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Read Essential Utilities Invests $24m into Planned 944MW Facility
Essential Utilities Invests $24m into Planned 944MW Facility

Essential Utilities Invests $24m into Planned 944MW Facility

August 25, 2025 Pennsylvania

Essential Utilities, a US-based utility company focusing on natural gas and wastewater treatment, has invested $26 million into a data center project in development in Greene County, Pennsylvania.The utility signed an agreement with independent power producer International Electric Power III...

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Read US Government Acquires 10% Stake in Intel
US Government Acquires 10% Stake in Intel

US Government Acquires 10% Stake in Intel

August 23, 2025 United States

The US government has taken a 9.9 percent stake in beleaguered chipmaker and designer Intel, investing $8.9 billion in Intel, with $5.7bn coming from funds that would have been awarded through the CHIPS Act and $3.2bn from funds from the Secure Enclave program. Intel has already received $2.2bn...

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Read Terakraft and Neurophos Deploy AI Hardware at Data Center in Norway
Terakraft and Neurophos Deploy AI Hardware at Data Center in Norway

Terakraft and Neurophos Deploy AI Hardware at Data Center in Norway

August 22, 2025 Norway

AI data center operator Terakraft and AI chip company Neurophos are teaming up for AI infrastructure at the former's data center in Norway, aiming to develop "sustainable" AI infrastructure under the agreement.“By hosting Neurophos’ ultra-efficient optical chips in our green data center for...

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Read Atmosphere DC Secures Investment from AGC Equity Partners
Atmosphere DC Secures Investment from AGC Equity Partners

Atmosphere DC Secures Investment from AGC Equity Partners

August 22, 2025 United States

Atmosphere Data Centers, a new US-based operator this week announced it has secured a “significant strategic growth investment” from AGC Equity Partners, a global institutional investment firm. “This investment represents a major milestone for Atmosphere,” said Chuck McBride, CEO of Atmosphere...

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Read 500MW Solar Park and AI Campus Planned in Germany
500MW Solar Park and AI Campus Planned in Germany

500MW Solar Park and AI Campus Planned in Germany

August 22, 2025 Germany / Deutschland

A major renewable energy and AI data center campus is planned for Weida-Land in Germany. Located in the Saxony-Anhalt municipality, the project will include a 500MW solar farm, 500MW/1,750MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), and an AI campus with a data center.The solar parks will be...

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Read Large Data Center Campus Proposed in Lancaster Area of Texas
Large Data Center Campus Proposed in Lancaster Area of Texas

Large Data Center Campus Proposed in Lancaster Area of Texas

August 22, 2025 Texas

WHL Dallas 45 LLC has filed to develop a large campus across two adjacent sites in the Lancaster area of Dallas, known as Project Orange and Project Labrador. Combined, the two sites could host 13 facilities across more than 530 acres, totaling more than 2.5 million sq ft (232,258 sqm) and...

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Read Golf Course Set to Become Data Center in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
Golf Course Set to Become Data Center in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

Golf Course Set to Become Data Center in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

August 22, 2025 Pennsylvania

The Dauphin County General Authority (DCGA) owned golf course was sold for $45.6 million to Harrisburg I, LLC, which intends to use the site for a data center project. Harrisburg I is a purchasing entity under the Texas realtor Provident Realty. According to the county, the proposal was one of...

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Read Caterpillar, Hunt Energy to Deliver up to 1GW of Power in North America
Caterpillar,  Hunt Energy to Deliver up to 1GW of Power in North America

Caterpillar, Hunt Energy to Deliver up to 1GW of Power in North America

August 21, 2025 North America

Caterpillar, one of the world's largest manufacturers of industrial equipment, has partnered with US power infrastructure developer Hunt Energy in a multi-year initiative to deliver upwards of 1GW of generation capacity for data centers in North America. The first project is expected to launch in...

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Read DartPoints to Expand Data Centers at Four Sites Across US
DartPoints to Expand Data Centers at Four Sites Across US

DartPoints to Expand Data Centers at Four Sites Across US

August 21, 2025 United States

US operator DartPoints is expanding its data center portfolio across South Carolina, Indiana, and Ohio, announcing the first phase of expansion, following the equity investment from Nova Infrastructure.“Our vision of delivering AI-ready environments in the next ring of US markets is now becoming...

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Read E-Werk and Leitwerk Plans Data Center in Lahr, Germany
E-Werk and Leitwerk Plans Data Center in Lahr, Germany

E-Werk and Leitwerk Plans Data Center in Lahr, Germany

August 21, 2025 Germany / Deutschland

Energy firm E-Werk Mittelbaden and IT services provider Leitwerk are investing €16 million ($18.63m) in a new data center within the startkLahr Airport & Business Park in Lahr, close to the French border in western Baden-Württemberg. “Starting signal for our data center in Lahr,” Julian...

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Read Ooredoo Inaugurates Data Center in Oman
Ooredoo Inaugurates Data Center in Oman

Ooredoo Inaugurates Data Center in Oman

August 20, 2025 Oman

Middle Eastern telecoms firm Ooredoo has inaugurated a new data center and cable landing station (CLS) in Salalah, Oman, in the presence of Sayyid Marwan bin Turki, Governor of Dhofar, alongside Ooredoo Oman CEO Saoud Al Riyami. The company said the data center was a “milestone project that...

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Read Galaxy Digital Closes $1.4bn Debt Facility
Galaxy Digital Closes $1.4bn Debt Facility

Galaxy Digital Closes $1.4bn Debt Facility

August 20, 2025 Texas

Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd. has closed a $1.4 billion project financing facility for the development of its Helios data center campus in Texas which was previously used by Galaxy for cryptomining, before being converted to host AI cloud provider CoreWeave."This financing marks a major milestone...

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Read Opposition Calls to Relocate $1.2bn University of Michigan Data Centers
Opposition Calls to Relocate $1.2bn University of Michigan Data Centers

Opposition Calls to Relocate $1.2bn University of Michigan Data Centers

August 19, 2025 Michigan

Two data centers planned by the University of Michigan (U-M) have been asked to relocate following a meeting by local officials. The data centers are part of a $1.2bn project, and are currently planned for 124 acres purchased by U-M off Textile Road in Ypsilanti Township in June 2024.The data...

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Read Top Data Center News from 11th-15th of August, 2025
Top Data Center News from 11th-15th of August, 2025

Top Data Center News from 11th-15th of August, 2025

August 18, 2025 United States

QTS Breaks Ground on Data Center in Iowa QTS has officially announced plans for a new data center campus in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which could support up to seven data center buildings at full build-out and see up to $10 billion invested.DC Blox Secures $1.15bn Green Loan for Atlanta Data Center US...

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Read Kildare Completes Government Data Center
 Kildare Completes Government Data Center

Kildare Completes Government Data Center

August 15, 2025 Republic of Ireland

County Kildare in Ireland has completed the construction of a government data center which will be for government use, replacing several smaller data centers, and is located at the Backweston Campus in Kildare. It has been designed with sustainability in mind, and waste heat may be used at other...

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Read Digital Alpha Invests $300m in GPUaaS Massed Compute
Digital Alpha Invests $300m in GPUaaS Massed Compute

Digital Alpha Invests $300m in GPUaaS Massed Compute

August 15, 2025 United States

GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) provider Massed Compute has received $300 million in investment from Digital Alpha which will be used to expand Massed Compute's AI cloud infrastructure footprint, including the purchase of Nvidia GPUs.“Massed Compute is purpose-built to meet the demands of modern...

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Read DayOne Plans 128MW Data Center in Finland
DayOne Plans 128MW Data Center in Finland

DayOne Plans 128MW Data Center in Finland

August 15, 2025 Finland

APAC data center firm DayOne this week announced plans to develop a campus in Lahti, some 100km northeast of Helsinki. The €1.2 billion ($1.4bn) project will be located in a former industrial site in Kiveriö. At full build-out, the project could total 128MW IT load."Finland is an ideal strategic...

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Read Avaio Digital Enters Spain with New Data Center
Avaio Digital Enters Spain with New Data Center

Avaio Digital Enters Spain with New Data Center

August 15, 2025 Spain

Data center firm Avaio Digital this week announced its first data center in Spain, in the town of Algete in the Community of Madrid. The €650 million ($759m) project – known as Algete Data Hub and Avaio Digital Scorpio – has secured 56.3MW of power with Iberdrola, in addition to the initial 8MW...

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Read Core42 Signs Deal with Northern Data for Access to 10,000 GPUs
Core42 Signs Deal with Northern Data for Access to 10,000 GPUs

Core42 Signs Deal with Northern Data for Access to 10,000 GPUs

August 15, 2025 United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Northern Data and Core42, a G42 company, have signed an agreement to establish sovereign European AI cloud capacity. Under the partnership, Core42 will have access to up to 10,000 GPUs from Northern Data's Taiga Cloud business.Aroosh Thillainathan, Northern Data Group founder and CEO, said of the...

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Read Vast Data Partners with SK Telecom on Haein AI Cluster
Vast Data Partners with SK Telecom on Haein AI Cluster

Vast Data Partners with SK Telecom on Haein AI Cluster

August 15, 2025 South Korea

Vast Data is teaming up with SK Telecom on the latter's AI cluster - the Haein Cluster was launched earlier this month with 1,000 Nvidia B200 GPUs, building on SK Telecom's existing offering based on Nvidia H100s.“Vast Data’s unified architecture has been instrumental in helping us move from...

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