Data Center News

Jet.AI Details Plans for 350-Acre Data Center Campus in Winnipeg, Canada

Canada

Jet.AI Inc., a company pivoting from aviation software and services into data centers, has provided more details on a planned campus in Canada. The company last week announced that it aims to develop a 350-acre site 10 miles south of Winnipeg, Manitoba.“[The site] sits adjacent to an electrica...

NextEra Energy Partners with Google to Develop at Least Three Gigawatt-Scale Facilities

NextEra Energy has partnered with Google Cloud to develop several gigawatt-scale data center campuses and the associated generation and capacity needed to power them. The companies are currently developing the first three campuses and are collaborating to identify additional locations and expa...

Argo Infrastructure Boosts Investment in TierPoint

United States

Argo Infrastructure Partners this week announced it has acquired the equity interests of the majority of minority shareholders in TierPoint.“TierPoint is a high-quality, diverse platform, positioned for growth with a long operational track record. This places it in a uniquely differentiated po...

Helios and Fipar Merge Maroc Datacenter, Munisys, and Medasys into New Company

Morocco

Helios Investment Partners and Fipar-Holding, a subsidiary of CDG Invest, this week announced the creation of 3MDC, a new digital infrastructure platform, as they have merged three Moroccan companies into a new IT services player.The new unit brings together three existing Moroccan players wit...

Evolution Partners with HTC for Data Centers in Vietnam

Vietnam

APAC operator Evolution Data Centers has partnered with HTC International Telecommunication JSC (HITC) to develop data centers in Vietnam. EcoDC Data Centre (Hanoi) will be an expansion of HITC's existing facility in the Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park. The Ho Chi Minh City development will be a new, lar...

150MW Data Center Proposed for Baltimore County, Maryland

Maryland

A report by Fox45 News revealed that applicant Security Land and Development LP is seeking to develop the data center campus on a 42-acre site in the Woodlawn area of the county. In addition to the campus, the applicant will donate five acres to BGE to develop an electrical substation and will...

Microsoft Plans $17.5bn AI Infrastructure Investment in India

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft revealed today that it would be spending $17.5 billion on AI infrastructure in India during the next four years starting in 2026, as well as a $5.42bn pledge to Canada in the next two years. A post on X by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said: "Thank you, PM Narendra Modi, for an inspiri...

Top News Stories for 1st - 5th of December, 2025

United States

WBS Power to Develop 500MW Data Center in GermanyEuropean renewable energy developer WBS Power has established a joint venture with Prime Capital to construct a 500MW hyperscale data center at a former military airfield in Brandenburg, Germany, with its total cost estimated at €500 million ($5...

Magnora Plans 100MW Data Center Project in Kristiansund, Norway

Norway

Norwegian renewable investment firm Magnora this week announced it has launched Magnora Scale Averøya, a new 100MW data center project in Kristiansund. Timelines to develop the 120,000 sqm (1.29 million sq ft) site haven’t been shared.Magnora is working with owners of Averøy Industripark and T...

Aventos Sells Planned Data Center Site in Berlin to Tristan Capital Partners

Germany / Deutschland

German real estate firm Aventos this week announced the sale of a property in the immediate vicinity of its Luxwerk business park to Tristan Capital Partners’ EPISO 6 fund. Terms of the deal were not shared.The 28,400 sqm (305,695 sq ft) site can reportedly support up to three three-story data...

Vodacom Increases Stake in Safaricom in $2.1bn Deal

Vodacom Business

Vodacom announced today (December 4) it had reached a deal with the Government of Kenya to spend $2.1 billion to acquire a 15 percent stake in Safaricom PLC and an additional five percent from Vodafone.If the deal is approved and receives regulatory approval, Vodacom will increase its stake in...

A2A Announces Plans for First Data Center in Lombardy, Italy

Italy

Italian utility company A2A is planning its first data center in Lombardy, Italy. The utility plans to commence construction in 2027, with operations at the data center expected to begin the following year.Its CEO, Renato Mazzoncini, said the utility plans to invest around €1.6 billion ($1.86b...

250,000 Feet Data Center Proposal in Monterey Park, California Faces opposition

California

A proposal to build a 250,000 sq ft (23,225 sqm) data center in Monterey Park, California, is facing opposition from residents. The Monterey Park City Council was set to consider whether to approve the construction of the facility on Wednesday, but significant public hostility towards the prop...

NTT Signs 130MW of Capacity Leases

NTT

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...

Project Blue in Tucson, Arizona Secures Utility Connection

Arizona

The Arizona Corporation Commission has approved an energy-supply agreement between local utility Tucson Electric Power (TEP) and the company behind Project Blue, a controversial data center development being advanced in Tucson, Arizona.TEP was approved to supply power to the project under a co...

Equinix's Jeremy Mickler Joins OpenAI

Equinix

Jeremy Mickler has joined OpenAI's growing internal data center team to support its Stargate buildout. Mickler spent nearly ten years at Equinix, most recently as the design director of the global design and construction team."This transition comes with tremendous gratitude — for the people, c...

Actis Launches Latam-focused Data Center Business

United States

Investment firm Actis has launched a new data center unit focused on Latin America. The newly-launched Terranova aims to invest $1.5 billion over the next three years, developing a portfolio of campuses in Brazil, Mexico, and Chile, with additional markets under evaluation.The first site, loca...

AWS and Google Cloud Partner on Multicloud Networking

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud are teaming up on a multicloud networking solution. Rob Enns, and AWS' VP of network services, Robert Kennedy, the two aim to help create a "more open" cloud environment wherein Google and AWS can connect with one another in a "simplified manner."Acco...

Geronimo Power Proposes Data Center in Nobles County, Minnesota

Minnesota

US renewable energy developer Geronimo Power is looking to develop a data center in Nobles County, Minnesota. Geronimo has indicated its interest in using its renewable energy portfolio to power a data center. A significant factor in this decision, the company has said, is the energy curtailme...

WBS Power Forms JV with Prime Capital to Develop 500MW Data Center

Germany / Deutschland

European renewable energy developer WBS Power has established a joint venture with Prime Capital to construct a 500MW hyperscale data center at a former military airfield in Brandenburg, Germany.The project includes a 500MW/2,000MWh BESS and up to 150MW of solar, with construction slated to be...