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Top Data Center News for 30th March - 4th April, 2026

Microsoft commits $1bn to cloud and AI infrastructure in ThailandMicrosoft will invest more than $1 billion in cloud and AI infrastructure in Thailand over the next two years, to be used in expanding the company's data center footprint, upskill local talent, and invest in cybersecurity and sov...

April 06, 2026

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Signs Gas Deal with Chevron, Engine No. 1 for AI Data Center power

Microsoft, Chevron, and Engine No. 1 have signed an exclusivity agreement that could provide up to 2.5GW of natural gas power for a new data center, though commercial terms have yet to be finalized.Bloomberg first reported that the agreement is linked to a proposed $7 billion natural gas power...

April 02, 2026

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Commits $1bn to Cloud and AI Infrastructure in Thailand

Microsoft will invest more than $1 billion in cloud and AI infrastructure in Thailand over the next two years, vice chair and president Brad Smith said after a meeting with Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul. The investment will be used to expand the company's data center footprint, upski...

April 02, 2026

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft, Armada Deploy Azure Local on Galleon Modular Data Centers

Microsoft and Armada are partnering to integrate their edge offerings. Azure Local will be deployable in Armada’s Galleon modular edge data centers, alongside the company’s Edge Platform. The integration will allow customers to run workloads in intermittently connected, contested, or fully dis...

April 01, 2026

Microsoft Azure

Equinix Begins Construction on DB7x Data Center in Dublin

Equinix has begun construction on a new $92 million data center in Dublin, Ireland. The DB7x facility will be located in Blanchardstown, near the company’s existing sites in the city. Equinix is allocating $78 million toward high-performance infrastructure for AI workloads and $14 million for ...

March 30, 2026

Equinix

Digital Realty Plans New Data Center in Milan

Digital Realty is expanding in Italy with plans to develop a data center campus in Milan.The colocation giant this week announced its entry into the Milan market with the acquisition of two plots in Abbiategrasso, southwest of the city center.The company plans to develop an initial 8MW facilit...

March 24, 2026

Digital Realty Trust

EdgeConneX Begins Construction on a New Data Center in Osaka, Japan

EdgeConneX has begun construction on a new data center outside Osaka, Japan. The company announced this week that it is developing its first 200MW, AI-ready campus in Greater Osaka in partnership with Kagoya Asset Management.The Kyotanabe campus will cover 130,000 sqm (1.4 million sq ft), with...

March 19, 2026

EdgeConneX

Microsoft Drops NDAs for Ddata Center Projects

Microsoft has pledged to stop requiring local governments to sign nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) for its data center projects.In a blog post, the company said this commitment builds on its “Community-First AI Infrastructure Plan,” which promises to prevent data centers from raising electricit...

March 19, 2026

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft and Meta Commit to $50bn in New Data Center Leases in Latest Quarter

Microsoft and Meta have each committed around $50 billion to additional data center leases in the latest quarter. According to Bloomberg, citing an analysis of quarterly filings, the new deals push total future data center lease commitments by cloud companies and hyperscalers to more than $700...

March 12, 2026

Microsoft Azure

Digital Realty Approved for Sixth Data Center in Marseille, France

Digital Realty Approved for Sixth Data Center in Marseille, FranceWith server racks at the data center set to require 120kW each, presumably to host AI workloads, Digital Realty plans to install a new high-voltage power supply. This will run from power company RTE’s Realtor substation in Cabri...

March 11, 2026

Digital Realty Trust

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

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 $...

March 04, 2026

Digital Realty Trust

EuroCTP Selects Equinix's FR2 Data Center for Equity Trading Consildated Tape

EuroCTP, a new provider of an EU real-time pre and post-trade Consolidated Tape (CT) for financial equity trades, has selected Equinix's FR2 data center to host its 'tape' in Frankfurt, Germany.“Equinix FR2 provides EuroCTP with the ideal foundation to drive growth, ensuring we can reliably me...

January 29, 2026

Equinix

Perplexity Signs $750m Cloud Agreement with Microsoft

AI-powered search engine Perplexity has signed a three year $750 million cloud computing agreement with Microsoft, reports Bloomberg. This is the first cloud agreement Perplexity has signed outside of Amazon Web Services (AWS), of which it has a long-term partnership.“We are excited to partner...

January 27, 2026

Microsoft Azure

Equinix Launches Data Center in San Jose, California

Equinix this week energized its SV12x facility, the first to do so under a new partnership between the city of San Jose and utility PG&E. The city and the utility partnered last year to guarantee power delivery for data centers. The deal promised infrastructure and speed improvements at a ...

January 26, 2026

Equinix

Verizon Secures Approval for $20bn Frontier Acquisition

Verizon has secured all regulatory approvals to close its acquisition of Frontier Communications. It comes as the carrier this week received approval from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to push ahead with the deal.“California isn’t just approving a merger, we’re securing rea...

January 16, 2026

Verizon Enterprise

Microsoft Plans $400m Data Center in Castroville, Texas

Microsoft is planning to invest $400 million in a data center project in Castroville, Texas. Dubbed SAT 82, the data center will be located at 2580 Farm to Market Road, 471 N in Castroville, a town to the west of San Antonio. The data center will span 195,670 sq ft (18,178 sqm) across one sto...

January 08, 2026

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Signs Two PPAs with Iberdrola in Spain

Microsoft has signed two Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) with Iberdrola in Spain representing 150MW of contracted capacity. The power is tied to two onshore wind power projects in the country, the 94MW Iglesias Wind Farm, in Burgos, Castilla y León and the 101MW El Escudo Wind Farm, in Cantabr...

December 22, 2025

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft to Purchase CO2 Removal Credits from InPlanet

Microsoft has signed a carbon removal deal with Brazilian enhanced rock weathering (ERW) firm InPlanet for more than 28,500 tons of carbon credits. The removals will be generated through InPlanet’s ERW program in Brazil, which is the largest in the country, spanning more than 12,000 hectares o...

December 20, 2025

Microsoft Azure

Radiant Raises $300m in Latest Funding Round

Equinix-backed microreactor firm Radiant Industries has raised more than $300 million as part of its latest funding round. Draper Associates and Boost VC led the funding round, with additional financial commitments from current investors.According to the company, the latest funding round will ...

December 19, 2025

Equinix

Empyrion Eyes 200MW Data Center Campus in Johor, Malaysia

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...

December 13, 2025

Microsoft Azure

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