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Top Data Center News for 1st - 6th June, 2026

Jun 08, 2026 | Posted by Abdul-Rahman Oladimeji

Polar DC Secures €800 Million for Norway Data Center Project
Nordic AI data center developer Polar DC has raised €800 million ($932.2 million)  for the development of its Norway data center project in a transaction representing a “new record” in terms of deal size in the Nordic market.

Brookfield Increases French Data Center Investment by €10 Billion
France has secured billions of dollars in new investments across data centers, cloud services, and artificial intelligence through Brookfield in an event featuring 71 announcements totaling €93 billion in investment, with a significant portion directed toward digital infrastructure projects, amounting to tens of billions of euros.

Damac Digital Unveils 6GW Data Center Expansion Across Four Continents
The data center arm of UAE property conglomerate Damac has reveals plans to achieve an IT capacity landbank of 6GW across 13 countries and more than 35 sites with expansion plans in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East driven by an increasing demand for AI, cloud computing and digital infrastructure.

Gigawatt Scale Data Center and Energy Project Kicks  Off in Texas 
Google and Intersect Power have begun construction at a colocated data center and energy with a development that combines a data center with more than 1GW of wind, solar, and battery storage capacity which will allow the data center and power generation assets to come online simultaneously.

EdgeConneX_Barcelona_Data_Center.width-358.jpgEagle Rock Proposes 1GW Data Center Campus in Illinois’ Christian County
Property developer Eagle Rock has proposed building a 1GW data center campus in Christian County, Illinois with a $8.8 billion investment budget spanning 475 acres. 

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