its Fourth Data Center in Malaysia
Equinix is Building its Fourth Data Center in Malaysia

Equinix is Building its Fourth Data Center in Malaysia

May 12, 2026 Equinix

Equinix will build its fourth data center in Malaysia, KL2, in Kuala Lumpur. The US$190 million facility will house over 2,200 cabinets at full build-out, though its size and IT capacity were not disclosed. Equinix said the new data center will be located less than 1 km from its KL1 facility in...

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Read NTT to Develop 200MW Data Center Campus Near Tokyo
NTT to Develop 200MW Data Center Campus Near Tokyo

NTT to Develop 200MW Data Center Campus Near Tokyo

April 21, 2026 NTT

Japanese technology giant NTT has announced plans for a new data center outside Tokyo. NTT Data this week said that work has begun on a new data center development in the Inzai–Shiroi area of Chiba Prefecture, outside Tokyo.The facility is being developed through NTT Global Data Centers (NTT...

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Read ESR Raises $850m in Equity to Support Data Center Build-out
ESR Raises $850m in Equity to Support Data Center Build-out

ESR Raises $850m in Equity to Support Data Center Build-out

April 09, 2026 ESR Group

APAC real estate firm ESR has secured fresh investment to support its data center expansion. The company this week announced it has raised $850 million in additional equity capital from existing shareholders.Phil Pearce, president of ESR, said: “ESR has entered its next phase of growth with a...

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Read Equinix Begins Construction on DB7x Data Center in Dublin
Equinix Begins Construction on DB7x Data Center in Dublin

Equinix Begins Construction on DB7x Data Center in Dublin

March 30, 2026 Equinix

Equinix has begun construction on a new $92 million data center in Dublin, Ireland. The DB7x facility will be located in Blanchardstown, near the company’s existing sites in the city. Equinix is allocating $78 million toward high-performance infrastructure for AI workloads and $14 million for its...

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Read Digital Edge has Signed an 83MW Solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Hexa to Supply Renewable Energy to its Data Center in Navi Mumbai, India
Digital Edge has Signed an 83MW Solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Hexa to Supply Renewable Energy to its Data Center in Navi Mumbai, India

Digital Edge has Signed an 83MW Solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Hexa to Supply Renewable Energy to its Data Center in Navi Mumbai, India

February 27, 2026 Digital Edge DC

Digital Edge has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Hexa Climate Solutions for 83MW of solar power to support the first phase of its 350MW BOM campus in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.“This 83MW PPA demonstrates how renewable energy can scale with the country’s digital economy, setting...

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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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