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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...

The Complete Guide to Data Center Tier I–IV

United States

Introduction In today's digital economy, virtually every online interaction depends on a data center. Whether someone is streaming a movie, making an online payment, accessing a cloud application, or training an artificial intelligence (AI) model, there is a data center working behind the scenes ...

Patmos Plans Data Center in Independence, Missouri, Amid Moratorium Debate

Patmos

Patmos is planning a new data center in Independence, Missouri. The Kansas City Star reports the company is under contract to acquire a warehouse at 2500 Little Blue Parkway for a $107 million data center conversion. Patmos began talks with owner NorthPoint in November 2025, according to VP of st...

150MW Data Center Planned for Norfolk, UK

United Kingdom

A data center could be developed in Norfolk, UK. First reported by the Norwich Evening News, Norwich Apex Ltd plans a two-story data center, substation, and three-story office building on a 13-hectare site off Ipswich Road in Norwich. The company secured planning permission for the Apex Business ...

Local council Objects to 60,000 sqm Buckinghamshire Data Center Proposal

United Kingdom

Denham Parish Council has objected to a proposed 60,000 sqm data center development in Buckinghamshire, UK. Submitted by Mulberry Commercial Developments II on June 1, 2026, the plan calls for two data center buildings on Green Belt land on either side of Denham Court Drive near the village of De...

Nexus DC Files Application for Dallas Data Center Project

Nexus Data Centers

Nexus Data Centers has filed plans for a new data center project in Texas. The company has submitted an application to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation for a facility at 357 HCR 3372 in Hubbard, Hill County. The Nexus – Apex DFW HB1 project will span 491,380 sq ft (45,650 sqm), wi...

FuelCell Energy to Supply up to 380MW of Fuel Cells to Fit Energy for Data Center Use

United States

US hydrogen fuel cell developer FuelCell Energy has signed its first binding data center power agreement with US developer Fit Energy USA. Under the deal, FuelCell will provide up to 380MW of on-site fuel cell generation to power data centers behind the meter, potentially marking one of the large...

EcoDataCenter Secures 10MW Hydropower PPA with Fortum in Sweden

EcoDataCenter (EcoDC AB)

Nordic data center developer EcoDataCenter has signed a 10MW hydroelectric power purchase agreement with Finnish energy company Fortum to supply its Falun, Sweden facility. Under the four-year deal running from 2026 to 2030, EcoDataCenter will source electricity from Fortum’s Dalälven hydro plant...

Closed Chicago-area incinerator Being Explored for Data Center Development

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 ...

Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders unveil AI Data Center Moratorium Act

United States

Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have introduced the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, which would halt construction of new AI data centers until a federal regulatory framework is established. The bill applies to AI facilities exceeding 20MW and...

Developer withdraws Proposed Data Center Project in Citrus County, Florida

Florida

Florida-based construction firm Deltona Corporation has pulled back its plan to develop a data center in Citrus County following pushback from residents and local officials. “On behalf of our client, Deltona Corporation, we respectfully submit this formal notice of withdrawal of applications CPA-...

Radian Arc to Deploy GPU Edge Platform in PureColo North America Data Centers

North America

Radian Arc and PureColo have partnered to deploy GPU Edge infrastructure across the US and Canada, enabling low-latency services like cloud gaming and sovereign AI via Radian Arc Cloud Gaming and InferX GPUaaS. "North America represents one of the world's largest opportunities for Edge AI and clo...

Yondr and JK Land Holdings Secure $715m for Virginia Data Center Expansion

Yondr Group

Yondr Group and JK Land Holdings have secured $715 million through a private offering of 6.875 percent senior secured notes due 2031 to finance the development of their Virginia data center campus. The notes, issued by Yondr JK 1, LLC, will be sold to qualified institutional buyers. Proceeds will...

NextDC Secures 169-hectare Land Parcel Outside Melbourne

NEXTDC

Australian data center firm NextDC has acquired a large land parcel outside Melbourne, Victoria. Local media, including The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, report that the company has purchased 169 hectares in Lovely Banks, Victoria, near Geelong and around 70km west of Melbourne. The site was...

Spanish ISP Sarenet Opens Data Center in Bizkaia

Sarenet

Spanish internet provider Sarenet has opened a new data center near Bilbao, located at the Derio Communications Hub in Bizkaia. The facility will support the company’s expansion in cloud services, cybersecurity, and business continuity, while reinforcing the Basque Country’s role as a digital eco...

DayOne to Acquire 65-Acre Johor Land Parcel from Malaysia’s Paragon Globe

DayOne

Paragon Globe has agreed to sell a 65-acre site in Iskandar Puteri, Johor, to DayOne Data Centers for RM398 million ($96 million) under a conditional agreement disclosed to Bursa Malaysia. The parcels are located in Gerbang Nusajaya, near Nusajaya Tech Park, part of Malaysia’s data center hub. Co...

20MW Data Center Proposed for Starbucks’ Seattle HQ in Washington

Washington

Colossus Data Center Advisors has submitted plans to develop a data center in Seattle, Washington, within the same building that houses Starbucks' global headquarters. According to Puget Sound Business Journal, The Seattle Times, and The Registry, the proposed facility would be located at 2401 Ut...

100MW Data Center Proposed for Wheeling, West Virginia

West Virginia

A 100MW data center could be developed in Wheeling, West Virginia. Stokes Inc said Silicon Foundation has acquired a 15-acre industrial site at 74 Warwood Avenue, formerly the Centre Foundry, to build a 60,000 sq ft (5,575 sqm) facility. Stokes will act as EPC contractor. The site has an active 1...

EdgeMode Plans 300MW Natural Gas Data Center Campus in Toledo, Spain

EdgeMode

EdgeMode is expanding in Spain with plans for a 300MW “Malpica AI” data center project in Mora, Toledo province. The company is partnering with hydrogen fuel cell developer Bloom Energy to build a campus focused on AI workloads. The initiative represents an estimated €3 billion ($3.42bn) investme...

Microsoft’s First Data Center at Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin Campus Now Operational

Microsoft Azure

The first data center at Microsoft’s Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin campus is now officially operational, the company confirmed on June 23. Construction was completed just over two years after the project was first announced. The site is part of Microsoft’s “Fairwater” data center design and will form...