Data Center News

Oracle Might Let Customers Bring Their Own Hardware

Oracle has said it might consider letting customers bring their own hardware to Oracle data centers. Co-CEO Clay Magouryk explained how different business models impact Oracle's cash flow for new data center deployments.Magouryk said: "In some cases, customers actually want to bring their own ...

Tier III AI Data Center Proposed for Lewiston Bates Mill in Maine

Maine

A new Tier III AI data center has been proposed in downtown Lewiston, Maine, in the currently vacant Bates Mill No.3. The proposed project, which is being developed by MillCompute LLC, would become the state’s second-largest AI data center.Lewiston City administrator Bryan Kaenrath said the pr...

Kevin O’Leary's Bitzero Signs 10MW PPA in Norway

Norway

Cryptomine and HPC data center firm Bitzero announced it had secured a new 10MW power purchase agreement (PPA) at its data center site in Namsskogan, Norway. The company said the deal locks in power at approximately $0.02 per kWh. The new total blended cost of $0.03–0.035 per kWh for the 40MW ...

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

NTT

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...

CloudHQ to Begin Constructing 276MW Data Center in Germany Next Year

CloudHQ

CloudHQ will begin construction of its 276MW data center in Germany next year. Located in the Frankfurt-Hochst industrial park, which is west of Frankfurt's city center, the facility will cover 217,000 sqm (2.3 million sq ft) across three buildings, each of which will offer 96MW of capacity.As...

Top Data Center News for 8th - 13th December, 2025

United States

AWS to Invest $7bn in Data Centers in Hyderabad, IndiaAmazon Web Services (AWS) has signed an agreement with the Government of Telangana to significantly expand its data center footprint in the Indian state with an investment $7 billion over the next 14 years.Summit Gains Nine Data Center Foll...

$10bn Data Center Project Recieves Approval in Lacy Lakeview, Texas

Texas

A large-scale data center project in Lacy Lakeview near Waco, Texas, has received approval from city council members. The campus in question is being proposed by InfraKey Capital, and seeks to develop up to six data centers with 1GW of capacity in total.According to the company's project site,...

Australian Data Centres Acquires Campus in Canberra

Australian Pacific Data Centres (APDC)

Australian Data Centres (ADC) this week announced the acquisition of a new data center campus in the Fyshwick area of Canberra, as it works to expand its footprint across Australia.“It strengthens our ability to meet increasing demand for secure, high-availability facilities that underpin gove...

Adani Group to Establish 48MW Data Center in Southern India

India / Bhārata

India's Adani Group has announced its intention to establish a 48MW data center in the southern Indian state of Telangana. Karan Adani, the son of Adani Group founder Gautam Adani and the Managing Director of Adani Ports, announced on Monday that Rs 2,500 crore ($280 million) would be invested...

$10bn Data Center Project Recieves Approval in Lacy Lakeview, Texas

Texas

A large-scale data center project in Lacy Lakeview near Waco, Texas, has received approval from city council members. The campus in question is being proposed by InfraKey Capital, and seeks to develop up to six data centers with 1GW of capacity in total.According to the company's project site,...

Empyrion Eyes 200MW Data Center Campus in Johor, Malaysia

Microsoft Azure

APAC data center firm Empyrion Digital is expanding into Malaysia, with the company this week announcing plans for a 200MW campus in Johor. Located in Nusajaya within the SiLC Industrial Cluster of Johor, the 34.9-acre MY1 campus is set to feature five 40MW buildings, with the first phase ener...

Nu Quantum Secures $60 million Series A Investment

United Kingdom

UK quantum computing firm Nu Quantum this week closed its oversubscribed Series A funding round led by National Grid Partners, including participation from Gresham House Ventures and Morpheus Ventures.The company claimed it is the largest financing round ever raised by a pure-play quantum netw...

Kio Opens Data Center in Queretaro, Mexico

KIO Data Centers

Latin American data center provider Kio Networks has launched a new facility in Querétaro, Mexico, Querétaro 02 (QRO2). With this facility, the company reaches almost 19MW of capacity in the state and consolidates a high-density hub next to its already operational QRO1."The opening of QRO2 str...

AWS to Invest $7bn in Data Centers in Hyderabad, India

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has signed an agreement with the Government of Telangana to significantly expand its data center footprint in the Indian state. AWS will invest $7 billion in its cloud infrastructure in Hyderabad over the next 14 years.A. Revanth Reddy, Telangana's Chief Minister, sai...

Racks Central Breaks Ground on Data Center in Johor, Malaysia

Malaysia

Singapore-based data center operator Racks Central has broken ground on a data center in Johor, Malaysia. Racks Central’s campus, dubbed RCJM 1, will be located in Iskandar Halal Park, an industrial park in the eastern portion of Johor Bahru. The company acquired a five-acre plot in the park i...

Lumen Appoints Jim Fowler as CTO

Lumen Technologies

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...

Summit Gains Nine Data Center Following HorizonIQ Acquisition

Summit

Managed IT infrastructure provider Summit has acquired HorizonIQ, a global private cloud, bare-metal, and GPU provider. Announced at the start of December, the acquisition sees Summit gaining a presence in nine data centers as well as expanding its private cloud offering with HorizonIQ's Proxm...

Antin Infrastructure Partners Acquires NorthC

NorthC Datacenters

Antin Infrastructure Partners this week announced it has agreed to acquire NorthC Datacenters from DWS and other minority shareholders. The transaction is being carried out through Antin’s €10.2 billion Flagship Fund V and is expected to close in the first half of 2026.Stéphane Ifker and Maxim...

Georgia Power Proposes $16bn Plan to Add 10GW of New Generation Capacity

Georgia

US utility Georgia Power and the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) have submitted a proposal to add up to 10GW of new generation capacity over the next five years. The $16 billion plan aims to meet surging demand across its footprint from the data center sector, with around 90 percent of...

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...