August 12, 2026 Thailand / Prathet Thai
Twenty-four migrant workers were arrested during a raid on a Chinese-run data center construction site in Rayong, Thailand. The group included 20 Myanmar nationals and four Chinese nationals who were reportedly working without proper permits. Several others fled the site, with some escaping...
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August 12, 2026 Missouri
Renewable energy company Beltline Energy has withdrawn its proposal to rezone a parcel of land in Pacific, Missouri, for a planned data center. Pacific Mayor Debbie Kelley confirmed the withdrawal in a statement posted on Friday, August 7, 2026. The application was submitted by BLE Landholdings,...
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August 12, 2026 United States
Digital Core REIT is selling stakes in three North American data centers to Digital Realty for about $316 million and using the proceeds to expand in Asia. It will acquire stakes in two facilities in Singapore and Osaka for about $176 million, while using around $117 million to repay debt and up...
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August 11, 2026 United States
Chemical company Chemours has introduced two new refrigerants for use in data center chillers. The NYSE-listed company announced this week that Opteon ZE (R-1234ze(E)) and Opteon 515B (R-515B) are now available for stationary chiller applications. According to Chemours, the new refrigerants give...
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August 11, 2026 Australia
Australian data center firm CDC has expressed interest in developing a potential data center in New Zealand in partnership with Contact Energy. The proposed site is in Stratford, Taranaki, on land near Contact Energy’s former Taranaki Combined Cycle power station. CDC said the site already has...
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August 11, 2026 Norway
European data center firm Magnora plans to develop a new facility in Oslo, Norway. Euronext Oslo-listed Magnora Data Center has formed a 50:50 joint venture with Blix Group AS and acquired a commercial property near Oslo for conversion into an AI data center. The site, formerly used by the...
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August 11, 2026 Malaysia
A subsidiary of Malaysian property giant Malaysian Resources Corporation Berhad (MRCB) is selling a 36-acre land parcel in Cyberjaya for potential data center development. MRCB said it signed a conditional sale and purchase agreement with Digital Cosmos on August 7 to sell seven land parcels for...
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August 10, 2026 DC Blox: Nashville Campus
Nashville's Metro Council voted 27 to 5 on August 4 to authorize the acquisition of a proposed DC BLOX data center site beside the Nashville Zoo. The vote allows Metro Nashville to negotiate for the 23.49-acre DC BLOX Nashville Campus or pursue eminent domain if the parties cannot agree. The...
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August 10, 2026 Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania utility PPL Corporation’s advanced-stage data center pipeline grew to 31.8GW in Q2, up from 28.3GW in Q1. Of the total, 11GW is covered by signed electric service agreements, while 6.5GW is already under construction. “Signed data center agreements with PPL Electric Utilities...
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August 10, 2026 Chicago
An office building in Chicago, Illinois, is being considered for conversion into a data center. Local media, including ABC, report that the Permit Review Committee of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks has given initial approval to plans to convert part of the 300 West Adams Building into a data...
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August 10, 2026 United States
CoreWeave To Develop 360MW Data Center Capacity In Indonesia CoreWeave is expanding into Indonesia with plans to develop three data centers, marking its first entry into the Asia-Pacific region. The facilities will provide a combined 360MW of IT capacity, with CoreWeave owning and operating the...
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August 07, 2026 Poland
Property developer Citylink has signed an LOI with a local power plant to supply waste heat from its 24MW Wrocław Stadion data center to Wrocław’s district heating network. The system would capture heat from the facility, which is still under construction, and feed it into the municipal network....
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August 07, 2026 Dallas
PowerHouse Data Centers is planning a new campus near Fort Worth, Texas. First reported by NBC, engineering firm Kimley-Horn has filed plans for a data center on about 88 acres in Westlake, north of Fort Worth. The proposed site is at 13580 Denton Highway, near US Highway 377 and Westport...
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August 06, 2026 Texas
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered an audit of every data center advancing through ERCOT's interconnection process before additional projects can move forward. ERCOT has paused its Batch Zero large-load review, creating a new schedule risk for developers. The order is serious, but it is not a...
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August 06, 2026 United Kingdom
Swiss private equity firm Partners Group has agreed to acquire a majority stake in UK-based data center power infrastructure provider AVK Power Solutions. Partners Group plans to invest more than $1 billion in equity, backed by debt financing, to accelerate AVK’s expansion and grow its microgrid...
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August 06, 2026 Washington
Real estate developer Blue Fern Development is planning a 20MW data center in Cle Elum, Washington, despite local officials introducing a moratorium in an effort to block the project. The proposed facility would span 100,000 sq ft (9,290 sqm) near Interstate 90 and require around $200 million in...
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August 06, 2026 United States
US energy solutions firm Redaptive and energy optimization company Recurve have launched a platform designed to reduce data centers’ time to power. The solution combines Redaptive’s financing and deployment capabilities with Recurve’s Flex platform, which measures and validates capacity created...
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August 06, 2026 Austria
A large data center project is reportedly close to being announced in Burgenland, eastern Austria. According to Profil, the facility could be built on a site of up to 1.24 million sq ft (114,000 sqm) owned by the Burgenland Economic Development Agency near Nickelsdorf. Burgenland’s regional...
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August 05, 2026 United States
German engine manufacturer Everllence has signed a deal to supply 480MW of gas engine capacity to an unnamed US data center developer. The company will provide 24 of its 18V51/60G gas engines, which will power the data center behind the meter. “This contract is one of our most important off-grid...
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August 04, 2026 United States
The UK government has approved the controversial redevelopment of Truman Brewery into a mixed-use development that includes a data center. Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner granted approval after Tower Hamlets Council rejected the proposal in 2025. Following an appeal by...
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