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Read Orbital Partners With Reflex Aerospace On Space Data Center Constellation
Orbital Compute has selected German satellite manufacturer Reflex Aerospace as its platform partner to develop the Orbital-1 constellation, planned to include 100,000 satellites for orbital data ce...

Orbital Partners With Reflex Aerospace On Space Data Center Constellation

September 12, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

Orbital Compute has selected German satellite manufacturer Reflex Aerospace as its platform partner to develop the Orbital-1 constellation, planned to include 100,000 satellites for orbital data centers. Reflex will lead satellite integration using a proven bus design that will become exclusive...

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Read 120MW Data Center Plans Withdrawn In Lombardy, Italy
Plans for a 120MW data center in Travagliato, Lombardy, have been withdrawn by developer East Gate, around 10 months after the project was submitted to the municipality. Mayor Renato Pasinetti conf...

120MW Data Center Plans Withdrawn In Lombardy, Italy

September 12, 2026 Italy

Plans for a 120MW data center in Travagliato, Lombardy, have been withdrawn by developer East Gate, around 10 months after the project was submitted to the municipality. Mayor Renato Pasinetti confirmed the withdrawal, saying the province of Brescia is expected to shelve the grid connection...

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Read Oregon Pauses State Land Sales For Data Center Projects Through July 2027
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has ordered state agencies to pause land transactions for new data center projects. The freeze covers unapproved easements, leases, land-use permits, property sales, and ...

Oregon Pauses State Land Sales For Data Center Projects Through July 2027

September 11, 2026 Oregon

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has ordered state agencies to pause land transactions for new data center projects. The freeze covers unapproved easements, leases, land-use permits, property sales, and other state land agreements for data centers. It will remain in place through July 1, 2027, unless...

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Read High Wycombe Film Studio Conversion To Data Center Approved
Wycombe Park Ltd’s plans to convert a former film studio site into a data center near High Wycombe, UK, have been recommended for approval by Buckinghamshire Council’s Strategic Sites Committee. Th...

High Wycombe Film Studio Conversion To Data Center Approved

September 10, 2026 United Kingdom

Wycombe Park Ltd’s plans to convert a former film studio site into a data center near High Wycombe, UK, have been recommended for approval by Buckinghamshire Council’s Strategic Sites Committee. The site, south of Wycombe Air Park, was originally planned as an eight-phase film studio development...

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Read S+B Gruppe Plans Data Center In Bucharest, Romania
Real estate developer S+B Gruppe has secured approval to build a 12MW Tier III data center in northern Bucharest, Romania. Named NIMB, the facility has received a building permit and grid connectio...

S+B Gruppe Plans Data Center In Bucharest, Romania

September 10, 2026 Romania

Real estate developer S+B Gruppe has secured approval to build a 12MW Tier III data center in northern Bucharest, Romania. Named NIMB, the facility has received a building permit and grid connection approval. It will provide 36,597 sq ft (3,400 sqm) of white space and is expected to open in 2028....

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Read Ivory Coast Plans First State-Owned Data Center For 2027 Launch
Ivory Coast is planning to build its first state-owned data center, with operations expected to begin in 2027. The project is being developed by Washington-based Cybastion Institute of Technology L...

Ivory Coast Plans First State-Owned Data Center For 2027 Launch

September 10, 2026 Ivory Coast - Côte d'Ivoire

Ivory Coast is planning to build its first state-owned data center, with operations expected to begin in 2027. The project is being developed by Washington-based Cybastion Institute of Technology LLC at an estimated cost of $66 million, with financial support from the US Export-Import Bank. The...

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Read Friesen Elektra Explores Data Center Project In Lower Saxony, Germany
Friesen Elektra is exploring a data center at its planned Wasserstoffpark Friesland green hydrogen site near Sande, Lower Saxony. The company has applied for a zoning exemption to allow the project...

Friesen Elektra Explores Data Center Project In Lower Saxony, Germany

September 10, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

Friesen Elektra is exploring a data center at its planned Wasserstoffpark Friesland green hydrogen site near Sande, Lower Saxony. The company has applied for a zoning exemption to allow the project. No IT capacity has been disclosed, while the wider hydrogen park is planned for 400MW of power...

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Read Data Center Oil Leak Contaminates Water In Bangkok, Thailand
An oil leak at a Bangkok data center contaminated 32 cubic meters of water but has now been cleaned up. Thailand’s Pollution Control Department said the leak, reportedly from Damac Digital Thailand...

Data Center Oil Leak Contaminates Water In Bangkok, Thailand

September 09, 2026 Thailand / Prathet Thai

An oil leak at a Bangkok data center contaminated 32 cubic meters of water but has now been cleaned up. Thailand’s Pollution Control Department said the leak, reportedly from Damac Digital Thailand’s BKK 01 facility on Rama 9 Road, was successfully contained. An emergency cleanup began Monday...

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Read Greenfield And Finsbury Infrastructure To Invest €360M In Milan Data Center
UK infrastructure developer Greenfield and Finsbury Infrastructure plan to invest up to €360 million ($418m) to develop a 36MW data center east of Milan, Italy. Greenfield has already secured 80MW ...

Greenfield And Finsbury Infrastructure To Invest €360M In Milan Data Center

September 08, 2026 Milan

UK infrastructure developer Greenfield and Finsbury Infrastructure plan to invest up to €360 million ($418m) to develop a 36MW data center east of Milan, Italy. Greenfield has already secured 80MW of power capacity for the site, which will support AI, cloud, and enterprise workloads while...

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Read Top Data Center News for 31st August - 5th September, 2026
**[Meta’s $1.2B Data Center In Kuna, Idaho, Goes Live](https://baxtel.com/news/meta-s-1-2b-data-center-in-kuna-idaho-goes-live)**
**Meta’s Kuna, Idaho Data Center is now operational and has begun ...

Top Data Center News for 31st August - 5th September, 2026

September 07, 2026 United States

Meta’s $1.2B Data Center In Kuna, Idaho, Goes Live Meta’s Kuna, Idaho Data Center is now operational and has begun serving traffic, representing Meta's second AI-optimized facility in the fleet, with an overall investment of $1.2 billion. after being initially announced in 2022 before being...

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Read Key ASIC And CT Vision Plan Green AI Data Center In Malaysia
Key ASIC And CT Vision Partner On 300MW Green AI Data Center In Malaysia Malaysian semiconductor designer Key ASIC has partnered with Hong Kong-based investment firm CT Vision to develop a green AI...

Key ASIC And CT Vision Plan Green AI Data Center In Malaysia

September 07, 2026 Malaysia

Key ASIC And CT Vision Partner On 300MW Green AI Data Center In Malaysia Malaysian semiconductor designer Key ASIC has partnered with Hong Kong-based investment firm CT Vision to develop a green AI data center in Malaysia. The planned facility will provide around 300MW of IT capacity within five...

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Read JV Plans 54MW Data Center In Dallas, Texas
A new 54MW data center is planned for the North Dallas Corridor, with Northampton Capital Partners and Provident Data Centers targeting a late 2027 launch. The exact location has not been disclosed...

JV Plans 54MW Data Center In Dallas, Texas

September 07, 2026 Texas

A new 54MW data center is planned for the North Dallas Corridor, with Northampton Capital Partners and Provident Data Centers targeting a late 2027 launch. The exact location has not been disclosed. The companies also agreed to develop additional inference-ready data center sites across US...

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Read Thailand Pauses 49 Data Center Projects As It Prepares New Regulations
Thailand has suspended construction on 49 data center projects over concerns about power consumption and impacts on local communities. The pause, announced by National Economic and Social Developme...

Thailand Pauses 49 Data Center Projects As It Prepares New Regulations

September 07, 2026 Thailand / Prathet Thai

Thailand has suspended construction on 49 data center projects over concerns about power consumption and impacts on local communities. The pause, announced by National Economic and Social Development Council secretary-general Danucha Pichayanan, will give officials time to develop new regulations...

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Read Flex Acquires Data Center Power Manufacturer EPC Power In $4.4B Deal
Flex has agreed to acquire EPC Power for $4.4 billion, expanding its data center power and thermal management portfolio. The deal, subject to regulatory approval, is expected to close in Q4 2026. E...

Flex Acquires Data Center Power Manufacturer EPC Power In $4.4B Deal

September 04, 2026 Singapore

Flex has agreed to acquire EPC Power for $4.4 billion, expanding its data center power and thermal management portfolio. The deal, subject to regulatory approval, is expected to close in Q4 2026. EPC will join Flex’s Cloud and Power Infrastructure segment, building on their existing partnership....

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Read Cerebras Begins Construction Of 165MW Data Center In Mikkeli, Finland
Cerebras has begun construction on a 165MW data center campus in Mikkeli, Finland, with the first 50MW phase now underway. The campus is being developed with Compute Nordic Finland and will use clo...

Cerebras Begins Construction Of 165MW Data Center In Mikkeli, Finland

September 02, 2026 Finland

Cerebras has begun construction on a 165MW data center campus in Mikkeli, Finland, with the first 50MW phase now underway. The campus is being developed with Compute Nordic Finland and will use closed-loop cooling and waste-heat recovery to supply heat to the local community. “This partnership...

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Read Scientists In Germany And Japan Prototype Electricity-Free Cooling System For Data Centers
Researchers from Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Japan’s University of Tsukuba have developed an electricity-free solid-state cooling system for data centers. The prototype uses two...

Scientists In Germany And Japan Prototype Electricity-Free Cooling System For Data Centers

September 02, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

Researchers from Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Japan’s University of Tsukuba have developed an electricity-free solid-state cooling system for data centers. The prototype uses two ultra-thin nickel-titanium shape-memory films to convert waste heat into mechanical work and...

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Read Haffner Energy Launches Biomass Power And Cooling System For Data Centers
Haffner Energy has launched a modular biomass-based power and cooling system for data centers. Built on its CORE100 platform and new C-iB multi-module system, the solution provides local, low-carbo...

Haffner Energy Launches Biomass Power And Cooling System For Data Centers

September 01, 2026 United States

Haffner Energy has launched a modular biomass-based power and cooling system for data centers. Built on its CORE100 platform and new C-iB multi-module system, the solution provides local, low-carbon power, cooling, and reduced water use. It can scale to tens of megawatts or more, helping data...

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Read Telehouse Adds Sixth Data Center Building To Frankfurt Campus
Telehouse has opened Building N, its sixth data center facility in Frankfurt, Germany, adding 5.4MW of capacity. The four-story facility spans 9,300 sqm (100,104 sq ft), including 2,165 sqm (23,304...

Telehouse Adds Sixth Data Center Building To Frankfurt Campus

September 01, 2026 Frankfurt

Telehouse has opened Building N, its sixth data center facility in Frankfurt, Germany, adding 5.4MW of capacity. The four-story facility spans 9,300 sqm (100,104 sq ft), including 2,165 sqm (23,304 sq ft) of technical space. It uses air cooling, with Telehouse exploring liquid cooling to support...

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Read Infineon Partners With Skeleton Technologies On AI Data Center Power Systems
Infineon has partnered with Estonian power and storage company Skeleton Technologies to develop efficient and resilient power systems for AI data centers. Under a non-binding MoU, the companies wil...

Infineon Partners With Skeleton Technologies On AI Data Center Power Systems

September 01, 2026 Germany / Deutschland

Infineon has partnered with Estonian power and storage company Skeleton Technologies to develop efficient and resilient power systems for AI data centers. Under a non-binding MoU, the companies will explore power architectures covering the grid-to-data-center chain, including Solid State...

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Read Gradiant To Provide HyperSolved Water Treatment System For West Texas Data Center
Gradiant has partnered with an unnamed hyperscaler to deploy its HyperSolved water treatment system at a West Texas data center. The platform manages the full cooling water cycle, using non-freshwa...

Gradiant To Provide HyperSolved Water Treatment System For West Texas Data Center

September 01, 2026 West Texas

Gradiant has partnered with an unnamed hyperscaler to deploy its HyperSolved water treatment system at a West Texas data center. The platform manages the full cooling water cycle, using non-freshwater sources, high-recovery technology, and AI-powered monitoring to reduce water use, discharge, and...

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