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Verizon Secures Approval for $20bn Frontier Acquisition

Verizon has secured all regulatory approvals to close its acquisition of Frontier Communications. It comes as the carrier this week received approval from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to push ahead with the deal.“California isn’t just approving a merger, we’re securing rea...

January 16, 2026

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Google Expands 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Partnership with Engie

Google has expanded its 24/7 carbon-free energy (CFE) partnership with renewable energy developer Engie in Germany until 2030. The expansion will see the companies integrate battery energy storage systems (BESS) and additional renewable Power Purchase Agreements into the CFE mechanism.“We are ...

January 15, 2026

Google

330MW Google-Linked Data Center Proposed in Southern California

Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC (IVCM) is seeking to develop a 950,000 sq ft (88,257 sqm), 330MW single-story data center, emergency backup generator building (330MW), on-site substation, and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS, 862MWh) on 74 acres around 2304 Clark Road.The BESS w...

January 10, 2026

Google

OVHcloud Aims for Annual Revenue of €2bn

OVHcloud has published its earnings for the first quarter of 2026, with public cloud doing much of the heavy lifting. Revenue for the first quarter totaled €275.3 million ($320bn), up six percent Year-on-Year (YoY). This is further broken down into private cloud (€167.2m/$194.41m- up four perc...

January 09, 2026

OVH Group

Blue Owl Backs Out of Funding Oracle's $10bn Michigan Facility

Blue Owl Capital is not planning to provide financial backing to Oracle's planned data center in Saline Township, Michigan. The data center project, valued at $10 billion, is being developed by Oracle, Related Digital, and OpenAI as part of the latter's Stargate project.The campus is expected ...

January 03, 2026

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Google to Build Three Subsea Cables in Papua New Guinea

Google will build three subsea cables in Papua New Guinea as part of plans to upgrade the digital backbone of the biggest Pacific Island nation. The build-out of the subsea cables will be funded by Australia under a mutual defense treaty, confirmed the Papua New Guinea government."The entire i...

January 03, 2026

Google

Google to Buy Intersect Power for $4.75bn

Google is set to acquire Intersect Power, a US-based data center and energy infrastructure developer, for $4.75 billion. The deal will see the hyperscaler's parent company Alphabet purchase Intersect's entire portfolio of in-development and under-construction assets, which comprise several gig...

December 24, 2025

Google

Google Signs Two PPAs in Malaysia

Google has signed two long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) in Malaysia.The first deal saw it ink a 21-year PPA with TotalEnergies to supply the tech giant with 20MW of solar power from the Citra Energies solar plant in the northern Kedah province.“We’re thrilled to build on our collaborat...

December 23, 2025

Google

Google Partners with ReNew to Develop 150MW Solar Plant in India

Google has partnered with global renewable developer ReNew Energy to develop a 150MW solar project in Rajasthan, India. Under the terms of the agreement, Google will receive the associated environmental attribute certificates (EACs) generated by the project and allocate them to its Scope 3 emi...

December 19, 2025

Google

Google Considers Data Center in Valer, Norway

Google is exploring the possibility of establishing a data center in Valer, Norway. According to the Kommune of Valer, the project finds its origins in a 2017 feasibility study by Cowi and Smart Innovation Norway that identified Gylderåsen as a possible data center location.The Norwegian gover...

December 17, 2025

Google

NTT Gains Council Approval for 482MW Data Center Campus in Nierstein, Germany

NTT is moving forward with a large data center campus outside Frankfurt, Germany.“Great news for our FRA6 data center campus in Nierstein: The city council has unanimously approved the development plan, an important milestone for our project,” the company said on LinkedIn over the weekend. “Th...

December 15, 2025

NTT

Lumen Appoints Jim Fowler as CTO

Lumen Technologies has appointed Jim Fowler as its executive vice president and chief technology and product officer. The new CTO is to succeed Dave Ward, who is leaving Lumen to become president and chief architect at Salesforce.Starting from January 6, Fowler will manage global technology an...

December 11, 2025

Lumen Technologies

NTT Signs 130MW of Capacity Leases

NTT this week announced agreements between its Global Data Center business and unnamed “leading hyperscale cloud providers,” leasing space across its campuses in Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, and Virginia.“These agreements reflect the trust our clients place in NTT Global Data Centers to deliver t...

December 06, 2025

NTT

Digital Realty Breaks Ground on Latest Data Center in Frankfurt, Germany

Digital Realty this week announced the start of construction on FRA20, located at Digital Park Fechenheim. The facility is expected to deliver approximately 16MW of IT capacity across more than 8,100 sqm (87,188 sq ft). The first phase of FRA20 is expected to be operational in spring 2027.“Our...

November 27, 2025

Digital Realty Trust

Google Cloud Secures Sovereign Cloud Contract with NATO

The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) has signed an agreement with Google Cloud that will see the latter delivering sovereign cloud capabilities. The NCIA will use Google Distributed Cloud (GDC), Google's on-premises offering that sees Google hardware deployed in a customer's da...

November 26, 2025

Google

Vodacom to Migrate Data Assets to Google Cloud

Pan-African telco Vodacom is set to partner with Google Cloud, migrating its data platforms to Google Cloud, as well as adopting Google's AI capabilities. The migration will enable Vodacom to unify its data assets and use AI to improve its operational efficiency and offer new AI-powered servic...

November 26, 2025

Google

Google to Build Australia-Thailand Subsea Cable

Google this week announced TalayLink, a new subsea cable connecting Australia and Thailand to “significantly increase the reach, reliability, and resilience of digital connectivity across Asia Pacific and around the world.”As part of the project, Google is also planning new connectivity hubs i...

November 24, 2025

Google

Majestic Labs Raises $100m for All In One Servers

An AI server startup founded by former Google and Meta executives emerged from stealth earlier this month following a $100 million Series A funding round. According to the company, its all-in-one server is capable of handling the largest AI workloads that currently require multiple racks of se...

November 22, 2025

Google

Digital Realty Opens 27MW Data Center Campus in Amsterdam

Global colocation firm Digital Realty has officially opened its latest data center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The facility, AMS11, has a capacity of 27MW of IT capacity across 12,000 sqm (129,165 sq ft), increasing the company’s Dutch footprint to approximately 159MW.The facility is design...

November 21, 2025

Digital Realty Trust

OVHcloud Launches New Availability Zone

European cloud and data center firm OVHcloud has launched a new availability zone for its cloud region in Germany, as well as an inferencing platform in partnership with SambaNova. The region in Germany is OVH's third three-availability zone region in Europe, following France and Italy, and is...

November 20, 2025

OVH Group

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