OpenAI Stargate's Milam, Texas, 'Freebird' Data Center to Span 548,950 Sq Ft in First Phase
OpenAI announced the first phase of its "Freebird" Stargate data center in Milam County, Texas, a single‑story facility covering 548,950 square feet with four data halls. The project, built by SoftBank’s SB Energy, is budgeted at roughly $470 million and targets a 1.2‑gigawatt power capacity, with completion slated for October 15. The rollout follows a turbulent period for OpenAI’s compute‑infrastructure program, including canceled expansions in Abilene and leadership turnover. The new campus signals OpenAI’s push to scale AI compute to multi‑gigawatt levels ahead of its planned IPO.
Chile's Entel Digital Launches Micro Edge Data Center Offering Alongside Zella DC
Chilean telecom operator Entel Digital has unveiled EdgeDC, a modular edge data‑center offering developed in partnership with micro‑data‑center specialist Zella DC. The all‑in‑one solution packs power, cooling, security and monitoring into a single rack‑sized unit, enabling data‑center capabilities at remote sites,...
Ericsson Hit by North America Telecom Slowdown, Geopolitical Instability
Ericsson reported a disappointing first‑quarter, with overall sales down 10% year‑over‑year and 29% sequentially, driven by a sharp slowdown in North America and a broad currency headwind. While organic sales managed a modest 6% YoY increase, the Enterprise segment fell...
German Asset Manager Kauri Acquires 55,000 Sqm Parcel in Hochheim for Data Center
German asset manager Kauri has purchased a 55,000 sqm (592,000 sq ft) parcel in Hochheim for $28.2 million to build a new data centre. The facility is slated to provide roughly 40 MW of capacity and will be constructed by Kauri’s subsidiary Kauri CAB Digital...
Hybrid Multi-Cloud Is Becoming the Default Architecture for AI and HPC
Hybrid multi‑cloud is emerging as the default architecture for AI and high‑performance computing as workloads outgrow the capabilities of any single environment. Training, inference, and simulation each have distinct cost, performance, and data‑locality requirements, making pure cloud or on‑prem solutions...
Spanish Energy Firm Solaria in Talks to Join Telefónica-ACS Data Center Venture - Report
Spanish renewable power producer Solaria is negotiating a stake in a €4 billion ($4.71 bn) data‑center joint venture led by telecom giant Telefónica and construction group ACS. The partnership aims to launch a 150 MW facility in Spain with the option to expand...
Developer Says It Will Build Larger Data Center if Plans for Smaller Facility Near Philadelphia Go Unapproved
Sentinel Data Centers told East Whiteland officials it will proceed with a larger data‑center build if its revised 887,000 sq ft plan is not approved. The original 1.6‑million‑sq‑ft "Project Forge" was scaled back after community pushback, but the site is zoned for up to...
Think-Tank Sues Tennessee County over Data Center and Crypto Ban, Calls Block Unconstitutional
A Tennessee think‑tank, the Beacon Center of Tennessee, filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Kentucky‑based ExoticRidge Crypto Company challenging Hawkins County's 2025 resolution that bans cryptocurrency mining and data‑center operations. ExoticRidge plans an 8 MW Bitcoin mining facility in Bulls Gap...
Fermi Inc's CEO Toby Neugebauer Steps Down, Shares Fall 30 Percent
Fermi Inc. announced that co‑founder and CEO Toby Neugebauer has stepped down, leaving an interim leadership team led by COO Jacobo Orti and board observer Anna Bofa. The news triggered a more than 31% drop in the stock during extended...
Sponsored: Building AI Factories: Why Integrated Power and Liquid Cooling Systems Are Critical for High‑density AI Data Centers
AI factories are pushing power densities beyond the limits of traditional air‑cooled data centers, making reliable power and advanced liquid‑cooling essential for GPU performance. Schneider Electric’s acquisition of Motivair creates an integrated platform that combines power distribution, UPS, and a...
If the Shoe Doesn't Fit
Allbirds, the eco‑friendly shoe maker once valued at $4 billion, agreed to sell its brand for $39 million and rebrand the remaining assets as NewBird AI. The fledgling venture plans to raise $50 million from an undisclosed investor to purchase high‑performance GPUs and...
Everything Data Center Operators Need to Know About Dielectric Fluids
Liquid immersion cooling is gaining traction as data centers seek to manage high‑density workloads. Central to this approach are dielectric fluids—non‑conductive liquids that remove heat without risking short circuits. A growing market now offers petrochemical, synthetic, and plant‑based fluids, each...
European Commission Releases Aggregate EED Data Center Data – Operators Report 6.4GW of Installed Capacity Across the EU
The European Commission has released its first aggregated Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) data for data centres, showing 6.4 GW of installed IT power demand and 16.7 TWh of energy use across 776 facilities in 18 EU countries. The dataset, covering 2023‑2024, includes...
Eos Energy Partners with Turbine-X to Develop and Deploy Power Infrastructure for the US AI Data Center Market
Eos Energy Enterprises and Turbine‑X Energy have signed a joint development agreement to build and install up to 2 GWh of zinc‑based battery storage paired with 5.5‑17.5 MW natural‑gas turbines for the U.S. AI data‑center market. The behind‑the‑meter solution is designed for...
Equinix Opens SP6 Data Center in São Paulo, Brazil
Equinix has opened its newest data center, SP6, in the São Paulo metropolitan area, investing $114 million in a 2,975 sqm facility. The first phase delivers 1,125 racks and is engineered for liquid‑cooling and AI‑driven workloads. With SP6, Equinix now operates nine data...
Portugal Approves National Data Center Plan
Portugal’s Council of Ministers approved the National Data Center Plan (PNCD) and its 2026‑2027 Action Plan, establishing a four‑pillar framework to fast‑track data‑center development. The plan designates AICEP as a single point of contact, sets maximum licensing deadlines, earmarks pre‑zoned...
Sana Ouji Leaves Google for Anthropic's New Energy Team, to "Responsibly and Rapidly Scale an Ambitious Data Center Portfolio"
Sana Ouji, a former Google data‑center energy strategist, has joined Anthropic’s newly formed energy team to craft a global strategy for scaling its data‑center portfolio. The hire follows a wave of ex‑Google talent, including data‑center architects, engineers, and operations leaders,...
InfraXmedia Launches AI Cities Summit Series to Support Governments Navigating AI Infrastructure Growth
InfraXmedia has launched the AI Cities Summit Series, a global platform that helps national, regional and city governments plan, attract and scale AI infrastructure. The inaugural European edition will be held in Zaragoza on February 16‑17, 2027, backed by the...
Plans Announced for 260MW Data Center in Konin, Poland
Central Energy Group (CGE) announced a €3 billion ($3.5 bn) AI‑focused data centre in Konin, Poland, delivering 260 MW of compute capacity. The project has secured power connections and environmental permits, with construction targeted for 2027 once a strategic investor and building permits...
Modine Launches Data Center Segment, Appoints Art Laszlo to Lead Unit
Modine announced the launch of a dedicated data‑center segment, carving it out from its broader climate‑solutions business. The new unit will be led by Art Laszlo, promoted to president after serving as VP of liquid‑cooled applications since 2022. The move...
Change of Mayor Prompts Appeal Against Data Center Planned in Provence, France
Telehouse’s plan to build a 50 MW data center at the Sybilles business park near Marseille faces a fresh appeal after the long‑time mayor of Les Pennes‑Mirabeau stepped down. The new municipal officials, backed by local residents and neighborhood associations, argue the...
Switch Secures $768 Million in ABS Funding
Switch Inc. closed a $768 million asset‑backed securities (ABS) offering, Series 2026‑1, backed by its 1.4 million‑square‑foot, 52 MW data center in Reno, Nevada. The proceeds will be used to repay existing debt and fund general corporate purposes. This transaction marks Switch’s fifth ABS...
Contec Opens Second Satellite Optical Ground Station in South Korea with Cailabs
Contec has opened its second optical ground station in South Korea, located at the Asian Space Park on Jeju Island. The site uses Cailabs’ turbulence‑mitigation laser technology and a TILBA‑OGS L10 terminal to improve space‑to‑ground data downlink. The deployment supports...
Karis Could Build Data Center in Central Ohio
Data‑center developer Karis is evaluating a 127‑acre parcel at 535 Cole Road in central Ohio, adjacent to a railroad, a 345 kV transmission line and an AEP substation. The site sits within the environmentally sensitive Big Darby Watershed, prompting local concerns despite...
Karman Industries Is Bringing Space Age Cooling to Data Centers
Karman Industries raised a $20 million Series A to launch production of its Heat Processing Unit (HPU) for data‑center cooling. The HPU combines 10 MW CO₂ chillers with a high‑speed "Kompressor" that spins at 30,000 rpm, promising up to 25% efficiency gains and an...
Flexential to Expand Footprint with New Data Center in Atlanta, Georgia
Flexential announced a new 48,000 sq ft, 4.5 MW data center in Norcross, Georgia, slated to launch in the first half of 2028. The Norcross 2 facility will be the company’s fifth site in the Atlanta metro area, bringing its regional footprint to 800,000 sq ft...
DCD>Studio: Navigating Energy Demand, Reliability, and Transition with Ron Gusek, Liberty Energy
Liberty Energy’s chief technology officer Ron Gusek discussed how the company is tackling soaring data‑center power demand while preserving reliability during the energy transition. He highlighted Liberty’s portfolio of mobile natural‑gas generators, on‑site fuel‑cell solutions, and emerging small modular reactors...
Driving Data Center Resiliency, Speed and Reliability with the Right Instrumentation
A new whitepaper released on April 14, 2026 details how industrial‑grade instrumentation underpins liquid‑cooled data‑center resiliency as AI and high‑performance computing workloads surge. It explains how precise flow and temperature sensors, low‑maintenance devices, and non‑invasive diagnostics can boost cooling efficiency while conserving...
Vertiv Acquires Prefab Enclosure Maker BMarko
Vertiv announced the acquisition of BMarko Structures, a South Carolina‑based maker of prefabricated and containerized data‑center enclosures. While financial terms were not disclosed, BMarko brings more than 500,000 sq ft of custom‑engineered modular structures to Vertiv’s Infrastructure Solutions business. The deal is...
How Foresight Prevented $100M in Delays and Cut Reporting Overhead by 90% for a Global Data Center Portfolio
Foresight, an AI‑driven portfolio assurance platform, helped a multinational data‑center operator avoid roughly $100 million in construction delays and slash reporting overhead by about 90 %. By consolidating fragmented project data into a single real‑time dashboard, the solution gave executives visibility into...
From Risk to Resilience: Securing Continuity in UK Data Centers
UK data centers, designated as critical national infrastructure, face mounting resilience challenges. Growing cyber threats, unpredictable power supply, and aging cooling systems are compounded by AI-driven high‑density workloads that exceed legacy capacity. Recent incidents—including a four‑day outage at Defra’s data...
Nokia Set to Cut 121 Jobs in Finland - Report
Finnish telecom giant Nokia announced it will cut 121 jobs in Finland, down from an initial 156 after negotiations with staff. The reductions will affect 63 positions in Espoo, 11 in Tampere and up to 50 in Oulu, where a...
Singtel's Nxera and Telekom Malaysia Top Out Data Center in Johor
Singtel’s Nxera data‑center arm announced the topping‑out of the structural phase for its new Johor facility, the first 64 MW segment of a 280 MW campus designed for high‑intensity AI workloads. The joint venture with Telekom Malaysia, TM Nxera, expects the initial phase...
AWS Launches "Project Houdini" To Speed up Data Center Construction - Report
Amazon Web Services announced Project Houdini, a program that shifts most data‑center construction into a factory environment. The initiative uses 45‑foot modular “skids” pre‑installed with power, cooling, cabling, lighting, fire‑suppression and security, allowing sites to be ready in two to...
CloudHQ Seeks $1.4 Billion in ABS Funding
Data‑center operator CloudHQ announced a $1.4 billion asset‑backed securities (ABS) offering, the first of its kind for the company. The ABS are secured by two leased, triple‑net facilities in Ashburn, Virginia, delivering a combined 160 MW of power across 403,410 sq ft. Both sites...
Iron Mountain Tops Out Chennai Data Center, India
Iron Mountain celebrated the topping‑out of its Chennai CHN‑1 data center, a 23.2 MW facility that will go live later this year. The campus, built on a 4.3‑acre site in Ambattur, will eventually host two buildings delivering a combined 42 MW of...
When Data Centers Bring Their Own Power Supply
Global data‑center electricity consumption is projected to double to about 945 TWh within four years, driving an estimated $7 trillion in new infrastructure spending. To meet rapid demand, hyperscalers such as Meta, Google, and Microsoft are bypassing overloaded grids, building private power...
Sponsored: The Chip as the New Core: How Server Providers Are Powering AI Conversations in the Data Center
AI is driving a fundamental shift in data‑center design, placing semiconductor chips at the core of infrastructure strategy. Specialized GPUs and accelerators demand far greater power and cooling, prompting server providers to become strategic partners in chip selection and thermal...
Sponsored: Ablecom Launches 130kW-Ready Cooling Solutions for High-Density Computing
Ablecom unveiled its AbleRack enclosure and AbleCool rear‑door heat exchanger to address the industry’s move toward 130 kW‑per‑rack servers. The heavy‑duty AbleRack can bear a static load of 2,500 kg, features 80% perforated panels, and meets Zone 4 seismic standards. AbleCool offers modular,...
FCC Seeks to Impose Tougher Clampdown on Chinese Telcos in US
The Federal Communications Commission is preparing a vote to prohibit U.S. telecom carriers from interconnecting with China’s three largest mobile operators—China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom—and from using their data centers, points of presence, and equipment. The proposal also...
Prologis' 900MW 'Project Sail' Gets the Go-Ahead in Coweta County, Georgia
Prologis received final rezoning approval for its 900 MW Project Sail, a 4.9 million‑square‑foot, nine‑building data‑center campus on 832 acres near Newnan, Georgia. The decision ends a year‑long planning process that began in early 2025 after Atlas Development sold the site to...
Oracle Launches Cloud Region in Casablanca, Morocco
Oracle announced the launch of its first public cloud region in Casablanca, Morocco, becoming the inaugural hyperscaler in North Africa. The region, hosted by N+One Datacenters, comprises six data‑center buildings with 4.5 MW of IT capacity across 4,000 sqm. Oracle’s executive vice‑president...
600MW Data Center Could Be Built in Coachella, California
DMK Projects is scouting a 240‑acre site in Coachella, California, for a 600 MW data center that would deliver at least 270 MW of power across six buildings. The developer has not yet filed a formal planning application, but local residents have...
PDG Breaks Ground on Latest Mumbai Data Center
Princeton Digital Group (PDG) has broken ground on its MU2 data center campus in Navi Mumbai, a five‑story facility delivering 120 MW of IT capacity across 18,880 sqm of colocation space. The site sits on a 10‑acre plot and follows the company’s earlier...
Malaysia's Privasia to Develop 10MW Data Center in Perak
Malaysian IT provider Privasia has signed a RM 569 million (≈US $144 million) contract with the Malaysian arm of China’s Inspur Cloud Information to build a 10 MW data centre in Bagan Datuk, Perak. The first phase, called Silverstreams, is slated for late‑2027 completion and will...
Maryland Senate Passes Bill Aimed at Managing Impact of Large Load Users on the Grid
The Maryland Senate approved the Utility Relief Act, targeting the grid impact of large load users such as data centers, and sent it to a conference committee for reconciliation with the House version. The Senate lowered the load‑factor threshold, potentially...
EDGX Launches Sterna Satellite Payloads on SpaceX Transporter-16
EDGX successfully launched its first Sterna high‑performance data processing units aboard SpaceX’s Transporter‑16 mission, showcasing an AI‑powered edge computer designed for satellite constellations. The Sterna payload leverages Nvidia’s Jetson Orin NX, can dynamically scale power between 10 W and 45 W, and is...
Grain Invests in Owner of Prime Data Centers
Grain Management has taken a preferred‑equity stake in Data Realty Holding Corp., the controlling shareholder of Prime Data Centers. The infusion of capital is intended to optimize Prime’s balance sheet and fund its next phase of expansion across the United...
Digital Realty Pledges S$7 Billion Investment in Singapore, Including New Data Centers
Digital Realty announced a near S$7 billion (US$5.48 bn) investment plan for Singapore, with more than S$4.3 billion (US$3.37 bn) earmarked for new data‑center projects. The company already operates three facilities—SIN10, SIN11 and SIN12—providing 925,000 sq ft of colocation space and 70 MW of capacity. Singapore’s long‑standing...
Equinix Launches Data Center in Mumbai, India
Equinix has opened MB3, its fourth International Business Exchange data center in Mumbai and the fifth across India. The five‑story, 5‑acre campus starts with 1,370 racks and can scale to 5,475 racks, backed by a $95 million investment. The facility supports...