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Read Cryptominer NFN8 Files for Bankruptcy after Data Center Fire and Bitcoin Slump
Cryptominer NFN8 Files for Bankruptcy after Data Center Fire and Bitcoin Slump

Cryptominer NFN8 Files for Bankruptcy after Data Center Fire and Bitcoin Slump

February 18, 2026 United States

Cryptominer NFN8 Group has filed for bankruptcy protection in Texas, with all of its assets put up for sale. The company pointed to a number of business challenges that had put pressure on its revenue line, but blamed a late 2025 data center fire for causing bankruptcy."For lessors whose miners...

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Read Kevin O’Leary Targets 7.5GW Data Center Development in Utah
Kevin O’Leary Targets 7.5GW Data Center Development in Utah

Kevin O’Leary Targets 7.5GW Data Center Development in Utah

February 18, 2026 Utah

TV’s Kevin O’Leary is plotting a second “Wonder Valley” development, this time in the US state of Utah, and says the scheme could offer up to 7.5GW of power for hyperscale data centers."We have under development approximately 26,000 acres across two jurisdictions with the infrastructure necessary...

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Read 50MW Data Center Proposal Progresses in Certosa di Pavia, Italy
50MW Data Center Proposal Progresses in Certosa di Pavia, Italy

50MW Data Center Proposal Progresses in Certosa di Pavia, Italy

February 18, 2026 Italy

Plans by Italian real estate developer GSM to build a 50MW data center outside the town of Certosa di Pavia in Italy’s Lombardy region have advanced.“We consider this project an affront to our territory and, for this reason, we are carefully analyzing the technical documentation, which has only...

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Read Zeo Energy to Supply 280MW of Power for Creekstone Energy's up to 10GW Data Center Campus in Millard County, Utah
Zeo Energy to Supply 280MW of Power for Creekstone Energy's up to 10GW Data Center Campus in Millard County, Utah

Zeo Energy to Supply 280MW of Power for Creekstone Energy's up to 10GW Data Center Campus in Millard County, Utah

February 18, 2026 Utah

US clean energy company Zeo Energy Corp has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AI data center company Creekstone Energy to develop 280MW of solar and storage capacity for Creekstone’s data center campus in Millard County, Utah.“AI workloads are driving unprecedented demand for power....

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Read Muhlenberg, Ohio, Imposes One-year Moratorium on New Data Center Projects
Muhlenberg, Ohio, Imposes One-year Moratorium on New Data Center Projects

Muhlenberg, Ohio, Imposes One-year Moratorium on New Data Center Projects

February 17, 2026 Ohio

The Ohio township of Muhlenberg has introduced a 12-month moratorium on planning applications for new data centers after residents voiced concerns about a digital infrastructure and energy campus being planned nearby.In comments reported by the Circleville Herald, trustee Jeff Wippel said the...

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Read Oklahoma House Committee Moves Forward Bill on Data Center Grid Costs
Oklahoma House Committee Moves Forward Bill on Data Center Grid Costs

Oklahoma House Committee Moves Forward Bill on Data Center Grid Costs

February 17, 2026 Oklahoma

An Oklahoma House budget subcommittee has approved legislation aimed at protecting residential ratepayers from having to foot the bill for new infrastructure driven by rising data center demand.“This would make sure that regular ratepayers aren’t having to pay for those really high energy costs,...

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Read ABB Buys Premium Power to Strengthen Data Center Advisory Services
ABB Buys Premium Power to Strengthen Data Center Advisory Services

ABB Buys Premium Power to Strengthen Data Center Advisory Services

February 16, 2026 Dublin

Global electrification firm ABB has acquired Irish electrical engineering consultancy Premium Power to expand its advisory capabilities within the data center market.“For more than two decades, Premium Power has built its reputation by helping customers solve complex electrical challenges with...

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Read Anthropic CEO Cautions on Risks of Poorly Timed AI Data Center Investments
Anthropic CEO Cautions on Risks of Poorly Timed AI Data Center Investments

Anthropic CEO Cautions on Risks of Poorly Timed AI Data Center Investments

February 16, 2026 United States

The CEO of generative AI firm Anthropic warned that the purchase of escalating data center compute costs could be "ruinous" for the company if timed wrong."I really do believe that we could have models that are a country of geniuses in the data center in one to two years," he said."One question...

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Read NeevCloud and Agnikul Cosmos Unveil Plans for Space-based Data Centers
NeevCloud and Agnikul Cosmos Unveil Plans for Space-based Data Centers

NeevCloud and Agnikul Cosmos Unveil Plans for Space-based Data Centers

February 14, 2026 India / Bhārata

India's space tech company Agnikul Cosmos and AI cloud provider NeevCloud are planning to launch data centers in space. The latest of numerous companies to have expressed a desire to bring compute to space, the two have signed an agreement that will see a data center launched in orbit by the end...

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Read Legrand Completes Acquisition of Data Center Power Specialist Kratos Industries
Legrand Completes Acquisition of Data Center Power Specialist Kratos Industries

Legrand Completes Acquisition of Data Center Power Specialist Kratos Industries

February 14, 2026 United States

The company this week announced the acquisition of Kratos Industries, a manufacturer of low-voltage (LV) and medium-voltage (MV) power equipment. Terms of the deal were not shared.“Data centers are facing unprecedented pressure to build out digital infrastructure at scale and with extreme...

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Read Jericho and Comstock Partner to Launch AI Data Center Projects in Oklahoma
Jericho and Comstock Partner to Launch AI Data Center Projects in Oklahoma

Jericho and Comstock Partner to Launch AI Data Center Projects in Oklahoma

February 13, 2026 Oklahoma

Canadian energy company Jericho Energy Ventures has partnered with real estate developer Comstock Holding to form a joint venture focused on the development of AI data center campuses across Oklahoma."We are pleased to welcome Comstock, a leading real estate investor and developer, as a major...

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Read Ukrainian Forces Hit Data Center in Russian-occupied Prymorsk
Ukrainian Forces Hit Data Center in Russian-occupied Prymorsk

Ukrainian Forces Hit Data Center in Russian-occupied Prymorsk

February 13, 2026 Ukraine

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) branch struck three targets across Russian-occupied lands, including a data center. The drone division said that it attacked the facility in Prymorsk, a city in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine."Every day Russian occupying forces make living more difficult....

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Read AEW Aquires Aventos’ Fully Leased Data Center in Nuremberg, Germany
AEW Aquires Aventos’ Fully Leased Data Center in Nuremberg, Germany

AEW Aquires Aventos’ Fully Leased Data Center in Nuremberg, Germany

February 12, 2026 Nuremberg / Nürnberg

German real estate firm Aventos has sold a data center in Nuremberg to real estate investor AEW. Built in 2010, the 2,590 sqm facility is fully leased to a global technology company under a long-term double-net lease.“In view of the currently very high demand for data centers on the real estate...

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Read UK Moves Court System Workloads from Legacy Data Centers
UK Moves Court System Workloads from Legacy Data Centers

UK Moves Court System Workloads from Legacy Data Centers

February 10, 2026 United Kingdom

The UK's HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has migrated its applications out of legacy data centers located in West London and Swindon. In total, HMCTS migrated 37 applications, a project that began in 2020, and has scrapped some and updated others to be moved to cloud platforms, as per a...

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Read Top Data Center News for 2nd -7th February, 2026
Top Data Center News for 2nd -7th February, 2026

Top Data Center News for 2nd -7th February, 2026

February 09, 2026 United States

Google Gets Greenlight for Data Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma The Sand Springs City Council has approved a gigawatt- scale data center campus development proposed by Google for just outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma, dubbed "Project Spring," planned for an 827-acre property located at 5615 OK-97, Sand...

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Read UAE-based Electric and Autonomous Vehicle Company Robo.ai is setting its sights on Data Center Development.
UAE-based Electric and Autonomous Vehicle Company Robo.ai is setting its sights on Data Center Development.

UAE-based Electric and Autonomous Vehicle Company Robo.ai is setting its sights on Data Center Development.

February 07, 2026 United Arab Emirates (UAE)

An electric and autonomous vehicle developer is looking to move into the data center space.UAE-based Robo.ai last week announced that its Robo.ai Investments L.L.C.-FZ subsidiary has entered into a definitive joint venture agreement with Tachyon9 Corporation, a US-based data center infrastructure...

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Read TA Realty Sells Two Data Center Buildings in Leesburg, Virginia
TA Realty Sells Two Data Center Buildings in Leesburg, Virginia

TA Realty Sells Two Data Center Buildings in Leesburg, Virginia

February 07, 2026 Virginia

Real estate firm TA Realty and its data center development arm, TA Digital Group (TADG), this week announced the sale of two hyperscale data center buildings totaling 745,000 sq ft (69,210 sqm) and 165MW of IT load capacity in Leesburg, Loudoun County.The facilities are the first two completed...

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Read Thylander Secures Outside Investors for Data Center Venture
Thylander Secures Outside Investors for Data Center Venture

Thylander Secures Outside Investors for Data Center Venture

February 07, 2026 Denmark

Danish real estate firm Thylander this week said that Thylander Data Centers' (TYDC) investor base now includes Systematic Holding Aps by Michael Holm, Sagitta Ventures Aps, Weco A/S, and E. Bank Lauridsen Holding A/S. Terms of the investment weren’t shared.“We are well underway in developing our...

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Read Serverfarm Completes $589m ABS Offering
Serverfarm Completes $589m ABS Offering

Serverfarm Completes $589m ABS Offering

February 07, 2026 United States

Data center infrastructure developer Serverfarm has closed its first asset-backed securities (ABS) offering at $589 million. The transaction was secured by three data center facilities: in Atlanta, a 153,000 sq ft (14214 sqm) facility with 12MW of critical IT capacity; a 300,000 sq ft (27,870...

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Read Meta Signs 176MWdc solar PPA with Zelestra in Texas
Meta Signs 176MWdc solar PPA with Zelestra in Texas

Meta Signs 176MWdc solar PPA with Zelestra in Texas

February 07, 2026 Texas

Meta has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Spanish renewable energy firm Zelestra for energy from the 176 MWdc (136MWac) Skull Creek Solar Plant in Texas. According to Meta, the PPA will support its efforts to add new clean energy to the grid and support its drive to match...

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