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August 01, 2026
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Norway
A new data center startup has launched in Norway, aiming to launch “AI factories” in Scandinavia. The company aims to develop “AI factories” powered by surplus renewable energy (namely hydroelectric) in the Nordics.The company is reportedly initially targeting developments at 11 sites in Norwa...
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South Africa
South African real estate firm the Cavaleros Group is looking to move into the data center sector with plans for two campuses and has launched a new unit, Cosmas Data Cities, which plans to develop two sites in Johannesburg and Cape Town.“For over five decades, the Cavaleros Group has built a ...
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United States
Trillium Technologies has had a $300 million fully collateralized private placement debt approved for the development and monetization of compute credits for the Archeo Futurus cloud platform.Proceeds will be used to expand Archeo's infrastructure. Archeo was developed in collaboration with AM...
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Equinix
Colocation provider Equinix this week announced plans to invest $22 million in LG3, set to be located at 43 Saka Tinubu in the Victoria Island area of Lagos. The four-story facility is set to offer 610 sqm (6,570 sq ft) of colocation space.“LG3 marks a significant milestone in Equinix’s long-t...
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Michigan
UK data center firm Deep Green has officially announced plans to expand into the US with the development of a $120 million, 24MW data center in Lansing, Michigan.“Our mission is to accelerate the decarbonization of heat for the benefit of people and the planet,” said Mark Lee, chief executive ...
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Canada
Canadian satellite firm Telesat has announced an expanded relationship with longtime collaborator Farcast, tasking the firm with building its enterprise-class flat panel antenna user terminals and making it ready for volume production.“Our collaboration with Telesat has been a cornerstone of o...
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South America
AI chip company Cerebras and the Government of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana this week announced they have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to build and operate an artificial intelligence (AI) data center of up to 100MW in Wales, Guyana.“We are delighted to partner wit...
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Australia
Australian neocloud Firmus has raised AU$500m (US$327m) in equity for its data center rollout as it aims to expand its data center capacity to 1.6GW through 2028 under an initiative known as Project Southgate, for which the new funding will go towards.Firmus' co-CEO Oliver Curtis said: "This r...
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Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has received the initial approval for its planned data center campuses in the Aragón region in Spain, dubbed MSFT Region, that will see the development of three campuses in La Muela, Villamayor de Gállego, and Zaragoza, as well as their interconnection via fiber optics.The project is...
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DayOne
APAC data center company DayOne plans to expand its data center in Thailand, eventually scaling the Chonburi Tech Park (CTP) campus to 1GW. Having broken ground on the first facility in March, the company will have 180MW of grid capacity. The CTP1 data center, which is still under construction...
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Turkcell and Google Cloud are teaming up to establish a cloud region in Turkey (officially known as Türkiye). Turkcell will "collaborate with Google Cloud to deliver the infrastructure required for a planned new Google Cloud region in Türkiye," consisting of three or more zones.Turkcell estima...
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Google has revealed a €5.5bn ($6.38bn) commitment to expanding its data center and office footprint in Germany.On the data center side, this will include a new facility in Dietzenbach – a town to the south of Frankfurt – as well as continued investments in Google's existing campus in Hanau. Th...
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Google has signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with French energy firm TotalEnergies for power from a solar farm in Williams County, Ohio. Under the terms of the PPA, Total will supply Google with 1.5TWh of power from the 49MW Montpelier solar farm, which is expected to reach opera...
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United States
Omnia Joins TikTok's $9bn Data Center Project in Brazilmnia, the data center company owned by Brazilian investment fund Pátria, is to develop a data center in Brazil, with an estimated investment of 50 billion reais ($9.4bn), which will exclusively serve TikTok, making it the largest data cen...
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Vantage Data Centers
Vantage Data Centers is expanding its footprint in Virginia with a $2 billion, 192MW campus near Fredericksburg in Stafford County. The campus will be Vantage’s fourth in Virginia and brings the company’s statewide capacity to 782MW with a combined investment of approximately $8bn.“The Frederi...
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Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has detailed its plans for a second cloud region in Johor, Malaysia, just months after Microsoft launched its Kuala Lumpur cloud region. The region will be known as Southeast Asia 3, and was first revealed by the company in October. YB Gobind Singh Deo, Malaysia’s Minister of Digital...
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Applied Digital
US energy technology provider Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) has signed an agreement with data center developer Applied Digital to supply it with more than 1GW of natural gas power. The company also expects to sign a long-term parts and services agreement once the plant becomes operational. Th...
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Goodman Group
Goodman Group expects its work-in-progress pipeline to hit a record AU$17.5 billion (US$11.3bn) next year, driven by the growth of its data center business. Goodman said it currently has AU$12.4 billion (US$8bn) of work in progress, with data centers representing 68 percent of this. The figure...
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Google has signed its second carbon removal agreement with Brazilian reforestation firm Mombak, covering 200,000 tons of carbon removal credits tied to projects in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. Google DeepMind, the company’s AI research laboratory, will commence a research collaboration wit...
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Brazil / Brasil
Omnia, the data center company owned by Brazilian investment fund Pátria, is to develop a data center in Brazil, with an estimated investment of 50 billion reais ($9.4bn), which will exclusively serve TikTok.The project is expected to consume an estimated 300MW of electricity, making it the la...
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