Data Center News

Chindata, HEC Begin Construction on 7.5MW data center in Hubei, China

Chindata Group

Data center operator Chindata and Chinese technology conglomerate HEC Group have broken ground on a 7.5MW data center in Hubei Province, China.Chindata announced on Friday, April 3, that construction on the site has begun. The 6.3-hectare campus will include both the data center and an “AI sho...

Nscale Teams With Fortum to Develop Data Center in Harjavalta, Finland

Nscale

Neocloud provider Nscale is partnering with Finnish energy company Fortum on another Nordic data center project, this time in Finland. Planned for the Sievari industrial area on land owned by the Town of Harjavalta, the development is one of several Nscale is advancing in the country. Fortum w...

Maine Set to Become First State to Freeze Large Data Center Construction

Maine

Maine is on track to become the first U.S. state to impose a moratorium on large data center development. The state House of Representatives passed LD 307 last month, which would prohibit state and local governments from issuing permits for data centers with electrical loads of 20 MW or more u...

Poolside Pursues New Partners for Texas Data Center Following CoreWeave Deal Breakdown

CoreWeave

AI startup Poolside is in discussions with cloud providers, including Google, as it looks to secure a new partner for its Texas data center project. The talks follow the collapse of Poolside’s previous agreement with CoreWeave for the development.CoreWeave and Poolside reached an agreement in ...

10MW Data Center Proposed for Ex-cannabis Siite Outside Tulsa, Oklahoma

A developer is seeking to convert a vacant building outside Tulsa, Oklahoma, into a data center. According to local outlets including 2News and Pawhuska Today, Buckley Bros Holdings LLC is planning to acquire the 200,000 sq ft (18,580 sqm) property at 1901 E. Boundary in Pawhuska and redevelop...

A 70MW Facility is Set to Replace the Former Exodus Data Center in Sydney, Australia

Australia

 Plans have been submitted to the New South Wales government for a new 70MW data center at 23-25 Waterloo Road. The project involves the demolition of a legacy facility in Macquarie Park to make way for this expanded infrastructure.  Digital Realty is the driving force behind a new AU$700 mill...

Telecom Egypt Pushes Back Against Rumors of Data Center Monetization

Telecom Egypt

 Telecom Egypt has formally denied reports that it intends to convert its regional data center complex into a ‘cash-generating asset.’ The speculation originated from a March 30 report by the Egyptian newspaper Al-Mal, which suggested the move was intended to fund the company’s local expansion...

UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency Plans New Data Center

United Kingdom

The UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is seeking a new data center provider. In a tender, the agency is looking for a partner to deliver and maintain a facility supporting its Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) system.LRIT is a global satellite-based system that requires shi...

Unidata Starts Development on 20MW Rome Data Center

Rome

Italian telco Unidata and private equity firm Azimut Libera Impresa have formed a joint venture to develop a “green,” carrier-neutral Tier IV-quality data center in Rome. The UniCenter project will deliver 20MW of capacity with more than 2,000 racks across 140,000 sq ft in the Italian capital,...

Cannabis Company Wants to Turn Former Golf Course in New York into Data Center

New York

A cannabis firm is exploring plans to redevelop a former golf course in New York into a data center campus. OTC-listed Weed Inc. said it aims to repurpose its subsidiary’s 44-acre Sugar Hill Golf Course site in Chautauqua County, near Lake Erie, though full project details have not been disclo...

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

Microsoft Azure

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...

LandBridge, PowerBridge Partner on 2GW West Texas Data Center Campus

Texas

PowerBridge is targeting a multi-gigawatt data center campus in Texas through a lease development agreement with NYSE-listed LandBridge, which shares a common investor with the company.The agreement gives PowerBridge the option to lease up to 3,400 acres in Reeves County, Texas, from LandBridg...

$500m Data Center Approved For Construction Outside Indianapolis

Indianapolis

A $500 million data center has been approved in Martindale Brightwood, northeast of Indianapolis, Indiana. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission approved Metrobloks’ request to rezone a 14-acre site at 2505 North Sherman Drive for the project.The site, vacant since 1983 and form...

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

Microsoft Azure

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...

Microsoft, Armada Deploy Azure Local on Galleon Modular Data Centers

Microsoft Azure

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...

Datacom Acquires Auckland Data Center From T4

Datacom

New Zealand ICT firm Datacom has acquired T4’s data center in Auckland, with terms undisclosed.The facility, located at 42 Business Parade South in Highbrook Business Park, East Tāmaki, was built around 2010 by IBM prior to Kyndryl’s spin-out. It spans approximately 5,200 sqm (56,000 sq ft) an...

Anthropic Considers Investment in Australian Data Center Infrastructure

Australia

AI firm Anthropic may invest in Australian AI infrastructure under a broader agreement with the government. The company, developer of the Claude AI model, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on AI safety research and support Australia’s National AI Plan.Anthropic may invest...

BDx Secures $320M Loan for Indonesia Data Center Expansion

BDx Data Centers

APAC operator BDx Data Centers has secured a $320 million loan facility to support its expansion in Indonesia.The financing was led by Bank Permata, BCA, and KB Bank.Bank Permata, BCA, and KB Bank led the financing.The facility will support further development of CGK3, BDx’s AI-focused data ce...

Hyperscale Data Buys 48.5 Acres to Expand Michigan Data Center Campus

Hyperscale Data, Inc.

Hyperscale Data Inc., through its subsidiary Alliance Cloud Services (ACS), has acquired around 48.5 acres in southwest Michigan, more than doubling its footprint in the area to 83 acres. The deal is expected to close within 60 days, as the company plans to divest the ACS subsidiary in the fir...

Sagtec Global to Build Sovereign AI Data Center

United States

Malaysian tech firm Sagtec Global plans to build a sovereign AI data center.The company aims to complete the facility by Q4 2026 through its subsidiary CL Technologies. While details remain limited, the data center will use Nvidia GPU architecture to support daily transactions across food and ...