Data Center News

AWS Gets Greenlight for Three Data Centers in Dublin

Amazon AWS

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...

AIC Partners with Romania’s ClusterPower on 800MW Data Center Build-out

Romania

Data center investment company Accelerated Infrastructure Capital (AIC) is partnering with Romanian operator ClusterPower for a new campus.The companies this week announced an equity partnership agreement to co-develop a new 800MW AI data center region in southwestern Romania.“ClusterPower bri...

Cisco Signs 15-year vPPA with R.Power in Poland

Poland

Polish renewable energy firm R.Power has signed a virtual Power Purchase Agreement (vPPA) with Cisco Systems, a US networking firm. Over the term of the 15-year agreement, R.Power will supply approximately 486MWh of power to Cisco for its Polish operations.According to the companies, the contr...

Ground Broken on 30m Square Feet Data Center for Saudi Arabian Gov't

On January 1, the foundation stone of the Saudi Data and Artificial Intelligence Authority's (SDAIA) Hexagon data center was laid in a groundbreaking ceremony. The data center will host more than 290 government systems, and has been designed to meet "green building requirements."SDAIA wrote: "...

Google to Build Three Subsea Cables in Papua New Guinea

Google

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...

AWS Plans Data Center in Covington, Georgia

Amazon AWS

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...

VNG Merges AI Infrastructure and Cloud Units under "GreenNode" Brand

Vietnamese tech unicorn VNG is merging its VNG Cloud unit with its AI infrastructure unit GreenNode. The merged company is set to operate under the GreenNode branding. The combined platform will offer traditional cloud computing services, as well as AI services.VNG's CEO, Kelly Wong, said that...

TNE Partners with Data District to Support 1GW Data Center Pipeline in Alberta, Canada

Technologies New Energy (TNE) has partnered with Data District to support the development of AI-ready data centers in Alberta, Canada. According to the partners, the data centers will be designed to support advanced computing workloads, including high-density AI applications.Julio Perez, chief...

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

Oracle

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 ...

Yondr’s Second Virginia Data Center Ready for Service

Yondr this week announced that the second data center at its Loudoun County campus is ready for service. Yondr has completed the first 12MW of the new facility's 48MW capacity, with the remainder due to come online in 2026.Todd Sauer, VP design and construction for the Americas at Yondr Group,...

Verdantas Proposes New Data Center in Newark, Delaware

Delaware

A new data center has been proposed in New Castle County, Newark, Delaware. The proposed data center would sit just off of Ogletown Road, on a 44-acre site currently occupied by the White Clay Center Industrial Park.The application describes consolidating the seven buildings of the campus into...

Element Critical announces new data center platform in US

United States

Element Critical this week announced the launch of a new US data center platform backed by 26North Partners, Arctos, Mercuria, and Safanad. Element said with backing from its investors, the new platform will "accelerate acquisitions, development, and strategic expansion across top US markets."...

Ares Acquires Land and Data Centers in Virginia

Virginia

Alternative investment manager Ares Management Corporation has expanded its data center platform Ada Infrastructure into the US, acquiring land in Virginia for a new campus.The Ares Digital Infrastructure business, through an Ares fund, has acquired a 314-acre site along the I-95 South data ce...

Evocative Secures Further Funding for AI-driven Data Center Upgrades

Internet infrastructure provider Evocative has secured debt financing from a “large global investment firm” to further its growth driven by AI data center demand. The company said the new financing is in addition to continued equity support from its long-term partner, Crestline Investors.“This...

FCDC Plans New Data Center Campus in Vaasa, Finland

Finland

Finnish data center FCDC is planning a new campus in western-central Finland. FDFC Corp Oy aims to develop a 66,000 sqm (710,420 sq ft) campus in GigaVaasa, located in the Laajametsä business area near the airport. Two data center buildings are planned."The data center project supports Vaasa's...

Elisa Confirms Plans to Cut 357 Jobs Following Personnel Negotiations

Finland

Finnish telco Elisa has confirmed it will cut 357 jobs. The announcement comes after the company launched its transformation program in October, when the carrier hinted up to 450 jobs could be lost."As part of the transformation program, Elisa is streamlining its organization and optimizing it...

Token Cat and Better Now Plan Data Center in New York

New York

Chinese tech firm Token Cat and US-based Better Now have announced that they will collaborate to develop and operate an artificial intelligence data center in New York. The project will see a multi-phase roll-out to build a 30MW data center, with the company already having secured access to 12...

What Makes a Data Center Go Down and How Outages Are Prevented

United States

Few places on Earth are as quietly vital as a data center. From the outside, most look like simple warehouses: broad, windowless, and often isolated. However, data centers house some of the most complex environments ever engineered over centuries. Vast rooms filled with servers hum continuousl...

SoftBank to Buy Data Center Investor DigitalBridge for $4bn

DigitalBridge

SoftBank Group plans to acquire digital infrastructure investor DigitalBridge for $4 billion.DigitalBridge had around $108 billion of assets under management at the end of September, including AIMS, AtlasEdge, DataBank, Switch, Takanock, Vantage Data Centers, and Yondr Group. As of August, the...

Top Data Center News for 22nd - 27th December 2025

United States

AtlasEdge Sells Nine Data Centers Across Europe to Spanish Operator TemplusEuropean Edge data center company AtlasEdge has sold a portfolio of facilities to Spanish operator Templus. The companies announced the deal this week, with nine data centers trading hands. Google to Buy Intersect Power...