Data Center News

University of Bristol to Build Data Processing Facility

United Kingdom

The University of Bristol has announced plans to develop a National AI Data Facility to support large-scale data processing efforts. The multi-million-pound data repository will be housed at the National Composites Centre (NCC) at the Bristol and Bath Science Park, next to the UK’s Isambard-AI...

Amazon Announces $15bn Data Center & AI Investment Plan

Amazon AWS

Amazon is to invest $15 billion in data center & AI infrastructure in Indiana. This is in addition to the $11 billion investment announced last year in St. Joseph County. The company said it aims to add 2.4GW of capacity in the region, expanding to new sites in the Hoosier State.“These fac...

Optical Data Storage Company SPhotonix Raises $4.5m

Optical data storage company SPhotonix has raised $4.5 million in a pre-seed funding round, led by Creator Fund and XTX Ventures, the venture capital arm of XTX Markets. The funding would allow it to scale up its photonics and engineering teams, expand its R&D efforts across the US and Eur...

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

Digital Realty Trust

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...

Ethiopian Electric Utility Leases Space at Wing Ddata Center

Addis Ababa

Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) has signed an agreement with Wingu.Africa to lease space at the latter's data center in Addis Ababa. EEU hopes to improve the reliability, security, and efficiency of its operations through the deployment, enabling it to better serve its customers across Ethiop...

Google Cloud Secures Sovereign Cloud Contract with NATO

Google

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...

Frontier to Purchase Carbon Removal Credits from Reverion

United States

Carbon credit purchasing consortium Frontier, which counts Google and Meta as founding members, has signed a deal with German biogas carbon capture firm Reverion to remove 96,000 tons of CO2 between 2027 and 2030.“Reverion’s approach is a smart upgrade to a well-known industrial process—turnin...

Vodacom to Migrate Data Assets to Google Cloud

Google

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...

Fossefall Acquires Data Center in Telemark, Norway

Norway

Fossefall this week announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Fyresdal Datacenter from Norwegian holding company Norsk Data AS to establish its first AI factory in Norway.  stment firm Valinor, AI startup WAIYS, and renewable energy company Norsk Solar."The establishment of Fossefa...

National Development Files to Redevelop Former Intel Campus

Massachusetts

Real estate company National Development has submitted plans to redevelop a 148-acre property at 75 Reed Road in Hudson, Massachusetts, that previously housed Intel’s HD2 campus. National said it is seeking to transform the site into a “state-of-the-art industrial campus,” totaling approximate...

Solaria Launches European Data Center Platform

Spain

Spanish energy firm Solaria Energia has formally launched its European sustainable data center platform. The platform includes approximately 3.4GW of secured grid power across 400 hectares (990 acres) spanning Spain, Italy, Germany, and the UK. In addition, the company has reportedly requested...

Center3 Signs Colo Deal with Sahara Net

Saudi Arabia

Center3 and Saudi ICT company Sahara Net have entered a strategic colocation partnership, under which Sahara Net will establish dedicated hosting services within Center3’s data center facilities across the Kingdom.“Our partnership with Sahara Net reflects Center3’s commitment to building an op...

UAE to Invest $1bn in AI Infrastructure across Africa

Africa

The UAE has said that it will invest $1 billion in AI infrastructure across Africa. The announcement was made on Saturday at the G20 leaders’ summit in Johannesburg by UAE Minister of State Saeed Bin Mubarak Al Hajeri, who said that the funds would “provide access to AI computing power, techni...

Top Data Center News for 17th-22nd November, 2025

United States

xAI and Humain to Build 500MW Saudi Arabia Data CenterElon Musk’s xAI is partnering with Humain to build a 500MW data center in Saudi Arabia, set to become one of the most advanced AI compute hubs globally.ESR Partners with Wide Creek for 80MW Incheon FacilityAPAC real estate firm ESR this wee...

Penzance Secures AWS as Tenant for Virginia Facility

Amazon AWS

Real estate firm Penzance this week announced that Amazon will lease the 45MW, 240,000 sq ft (22,296 sqm) facility, located at 4151 Autopark Circle in Chantilly. Construction work has started and is expected to be completed in the first half of 2027. The facility will utilize air-cooled system...

Google to Build Australia-Thailand Subsea Cable

Google

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...

xAI and Humain to Build 500MW Saudi Arabia Data Center

Saudi Arabia

Elon Musk’s xAI is partnering with Humain to build a 500MW data center in Saudi Arabia. As part of the agreement, xAI’s Grok models will be deployed in Saudi Arabia. A location for the first data center has not been revealed, but an announcement from the two firms said it will “become one of t...

Majestic Labs Raises $100m for All In One Servers

Google

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...

Vantage Finalizes $1.6bn Investment into APAC Platform

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has finalized a $1.6bn investment into its APAC platform using to acquire Yondr’s JHB1 campus in the southern peninsular Malaysian state of Johor. The facility sits on a 73-acre land parcel, and Vantage intends to expand the data center to deliver more than 300MW of capaci...

DigitalBridge Closes $11.7bn DBP III Fund

DigitalBridge

Digital infrastructure investment firm DigitalBridge this week announced the close of DigitalBridge Partners III (DBP III), the firm’s third value-added digital infrastructure fund, with more than $7.2 billion in fund commitments and $4.5 billion in fund LP co-investment commitments secured to...