700MW Data Center Could Be Built at Port of Dunkirk, Northern France
The Dunkirk Port Authority has opened a 21‑hectare brownfield site for a potential AI‑focused data center, offering developers a power connection ranging from 400 MW to 700 MW. Power will be supplied by RTE from the nearby Flanders Maritimes substation, with a transformer substation to be built by the winning bidder. The project is classified as high‑priority by France’s Energy Regulatory Commission, aiming for power availability within three to four years. Expressions of interest must be submitted by 15 May 2026.
Vast Data Integrates AI OS Into Nvidia GPU-Powered Servers
Vast Data and Nvidia have launched the CNode‑X, a GPU‑powered server that embeds the Vast Data AI Operating System directly onto Nvidia hardware. The integrated solution is optimized for AI pipelines, high‑performance analytics, vector search, retrieval‑augmented generation and agentic workloads....
Dominion Reports Marginal Increase in Data Center Pipeline
Dominion Energy announced that its contracted data‑center capacity now exceeds 48 GW, a three‑percent increase since September. The utility lifted its five‑year capital‑investment outlook by 30% to $65 billion, with over 90% earmarked for Virginia to meet accelerating data‑center load. A new...
AtNorth Announces Plans for 300MW Data Center Campus
Nordic data‑center operator atNorth announced a 300 MW campus in Sollefteå, Sweden, to be built on a 50‑hectare plot at Hamre Industrial Park and targeted for H1 2028. The facility will feature direct liquid cooling and support rack densities up to 1 MW,...
Data-First Telecom Management: From Blind Spot to Value Driver
Enterprises are still paying for legacy telecom services that are unused, creating hidden cost leaks. A data‑first approach—digitizing invoices, consolidating contracts, and applying AI/ML analytics—provides clear visibility into service usage and pricing. Companies that adopt this model can shift telecom...
Canadian Utility Hydro-Québec Proposes Electricity Tariff for Data Centers
Hydro‑Québec has filed a proposal to charge large data centers 13 CAD cents per kilowatt‑hour, roughly twice the existing high‑power rate. The tariff would apply to facilities over 5 MW and take effect in the second half of 2026, with a five‑year...
Accelerating Data Center Construction with Sustainability in Mind
AI adoption is driving a 160% surge in data‑center power demand by 2030, prompting developers to seek faster, greener construction methods. Prefabricated concrete emerges as a solution, shaving 2‑4 months off build schedules and delivering 30‑40% faster overall completion. The...
1606 Corp to Acquire Plot of Land in Texas for AI Data Center Development
1606 Corp signed a non‑binding term sheet to acquire roughly 132 acres in Lufkin, Texas, including a 55 MW natural‑gas power plant and a 50,000 sq ft warehouse for an AI‑focused data center. The transaction is priced at about $11.67 million, combining $7.5 million in...
Illinois Governor Pritzker to Call for Two-Year Suspension of Data Center Tax Incentives – Report
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker plans to request a two‑year suspension of tax incentives for new data centers, pending a study of the sector’s impact on the state’s electricity grid and residential bills. Current incentives grant up to 20 years of...
Microsoft Brings Two Data Halls Online in São Paulo, Brazil
Microsoft has brought two new data halls online in São Paulo, marking the first operational facilities under its $2.7 bn AI and cloud commitment to Brazil through 2027. The launch was announced at the Microsoft AI Tour by country president Priscyla Laham,...
Florida’s Mitesco Secures Finance Partner for Centcore Data Center Build-Out
French AI Cloud Startup Policloud Plans 1,000 Sovereign Micro-Data Center Deployments by 2030
Policloud, a French AI‑focused cloud startup, announced a plan to deploy up to 1,000 sovereign micro‑data centers by 2030, delivering more than 250,000 GPUs. The company has already installed eight sites across France, the Gulf Cooperation Council and the United...
Tract’s Fleet Data Centers Seeks $3.8bn to Fuel Nevada Build-Out
Fleet Data Centers, the development arm of Tract, announced a $3.8 billion senior secured note issuance to fund a 230 MW data center campus in Reno, Nevada. The facility, built on a 252‑acre site, is 100 percent leased to an unnamed investment‑grade tenant...
Fossefall Targets Data Center in Harpefoss, Norway
Norwegian data‑center specialists Fossefall and Polar DC are unveiling new projects aimed at scaling AI‑focused, renewable‑powered facilities. Fossefall plans a data centre on the former Harpefoss childcare site, part of its ambition to reach 500 MW of clean AI infrastructure by 2030,...
Blackstone-Owned Link Logistics Files to Develop Data Center Campus Outside Atlanta, Georgia
Blackstone‑owned Link Logistics, through its affiliate B9 Union City Owner LLC, has filed a Developments of Regional Impact application to build a new data‑center campus called the Crossings outside Union City, Georgia. The 231‑acre site could host up to five...
South Korean Cloud Firm Okestro Could Build 5MW Data Center
South Korean cloud provider Okestro has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with data‑center developer DC Korea to construct a 5 MW facility at Okestro’s headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul. DC Korea will handle design and construction while Okestro will supply cloud‑orchestration services...
Telkom Indonesia Revisits NeutraDC Sale Plans - Report
Telkom Indonesia is re‑engaging advisors to sell a majority stake in its data‑center subsidiary NeutraDC, targeting a valuation between $1 billion and $1.5 billion. The company previously explored a sale in 2022 and considered minority stakes in 2024, with Goldman Sachs and...
Solaris Energy Signs 500MW AI Data Center Power Deal
Solaris Energy Infrastructure announced a long‑term equipment‑rental agreement to provide more than 500 MW of power‑generation capacity to Hatchbo, an AI‑focused data‑center operator. The rental term begins on January 1 2027 and runs for ten years, with an option to extend for an...
Sponsored: Factory-First: How Modular Construction Becomes the only Scalable Path for the Next Era of Data Centers
The data‑center sector is racing to deliver gigawatt‑scale campuses amid soaring AI demand, tight labor markets, and long equipment lead times. Traditional on‑site construction cannot keep pace, prompting a shift toward factory‑first modular building. By standardizing designs and producing electrical,...
OVHcloud Reveals Bare Metal 2026 Generation of Dedicated Servers
European cloud provider OVHcloud unveiled its Bare Metal 2026 generation of dedicated servers, featuring AMD Ryzen and EPYC Zen 5 processors across four product lines. The Scale 2026 model scales to 384 cores, 3 TB DDR5 memory and up to 98 TB NVMe storage, while...
Hawaii-Based Cloud Provider Servpac Expands Data Center
Servpac, a Hawaii‑based cloud and colocation provider, broke ground on a $13 million expansion at Mililani Technology Park that will double the IT capacity of its MTP Data Center. The project adds a 5‑acre, 150,000 sq ft site and aims to increase cabinet...
Trane Acquires Cooling Firm LiquidStack
Trane Technologies announced the acquisition of liquid‑cooling specialist LiquidStack, slated to close in early 2026. The deal integrates LiquidStack’s direct‑to‑chip and two‑phase immersion technologies into Trane’s commercial HVAC business. LiquidStack’s CEO Joe Capes will join Trane’s leadership, preserving the firm’s...
Starcloud to Launch AWS Outposts Hardware in Space, Aims to Deploy Fleet of 88,000 Satellites
Starcloud announced it will be the first to launch Amazon Web Services Outposts hardware on a satellite scheduled for October 2026. The company also filed an FCC proposal for an ambitious 88,000‑satellite constellation designed to train and run AI models...
Nebius Targets Data Center Development in Birmingham, Alabama
Nebius, a Nasdaq‑listed cloud provider spun out of Yandex, filed for an 80‑acre data‑center project called BHM01 in Birmingham, Alabama, targeting 300 MW of capacity. The development will replace the former Regions Lakeshore Operations Center after the company acquired three Oxmoor...
Former Sugar Refinery Near Caen, France, Could Become AI Data Center
A former 33‑hectare sugar refinery near Caen is slated for acquisition by Brown Fields, which plans to transform the derelict site into an AI data center. The project, estimated at €15‑€20 million, benefits from an existing 220 kV power line and a...
Submer Acquires Cloud Gaming Firm Radian Arc
Liquid‑cooling specialist Submer has acquired GPU‑as‑a‑Service provider Radian Arc, adding a sovereign, telco‑focused AI and cloud‑gaming platform to its portfolio. Radian Arc currently serves over 70 telecom and edge‑compute customers with thousands of AMD and Nvidia GPUs. The acquisition completes Submer’s full‑stack...
Ark Data Centres' Campus Extension Approved by Local Authorities in Wiltshire, UK
Ark Data Centres received conditional approval to build an 18‑meter‑tall, 27,350 sqm data centre on Westwell Roads in Corsham, Wiltshire, after an 18‑month planning saga. The new facility will be the seventh Ark campus at the Spring Park site, joining five existing...
Energy Vault Partners with Peak Energy to Develop Energy Storage Architecture for AI Data Centers
Energy Vault has entered a strategic partnership with Peak Energy to create a dedicated energy‑storage architecture for AI‑focused data centers. The solution merges Peak’s sodium‑ion battery technology with Energy Vault’s Vault OS software and system design. A supply agreement secures 1.5 GWh...
Telstra to Cut More than 200 Jobs Amid AI Push
Telstra will cut more than 200 jobs at its AI joint venture with Accenture, moving some functions to India. The AU$700 million partnership, 60% owned by Accenture and 40% by Telstra, is intended to accelerate the carrier’s data and AI roadmap....
Fermi America Receives First Natural Gas Turbines for up to 11GW Data Center Campus in Amarillo, Texas
Fermi America has taken delivery of six Siemens SGT‑800 natural‑gas turbines, each rated 50‑62 MW, marking the first power‑generation equipment for its proposed up‑to‑11 GW data‑center campus in Amarillo, Texas. The turbines will supply roughly one‑third of the first gigawatt of electricity...
Immersion Cooling Firm Submer Partners with Indian Real Estate Developer Anant Raj for Data Center Venture
Submer, a Spain‑based immersion‑cooling specialist, announced a partnership with Anant Raj Cloud, the data‑center arm of Indian real‑estate developer Anant Raj, to build AI‑ready data centers across India. The firms signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will be exchanged at the India AI...
Synergy: Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Spend Jumps $12bn in Q4 2025
Enterprise cloud infrastructure spending surged by $12 billion in Q4 2025, marking a 30 percent year‑on‑year increase and the ninth straight quarter of accelerating growth. Total cloud‑related revenue for 2025 reached $419 billion, with $119.1 billion generated in the final quarter alone. Generative AI was...
Viettel Deploys Nvidia DGX B200 System at Hoa Lac High Tech Park in Hanoi
Vietnam’s military‑backed telecom operator Viettel has commissioned an Nvidia DGX B200 system at its Hoa Lac High Tech Park data centre in Hanoi. The air‑cooled rack‑mounted platform houses eight B200 Tensor Core GPUs and dual Intel Xeon CPUs, delivering petaflop‑scale performance. Viettel’s...
FCC Seeks Comment on SpaceX's Million Orbital Data Center Plan
The Federal Communications Commission has opened a public comment period on SpaceX’s proposal to launch a constellation of one million data‑center satellites. SpaceX argues that, once its reusable Starship is operational, the fleet could deliver 100 gigawatts of AI compute power...
Sponsored: The Evolving AI Data Center: Options Multiply, Constraints Grow, and Infrastructure Planning Is Even More Critical
AI data centers are no longer monolithic; diverse models, accelerators, and cooling methods force operators to tailor connectivity. Optical links have become a strategic pillar, matching power and cooling in importance, especially as rack density and fault domains grow. Multi‑terabit...
CyrusOne Partners with Constellation for 760MW Data Center Campus in Texas
CyrusOne announced a 760 MW data‑center campus in Freestone County, Texas, partnering with Constellation’s Calpine unit. The project secures two 380 MW power agreements—Phase I and Phase II—leveraging the adjacent natural‑gas Freestone Energy Center. Construction is underway with an expected operational date in Q4 2026....
Deutsche Telekom Launches Nvidia AI Factory Data Center in Munich's Tucherpark
Deutsche Telekom has opened an Nvidia‑powered AI factory at the Polarise data centre in Munich’s Tucherpark, installing roughly 10,000 Blackwell GPUs including DGX B200 and RTX PRO systems. The facility, branded the Industrial AI Cloud, underpins the ‘Germany Stack’ – a sovereign...
Meta Purchases Additional 1,400 Acres for Hyperion Mega-Data Center Expansion
Meta has acquired an extra 1,400 acres adjacent to its Hyperion data‑center campus in Louisiana, expanding the footprint of a project originally planned on 2,250 acres. The Hyperion complex is designed to deliver 2 GW of compute power, with the potential...
Intersect Power Files to Develop Data Center in Texas
Intersect Power, a clean‑energy firm being acquired by Alphabet, has filed a Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation application to build a 761,000‑square‑foot data center near Miami, Texas. The Project Pumpkin 2A development will cost roughly $400 million and is scheduled for...
Pulsant Launches £10m Expansion of Milton Keynes Data Center
Edge provider Pulsant has completed a £10 million expansion of its Milton Keynes data centre, adding a 1.2 MW data hall optimized for high‑density AI workloads. The new facility is part of the company’s platformEDGE network, which now spans 14 edge sites...
The Cost of Caution: Why Oversizing in Data Center Design Is Breaking the Bank
The article warns that excessive caution in data‑center design leads to chronic oversizing. Studies show many facilities operate at only 20‑60% of installed capacity, inflating capital, energy and maintenance costs by up to 30%. Oversized power, cooling and backup systems...
Supercapacitor Developer Skeleton Opens First US Engineering Facility in Houston, Texas
Estonian supercapacitor maker Skeleton Technologies opened its first U.S. engineering facility in Houston, Texas, to support AI data‑center customers. The graphene‑based devices can smooth power spikes and claim up to 45% energy savings for high‑performance computing workloads. Skeleton already has...
Johnson Controls Launches New Chillers, Carrier Launches CRAH
Johnson Controls unveiled the York YDAM air‑cooled magnetic‑bearing centrifugal chiller, delivering 3.5 MW of cooling and capable of operating with 45 °C warm‑water. The company also previewed the two‑stage YK‑HT economizer that can produce 44 °F chilled water and 140 °F hot water simultaneously....
Lumen Slashes Debt, Downplays AI Bubble Concerns
Lumen Technologies sold its consumer‑focused fiber business to AT&T for $5.75 billion, using $4.8 billion of the proceeds to retire its super‑priority bonds and cut total debt to just under $13 billion. The divestiture eliminates more than $1 billion of annual capex, allowing the...
AtNorth Files to Expand Planned Data Center Campus in Kouvola, Finland
Nordic data‑center operator atNorth has filed a permit request to add three new buildings to its FIN04 campus in Kouvola, Finland. The expansion would raise the site’s planned capacity to 430 MW across a 45‑hectare footprint, up from the original 60 MW...
Global AI Set to Develop Data Center Outside Denver, Colorado
Global AI, in partnership with Saudi AI firm Humain, is converting a former Kodak‑Carestream site near Windsor, Colorado into a high‑density AI data center. After purchasing 438 acres for $15.6 million, the company plans to launch an 18‑24 MW facility by the...
Vantage Denied Permission for Data Center Outside Frankfurt
US‑based Vantage Data Centers was denied permission by the Groß‑Gerau city council to build a 174 MW, €2.5 billion data‑center campus on a 14‑hectare site outside Frankfurt. The council voted 18‑14 against contract negotiations, citing concerns over limited job creation, visual impact,...
Singtel's Nxera Opens Singapore Data Center
Singapore telecom giant Singtel’s data‑centre arm Nxera has opened DC Tuas, an 120,000‑sq‑ft, eight‑storey facility delivering 58 MW of power, the highest‑capacity data centre in the city‑state. More than 90% of its multi‑tenant capacity was pre‑leased, and the site features advanced...