September 30, 2026 Australia
HyperDC Pty Ltd has filed plans for a large-scale data center campus in Moorabool, outside Melbourne, Australia. The company submitted a planning permit application to the Victorian government for the proposed development. The project is planned for 715 Ballan Road, a largely vacant site outside...
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September 26, 2026 Switch: Apex Industrial Park
Switch has submitted a letter of intent to North Las Vegas officials for a roughly 175-acre data center campus at Apex Industrial Park, the first formal development proposal for a land position the company has quietly assembled along the US-93 corridor since the start of the year. KTNV Las Vegas...
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September 26, 2026 Crusoe: Abilene 1
Crusoe has dropped its $1.25 billion launch order for Boom Supersonic's Superpower gas turbines, ending a plan to power AI campuses with turbines derived from the engine behind its Overture supersonic airliner. Boom founder and CEO Blake Scholl said on Friday that the two Denver companies are no...
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September 26, 2026 United States
The U.S. Department of Energy said on September 24 that it intends to put $1.9 billion of federal funding behind 31 grid-improvement projects in 26 states, a package aimed at adding transfer capacity for data centers and other large loads. Recipients will put up $3.35 billion more, bringing the...
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September 25, 2026 Thailand / Prathet Thai
Thailand is expected to finalize new data center regulations by mid-October. According to Nation Thailand, the framework will set rules covering facility size, electricity use, and location. Government agencies have provided data on existing operators, size classifications, and average...
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September 25, 2026 Virginia
Prince William County in Northern Virginia is reducing “by-right” zoning for data center projects amid growing public opposition to AI infrastructure. County supervisors voted to shrink the Prince William data center opportunity zone overlay district, where qualifying data centers can currently...
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September 25, 2026 United States
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $1.9 billion in funding for 31 grid improvement projects across 26 states, aimed at accelerating power connections for data centers and other large loads. The projects are part of the DOE’s SPARK initiative and will receive $5.25 billion in total,...
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September 24, 2026 United States
Houston-based Woodway Energy Infrastructure plans to build a 22-mile (35.4km), 30-inch natural gas pipeline to supply an undisclosed US data center behind the meter. The pipeline is expected to enter service in the first half of 2028, pending regulatory approvals. Woodway will own and operate the...
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September 24, 2026 Australia
Victoria has proposed new rules requiring data centers to secure their own renewable energy and storage capacity. Under the state’s Sustainable Data Centre Action Plan, operators would also need to match new demand with new generation and cover grid connection and network upgrade costs. The...
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September 23, 2026 United States
Zeo Energy and Ewyze will develop off-grid power and data center infrastructure across the US. Their model combines solar, battery storage, and dispatchable power such as natural gas or geothermal to create dedicated microgrids. The companies say this could bring data center capacity online in...
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September 22, 2026 United States
Dutch nanoimprint lithography startup Morphotonics has raised more than €40 million ($46 million) in a Series B funding round. Existing investors 3M Ventures, Innovation Industries, and BOM participated alongside new backers including Invest-NL, the European Innovation Council Fund, Ernij Next,...
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September 22, 2026 Europe
The European Commission has proposed new rules requiring data centers across Europe to disclose their energy and water efficiency metrics. The EU plans to triple its data center capacity over the next five to seven years, prompting concerns over the impact on power grids and natural resources....
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September 19, 2026 Russia / Россия
Russia claims it struck the De Novo data center in Kyiv, Ukraine, one of the country’s largest data centers. According to Russian state news agency TASS, Russian forces carried out strikes earlier this week targeting Ukrainian industrial and infrastructure sites, including defense, energy,...
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September 18, 2026 Virginia
Virginia’s Loudoun County has approved a 12-month moratorium on new data center applications, effective immediately. The Board of Supervisors voted 7-1 for the pause, with Supervisor Kristen Umstattd voting against and Caleb Kershner abstaining. The motion was introduced by Algonkian District...
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September 17, 2026 Scotland
Scotland’s parliament is set to vote on a proposed moratorium on new hyperscale data centers above 50MW. The Scottish Green Party wants large projects paused until a national data center strategy and clear planning rules are established. It says 24 proposed projects could consume 1.5 times...
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September 15, 2026 United States
Data center on-site power developer AVK has launched AVK Capital, a new entity that will fund, own, and operate on-site power infrastructure for customers. The unit is backed by AVK’s recent investment from Partners Group, which acquired a majority stake and plans to invest more than $1 billion...
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September 15, 2026 Nigeria
South African data center operator Digital Parks Africa is expanding into Nigeria with plans for a new facility in Lagos. The carrier-neutral site, called Nigeria Data Centre 1 (NDC1), will mark the company’s entry into West Africa. Details such as its exact location and capacity have not yet...
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September 15, 2026 Canada
Bell plans to expand its Saskatchewan AI data center campus by up to 900MW, with potential to reach 1.2GW. The project could attract more than $50 billion in total investment and will use natural gas power generation and closed-loop cooling that does not require municipal water. Development will...
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September 14, 2026 Turkey
Damac Digital and Vodafone Türkiye have launched the first phase of a new data center in Izmir, Turkey, initially providing 4MW of capacity with plans to scale to 20MW. The project was announced in 2024 and was originally planned as a $100 million, 6MW facility. Damac later increased the...
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September 14, 2026 United States
Microsoft Plans 38GW Of Data Center Capacity By 2032 Microsoft has revealed its plans to more than triple its data center capacity over the next five years, targeting 38GW by 2032, up from its current 12GW with spending continuing to rise, from $55.7 billion in 2024 to $115.9 billion and $145.3...
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