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Read Digital Realty Starts 24MW KIX15 Data Center At Osaka KIX Campus
[Digital Realty](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/digital-realty-trust) has begun construction of KIX15, a 24-megawatt data center at its KIX Campus in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, the com...

Digital Realty Starts 24MW KIX15 Data Center At Osaka KIX Campus

October 10, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has begun construction of KIX15, a 24-megawatt data center at its KIX Campus in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, the company announced on Oct. 7. The facility is being developed by MC Digital Realty, the operator's 50/50 joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation, and is...

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Read Schneider Electric and Equinix Trial Software-Defined Switchgear for Data Centers
Equinix and Schneider Electric have partnered to pilot software-defined medium-voltage switchgear at an undisclosed Equinix data center. The technology, developed by Schneider Electric, is designed...

Schneider Electric and Equinix Trial Software-Defined Switchgear for Data Centers

September 30, 2026 Equinix

Equinix and Schneider Electric have partnered to pilot software-defined medium-voltage switchgear at an undisclosed Equinix data center. The technology, developed by Schneider Electric, is designed to reduce the need for specialized cabling and hardware in data centers. Schneider said the...

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Read Global Switch to Deploy Nvidia Blackwell Systems at Paris Data Center
Global Switch has been chosen to host a large Nvidia Blackwell cluster at its data center in Paris, France. The mostly liquid-cooled deployment will be installed at Global Switch’s Nvidia DGX-ready...

Global Switch to Deploy Nvidia Blackwell Systems at Paris Data Center

September 29, 2026 Global Switch

Global Switch has been chosen to host a large Nvidia Blackwell cluster at its data center in Paris, France. The mostly liquid-cooled deployment will be installed at Global Switch’s Nvidia DGX-ready facility in the city. The exact size has not been disclosed, but Global Switch described it as one...

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Read Goodman Withdraws Plans for 90MW Data Center Campus in Sydney, Australia
Australian real estate firm Goodman Group has withdrawn plans for Project Mars, a 90MW data center campus in Sydney’s Lane Cove area. The company said the application was withdrawn following signif...

Goodman Withdraws Plans for 90MW Data Center Campus in Sydney, Australia

September 28, 2026 Goodman Group

Australian real estate firm Goodman Group has withdrawn plans for Project Mars, a 90MW data center campus in Sydney’s Lane Cove area. The company said the application was withdrawn following significant changes to the policy and regulatory environment for large-scale data center development since...

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Read Digital Realty Appoints New Global Head Of Energy
US colocation data center firm Digital Realty has appointed Jim Collins as senior vice president and global head of energy. Collins joins from Microsoft, where he spent 13 years in various leadersh...

Digital Realty Appoints New Global Head Of Energy

September 26, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

US colocation data center firm Digital Realty has appointed Jim Collins as senior vice president and global head of energy. Collins joins from Microsoft, where he spent 13 years in various leadership roles, most recently as general manager of global energy markets. Before Microsoft, he spent a...

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Read Goodman Raises $455M For Hong Kong Data Center Partnership
Goodman Group has raised $455 million for its Hong Kong Data Centre Partnership (GHKDCP). The funds will mainly finance the mechanical and electrical fit-out of Goodman HKG10 in Tsuen Wan, which Go...

Goodman Raises $455M For Hong Kong Data Center Partnership

September 16, 2026 Goodman Group

Goodman Group has raised $455 million for its Hong Kong Data Centre Partnership (GHKDCP). The funds will mainly finance the mechanical and electrical fit-out of Goodman HKG10 in Tsuen Wan, which Goodman will operate. The data center will be built inside an existing Goodman warehouse, with initial...

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Read Edged Completes Construction Of Data Centers In Council Bluffs, Iowa
US data center operator Edged has completed the structural work on two facilities in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The company announced that OMA01-1 and OMA01-2 have reached the topping-out stage.

"Rea...

Edged Completes Construction Of Data Centers In Council Bluffs, Iowa

September 14, 2026 Edged Energy

US data center operator Edged has completed the structural work on two facilities in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The company announced that OMA01-1 and OMA01-2 have reached the topping-out stage. "Reaching this milestone reflects our continued commitment to investing in communities that are positioned...

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Read Digital Realty Launches 6.4MW Data Center In Nairobi, Kenya
Digital Realty has launched its second data center in Nairobi, Kenya. The company announced on September 7 that its Nairobi Two Data Center (NBO2) is now operational, adding 6.4MW of capacity to it...

Digital Realty Launches 6.4MW Data Center In Nairobi, Kenya

September 08, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has launched its second data center in Nairobi, Kenya. The company announced on September 7 that its Nairobi Two Data Center (NBO2) is now operational, adding 6.4MW of capacity to its Nairobi campus. The facility covers 12,000 sq ft (1,100 sqm). The launch follows iColo’s...

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Read Diraq And Equinix To Deploy Australia’s First Commercial Quantum Computer
Australian quantum startup Diraq has partnered with Equinix to deploy a quantum computer at an Equinix data center in Sydney. The eight-qubit system will use a silicon chip with self-contained cryo...

Diraq And Equinix To Deploy Australia’s First Commercial Quantum Computer

September 03, 2026 Equinix

Australian quantum startup Diraq has partnered with Equinix to deploy a quantum computer at an Equinix data center in Sydney. The eight-qubit system will use a silicon chip with self-contained cryogenic cooling and control electronics. The chip can be replaced to increase the qubit count without...

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Read Global Switch Begins Construction of Second Madrid Data Center
Construction has begun on Global Switch’s second data center in Madrid, Spain. Madrid 2 will be a 24,000-square-meter colocation facility with 56MW of capacity, supporting AI, cloud, and high-perfo...

Global Switch Begins Construction of Second Madrid Data Center

August 15, 2026 Global Switch

Construction has begun on Global Switch’s second data center in Madrid, Spain. Madrid 2 will be a 24,000-square-meter colocation facility with 56MW of capacity, supporting AI, cloud, and high-performance computing workloads. The facility is expected to open in 2029 and reach full capacity by...

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Read AtlasEdge Begins Next Expansion Phase of Hamburg Data Center
AtlasEdge has started the next expansion phase of its HAM002 data center in Ahrensburg, Germany. The phase will add 3.2MW of capacity, with the four-stage project set to reach 20MW across 10,000 sq...

AtlasEdge Begins Next Expansion Phase of Hamburg Data Center

August 05, 2026 AtlasEdge

AtlasEdge has started the next expansion phase of its HAM002 data center in Ahrensburg, Germany. The phase will add 3.2MW of capacity, with the four-stage project set to reach 20MW across 10,000 sqm (107,640 sq ft) when complete. The facility’s first 4.4MW phase opened in 2024 and is nearly fully...

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Read CyrusOne Files Plans for Three-Building, $1.5bn Data Center Campus in Fairfield, Texas
CyrusOne has filed plans for three buildings at a new data center campus in Fairfield, Texas, located adjacent to Calpine’s Freestone natural gas power plant. The project, on FM 488 in Freestone Co...

CyrusOne Files Plans for Three-Building, $1.5bn Data Center Campus in Fairfield, Texas

August 01, 2026 CyrusOne

CyrusOne has filed plans for three buildings at a new data center campus in Fairfield, Texas, located adjacent to Calpine’s Freestone natural gas power plant. The project, on FM 488 in Freestone County, about 90 miles (144.8km) south of Dallas, is part of a 760MW data center development being...

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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 Segro and Pure DC Partner on 75MW Paris Data Center Project
Segro and Pure DC have formed a 50:50 joint venture to develop a new data center in Paris, targeting a pre-let with a global hyperscaler. The project will deliver a 48MW fully fitted facility backe...

Segro and Pure DC Partner on 75MW Paris Data Center Project

July 08, 2026 Segro plc

Segro and Pure DC have formed a 50:50 joint venture to develop a new data center in Paris, targeting a pre-let with a global hyperscaler. The project will deliver a 48MW fully fitted facility backed by a secured 75MW grid connection. While details remain limited, the partners are pursuing sites...

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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 Digital Realty Buys Blackstone Stake in Three Virginia Data Centers for $3.5 Billion
Digital Realty is acquiring a stake in three Northern Virginia data centers from Blackstone. The deal covers 288MW of fully leased capacity across two sites in Manassas and one at the Digital Dulle...

Digital Realty Buys Blackstone Stake in Three Virginia Data Centers for $3.5 Billion

July 01, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is acquiring a stake in three Northern Virginia data centers from Blackstone. The deal covers 288MW of fully leased capacity across two sites in Manassas and one at the Digital Dulles campus in Sterling, all 100% leased to hyperscale customers. Blackstone is selling a 64% interest...

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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 CyrusOne Begins Construction on 380MW Data Center in Texas
CyrusOne has begun construction on a new data center campus in Texas, breaking ground last week in Freestone County, about 90 miles (144 km) south of Dallas. Full details of the planned development...

CyrusOne Begins Construction on 380MW Data Center in Texas

June 08, 2026 CyrusOne

CyrusOne has begun construction on a new data center campus in Texas, breaking ground last week in Freestone County, about 90 miles (144 km) south of Dallas. Full details of the planned development have not yet been disclosed. CyrusOne has partnered with Constellation on a 380MW agreement to...

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Read Digital Realty Plans New Data Center in Seattle, Washington
Digital Realty is planning a new data center in Seattle, Washington, as the city considers a moratorium on new developments. According to BizJournal and other reports, the company has filed plans w...

Digital Realty Plans New Data Center in Seattle, Washington

June 05, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is planning a new data center in Seattle, Washington, as the city considers a moratorium on new developments. According to BizJournal and other reports, the company has filed plans with the Seattle City Council to replace the existing retail building and parking garage at 301...

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Read Edged Raises Nearly $2 Billion to Accelerate U.S. Data Center Expansion
Edged Raises Nearly $2 Billion to Accelerate U.S. Data Center Expansion

Edged Raises Nearly $2 Billion to Accelerate U.S. Data Center Expansion

May 29, 2026 Edged Energy

US data center developer Edged has secured nearly $2 billion in financing so far this year to support the expansion of its data center portfolio. The company said the capital will be used to advance projects in key markets, including Atlanta, Chicago, and Council Bluffs. The funding package...

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