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Read FingerMotion, Genius Group Sign JV For 2.4MW HPC Campus In Alberta
Genius Group, [FingerMotion](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/fingermotion) and BlueFlare Energy Solutions signed [binding agreements](https://ir.geniusgroup.net/news-events/press-releases/detail/26...

FingerMotion, Genius Group Sign JV For 2.4MW HPC Campus In Alberta

October 28, 2026 Alberta

Genius Group, FingerMotion and BlueFlare Energy Solutions signed binding agreements on October 27 to form GENIUSpark Alberta Inc. and build high-performance computing campuses in Alberta, Canada. The first site, Hanna Campus No. 1, carries an estimated $24.3 million cost and 2.4 MW of computing...

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Read Fireworks Reserves $94.4M Nvidia B300 Capacity at Forum Edge AI Dallas Site
Fireworks has reserved three years of Nvidia B300 GPU capacity at Forum Edge AI's powered data center in Dallas. The 36-month agreement carries a combined total contract value of approximately $94....

Fireworks Reserves $94.4M Nvidia B300 Capacity at Forum Edge AI Dallas Site

October 26, 2026 Dallas

Fireworks has reserved three years of Nvidia B300 GPU capacity at Forum Edge AI's powered data center in Dallas. The 36-month agreement carries a combined total contract value of approximately $94.4 million, Forum Edge AI said on Oct. 26, reflecting GPU capacity and associated CPU management node...

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Read Digi Power X Secures $200m Debt Financing for Alabama AI Data Center
Data center and energy infrastructure developer Digi Power X has secured a $200 million debt financing commitment, syndicated by Goldman Sachs and provided by an unnamed major lender. The funding w...

Digi Power X Secures $200m Debt Financing for Alabama AI Data Center

October 14, 2026 Alabama

Data center and energy infrastructure developer Digi Power X has secured a $200 million debt financing commitment, syndicated by Goldman Sachs and provided by an unnamed major lender. The funding will support its 40MW data center in Columbiana, Alabama, which is being built in two phases: 15MW by...

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Read 2026 Is the Year Texas Passes Virginia in Data Center Capacity
[Texas](https://baxtel.com/data-center/texas) now has more data center capacity operating and under construction than [Virginia](https://baxtel.com/data-center/virginia). Baxtel tracks 28.3 GW buil...

2026 Is the Year Texas Passes Virginia in Data Center Capacity

October 13, 2026 West Texas

Texas now has more data center capacity operating and under construction than Virginia. Baxtel tracks 28.3 GW built or building in Texas, against 17.8 GW in Virginia. On capacity already online, Virginia still leads, 12.3 GW to 11.1 GW. If projects scheduled for this year deliver on time, Texas...

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Read Crusoe Confirms Google AI Campus In Texas With 531MW Wind Link
Crusoe is the developer behind Google's data center campus under construction in Armstrong County, Texas, the company [said on Sept. 28](https://www.crusoe.ai/resources/newsroom/crusoe-developing-d...

Crusoe Confirms Google AI Campus In Texas With 531MW Wind Link

October 01, 2026 West Texas

Crusoe is the developer behind Google's data center campus under construction in Armstrong County, Texas, the company said on Sept. 28. The site sits outside Amarillo, and it pairs with 531 megawatts of adjacent West Texas wind, a design that puts generation rather than land at the center of the...

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Read DOE Selects $1.9B In Grid Projects To Unlock 23GW Of Capacity
The U.S. [Department of Energy](https://www.energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-speed-power-investments-across-26-states-lower-electricity) said on September 24 that it intends to put $...

DOE Selects $1.9B In Grid Projects To Unlock 23GW Of Capacity

September 26, 2026 Alabama

The U.S. Department of Energy said on September 24 that it intends to put $1.9 billion of federal funding behind 31 grid-improvement projects in 26 states, a package aimed at adding transfer capacity for data centers and other large loads. Recipients will put up $3.35 billion more, bringing the...

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Read Gradiant To Provide HyperSolved Water Treatment System For West Texas Data Center
Gradiant has partnered with an unnamed hyperscaler to deploy its HyperSolved water treatment system at a West Texas data center. The platform manages the full cooling water cycle, using non-freshwa...

Gradiant To Provide HyperSolved Water Treatment System For West Texas Data Center

September 01, 2026 West Texas

Gradiant has partnered with an unnamed hyperscaler to deploy its HyperSolved water treatment system at a West Texas data center. The platform manages the full cooling water cycle, using non-freshwater sources, high-recovery technology, and AI-powered monitoring to reduce water use, discharge, and...

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Read 12-Story Chicago Office Building Eyed for Data Center Conversion
An office building in Chicago, Illinois, is being considered for conversion into a data center. Local media, including ABC, report that the Permit Review Committee of the Commission on Chicago Land...

12-Story Chicago Office Building Eyed for Data Center Conversion

August 10, 2026 Chicago

An office building in Chicago, Illinois, is being considered for conversion into a data center. Local media, including ABC, report that the Permit Review Committee of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks has given initial approval to plans to convert part of the 300 West Adams Building into a data...

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Read PowerHouse Files Plans for 300MW Data Center Campus Near Dallas-Fort Worth
PowerHouse Data Centers is planning a new campus near Fort Worth, Texas. First reported by NBC, engineering firm Kimley-Horn has filed plans for a data center on about 88 acres in Westlake, north o...

PowerHouse Files Plans for 300MW Data Center Campus Near Dallas-Fort Worth

August 07, 2026 Dallas

PowerHouse Data Centers is planning a new campus near Fort Worth, Texas. First reported by NBC, engineering firm Kimley-Horn has filed plans for a data center on about 88 acres in Westlake, north of Fort Worth. The proposed site is at 13580 Denton Highway, near US Highway 377 and Westport...

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Read Colocation Data Center Proposed in Birmingham, Alabama
A new data center could be coming to Birmingham, Alabama. Officials in Fairfield, Alabama, have announced that a colocation data center development is being proposed in the city.

Details of the ...

Colocation Data Center Proposed in Birmingham, Alabama

July 17, 2026 Alabama

A new data center could be coming to Birmingham, Alabama. Officials in Fairfield, Alabama, have announced that a colocation data center development is being proposed in the city. Details of the proposed project have not yet been disclosed, but Fairfield officials will hold a town hall later this...

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Read Closed Chicago-area incinerator Being Explored for Data Center Development
A shuttered incinerator in Robbins, near Chicago, is attracting interest from multiple data center developers. According to NBC and the Chicago Tribune, at least five potential buyers have approach...

Closed Chicago-area incinerator Being Explored for Data Center Development

June 26, 2026 Chicago

A shuttered incinerator in Robbins, near Chicago, is attracting interest from multiple data center developers. According to NBC and the Chicago Tribune, at least five potential buyers have approached owner Paul Duggan this year about acquiring the 16-acre Robbins Resource Recovery Center site at...

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Read DataBank Raises $2bn for Dallas Data Center Buildout
DataBank Raises $2bn for Dallas Data Center Buildout

DataBank Raises $2bn for Dallas Data Center Buildout

April 22, 2026 Dallas

US data center firm DataBank has secured new financing to support the build-out of three data centers in Dallas, Texas. The company this week announced it has obtained a $2 billion loan to fund construction of the first three facilities at its new Red Oak campus. DataBank said the deal represents...

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Read Avax One Targets 10MW Behind-the-Meter Data Center in Alberta
Avax One Targets 10MW Behind-the-Meter Data Center in Alberta

Avax One Targets 10MW Behind-the-Meter Data Center in Alberta

April 11, 2026 Alberta

Cryptocurrency firm Avax One Technology has signed a front-end engineering and design (FEED) proposal for a 10MW off-grid, natural gas-powered AI and high-performance computing (HPC) data center at the 4-31 Battery site in Alberta, Canada. The FEED study will be led by BlueFlare Energy Solutions...

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

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

March 03, 2026 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 York,...

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Read Bolt Data Partners with TPL to Develop data Center Campuses Across West Texas
Bolt Data Partners with TPL to Develop data Center Campuses Across West Texas

Bolt Data Partners with TPL to Develop data Center Campuses Across West Texas

December 18, 2025 West Texas

Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL) has partnered with Bolt Data & Energy to develop data center campuses across TPL-owned land. As part of the deal, Bolt raised $150 million in capital, including $50m from TPL. In return, TPL will receive equity interest, warrants, and a right of first...

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Read New Firm Announces Plans for 20MW Liquid-Cooled Data Center
New Firm Announces Plans for 20MW Liquid-Cooled Data Center

New Firm Announces Plans for 20MW Liquid-Cooled Data Center

September 12, 2025 Chicago

A new liquid-cooled data center is being developed in downtown Chicago, Illinois by HydraVault, a new data center developer. The developer says the facility will be “designed from the ground up” for AI and financial systems.The 20MW two-story facility, located at 2538 South Wabash Avenue, will...

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Read Apollo to Acquire Stream Data Centers
Apollo to Acquire Stream Data Centers

Apollo to Acquire Stream Data Centers

August 07, 2025 Stream Data Centers

US data center firm Stream will be acquired by Apollo Global Management following announcement that Apollo-managed funds have agreed to acquire a majority interest in Stream Data Centers (SDC) from Stream Realty Partners, a commercial real estate firm.Apollo said it is set to potentially deploy...

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Read Cawley Partners Acquires 5,200 Acres outside Dallas for Data Center Park
Cawley Partners Acquires 5,200 Acres outside Dallas for Data Center Park

Cawley Partners Acquires 5,200 Acres outside Dallas for Data Center Park

June 18, 2025 Dallas

Cawley Partners has acquired 5,200 acres south of Dallas to potentially develop a large data center park outside Dallas. The acquired South Creek Ranch in the City of Ferris is set to see a mix of uses, including data centers, logistics, manufacturing, and residential. “This particular piece of...

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Read Duos to Deploy Edge Data Center in Victoria, Texas
Duos to Deploy Edge Data Center in Victoria, Texas

Duos to Deploy Edge Data Center in Victoria, Texas

May 24, 2025 North Texas

Duos Technologies this week announced a strategic partnership with Region 3 Education Service Center (ESC) to deploy a new Edge data center in Victoria, Texas.Dr. Morris Lyon, executive director of Region 3 ESC, said: “We are proud to partner with Duos Edge AI, Inc. to bring secure, innovative...

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Read Phoenix to clamp down on data centers
Phoenix to clamp down on data centers

Phoenix to clamp down on data centers

January 02, 2025 Phoenix

The city of Phoenix in Arizona is set to clamp down on data centers. The City Council has approved a series of changes to better regulate data center growth in the city, including regulating locations and external design specifications.The vote, which took place on December 10, targeted...

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