Data Center News

National Grid Ventures Invests $1.75bn in Gas Plant for Microsoft Texas Data Center

Microsoft Azure

National Grid Ventures (NGV), the commercial arm of National Grid, has acquired a 35% stake in Joulent for $1.75 billion to support development of power infrastructure for large data centers. The investment will help fund Project Kilby, a 2.67GW natural gas facility being developed with Chevron. ...

Canadian Developer Proposes 25-acre Data Center in Fergus, Ontario

Ontario

Canadian developer Spur Innovation is planning a 50–75MW data center on a 25-acre site in Fergus, Ontario.According to an AI-generated factsheet attached to a report by the Wellington Advertiser, the proposal also includes a vertical farm and greenhouse complex at 865 Gartshore Street. The data c...

Data Center Operator Renews Lease for Vanda 3 Data Center in Stockholm, Sweden

Sweden

Alternative investment manager Barings has signed a 10-year lease extension with a global data center operator at its Vanda 3 facility in Kista, Stockholm. The deal includes an additional 30MW of power from Ellevio to support expansion, with Barings planning to add 25,000 sqm (269,100 sq ft) of d...

New Jersey Lawmakers Approve Bill Creating Large Load Data Center Tariff

New Jersey

New Jersey lawmakers have passed a bill directing the state’s Board of Public Utilities to create a dedicated tariff for data centers with capacities of 50MW or more, aimed at protecting other ratepayers from rising costs linked to new developments. The legislation, S731, replaces an earlier vers...

300MW Data Center Campus Planned for Kent, UK

United Kingdom

UK renewable energy developer Clearstone has proposed a 300MW data center campus in Kent. Planned for a 145-acre site near Dartford, the Ebbsfleet AI Data Centre Campus would comprise up to 180,000 sqm (1.9 million sq ft) of data center space across four buildings. The project has been designated...

NTT Facilities Creates Modular Design for Hyperscale Data Centers

NTT

NTT’s Facilities division says it has developed a prefabricated construction method, Hyper Ready Module, designed to speed up hyperscale data center delivery. The modular system uses prebuilt units that can be transported and assembled on-site, with the company claiming it could reduce delivery t...

Singapore Proposes New Licensing Framework for Data Centers

Singapore

Singapore has proposed new licensing, security, and sustainability rules for data centers under its draft Digital Infrastructure Bill. If approved, data centers over 10MW serving third-party customers would need a license from the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), while a separate lice...

Kuok Group to Invest €5.3bn in Milan Data Campus

Malaysia

Malaysian conglomerate Kuok Group is considering investing up to €5.3 billion ($6bn) in a 300MW hyperscale data centre campus on the southern outskirts of Milan, according to Teleborsa. Italy's Industry Minister, Adolfo Urso, met with K2 Strategic CEO Meng Wei Kuok on 26 June to discuss the propo...

Developer Withdraws Proposed Data Center Outside Calgary, Canada

Canada

A proposed data center outside Calgary, Canada, has been withdrawn by its developer. Kalina Distributed Power, a subsidiary of Australia’s Kalina Power, pulled its plan for the Lone Pine Energy Centre near Airdrie, which included a data center and 200MW gas-fired power plant. The company cited lo...

NextDC Unveils 612MW S7 Data Centre, OpenAI Stargate Set to Be Customer

NEXTDC

NextDC's proposed S7 data centre in Eastern Creek, Sydney, will provide up to 612MW of capacity, according to planning documents. The Australian developer submitted plans for the project in mid-March, several months after acquiring the 255,135 sqm site for AU$353 million (US$244m) in October 2024...

AWS reports record expansion in 2025, adding 1.2GW of data centre capacity in Q4 alone

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) highlighted strong expansion in its latest sustainability report, saying it added more data centre capacity globally than any other company last year, including over 1.2GW in Q4 alone. Between October 2024 and October 2025, AWS added a total of 3.8GW. CEO Andy Jassy said...

Le Bourget Data Center Plan at Former H&M Site Faces Potential Mayoral Block

France

A planned data center in Le Bourget, France, could be blocked by the commune’s newly elected mayor. Mehdi Nezzar, who took office earlier this year, is calling for the cancellation of Segro’s 75MW project at a former H&M warehouse in the northeastern Paris suburb. A building permit was previo...

150MW Data Center Planned in North Frisia, Germany, Draws Protests

Germany / Deutschland

A 150MW data center proposed in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, has faced local opposition. Developed by Uniq Land, the project would be built on a 55,000 sqm site near Langenhorn in North Frisia, with potential to expand grid capacity to 300MW. The plan received a hostile response at a Jun...

Omen AI Secures $31M for Data Center Fluid Monitoring Technology

United States

Omen AI has raised $31 million in Series A funding to develop systems for monitoring servers and other data center equipment. The San Francisco-based company’s round was led by Nava Ventures, bringing its total funding to $41.5 million since its 2024 founding. Investors include former Meta COO Sh...

Digital Realty Buys Blackstone Stake in Three Virginia Data Centers for $3.5 Billion

Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is acquiring a stake in three Northern Virginia data centers from Blackstone. The deal covers 288MW of fully leased capacity across two sites in Manassas and one at the Digital Dulles campus in Sterling, all 100% leased to hyperscale customers. Blackstone is selling a 64% interest ...

Developer Withdraws Data Center Proposal in St. Joseph, Missouri

Missouri

An application to rezone and annex land for a proposed data center in St. Joseph, Missouri, has been withdrawn. Capstone Technology Campus, owned by local businessman Steve Craig, had sought approval for a 130-acre development across sites at 6321 and 5701 Pickett Road. The City of St. Joseph con...

Virtus Plans 32.5MW Data Center in Slough, UK

VIRTUS Data Centres Ltd

Virtus Data Centres is planning a new data center in Slough, west of London. The company this week announced London19, a 32.5MW facility at the Slough Trading Estate. Planning permission has already been secured through the estate's Simplified Planning Zone, with Segro set to develop the powered ...

Michigan's Oakland University Moves Forward with Data Center Project

Phoenix Michigan City Investors LLC

Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, is moving ahead with a data center project. The university's Board of Trustees this week approved the next due diligence phase for a proposal from Fairmount Properties, which will build and operate the facility at no cost to the university. First propose...

1.5GW Data Center Campus Planned for Devon, UK

United Kingdom

Xlinks, the company behind the proposed Morocco–UK power cable, has unveiled plans for a 1.5GW AI data center campus in Devon. The project, announced this week, includes two planning applications submitted to Torridge District Council: the 1.5GW Valeon AI data center campus and a 1.8GW battery en...

Top Data Center News for 22nd-27th of June, 2026

Microsoft’s First Data Center at Mount Pleasant Now Operational The first data center at Microsoft’s Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin campus covering 1,000 acres and developed as part of its “Fairwater” data center design to form part of a multi-building AI cluster with 18 data center buildings is now f...