World Data Center News

Heron Power Raises $38m to Fast-track Grid Hardware

US power electronics developer Heron Power has closed a Series A funding round, successfully raising $38 million. Following the Series A round, Heron has now raised a total of $43 million. The funding will support the commercialization of its Heron Link product, which aims to replace legacy tr...

May 30, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Trendyol to Build 48MW Data Center in Ankara

Turkish e-commerce company Trendyol this week announced a partnership with UAE-based Castle Investments to build and operate a 48MW facility in the Turkish capital.“As well as helping us to better serve our growing domestic and international customer base, it reinforces our commitment to inves...

May 30, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Turkey

Frontier Infrastructure Buys Natural Gas Turbines for US Data Centers

Frontier Infrastructure has acquired 16 natural gas turbines from manufacturer Baker Hughes to power planned data center projects across Wyoming and Texas. Baker Hughes will supply 16 of its NovaLT gas turbines, which will have a combined capacity of 270MW of power. "We're seeing a rapid shift...

May 30, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Vena Launches AI-ready Data Center Subsidiary

Singaporean infrastructure developer Vena Global has launched a new subsidiary focused on the development of AI-ready data center infrastructure across the Asia-Pacific region, with plans to create a digital infrastructure developer that is highly integrated with low-carbon energy development....

May 30, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Singapore

Greykite to Redevelop Logistics Site as Data Center in Poland

UK-based investment firm Greykite is converting a former logistics site in Warsaw, Poland, into a data center. The firm alongside White Star Real Estate announced the signing of a long-term lease with a “global leader in data center solutions” at its Digital Ursus site in the Polish capital.Gr...

May 30, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Poland

Thylander Plans 100MW Data Center in Esbjerg

Danish real estate firm Thylander revealed plans for a “fully Danish developed, operated, and owned hyperscale data center" on LinkedIn. The 100MW facility in Esbjerg is set to launch in 2026 with an initial 10-20MW, and will have expansion potential to 200MW. Thylander said it is working with...

May 30, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Denmark

Bell Canada Plans AI 'Data Center Supercluster'

Canadian telecoms operator Bell Canada has launched 'Bell AI Fabric,' a plan to help build AI data centers across the country, starting with six data centers in British Columbia, supported by 500MW of hydroelectric power. The very first facility is set to come online this June, operated by AI ...

May 29, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

British Columbia

APL Plans 100MW Data Center Campus in Finland

International private equity firm APL Group (also known as Asia Pacific Land) this week announced the development of a hyperscale data center campus in Varkaus, in the province of Eastern Finland.The data center will be built on a 28-hectare site and has a planned capacity of up to 100MW. The ...

May 29, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Finland

Snow Lake and Exodys form SMR Venture

Snow Lake Energy, a uranium development firm, and US-based nuclear engineering company Exodys Energy have launched a joint venture to develop a small modular reactor (SMR) for the US data center market. This venture will use an SMR design based on pressurized water reactor (PWR) technology and...

May 29, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Parish Council Objects to Google’s Proposed Data Center Development

A local council in Essex, UK, has voiced opposition to a proposed data center campus from Google on a 52-acre site at North Weald Airfield, east of London, from the Epping Forest District Council.The company aims to develop two data center buildings and separate offices, delivering up to 77,15...

May 28, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United Kingdom

Hyper Bit to Acquire Dogecoin Mining

Cryptomining firm Hyper Bit Technologies this week announced it has signed a non-binding agreement to purchase Dogecoin Mining Technologies in a structured deal that will include an 11MW data center hosting facility based in Canada, along with a minimum of 2,000 ElphaPex DG2 mining rigs.“We vi...

May 27, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Sophia Space Secures $3.5m for Orbital Data Centers

Seattle-based Sophia Space, an orbital computing venture, has raised $3.5 million in pre-seed funding led by Unlock Ventures with the participation of angel investors, to develop Edge compute solutions for orbit and what they call space-based data centers.“We are at the dawn of a new era where...

May 27, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Seattle

Top Data Center News from 17th -24th of May 2025

Gigawatt Scale Data Center Cluster to be developed Outside ParisFrench national investment bank Bpifrance, UAE investment fund MGX, French AI firm Mistral AI, and Nvidia have formed a joint venture to establish Europe’s first purpose-built intelligence hub; supporting the full AI lifecycle fro...

May 26, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Duos to Deploy Edge Data Center in Victoria, Texas

Duos Technologies this week announced a strategic partnership with Region 3 Education Service Center (ESC) to deploy a new Edge data center in Victoria, Texas.Dr. Morris Lyon, executive director of Region 3 ESC, said: “We are proud to partner with Duos Edge AI, Inc. to bring secure, innovative...

May 24, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

North Texas

Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Cluster to be Developed Outside Paris, France

French national investment bank Bpifrance, UAE investment fund MGX, French AI firm Mistral AI, and Nvidia this week announced the formation of a joint venture to establish what they claim will be Europe’s largest AI campus in France.The companies said they aim to develop Europe’s first purpose...

May 23, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Paris

IHS Towers to sell Rwandan Operations to Paradigm Tower Ventures

Tower firm IHS Holding Limited has reached an agreement with Paradigm Tower Ventures for the acquisition of its 1,465 tower sites in Rwanda for an enterprise value of $274.5 million. IHS said it expects the sale of IHS Rwanda Limited to close in the second half of 2025, pending government and ...

May 23, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Rwanda

Partners Group to Acquire Digital Halo

Global private markets firm Partners Group is set to acquire Singapore-based Digital Halo- a data center operator with facilities located across Southeast and North Asia. The company is currently owned by Arch Capital, which will remain a minority shareholder in the business.Following the term...

May 20, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Singapore

Top Data Center News from 12th-17th May 2025

Blue Owl Closes $7 billion Digital Infrastructure Fund Blue Owl Capital Inc. has successfully closed its latest digital infrastructure fund focused on data center development and acquisition with $7 billion of total capital commitments, exceeding the original target of $4 billion.FivePoint Lau...

May 19, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

United States

Qualcomm Signs MoU to Deliver AI data centers for Humain

Qualcomm has signed a memorandum of understanding with Humain to develop AI data centers, hybrid AI across Edge and cloud, and AI chips which would cover facilities in Saudi Arabia and around the world.Humain and Qualcomm plan to develop and build AI data centers in Saudi Arabia, develop CPU a...

May 19, 2025

Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Saudi Arabia

AI Drives Environmental Concerns Over Rise in Data Center Growth Across Central Texas

What's causing the growth in data centers in Austin, TX? The answer is AI. Data centers and large AI consumers, like the Texas Advanced Computing Center’s supercomputers, require enormous amounts of energy and water, raising environmental concerns. Our research reveals there are 386 data cente...

February 13, 2025

Nolan Turner

Austin

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