Read Magnora Data Center Acquires 2MW Operating Oslo Site With Blix Group
Magnora Data Center ASA has acquired [an operating data center in Oslo](https://kommunikasjon.ntb.no/announcement/19111297?lang=en) from an international telecom operator, adding u![commons.wikimed...
October 21, 2026

Magnora Data Center Acquires 2MW Operating Oslo Site With Blix Group

Magnora

Magnora Data Center ASA has acquired an operating data center in Oslo from an international telecom operator, adding uLandscape night view of Oslo's modern waterfront and business district, setting the geographic context of the metro strategy.p to 2MW of IT load. The seller is not named, and ...

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Read Amazon Pledges €16B For Germany In 2027, Including €4.8B For AWS Frankfurt
Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion ($18 billion) in Germany in 2027, including €4.8 billion to expand the [AWS Europe (Frankfurt) region](https://press.aboutamazon.com/de/2026/10/invest-i...
October 21, 2026

Amazon Pledges €16B For Germany In 2027, Including €4.8B For AWS Frankfurt

Amazon AWS

Amazon plans to invest more than €16 billion ($18 billion) in Germany in 2027, including €4.8 billion to expand the AWS Europe (Frankfurt) region, the company said on Oct. 20. Chancellor Friedrich Merz and federal economy and energy minister Katherina Reiche appeared with Amazon chief global affa...

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Read Entergy Adds 440MW Solar PPA For Google West Memphis Expansion
Entergy Arkansas plans roughly $600 million of new generation and transmission for [Google](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/google)'s data center campus in [West Memphis](https://baxtel.com/data-ce...
October 20, 2026

Entergy Adds 440MW Solar PPA For Google West Memphis Expansion

Google

Entergy Arkansas plans roughly $600 million of new generation and transmission for Google's data center campus in West Memphis, Arkansas, with Google covering the cost. The utility announced a second phase of its service agreement on Oct. 19 that adds a 440 MW solar contract and two battery p...

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Read Chief Telecom Begins Construction of 16MW Data Center in Taiwan
Taiwanese data center and telecoms provider Chief Telecom has begun construction of a 16MW facility at Central Taiwan Science Park’s Huwei Park in Yunlin County. The 1.5-hectare site will house 3,3...
October 20, 2026

Chief Telecom Begins Construction of 16MW Data Center in Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwanese data center and telecoms provider Chief Telecom has begun construction of a 16MW facility at Central Taiwan Science Park’s Huwei Park in Yunlin County. The 1.5-hectare site will house 3,335 sqm (35,897 sq ft) of data center space, supporting both air- and water-cooled systems. The proj...

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Read Ballistic Strike in Kyiv Disables Datagroup Data Center
A ballistic strike overnight rendered a Datagroup-owned data center in Kyiv, Ukraine, inoperable. The telecoms company said restoring and operating the facility is “impossible.” The wider attack de...
October 20, 2026

Ballistic Strike in Kyiv Disables Datagroup Data Center

Ukraine

A ballistic strike overnight rendered a Datagroup-owned data center in Kyiv, Ukraine, inoperable. The telecoms company said restoring and operating the facility is “impossible.” The wider attack destroyed a shopping and entertainment center and damaged a medical facility and a 25-story residentia...

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Read Digital Realty Begins Construction of 22MW Data Center in Ankara, Türkiye
Digital Realty has broken ground on a 22MW data center in Ankara, Türkiye, first announced in September. The facility is expected to go live in 2028, though further details have not been disc![digi...
October 20, 2026

Digital Realty Begins Construction of 22MW Data Center in Ankara, Türkiye

Digital Realty Bersama

Digital Realty has broken ground on a 22MW data center in Ankara, Türkiye, first announced in September. The facility is expected to go live in 2028, though further details have not been disclosed. The project is being developed in partnership with Turkish investment firm Rönesans Infrastructure....

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Read AEP And X-energy Study 960MW SMR Plant To Power Amazon In Indiana
X-energy and American Electric Power will study a 960 MW advanced nuclear plant at a retired coal station in Sullivan County, Indiana, with Amazon funding development work and positioned to buy the...
October 20, 2026

AEP And X-energy Study 960MW SMR Plant To Power Amazon In Indiana

Amazon AWS

X-energy and American Electric Power will study a 960 MW advanced nuclear plant at a retired coal station in Sullivan County, Indiana, with Amazon funding development work and positioned to buy the plant's output. The companies announced a joint development agreement on Oct. 19 covering feasi...

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Read Anthropic, Nscale in Talks for Second $45B Deal at West Virginia Campus
[Nscale](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/nscale) is in talks to sell Anthropic roughly $45 billion of AI computing capacity from a second building at its Monarch data center campus in West Virginia...
October 20, 2026

Anthropic, Nscale in Talks for Second $45B Deal at West Virginia Campus

Nscale

Nscale is in talks to sell Anthropic roughly $45 billion of AI computing capacity from a second building at its Monarch data center campus in West Virginia, a deal that would nearly double the AI lab's commitments to the Nvidia-backed Featured: Wide-angle view of large-scale AI data center co...

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Read Evolution Power Proposes 1GW Data Center And 1.3GW Solar Farm In Norfolk
[Evolution Power Limited](https://www.evolutionpower.co.uk) has opened a community consultation on [Longmarsh Green Energy](https://longmarshgreenenergy.co.uk), a proposal pairing a data center cam...
October 20, 2026

Evolution Power Proposes 1GW Data Center And 1.3GW Solar Farm In Norfolk

United Kingdom

Evolution Power Limited has opened a community consultation on Longmarsh Green Energy, a proposal pairing a data center campus that would draw up to 1GW with a 1.3GW solar farm and battery storage across about 4,695 acres of farmland near King's Lynn in west Norfolk. The developer says the sc...

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Read CBRE Buys Data Center Services Firm Onnec
CBRE has agreed to acquire UK-based data center services provider Onnec Group Limited. The NYSE-listed company announced a definitive agreement to acquire the firm, which provides data center infra...
October 20, 2026

CBRE Buys Data Center Services Firm Onnec

CBRE

CBRE has agreed to acquire UK-based data center services provider Onnec Group Limited. The NYSE-listed company announced a definitive agreement to acquire the firm, which provides data center infrastructure services to technology companies across Europe and Asia Pacific. Founded in 1986 and heFea...

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Read NiSource And Microsoft Sign 20-Year Deal For 1,100MW Of Indiana Power
Microsoft will fund about 1,100 MW of new generation and transmission in northern Indiana and buy the output for 20 years under an agreement with [NiSource](https://www.nisource.com/news/article/ni...
October 19, 2026

NiSource And Microsoft Sign 20-Year Deal For 1,100MW Of Indiana Power

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft will fund about 1,100 MW of new generation and transmission in northern Indiana and buy the output for 20 years under an agreement with NiSource, the holding company that owns Northern Indiana Public Service Company. Announced Friday, the deal covers the La Porte data center caFeatured:...

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Read Microsoft Exits Nscale's 50MW Loughton Data Center Deal In Essex
Microsoft has ended its agreement to anchor [Nscale](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/nscale)'s Loughton AI campus in Essex, the 50MW facility that UK ministers promoted as the country's largest sov...
October 19, 2026

Microsoft Exits Nscale's 50MW Loughton Data Center Deal In Essex

Nscale

Microsoft has ended its agreement to anchor Nscale's Loughton AI campus in Essex, the 50MW facility that UK ministers promoted as the country's largest sovereign AI data center when it was announced in 2025. The withdrawal, first reported by The Telegraph on Oct. 18, leaves the £2bn proje...

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Read Hillwood Polska Revises Polish Data Center Plans After Local Opposition
Hillwood Polska has revised plans for a 130MW data center campus in Reguły, southwest of Warsaw, following local opposition. The buildings will be smaller and located farther from residential areas...
October 19, 2026

Hillwood Polska Revises Polish Data Center Plans After Local Opposition

Poland

Hillwood Polska has revised plans for a 130MW data center campus in Reguły, southwest of Warsaw, following local opposition. The buildings will be smaller and located farther from residential areas. “We carefully considered residents' opinions and treated them as an important element of the ...

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Read Google evaluates Wood Haven Technology Park in Roanoke County, Virginia
Google is considering developing a data center campus at Wood Haven Technology Park in Roanoke County, Virginia. Google and the Western Virginia Regional Industrial Facility Authority confirmed the...
October 19, 2026

Google evaluates Wood Haven Technology Park in Roanoke County, Virginia

Google

Google is considering developing a data center campus at Wood Haven Technology Park in Roanoke County, Virginia. Google and the Western Virginia Regional Industrial Facility Authority confirmed the potential project on October 16.Featured: High-resolution landscape photograph showing the exterior...

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Read Top Data Center News for 12th-17th October, 2026
**[Microsoft Acquires 600 Acres for Data Center Development in Woodward, Iowa](https://baxtel.com/news/microsoft-acquires-600-acres-for-data-center-development-in-woodward-iowa)**
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October 19, 2026

Top Data Center News for 12th-17th October, 2026

United States

Microsoft Acquires 600 Acres for Data Center Development in Woodward, Iowa Microsoft has acquired 600 acres in Woodward, around 30 miles northwest of Des Moines, Iowa, valued at around $37.4 million, for a potential gigawatt scale data center campus expected to support cloud computing and data st...

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Read Carrier Connect Lands Customer for 4MW Data Center Near Atlanta, Georgia
Carrier Connect Data Solutions has secured a customer for its newly acquired 4MW data center at 1001 Windward Concourse in Alpharetta, Georgia. The five-year agreement could generate CA$88.9 millio...
October 19, 2026

Carrier Connect Lands Customer for 4MW Data Center Near Atlanta, Georgia

Carrier Connect Data Solutions

Carrier Connect Data Solutions has secured a customer for its newly acquired 4MW data center at 1001 Windward Concourse in Alpharetta, Georgia. The five-year agreement could generate CA$88.9 million (US$63.15m) in billings, based on an initial 3MW deployment, with the lease beginning in November ...

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Read Microsoft To Fund 1,100MW Of Indiana Generation Under 20-Year NiSource Deal
Microsoft will pay for all the generation and transmission needed to serve its La Porte, Indiana data center campus under a 20-year electric service agreement with [NiSource](https://www.nisource.c...
October 19, 2026

Microsoft To Fund 1,100MW Of Indiana Generation Under 20-Year NiSource Deal

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft will pay for all the generation and transmission needed to serve its La Porte, Indiana data center campus under a 20-year electric service agreement with NiSource announced Oct. 16. Service starts in 2028. The utility's unregulated affiliate, NiSource Generation Company, will add ro...

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Read Alcoa To Sell Idle Massena East Smelter Site For Up To $315M Data Center Build
Alcoa will sell portions of its long-idled Massena East aluminum smelter in northern New York to a developer that plans to build a data center on the property, a transaction the company values at u...
October 19, 2026

Alcoa To Sell Idle Massena East Smelter Site For Up To $315M Data Center Build

New York State

Alcoa will sell portions of its long-idled Massena East aluminum smelter in northern New York to a developer that plans to build a data center on the property, a transaction the company values at up to $315 million. Alcoa disclosed the definitive agreement in its third-quarter 2026 results on Oct...

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Read Anthropic Signs First Canada Lease at EverWind's C$10B Nova Scotia Campus
Halifax-based energy developer [EverWind](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/everwind) on Friday announced more than C$10 billion (about US$7.1 billion) in private investment for a data center campus ...
October 19, 2026

Anthropic Signs First Canada Lease at EverWind's C$10B Nova Scotia Campus

EverWind

Halifax-based energy developer EverWind on Friday announced more than C$10 billion (about US$7.1 billion) in private investment for a data center campus at its Point Tupper industrial site in Richmond County, Nova Scotia, and Anthropic confirmed it signed a long-term lease for the first phase, th...

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Read Alcoa Sells New York Smelter to Data Center Developer in $315m Deal
Alcoa Corporation has agreed to sell parts of its former Massena East smelter in upstate New York to an unnamed data center developer for up to $315 million. The buyer was not disclosed, though cry...
October 19, 2026

Alcoa Sells New York Smelter to Data Center Developer in $315m Deal

New York

Alcoa Corporation has agreed to sell parts of its former Massena East smelter in upstate New York to an unnamed data center developer for up to $315 million. The buyer was not disclosed, though cryptominer NYDIG has previously been linked to the site, where an affiliate has filed plans for a data...

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