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Read Microsoft Signs Two Solar PPAs With Blueleaf For Japan Data Centers
[Microsoft](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/microsoft-azure) will buy the entire output of two new solar projects in [Japan](https://baxtel.com/regions/japan) developed by Blueleaf Energy under lon...

Microsoft Signs Two Solar PPAs With Blueleaf For Japan Data Centers

October 29, 2026 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft will buy the entire output of two new solar projects in Japan developed by Blueleaf Energy under long-term power purchase agreements. Macquarie Asset Management, which owns Blueleaf, said in a press release on Oct. 28 that its Energy Markets and Customer Solutions team coordinated both...

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Read Microsoft Extends Data Center Useful Life To 25 Years As Cloud Revenue Rises 30%
[Microsoft](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/microsoft-azure) is extending the useful life of its data centers and office buildings to 25 years from 15, effective ![blogs.microsoft.com](/rails/activ...

Microsoft Extends Data Center Useful Life To 25 Years As Cloud Revenue Rises 30%

October 29, 2026 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft is extending the useful life of its data centers and office buildings to 25 years from 15, effective this fiscal year. The company reported fiscal first-quarter Microsoft Cloud revenue up 30% on Oct. 28, with Azure revenue up 48%, according to Microsoft's earnings release. "Effective at...

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Read AirTrunk Secures A$4.25B Green Loan for SYD3 Sydney Campus
AirTrunk has secured an [A$4.25 billion green loan](https://airtrunk.com/airtrunk-secures-a4-25b-green-loan-for-syd3-western-sydney-expansion-supporting-australias-digital-economy) to fund continue...

AirTrunk Secures A$4.25B Green Loan for SYD3 Sydney Campus

October 28, 2026 AirTrunk

AirTrunk has secured an A$4.25 billion green loan to fund continued development of its SYD3 campus in Western Sydney. Reuters put the facility at about US$2.98 billion. Thirty-two local and international financial institutions backed the debt, which 14 lead banks underwrote. AirTrunk develops and...

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Read Verizon Signs $2B-Plus Dark Fiber Deal With AWS
[Verizon](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/verizon-enterprise) will supply dark fiber to Amazon Web Services ([AWS](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/amazon-aws)) under an agreement worth more than $2...

Verizon Signs $2B-Plus Dark Fiber Deal With AWS

October 27, 2026 Amazon AWS

Verizon will supply dark fiber to Amazon Web Services (AWS) under an agreement worth more than $2 billion, the carrier said on Oct. 26. Verizon disclosed the deal in its third-quarter results. The carrier provides the high-capacity fiber links, and AWS is the customer that uses that connectivity...

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Read Amazon Settles With Two Former AWS Managers Over Data Center Kickbacks
Amazon has settled its civil claims against two former AWS real estate managers it accused of taking kickbacks on Northern Virginia data center deals. The company told a federal court on October 20...

Amazon Settles With Two Former AWS Managers Over Data Center Kickbacks

October 27, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon has settled its civil claims against two former AWS real estate managers it accused of taking kickbacks on Northern Virginia data center deals. The company told a federal court on October 20 that it had reached the agreement with Carl Nelson and Casey Kirschner, less than two weeks before...

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Read Clayco and Kiewit Top Out First Building at Project Jupiter in New Mexico
Clayco and Kiewit New Mexico Co. topped out the 855,000-square-foot first building at Project Jupiter, a data center campus in Doña Ana County, [New Mexico](https://baxtel.com/regions/new-mexico). ...

Clayco and Kiewit Top Out First Building at Project Jupiter in New Mexico

October 27, 2026 STACK INFRASTRUCTURE

Clayco and Kiewit New Mexico Co. topped out the 855,000-square-foot first building at Project Jupiter, a data center campus in Doña Ana County, New Mexico. The contractors placed the final structural beam atop the building, completing its primary structural framework, Clayco announced on October...

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Read OpenAI Seeks Permit To Fill 72 Acres Of Wetlands At Project Camellia
OpenAI has applied for a federal permit to fill 72 acres of wetlands at its Project Camellia data center campus in Georgia. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Savannah District is taking public comm...

OpenAI Seeks Permit To Fill 72 Acres Of Wetlands At Project Camellia

October 26, 2026 OpenAI

OpenAI has applied for a federal permit to fill 72 acres of wetlands at its Project Camellia data center campus in Georgia. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Savannah District is taking public comments on the application through Nov. 4, the Savannah Morning News reported. The campus is planned...

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Read Princeton Digital Group Linked to A$1B, 100MW Sydney Data Centre
Planning documents filed with the [New South Wales](https://baxtel.com/regions/new-south-wales) government identify [Princeton Digital Group](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/princeton-digital-group...

Princeton Digital Group Linked to A$1B, 100MW Sydney Data Centre

October 26, 2026 Sydney

Planning documents filed with the New South Wales government identify Princeton Digital Group as the client behind a 100-megawatt data centre in Sydney's southwest. The scoping report, first reported by Mingtiandi on Oct. 24, describes capital investment above A$1 billion (US$701 million). If...

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Read Amazon Plans Second Missouri Campus With Up To 15 Data Center Buildings
[Amazon Web Services](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/amazon-aws) plans up to 15 more data center buildings on as much as 890 acres in [Missouri](https://baxtel.com/regions/missouri)'s Montgomery C...

Amazon Plans Second Missouri Campus With Up To 15 Data Center Buildings

October 26, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services plans up to 15 more data center buildings on as much as 890 acres in Missouri's Montgomery County, a second campus that would sit closer to Danville, several miles from the Project Green build already under construction near New Florence. Amazon representative Brian Bolton...

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Read Umatilla Declares Emergency Over Oregon Data Center Permit Pause
The city of Umatilla, Oregon, has declared a state of emergency over Governor Tina Kotek's order pausing state environmental permits for new and expanded data centers, an escalation of local pushba...

Umatilla Declares Emergency Over Oregon Data Center Permit Pause

October 25, 2026 Amazon AWS

The city of Umatilla, Oregon, has declared a state of emergency over Governor Tina Kotek's order pausing state environmental permits for new and expanded data centers, an escalation of local pushback against the statewide freeze. Five of the six city council members present voted for the...

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Read Microsoft Files for 422MW Three-Building Data Center Campus in Rome, Georgia
Microsoft filed for state review on October 20 of a three-building data center campus in Rome, Georgia, with 422MW of planned capacity. The [Development of Regional Impact application](https://dca....

Microsoft Files for 422MW Three-Building Data Center Campus in Rome, Georgia

October 22, 2026 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft filed for state review on October 20 of a three-building data center campus in Rome, Georgia, with 422MW of planned capacity. The Development of Regional Impact application covers 349 acres at 0 Huffaker Road and 1,659,000 square feet of floor space. Microsoft owns the land, bought in...

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Read Amazon Pledges €16B For Germany In 2027, Including €4.8B For AWS Frankfurt
Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion ($18 billion) in Germany in 2027, including €4.8 billion to expand the [AWS Europe (Frankfurt) region](https://press.aboutamazon.com/de/2026/10/invest-i...

Amazon Pledges €16B For Germany In 2027, Including €4.8B For AWS Frankfurt

October 21, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion ($18 billion) in Germany in 2027, including €4.8 billion to expand the AWS Europe (Frankfurt) region, the company said on Oct. 20. Chancellor Friedrich Merz and federal economy and energy minister Katherina Reiche appeared with Amazon chief global...

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Read Amazon Drops 800,000 Sq Ft Data Center Campus In Loudoun County Deal
Amazon Data Services has withdrawn its application to build four data centers on the former George Washington University campus in Ashburn, Virginia, ending a months-long standoff with Loudoun Coun...

Amazon Drops 800,000 Sq Ft Data Center Campus In Loudoun County Deal

October 21, 2026 Amazon AWS

Amazon Data Services has withdrawn its application to build four data centers on the former George Washington University campus in Ashburn, Virginia, ending a months-long standoff with Loudoun County. Officials announced the agreement, called Project Potomac Promise, at the Oct. 20 Board of...

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Read AEP And X-energy Study 960MW SMR Plant To Power Amazon In Indiana
X-energy and American Electric Power will study a 960 MW advanced nuclear plant at a retired coal station in Sullivan County, Indiana, with Amazon funding development work and positioned to buy the...

AEP And X-energy Study 960MW SMR Plant To Power Amazon In Indiana

October 20, 2026 Amazon AWS

X-energy and American Electric Power will study a 960 MW advanced nuclear plant at a retired coal station in Sullivan County, Indiana, with Amazon funding development work and positioned to buy the plant's output. The companies announced a joint development agreement on Oct. 19 covering...

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Read Microsoft Exits Nscale's 50MW Loughton Data Center Deal In Essex
Microsoft has ended its agreement to anchor [Nscale](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/nscale)'s Loughton AI campus in Essex, the 50MW facility that UK ministers promoted as the country's largest sov...

Microsoft Exits Nscale's 50MW Loughton Data Center Deal In Essex

October 19, 2026 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has ended its agreement to anchor Nscale's Loughton AI campus in Essex, the 50MW facility that UK ministers promoted as the country's largest sovereign AI data center when it was announced in 2025. The withdrawal, first reported by The Telegraph on Oct. 18, leaves the £2bn project...

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Read Microsoft To Fund 1,100MW Of Indiana Generation Under 20-Year NiSource Deal
Microsoft will pay for all the generation and transmission needed to serve its La Porte, Indiana data center campus under a 20-year electric service agreement with [NiSource](https://www.nisource.c...

Microsoft To Fund 1,100MW Of Indiana Generation Under 20-Year NiSource Deal

October 19, 2026 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft will pay for all the generation and transmission needed to serve its La Porte, Indiana data center campus under a 20-year electric service agreement with NiSource announced Oct. 16. Service starts in 2028. The utility's unregulated affiliate, NiSource Generation Company, will add...

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Read NiSource And Microsoft Sign 20-Year Deal For 1,100MW Of Indiana Power
Microsoft will fund about 1,100 MW of new generation and transmission in northern Indiana and buy the output for 20 years under an agreement with [NiSource](https://www.nisource.com/news/article/ni...

NiSource And Microsoft Sign 20-Year Deal For 1,100MW Of Indiana Power

October 19, 2026 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft will fund about 1,100 MW of new generation and transmission in northern Indiana and buy the output for 20 years under an agreement with NiSource, the holding company that owns Northern Indiana Public Service Company. Announced Friday, the deal covers the La Porte data center campus...

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Read Digital Realty Picks Kokomo for 1GW Campus, Its First in Indiana
[Digital Realty](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/digital-realty-trust) wants to build its first [Indiana](https://baxtel.com/regions/indiana) data centers in Kokomo, proposing a three-building camp...

Digital Realty Picks Kokomo for 1GW Campus, Its First in Indiana

October 17, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty wants to build its first Indiana data centers in Kokomo, proposing a three-building campus with roughly 1GW of IT capacity on 476 acres of greenfield land. The global REIT published a project page for the development after city officials confirmed its interest earlier this month,...

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Read Digital Realty Proposes 1GW Data Center Campus In Kokomo, Indiana

[Digital Realty](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/digital-realty-trust) is proposing a three-building data center campus on about 476 acres at Industrial Park North in Kokomo, Indiana, with a site...

Digital Realty Proposes 1GW Data Center Campus In Kokomo, Indiana

October 16, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty is proposing a three-building data center campus on about 476 acres at Industrial Park North in Kokomo, Indiana, with a site plan that calls for roughly 1GW of IT capacity and completion in 2033. The company published the details on its Kokomo project page, and Kokomo Mayor Tyler...

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Read Digital Realty Completes Structural Topping-Out of Second Seoul Data Center
Digital Realty has topped out ICN11, its second data center in Seoul, South Korea. The facility is expected to become operational in the second half of 2027.

“The topping out isn't just a constr...

Digital Realty Completes Structural Topping-Out of Second Seoul Data Center

October 15, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has topped out ICN11, its second data center in Seoul, South Korea. The facility is expected to become operational in the second half of 2027. “The topping out isn't just a construction milestone; it's a powerful symbol of what happens when incredible teams come together to build...

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