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August 01, 2026
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Norway
Norwegian renewable investment firm Magnora has started work on a new data center project on the western coast of Norway. It has launched Magnora Scale Averøya, a new 100MW data center project in Kristiansund.Magnora is working with owners of Averøy Industripark and Tore Knapskog, who successf...
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Fermi America
Fermi America has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with power-cooling firm MVM EGI Zrt. to develop cooling systems for its planned up to 11GW data center and energy campus in Amarillo, Texas.Under the terms of the MoU, the companies will partner on preliminary engineering...
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France
European chip manufacturer STMicroelectronics has signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with French solar developer TSE Energy. The PPA will see TSE supply ST with power generated by three solar parks in France, with a combined capacity of 43MW. The contract will commence in 2027 and...
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New Jersey
NJFX is expanding its cable landing station and data center site in New Jersey. The firm said the move is supported by the execution of an electric utility load letter supported by a $3 million deposit, targeting power delivery by end of 2026. Bala Consulting Engineers is working with the comp...
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Amazon Announces $15bn Data Center & AI Investment PlanAmazon is to invest $15 billion in data center & AI infrastructure in Indiana, in addition to the $11 billion investment announced last year. This announcement comes as the company aims to add 2.4 GW of capacity in the region, expa...
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Vantage Data Centers
Vantage Data Centers this week announced that its fourth facility (KUL14) on the company’s first Cyberjaya campus in Malaysia is now operational. The 16MW data center is fully leased to a single unnamed customer.“We are thrilled to welcome our customer to KUL14 and support their expanding busi...
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Canada
The Canadian province of Alberta has proposed a new bill to incentivize the development of self-powered data centers. If passed, Bill 8, also known as the Utilities Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, would create a new framework that would allow data center developers to power their installations t...
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Korea Telecom (KT) this week announced that it has signed a business agreement with DigitalBridge regarding an “AI data center business to respond to the growing demand for AI services."“Through this collaboration, both companies plan to proactively prepare for the expected rapid growth in AI ...
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United States
Dycom Industries, a US-based specialty contractor for digital infrastructure, is set to acquire Power Solutions, an electrical contractor serving data centers, for $1.95 billion.“This is a milestone acquisition for Dycom that diversifies our business and significantly enhances our potential to...
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New Jersey
Mac-based cloud infrastructure provider MacWeb has launched a new cloud region in New Jersey. The region gives customers access to cloud Mac mini and Mac Studio cluster nodes located near Manhattan and major network exchanges."Many application and AI engineers already develop on the Mac and wa...
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France
Thésée Datacenter is adding 50MW of data center capacity to its campus in Aurbgenville, outside Paris, France. The firm will invest an initial €60 million ($69.6m) into the project as part of a total investment expected to reach €500m ($579.9m).It intends to expand the site with data center mo...
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GTD
Data center developer Global Technical Realty (GTR) this week announced CH One, a 24MW facility located in Zurich. The three-story facility will span 11,315 sqm (121,793 sq ft) across three data halls. The facility will feature a rooftop solar system, and will make its waste heat available for...
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Digital Connexion
Indian data center joint venture Digital Connexion, jointly owned by Digital Realty, Brookfield, and Reliance Industries, this week announced plans to invest $11 billion in developing a 1GW data center campus in Andhra Pradesh. The company is developing a 400-acre site in Visakhapatnam (aka Vi...
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Amazon AWS
Amazon is to invest $15 billion in data center & AI infrastructure in Indiana. This is in addition to the $11 billion investment announced last year in St. Joseph County. The company said it aims to add 2.4GW of capacity in the region, expanding to new sites in the Hoosier State.“These fac...
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United Kingdom
The University of Bristol has announced plans to develop a National AI Data Facility to support large-scale data processing efforts. The multi-million-pound data repository will be housed at the National Composites Centre (NCC) at the Bristol and Bath Science Park, next to the UK’s Isambard-AI...
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Scala Data Centers
Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) has approved financing of R$200 million ($37.2m) for Scala Data Centers to invest in the acquisition and installation of equipment and materials for the infrastructure of its data centers.The financing approved by the BNDES is ...
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Optical data storage company SPhotonix has raised $4.5 million in a pre-seed funding round, led by Creator Fund and XTX Ventures, the venture capital arm of XTX Markets. The funding would allow it to scale up its photonics and engineering teams, expand its R&D efforts across the US and Eur...
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Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty this week announced the start of construction on FRA20, located at Digital Park Fechenheim. The facility is expected to deliver approximately 16MW of IT capacity across more than 8,100 sqm (87,188 sq ft). The first phase of FRA20 is expected to be operational in spring 2027.“Our...
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopian Electric Utility (EEU) has signed an agreement with Wingu.Africa to lease space at the latter's data center in Addis Ababa. EEU hopes to improve the reliability, security, and efficiency of its operations through the deployment, enabling it to better serve its customers across Ethiop...
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United States
Carbon credit purchasing consortium Frontier, which counts Google and Meta as founding members, has signed a deal with German biogas carbon capture firm Reverion to remove 96,000 tons of CO2 between 2027 and 2030.“Reverion’s approach is a smart upgrade to a well-known industrial process—turnin...
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