Read OpenLight Secures $34m in Funding
OpenLight Secures $34m in Funding
August 28, 2025

OpenLight Secures $34m in Funding

United States

OpenLight, a designer of custom application-specific photonic chips, has secured $34 million in a funding round that was co-led by Xora Innovation and Capricorn Investment Group. Other participants include Mayfield; HPE’s Juniper Networks; Lam Capital, the corporate venture arm of Lam Research...

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Read EdgeConneX to Develop Second Facility in Japan
EdgeConneX to Develop Second Facility in Japan
August 28, 2025

EdgeConneX to Develop Second Facility in Japan

EdgeConneX

Data center firm EdgeConneX this week announced the acquisition of its second data center site in the Greater Osaka and Yawata areas of Japan. The new site will provide an additional 150MW upon completion, bringing EdgeConneX's total data center capacity in Japan to 350MW of utility power at f...

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Read Fermi America Forms nuclear partnership with Doosan Enerbility
Fermi America Forms nuclear partnership with Doosan Enerbility
August 28, 2025

Fermi America Forms nuclear partnership with Doosan Enerbility

Fermi America

Fermi America has signed another partnership to support the development of its planned 11GW HyperGrid AI mega campus in Amarillo, Texas. Fermi signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Doosan Enerbility, a South Korean nuclear power plant component manufacturer."Having worked with Doosan...

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Read Hut 8 Announces Four Data Center Projects across US
Hut 8 Announces Four Data Center Projects across US
August 28, 2025

Hut 8 Announces Four Data Center Projects across US

Hut 8 Corp

HPC and cryptomine data center developer Hut 8 this week announced plans to develop four new sites across the United States, totaling 1.53GW of capacity under development. The expansion sites range in scale from 50MW to 1GW of utility capacity across Louisiana, Texas, and Illinois. Hut 8 said ...

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Read Zenith Obtains Planning Approval for 1.24GW Data Center Project
Zenith Obtains Planning Approval for 1.24GW Data Center Project
August 27, 2025

Zenith Obtains Planning Approval for 1.24GW Data Center Project

New Mexico

US energy infrastructure developer Zenith Volts has been granted approval from the Chaves County Commission for a 300-acre data center project designed to support 1.24GW or more of power capacity. The entire site will span 8,500 acres and integrate advanced power solutions, including on-site s...

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Read Soluna to Develop Two New Data Centers in Texas
Soluna to Develop Two New Data Centers in Texas
August 27, 2025

Soluna to Develop Two New Data Centers in Texas

Soluna

Cryptomining and high-performance computing data center developer Soluna has announced two new projects in Texas with a combined capacity of 350MW, bringing its total capacity in operation and development to 1GW.The first project announced was Project Fei, a 100MW data center project colocated...

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Read Digital Realty Launches 2MW Data Center in Nigeria
Digital Realty Launches 2MW Data Center in Nigeria
August 26, 2025

Digital Realty Launches 2MW Data Center in Nigeria

Digital Realty Trust

Colocation giant Digital Realty this week announced the opening of its latest data center in Lagos, in the Lekki area of the city, adding nearly 2MW of IT capacity across nearly 1,205 sqm (13,000 sq ft) of data hall space. The facility will be interconnected with Digital Realty’s existing LKK1...

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Read Compass Mining, Onmine Partner to Energize 10MW site in Texas
Compass Mining, Onmine Partner to Energize 10MW site in Texas
August 26, 2025

Compass Mining, Onmine Partner to Energize 10MW site in Texas

Texas

Bitcoin mining company Compass Mining has announced the full energization of a 10MW cryptomine data center facility in Texas, a project developed in partnership with Onmine, which helped provide crucial infrastructure, and coordinated the site’s development with ERCOT - the Electric Reliabilit...

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Read Top Data Center News from 18th - 22nd August, 2025
Top Data Center News from 18th - 22nd August, 2025
August 25, 2025

Top Data Center News from 18th - 22nd August, 2025

United States

Vantage Plots 1.4GW Data Center Campus in TexasVantage Data Centers is expanding in Texas with a new gigawatt-scale campus outside Abilene in Shackelford County, Texas, set to be the largest across its global portfolio and its biggest investment to date, totaling more than $25 billion. AirTrun...

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Read Essential Utilities Invests $24m into Planned 944MW Facility
Essential Utilities Invests $24m into Planned 944MW Facility
August 25, 2025

Essential Utilities Invests $24m into Planned 944MW Facility

Pennsylvania

Essential Utilities, a US-based utility company focusing on natural gas and wastewater treatment, has invested $26 million into a data center project in development in Greene County, Pennsylvania.The utility signed an agreement with independent power producer International Electric Power III (...

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Read Meeza Secures $219m Funding for 44MW expansion
Meeza Secures $219m Funding for 44MW expansion
August 25, 2025

Meeza Secures $219m Funding for 44MW expansion

Qatar

Meeza, a data center and IT firm in Qatar announced this week that it has secured a QAR 800 million ($219.3m) Commodity Murabaha bank facility from Dukhan Bank to fund its build-out. The financing will fund expansion plans to add 44MW of data center capacity. The first phase will deliver 24MW,...

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Read US Government Acquires 10% Stake in Intel
US Government Acquires 10% Stake in Intel
August 23, 2025

US Government Acquires 10% Stake in Intel

United States

The US government has taken a 9.9 percent stake in beleaguered chipmaker and designer Intel, investing $8.9 billion in Intel, with $5.7bn coming from funds that would have been awarded through the CHIPS Act and $3.2bn from funds from the Secure Enclave program. Intel has already received $2.2b...

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Read Terakraft and Neurophos Deploy AI Hardware at Data Center in Norway
Terakraft and Neurophos Deploy AI Hardware at Data Center in Norway
August 22, 2025

Terakraft and Neurophos Deploy AI Hardware at Data Center in Norway

Norway

AI data center operator Terakraft and AI chip company Neurophos are teaming up for AI infrastructure at the former's data center in Norway, aiming to develop "sustainable" AI infrastructure under the agreement.“By hosting Neurophos’ ultra-efficient optical chips in our green data center for se...

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Read Atmosphere DC Secures Investment from AGC Equity Partners
Atmosphere DC Secures Investment from AGC Equity Partners
August 22, 2025

Atmosphere DC Secures Investment from AGC Equity Partners

United States

Atmosphere Data Centers, a new US-based operator this week announced it has secured a “significant strategic growth investment” from AGC Equity Partners, a global institutional investment firm. “This investment represents a major milestone for Atmosphere,” said Chuck McBride, CEO of Atmosphere...

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Read 500MW Solar Park and AI Campus Planned in Germany
500MW Solar Park and AI Campus Planned in Germany
August 22, 2025

500MW Solar Park and AI Campus Planned in Germany

Germany / Deutschland

A major renewable energy and AI data center campus is planned for Weida-Land in Germany.Located in the Saxony-Anhalt municipality, the project will include a 500MW solar farm, 500MW/1,750MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), and an AI campus with a data center.The solar parks will be deplo...

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Read Golf Course Set to Become Data Center in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Golf Course Set to Become Data Center in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
August 22, 2025

Golf Course Set to Become Data Center in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Dauphin County General Authority (DCGA) owned golf course was sold for $45.6 million to Harrisburg I, LLC, which intends to use the site for a data center project. Harrisburg I is a purchasing entity under the Texas realtor Provident Realty. According to the county, the proposal was one of...

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Read Large Data Center Campus Proposed in Lancaster Area of Texas
Large Data Center Campus Proposed in Lancaster Area of Texas
August 22, 2025

Large Data Center Campus Proposed in Lancaster Area of Texas

Texas

WHL Dallas 45 LLC has filed to develop a large campus across two adjacent sites in the Lancaster area of Dallas, known as Project Orange and Project Labrador. Combined, the two sites could host 13 facilities across more than 530 acres, totaling more than 2.5 million sq ft (232,258 sqm) and sev...

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Read NorthC Renews Lease on Munich Data Center for 25 years
NorthC Renews Lease on Munich Data Center for 25 years
August 22, 2025

NorthC Renews Lease on Munich Data Center for 25 years

NorthC Datacenters

European data center firm NorthC this week has extended its lease on the 4,800 square meters (51,666 sq ft) of data center space with real estate firm Allgemeine Südboden AG for 25 years.Bettina Krause, head of leasing, Allgemeine Südboden: "We are delighted to extend the lease agreement with ...

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Read DartPoints to Expand Data Centers at Four Sites Across US
DartPoints to Expand Data Centers at Four Sites Across US
August 21, 2025

DartPoints to Expand Data Centers at Four Sites Across US

United States

US operator DartPoints is expanding its data center portfolio across South Carolina, Indiana, and Ohio, announcing the first phase of expansion, following the equity investment from Nova Infrastructure.“Our vision of delivering AI-ready environments in the next ring of US markets is now becomi...

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Read E-Werk and Leitwerk Plans Data Center in Lahr, Germany
E-Werk and Leitwerk Plans Data Center in Lahr, Germany
August 21, 2025

E-Werk and Leitwerk Plans Data Center in Lahr, Germany

Germany / Deutschland

Energy firm E-Werk Mittelbaden and IT services provider Leitwerk are investing €16 million ($18.63m) in a new data center within the startkLahr Airport & Business Park in Lahr, close to the French border in western Baden-Württemberg.“Starting signal for our data center in Lahr,” Julian Neu...

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