Data Center News

Developer Withdraws Plans for 316-acre Data Center in Spring Hill, Kansas

Kansas

The developer behind a proposed 316-acre data center project in Spring Hill, Kansas, has pulled its application ahead of a planning commission meeting scheduled for March 25.Data center consultancy Colossus Data Center Advisors had planned to develop a campus at the southeast corner of 191st S...

Top Data Center News for 2nd - 7th March, 2026

United Kingdom

AWS  Behind Plans for $750M Data Center in Clinton, MississippiAmazon Web Services (AWS) is reportedly planning a $750 million data center project in Clinton, Mississippi on a 99-acre site formerly the home of Milwaukee Tool, where the existing building redeveloped for the data center.Karatzis...

Nscale Raises $2bn in Series C Funding at $14.6bn Valuation

UK-based AI cloud Nscale has raised $2bn in its Series C funding round. The funding round, which the company claims to be the largest of its kind in European history, was led by established partner Aker ASA and 8090 Industries, with participation from Astra Capital Management, Citadel, Dell, J...

Australian Startup Cortical Labs Unveils Prototype Biological Data Center

Australia

Australian biological computing startup Cortical Labs has unveiled a biological data center prototype in Melbourne. The facility is designed to process information using what the company calls “wetware” — lab-grown neurons cultivated on traditional silicon chips.Built around neurological netwo...

Norway Ammonia Plant Plans Dropped as Company Eyes Data Center Development

Norway

 Plans for a proposed ammonia plant in Norway have been scrapped, with the developer now exploring the site for potential data center use. The shift comes after delays caused the project to lose its grid capacity allocation with the local grid operator Iverson eFuels has decided to terminate p...

Karatzis Group Plans €240M Data Center Project in Boeotia, Greece

Greece

Greek multinational Karatzis Group is planning a €240 million ($278 million) data center investment in the Boeotia region, according to real estate news outlet eRed. Headquartered in Crete, the company is best known for manufacturing plastic netting for the agricultural, packaging, and constru...

Banorte partners with Hitachi Vantara on data center migration

Mexico City / Ciudad de México

 Mexican financial institution Grupo Financiero Banorte has partnered with Hitachi Vantara to migrate its operations from a Mexico City data center to a facility in Querétaro and upgrade its mainframe storage environment. According to Banorte, the migration was motivated by a desire to reduce ...

AWS Behind Plans for $750M Data Center in Clinton, Mississippi

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is reportedly planning a $750 million data center project in Clinton, Mississippi. While the company has not been officially confirmed, WLBT3 reports that a quitclaim deed shows Amazon acquired the 99-acre site on February 13.The data center will be located at 1001 In...

Developer Withdraws Proposal for 250MW Data Center in Apex, North Carolina

North Carolina

A developer has withdrawn plans for a 250MW data center project in Apex, North Carolina. Natelli Investments LLC had proposed building four 200,000 sq ft data centers on an 89-acre site next to the Shearon Harris Nuclear Plant.The company said the proposed New Hill Digital Campus would have cr...

Avacon has Opened a New Data Center in Sehnde, Germany

Avacon Engineering

Network solutions provider Avacon Connect and energy services firm enviaM Group have opened a data center in Sehnde, Lower Saxony, near Hanover, Germany. The €40 million ($46 million) facility spans 2,000 sq ft (185 sqm) and can accommodate up to 28,000 servers.Avacon said that the data center...

Meta Signs Pre-development Agreement for Data Center in Beloit, Wisconsin

Meta

Meta Platforms has reportedly signed a pre-development agreement with the Town of Beloit for a potential data center project in southern Wisconsin. According to the Beloit Daily News, the facility could be built on a 430-acre site located between Town Line Road, South Prairie Avenue, and East ...

Vintage Partners Abandons Phoenix, Arizona Data Center Plans

Arizona

Vintage Partners has scrapped plans for a data center in Laveen, Phoenix, Arizona. The developer will instead move forward with a mixed-use project on the 63-acre site, featuring commercial, retail, restaurant, and multifamily residential space.Vintage changed course at the request of the City...

HighBrook Closes First Data Center Fund Targeting 300MW in Virginia

Virginia

 Private equity firm HighBrook Investors has closed its first US data center fund, securing $266 million in total commitments. The launch of the fund was first reported last year. HighBrook said the fund saw contributions from existing investors alongside new institutions, including leading en...

NDC has Acquired a Data Center in Rennes from French Insurance Company Groupama

Nation Data Center (NDC)

French firm Nation Data Center (NDC) has acquired a facility in Rennes. The company this week announced the acquisition of a data center from insurance firm Groupama. Terms of the deal were not shared. Located in Mordelles and built in 2011, the 3,040 sqm site includes 960 sqm of IT space acro...

Google has Confirmed it is the Company Behind the Planned 403-acre Data Center Campus in Hermantown, Minnesota

Google

Google has confirmed it is the company behind the 403-acre data center campus project in Hermantown, Minnesota.As reported by MPRNews, Google has confirmed its role in the development, describing the area as a "natural fit for this project, offering a climate that supports energy-efficient air...

Pennsylvania Lawmakers could Propose a Statewide Data Center Moratorium

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania lawmakers may soon put forward a proposal for a statewide moratorium on new data center developments.In a memo circulated to members of the Pennsylvania Senate on February 12, Democratic state senator Katie Muth said she plans to introduce legislation “in the near future” to impos...

Elon Musk’s xAI to Spend $659M on New Memphis Data Center Facility

xAI

Elon Musk’s xAI is significantly expanding its "Digital Delta" footprint. As of March 2026, the company has filed a $659 million building permit for a new 312,000-square-foot facility at 5414 Tulane Road in Memphis.This latest development is part of an aggressive scaling strategy to push the C...

Digital Realty has Entered the Portuguese Market with the Acquisition of a Data Center in Lisbon

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has entered Portugal, acquiring a data center in Lisbon. Details on the facility, the seller, and terms of the deal weren’t shared in the release. However, in its recent Q4 2025 results, the company said it had acquired “a building and land” in the Carnaxide area of Lisbon for $...

Plug Power Plans to Sell its New York site to Stream Data Centers

Stream Data Centers

US hydrogen developer Plug Power has agreed to sell a New York site, originally planned to host a clean hydrogen project, to Stream Data Centers for $132.5 million. The hydrogen developer has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Project Gateway site at the STAMP industrial park in New Yor...

Penzance is Targeting the Development of a 600MW Data Center Campus in West Virginia

Penzance

Real estate firm Penzance is developing a large data center campus in West Virginia. Governor of West Virginia Patrick Morrisey last week announced Penzance Management would be investing $4 billion in a data center campus in the state.Situated on 548 acres in Berkeley County’s Falling Waters D...