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Read NTT Global Data Centers Signs 900MW Fuel Cell Deal With Bloom Energy
[NTT DATA](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/ntt-data) will use Bloom Energy fuel cells as primary power at data centers worldwide under a [900MW agreement](https://www.nttdata.com/en-za/news/2026/nt...

NTT Global Data Centers Signs 900MW Fuel Cell Deal With Bloom Energy

November 06, 2026 NTT

NTT DATA will use Bloom Energy fuel cells as primary power at data centers worldwide under a 900MW agreement, with first shipments in 2027. The companies announced the agreement on Nov. 5. NTT Global Data Centers, the data center division of NTT DATA, will run the fuel cells as the main source of...

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Read Goodman and Digital Realty Launch A$715M Bid for 9.9% NEXTDC Stake
[Goodman Group](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/goodman-group) and [Digital Realty](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/digital-realty-trust) moved to buy up to 9.9% of Australian operator [NEXTDC](htt...

Goodman and Digital Realty Launch A$715M Bid for 9.9% NEXTDC Stake

November 05, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Goodman Group and Digital Realty moved to buy up to 9.9% of Australian operator NEXTDC at a 45.5% premium to the previous close. The buyers offered A$9.50 a share through an aftermarket bookbuild, a purchase Reuters valued at about A$715 million (US$501 million) after reviewing the term sheet....

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Read NTT Opens 12MW Jakarta 2 Annex Data Center in Indonesia
[NTT DATA](https://www.nttdata.com/en-us/news/2026/ntt-data-opens-jakarta-data-center) opened its new Jakarta data center on Nov. 3, adding 12MW of IT capacity at its existing campus in South Jakar...

NTT Opens 12MW Jakarta 2 Annex Data Center in Indonesia

November 03, 2026 NTT

NTT DATA opened its new Jakarta data center on Nov. 3, adding 12MW of IT capacity at its existing campus in South Jakarta. The facility, the Jakarta 2 Annex Data Center, is known as JKT2A and sits inside NTT DATA's Jakarta campus. JKT2A extends the JKT2 campus, which hosts more than 240...

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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....

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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 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...

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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 NTT Installs Nvidia GPU Test Cluster at Munich 2 Data Center
NTT Global Data Centres has deployed an Nvidia GPU cluster at its Munich 2 data center, allowing clients to test AI applications at scale before committing to wider deployments. Dubbed AI Factory M...

NTT Installs Nvidia GPU Test Cluster at Munich 2 Data Center

October 15, 2026 NTT

NTT Global Data Centres has deployed an Nvidia GPU cluster at its Munich 2 data center, allowing clients to test AI applications at scale before committing to wider deployments. Dubbed AI Factory Munich, the cluster lets customers assess AI workloads against real-world infrastructure, security,...

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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...

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Read Microsoft Acquires 600 Acres for Data Center Development in Woodward, Iowa
Microsoft has acquired 600 acres in Woodward, around 30 miles northwest of Des Moines, Iowa, for a potential data center campus. The purchase was disclosed at a residents’ meeting on October 12, fo...

Microsoft Acquires 600 Acres for Data Center Development in Woodward, Iowa

October 14, 2026 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has acquired 600 acres in Woodward, around 30 miles northwest of Des Moines, Iowa, for a potential data center campus. The purchase was disclosed at a residents’ meeting on October 12, four days after the sale closed. The site lies between Highway 141 and Seminole Avenue, but...

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Read NTT Data Nears $6.3B, 500MW Data Center Deal For Anthropic In Osaka
NTT Data Group is in the final stages of talks to build a data center in Osaka Prefecture for Anthropic, in what would be the U.S. AI developer's first dedicated facility in Japan. The project coul...

NTT Data Nears $6.3B, 500MW Data Center Deal For Anthropic In Osaka

October 13, 2026 NTT

NTT Data Group is in the final stages of talks to build a data center in Osaka Prefecture for Anthropic, in what would be the U.S. AI developer's first dedicated facility in Japan. The project could draw up to 500 MW and cost as much as ¥1 trillion, about $6.3 billion, Nikkei Asia reported on...

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Read NTT Data in Final Talks for 500MW, $6.3B Anthropic Data Center in Osaka
[NTT Data Group](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/ntt) is in the final stages of talks to build a data center in [Osaka](https://baxtel.com/regions/osaka) for [Anthropic](https://baxtel.com/data-cen...

NTT Data in Final Talks for 500MW, $6.3B Anthropic Data Center in Osaka

October 13, 2026 NTT

NTT Data Group is in the final stages of talks to build a data center in Osaka for Anthropic, Nikkei reported Tuesday. Construction could cost up to 1 trillion yen ($6.3 billion), and the site would draw as much as 500 MW of power, among the largest intakes of any facility in the country. The...

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Read Microsoft Trims Mount Pleasant Data Center Plan To Seven Buildings From Nine
Microsoft has cut the number of buildings planned for the 791-acre Durand Avenue portion of its Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, data center campus to seven from nine, reducing the parcel's projected tax...

Microsoft Trims Mount Pleasant Data Center Plan To Seven Buildings From Nine

October 12, 2026 Microsoft Azure

Microsoft has cut the number of buildings planned for the 791-acre Durand Avenue portion of its Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, data center campus to seven from nine, reducing the parcel's projected taxable value by about 24 percent, or nearly $1.9 billion, the Milwaukee Business Journal reported...

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Read Digital Realty Starts 24MW KIX15 Data Center At Osaka KIX Campus
[Digital Realty](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/digital-realty-trust) has begun construction of KIX15, a 24-megawatt data center at its KIX Campus in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, the com...

Digital Realty Starts 24MW KIX15 Data Center At Osaka KIX Campus

October 10, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty has begun construction of KIX15, a 24-megawatt data center at its KIX Campus in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, the company announced on Oct. 7. The facility is being developed by MC Digital Realty, the operator's 50/50 joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation, and is...

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Read Digital Realty Starts Construction of KIX15 Data Center in Japan
Digital Realty’s KIX15 data center will add 24MW of capacity to its KIX Campus in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Developed by MC Digital Realty, a 50/50 joint venture between Digital Realty...

Digital Realty Starts Construction of KIX15 Data Center in Japan

October 09, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

Digital Realty’s KIX15 data center will add 24MW of capacity to its KIX Campus in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. Developed by MC Digital Realty, a 50/50 joint venture between Digital Realty and Mitsubishi Corporation, KIX15 will be the campus’s fifth building. Operations are expected to...

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Read Digital Realty Appoints New Global Head Of Energy
US colocation data center firm Digital Realty has appointed Jim Collins as senior vice president and global head of energy. Collins joins from Microsoft, where he spent 13 years in various leadersh...

Digital Realty Appoints New Global Head Of Energy

September 26, 2026 Digital Realty Trust

US colocation data center firm Digital Realty has appointed Jim Collins as senior vice president and global head of energy. Collins joins from Microsoft, where he spent 13 years in various leadership roles, most recently as general manager of global energy markets. Before Microsoft, he spent a...

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