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Five Colorado Cities and Counties Pause or Ban New Data Centers in 2026

Colorado's Front Range spent the spring slamming the brakes on data centers. Denver, Jefferson County, Boulder County, Larimer County, and the city of Longmont have all moved to pause or ban new development since May. Colorado Springs did the opposite. Its planning department [quietly approved](h...

June 21, 2026

Colorado (CO)

Denver City Council Approves a One-year Moratorium on Data Centers

Denver City Council voted Monday to approve a one-year moratorium on new data center developments. The measure temporarily halts the acceptance, processing, and approval of zoning permits, site development plans, and amendment applications related to data centers. However, the moratorium exclu...

May 20, 2026

Denver

Armada Raises $230M ln Latest Funding Round

Armada has raised $230 million in an oversubscribed Series B round, its largest funding to date, bringing total capital to nearly $500 million. The round was co-led by Overmatch, BlackRock, and 8090 Industries, with participation from investors including Johnson Controls, NightDragon, Mitsui, ...

May 20, 2026

Edge Centres

Nvidia Reports Record $81.6bn Revenue, Splits Data Center and Edge Segments

Nvidia reported record Q1 2027 revenue of $81.6 billion, up 85 percent year-over-year and 20 percent from the previous quarter. Data center revenue reached $75.2 billion for the quarter ending April 26, marking annual and quarterly growth of 92 percent and 21 percent, respectively. Alongside i...

May 20, 2026

NVIDIA

Meta Begins Laying off 8,000 Employees, Including Data Center Staff

Meta has begun laying off 8,000 employees globally as part of a broader restructuring tied to its growing AI and data center investments. The company plans to reduce its workforce by around 10 percent to free up cash flow for expanded data center spending. At the same time, Meta has canceled p...

May 20, 2026

Meta

Omnia Signs $2bn Wind Deal with Casa dos Ventos to Power a ByteDance Data Center in Brazil

Omnia, a Brazilian data center platform, has signed a 20-year power supply agreement with renewable energy firm Casa dos Ventos to support a data center planned for ByteDance. According to Reuters, the $2 billion deal will power the facility located at the Pecém port complex in Ceará, in north...

May 19, 2026

Brazil / Brasil

PowerX Unveils Mounted BESS for Data Centers

PowerX, a Japanese energy storage firm, has unveiled a mounted battery energy storage system for data centers. The product concept, dubbed "PowerX Energy Blade," is a high-output, rack-mounted lithium-ion battery storage system. The company claims that the unit will be optimized for rapid char...

May 19, 2026

Japan

Donald Trump has Invested Millions in Data Center Industry Companies

Donald Trump has bought millions of dollars’ worth of shares in data center-related firms this year, according to newly released financial disclosures. The 113-page filing shows he made hundreds of investments in publicly traded companies in 2026, including data center power and cooling firms ...

May 19, 2026

United States

Panattoni Takes over Meta Platforms-Backed Data Center Plan in southern Wisconsin

Panattoni has taken over a Meta Platforms-backed plan to build a 430-acre data center in southern Wisconsin, spanning the towns of Beloit and Turtle. The project was previously being developed under Cambrin LLC, which shares contact details with an entity linked to Meta’s confirmed Beaver Dam ...

May 19, 2026

Panattoni Development Company

Top Data Center News for 11th-16th May, 2026

Malaysian Operator and Chinese Tech Firm to Develop Digital Park in PerakMalaysian data center developer Cahya Suria Services and Chinese tech firm Suzhou EnnoThing Technology have teamed up to develop a digital park in Perak, Malaysia known as the NexQuantum AI Digital Park. It will be develo...

May 18, 2026

United Kingdom

Italy Plans Europe’s Largest Data Center at Former Trino Plant

The mayor of Trino in northern Italy has revealed plans to develop what could become Europe’s largest data center at the former Enel Galileo Ferraris power plant, according to Rai’s regional news outlet. TGR Piedmont reported that Mayor Daniele Pane said local authorities are resolving the rem...

May 18, 2026

Italy

Digital Realty Launches New Data Center in Barcelona

Digital Realty has opened a new data center in Barcelona, marking its first facility in the city. The BCN1 site is located at Av. del Maresme, 43 in the Sant Adrià de Besòs innovation district. Digital Realty, through its subsidiary Interxion, announced plans in 2022 for a 15MW data center in ...

May 18, 2026

MC Digital Realty

Techno Digital and RailTel Corporation of India Launch Edge Data Center in Mumbai

An edge data center has been launched in Mumbai by Techno Digital, the digital infrastructure arm of Techno Electric & Engineering Company Limited (TEECL). The Mumbai Edge Data Center, located in Mahalakshmi, South Mumbai, delivers 800kW of capacity across 55 racks and is connected to Rail...

May 18, 2026

Techno Digital

Magnora Secures Milan-Area Land for 30 MW Data Center, Its Second Italy Project

Norwegian renewables and data center developer Magnora ASA has secured land for a new 30 MW data center project in the Milan area, the company announced on Monday. The wholly owned project is Magnora's second in Italy and brings its data center development portfolio to 585 MW gross and 460 MW ...

May 18, 2026

Magnora

$1.6bn Cleveland Data Center Plan Rejected

Cleveland, Ohio, has turned down Lakeland Equity Group’s $1.6 billion plan to develop a data center campus. Mayor Justin M. Bibb announced on May 14 that the city had denied the permit for the proposed facility, which was planned for a 35-acre site at 3560 E 55th St. Lakeland described the pro...

May 18, 2026

Ohio

CoreWeave Anchors Phase 1 of eStruxture's 90 MW Calgary CAL-3

eStruxture has signed CoreWeave as the anchor tenant for Phase 1 of CAL-3, its 90 MW AI-ready data center in Rocky View County just outside Calgary, eStruxture announced on May 14. The Tier III facility is the largest data center under construction in Alberta and is targeted for commercial ope...

May 17, 2026

eStruxture: CAL-3

Oklahoma Passes Bill to Protect Ratepayers From Data Center-Related Cost Increases

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has signed a bill to protect ratepayers from rising utility and infrastructure costs linked to data centers. Proposed by Rep. Brad Boles on January 3, 2026, it is expected to take effect in July. The law requires large-load customers—including data centers, crypto...

May 16, 2026

Oklahoma

Flexbase Begins Work on a Battery Storage and Data Center Project in Laufenburg, Switzerland

Flexbase has begun construction on the Laufenburg Technology Center in Switzerland, which will combine a large battery energy storage system and a 480MW AI data center. The facility will feature a redox flow BESS with 1.6GW of capacity and 2.1GWh of storage, and is scheduled for completion in ...

May 16, 2026

Switzerland

Malaysian Data Center Operator and Chinese Tech Firm to Develop Digital Park in Perak

Malaysian data center developer Cahya Suria Services and Chinese tech firm Suzhou EnnoThing Technology have teamed up to develop a digital park in Perak, Malaysia. The project, known as the NexQuantum AI Digital Park, will be developed through a joint venture called NexQuantum 1 and is valued ...

May 16, 2026

Malaysia

H2CHP Raises £1.5m for Low-Carbon Data Center Generators

H2CHP, a Durham University spinout developing clean electric generators for data centers and other energy-intensive sites, has raised £1.5 million ($2 million) in its latest funding round, according to Recharge News. The company’s main product is a free-piston linear generator, which it descri...

May 16, 2026

United States

$1.7bn Lebanon County Data Center Plan Withdrawn by Developer

A proposal for a $1.7 billion data center campus in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, has been withdrawn by developer Inch & Company. The project included plans for five data centers spanning roughly 640,000 square feet on a 100-acre site near Mt. Pleasant Road, including the rezoning of 58 ac...

May 15, 2026

Pennsylvania

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