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Enegix to Build 100MW Crypto Facility in Piauí

Bitcoin-focused data center firm Enegix Global has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with local authorities in the Brazilian state of Piauí to build a 100MW data center. The planned facility is expected to cost up to $120 million and will run on idle state grid energy, with a project ...

June 20, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Brazil / Brasil

Eutelsat Announces €1.35bn Capital Raise

European satellite operator Eutelsat this week announced a €1.35 billion ($1.55bn) contemplated capital raise, anchored by key shareholders, to “secure the execution of [its] long-term strategic vision,” to fuel its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) ambitions, led by the French government.“This capital in...

June 20, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

France

New Data Center Campus Planned in Keuruu, Finland

The Keuruu government last week announced that Suomen Energiainsinöörit Technology Oy plans to build a data center on a 40-hectare site on the western side of the Karjola industrial area. The company aims to develop a 200,000 sqm (2,152,782 sq ft) facility on the site, which is currently owned...

June 20, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Finland

APR Energy Receives Approval for Natural Gas Powered Facility in Texas

APR Energy has obtained approval from state regulators to move forward with the development of an 800-acre data center in Pampa, Texas. The Pampa Chamber of Commerce and the Pampa Economic Development Corporation approved the project last Tuesday (July 10). The data center is expected to have ...

June 19, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Texas

BW Group Launches 'Sustainable' Data Center Development Firm

BW Group subsidiaries, BW Digital and BW ESS, have launched a new company focused on the development of ‘sustainable’ data centers in the Nordics and Canada. BW Velora will leverage the digital infrastructure expertise of BW Digital with BW ESS’ extensive experience developing energy infrastru...

June 18, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Canada

Bouygues Telecom Signs 15-year PPA with Suez

French telco Bouygues Telecom has signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with energy-from-waste (EfW) firm Suez in France which will see Suez supply 53GWh of power per year from its EfW portfolio. Over the term of the agreement, the telco aims to source up to 800GWh of power through f...

June 18, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

France

Cawley Partners Acquires 5,200 Acres outside Dallas for Data Center Park

Cawley Partners has acquired 5,200 acres south of Dallas to potentially develop a large data center park outside Dallas. The acquired South Creek Ranch in the City of Ferris is set to see a mix of uses, including data centers, logistics, manufacturing, and residential.“This particular piece of...

June 18, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Dallas

EdgeMode acquires Synthesis Analytics Production

US data center firm EdgeMode has announced the acquisition of Synthesis Analytics Production Ltd. (SAPL), in a $1.75 million deal that sees EdgeMode take charge of a 95MW power purchase agreement, a long-term lease on an in-development 20MW high-performance computing data center, and freehold ...

June 17, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Sweden

DeepL Deploys Nvidia DGX SuperPOD in Falun, Sweden

Language AI company DeepL has deployed an Nvidia DGX SuperPOD with GB200 NVL72 systems at EcoDataCenter's Falun, Sweden, facility. DeepL will use the GB200 NVL72 systems to train its models, noting in a LinkedIn post that the system is powerful enough that it can translate the "entire web" in ...

June 17, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Sweden

Rostelecom Subsidiary Launches Facility in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Rostelecom's subsidiary RTK-TsOD has launched a data center in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia as well as a new mobile data processing offering for customers. RTK-TsOD is Rostelecom's IT service provider subsidiary, and the Nizhny Novgorod DC is its first data center owned and operated by...

June 16, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Russia / Россия

Top Data Center News from 9th-14th June 2025

NextDC Announces Plans for Data Center in MelbourneAustralian data center firm NextDC will be making a AU$2 billion (US$1.29bn) commitment to develop M4 Melbourne — a new campus which will host an AI Factory: a liquid-cooled facility engineered for sovereign AI. Soluna Secures $20million for ...

June 16, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Meta, XGS Signs 150MW Geothermal Deal in New Mexico

Social network firm Meta has signed an agreement with enhanced geothermal energy firm XGS Energy to support the development and deployment of a 150MW project in New Mexico.This project is expected to supply energy to the PNM electrical grid and power Meta’s data center portfolio across New Mex...

June 14, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

New Mexico

Naver Plans 500MW Facility in Morocco

Naver Cloud this week announced a partnership with Nvidia, Nexus Core Systems, and investment firm Lloyds Capital to build a 500MW AI data center in Morocco. The project aims to provide sovereign AI computing services throughout the EMEA region, which encompasses Europe, the Middle East, and A...

June 13, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Morocco

DayOne Signs 500MW Solar Deal with TNB

APACT data center firm DayOne has secured up to 500MW of solar power over 21 years from utility company Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) to power its operations in Malaysia. Power will be provided by TNB’s renewable power subsidiary and power DayOne’s Nusajaya Tech Park, in Gelang Patah, and Kempa...

June 13, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Malaysia

Edgenet Launches Edge Data Centers in Mexico

Edgenet has launched in Mexico with aims to deploy a network of 30 Edge data centers across the country. Last week, the company announced the launch of Mayia, the first artificial intelligence (AI) center with the "Made in Mexico" designation, awarded by the Ministry of Economy.“Basically, our...

June 12, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Mexico City / Ciudad de México

Crusoe Secures $750m Credit Facility from Brookfield

Crusoe this week announced it has secured a $750 million credit facility from Brookfield Asset Management, through its infrastructure debt platform to fuel its data center and cloud build-out. The financing will primarily be deployed to fuel the development of Crusoe’s planned data centers an...

June 12, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

AWS to Launch Second "Secret" Cloud Region for Federal Customers

Amazon Web Services (AWS) plans to launch a second cloud region for federal customers' secret-classified workloads by the end of this year. This region will enable federal customers with "secret-level" workloads to be deployed in multiple regions, thus improving resiliency and speed.“The launc...

June 12, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

UK District Heating Networks Look to Data Centers for Waste Heat

The UK’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has published a list of district heating networks in development across the UK that have applied for funding and support from three of its programs.A project pipeline document published by DESNZ states: “The opportunities present a w...

June 10, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Nebius to Deploy Nvidia B300 GPU Cluster in UK

Nebius will entered the UK with a deployment of Nvidia Blackwell Ultra GPUs which will include thousands of the Nvidia Blackwell Ultra GPUs - the B300s - and is expected to be operational in Q4 of this year.Arkady Volozh, founder and CEO of Nebius, said: “We’re pleased to be providing compute ...

June 10, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

CloudHQ Launches Data Center Campus in Paris, France

Data center developer CloudHQ has launched a new campus in Paris, France. The company aims to build two data center buildings, each comprising 53,000 sqm (570,000 sqft) and 24 data halls, within Essonne’s Leonardo da Vinci business park. The facility’s waste heat will be connected to Corbeil-E...

June 10, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

France

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