Data Center News

Partners Group to Acquire Digital Halo

Singapore

Global private markets firm Partners Group is set to acquire Singapore-based Digital Halo- a data center operator with facilities located across Southeast and North Asia. The company is currently owned by Arch Capital, which will remain a minority shareholder in the business.Following the term...

PDG Seals $1.2bn Financing for APAC Data Center Expansion

Princeton Digital Group

Princeton Digital Group (PDG) recently announced the successful raise of more than $1.2bn in financing to support its continued expansion and development across Asia.The financing comprises​ $800 million in project financing for the development and expansion of PDG’s data center campuses in Mu...

DataVolt Signs $20bn Deal with Supermicro

DataVita

Saudi Arabian data center company DataVolt has signed a $20 billion agreement with Super Micro Computer (Supermicro) to see Supermicro delivering GPU platforms and rack systems to DataVolt's "hyperscale AI campuses" in Saudi Arabia and the US.“We are thrilled to partner with Supermicro and bui...

AtNorth Secures Swedish AI Cloud Provider as Customer

atNorth

Nordic data center firm atNorth this week announced it will host infrastructure that will support the development of a National AI Cloud in partnership with 6G AI Sweden.The National AI Cloud will reportedly “ensure data sovereignty under Swedish jurisdiction and will be fully compliant with G...

PDG Seals $1.2bn Financing for APAC Data Center Expansion

Princeton Digital Group

Princeton Digital Group (PDG) recently announced the successful raise of more than $1.2bn in financing to support its continued expansion and development across Asia.The financing comprises​ $800 million in project financing for the development and expansion of PDG’s data center campuses in Mu...

Qualcomm Signs MoU to Deliver AI data centers for Humain

Saudi Arabia

Qualcomm has signed a memorandum of understanding with Humain to develop AI data centers, hybrid AI across Edge and cloud, and AI chips which would cover facilities in Saudi Arabia and around the world.Humain and Qualcomm plan to develop and build AI data centers in Saudi Arabia, develop CPU a...

Top Data Center News from 12th-17th May 2025

United States

Blue Owl Closes $7 billion Digital Infrastructure Fund Blue Owl Capital Inc. has successfully closed its latest digital infrastructure fund focused on data center development and acquisition with $7 billion of total capital commitments, exceeding the original target of $4 billion.FivePoint Lau...

Five Point Launches PowerBridge

Five Point Infrastructure LLC (formerly known as Five Point Energy) this week announced the formation and funding of PowerBridge LLC, launched with an equity commitment of up to $1 billion. PowerBridge will focus on developing, building, and managing gigawatt-scale data center campuses, associ...

Virgin Media O2 Business X Daisy Group to Create Telecoms Group in UK

Virgin Media O2 Business and Daisy Group have announced plans to merge their B2B operations to create a £3 billion ($3.96bn) telecoms group in the UK. In the announcement, Virgin Media O2 Business said the merger will "create a major new force in the UK business communications and IT sector."“...

Balder Invests in Scandinavian Data Centers

Swedish firm Scandinavian Data Centers (SDC) has secured new investment to fund the development of its underground data center from real estate group Fastighets AB Balder, a new long-term investor. The investment will enable the construction of SDC's first data center, located in Eskilstuna.SD...

BDx Raises Funding for Hong Kong Data Center

Asia Pacific data center operator BDx Data Centers has secured funding for a data center project in Hong Kong from Clifford Capital, UOB (United Overseas Bank), and SMBC (Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation) will go to the development of its first hyperscale data center in the country.“This su...

Iliad Group Signs four PPAs Across Europe for 60MW of Power

French multinational telco company, Iliad Group, has signed four Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) across France, Poland, and Italy for 60MW of power. In France, the company signed two PPAs, including its first wind PPA, with renewable developer H2air. “With these four new projects, we’re passi...

Merlin Edged Launches Barcelona Data Center

CoreWeave

Merlin Edged has launched a data center in Barcelona, inaugurated today by the Mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, and Albert Tort, Secretary of Telecommunications and Digital Transformation of the Government at Generalitat de Catalunya. This facility will be used by neocloud Coreweave. "We'll...

Insurer Marsh McLennan Selects AWS as Preferred Cloud Provider

Amazon AWS

Insurance giant Marsh McLennan has selected AWS as its preferred cloud provider across its four global businesses - Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer, and Oliver Wyman. The company will migrate the majority of its global on-premises infrastructure to AWS, significantly reducing the company's physic...

Blue Owl Closes $7 billion Digital Infrastructure Fund

Alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital Inc. announced today the final close of its latest digital infrastructure fund, Blue Owl Digital Infrastructure Fund III (ODI III), with $7 billion of total capital commitments. ODI III exceeded the original target of $4 billion and hit its hard cap. ...

Angela Rayner Overturns Decision to Block Data Center Planned for Hertfordshire, UK

UK deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has overruled local councillors and given the green light to a £1 billion ($1.32bn) data center in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire.Rayner made her decision based on a report from planning inspector Thomas Hatfield, who recommended that the development, prop...

Equinix Launches First Indonesian Data Center in Jakarta

Equinix

Equinix this week inaugurated its first International Business Exchange (IBX) data center in Jakarta via a joint venture with PT Astra International Tbk. JK1 is an eight-story facility offering 550 cabinets in the first phase. At full build-out, the facility will offer a total capacity of 1,60...

UniCredit to use Google Cloud infrastructure in 13 markets

Pan-European bank UniCredit has signed a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Google Cloud which will see UniCredit using Google's infrastructure, AI, and data analytics solutions in its 13 core markets."This strategic partnership with Google Cloud is a pivotal step in our strategy t...

Telekom Malaysia Inks Solar PPA with Gentari

Telekom Malaysia (TM) has signed a series of Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) with solar developer Gentari Renewables to power six of its sites in Malaysia. Under the terms of the PPA, Gentari will design, install, and operate 4.3MW of solar projects at the TM facilities, which will generate 4....

Cooling fluids firm Arteco Moves into Data Centers

Industrial lubricants company Arteco recently announced its expansion into the data center and electronics market with its Zitrec EC brand. The company has traditionally been known for engine coolants and heat transfer fluids for applications such as heat pumps, air conditioning, refrigeration...