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- Data Center DynamicsEurope
NxN enters Portugal with 1MW Évora data centre and plans €100m investment
NxN has entered Portugal with a 1MW data centre in Évora and plans further investment.
- The MelburnianAustralia
Protesters call for pause on NEXTDC $2bn Fishermans Bend M4 data centre
Protesters called for NEXTDC's approved M4 project at Fishermans Bend to be paused pending fuller impact assessment.
- PR Newswire / Related DigitalUS
Related Digital/NextEra Project Star: $22.3bn 6.47GW Texas power campus for adjacent 5GW data centre
Project Star will build a large gas power campus in Texas to serve an adjacent 5GW data centre site.
- University of Sydney / The ConversationAustralia
Uni of Sydney/Conversation: Why Australia’s data centres became controversial
An explainer looks at why data centres, long part of the landscape, have become so contested as AI drives much larger builds.
- ReutersSE Asia
West Java governor orders halt on BDx 640MW AI data centre campus over missing permits
West Java's governor ordered BDx to halt work on its 640MW AI campus until permits are in place.
- Data Center DynamicsSE Asia
Amazon buys Sepang land outside Kuala Lumpur for potential Malaysia data centre
Amazon is buying land in Sepang outside Kuala Lumpur, possibly for a data centre.
- Data Center DynamicsAPAC, China
Amazon to acquire two Grand Ming data centres in Hong Kong for up to HK$2.45bn
Amazon will buy two Grand Ming data centres in Hong Kong.
- Data Center DynamicsEurope
Energa Obrót and CGE sign LOI for 100MW (to 260MW) data centre in Konin, Poland
Polish partners signed a letter of intent for a staged data centre in Konin starting at about 100MW.
- GlobeNewswire / ExusUS
Exus acquires 715MW US solar portfolio aimed at data centre power demand
Exus bought a 715MW US solar portfolio aimed at data centre power demand.
- Data Center DynamicsEurope
Global Switch to host large Nvidia Blackwell deployment at Paris data centre
Global Switch will host a large Nvidia Blackwell deployment at its Paris data centre.
- Data Center DynamicsEurope
Google wins planning permission to expand Dublin Grange Castle data centre
Google won planning permission to expand its Grange Castle campus in Dublin.
Also covered by: Dublin Echo
- WDBJUS
Grayson County confirms $11bn Project Lightning data centre for Wildwood Commerce Park, Virginia
Grayson County confirmed Project Lightning is a data centre planned for Wildwood Commerce Park, Virginia.
- Data Center DynamicsAustralia
HyperDC files for 400MW Moorabool data centre campus near Geelong
New developer HyperDC has applied to build a 400MW campus at Moorabool near Geelong, close to a major terminal station.
- Data Center DynamicsSE Asia, APAC
Meta signs on for AI capacity at Firmus Southeast Asia data centres
Meta will lease AI capacity at Firmus's upcoming Southeast Asian deployments.
- Data Center DynamicsEurope, EMEA
Plans unveiled for 576MW Moncalieri campus billed as Italy’s largest data centre
Plans have been filed for a 576MW campus near Turin, billed as Italy's largest data centre.
- Data Center DynamicsGlobal, US
Samsung invests $1bn into KKR's Helix data center platform
Samsung committed $1bn to KKR's Helix data centre platform.
Also covered by: TechRadar
- Data Center DynamicsGlobal
Schneider Electric and Equinix trial software-defined MV switchgear for data centres
Schneider Electric and Equinix are trialling software-defined medium-voltage switchgear.
- Data Center DynamicsGlobal, US
Akamai signs $11.6bn compute deal with Anthropic (up to ~$20bn with expansion)
Akamai signed a multi-year compute deal with Anthropic worth $11.6bn, with room to expand.
- GlobeNewswire / CrusoeUS
Crusoe developing Google AI data centre campus in Armstrong County, Texas
Crusoe is developing Google's AI data centre campus in Armstrong County, Texas.
- Data Center DynamicsEurope
Europe’s data centre efficiency labeling scheme draws cautious industry welcome
Industry leaders gave a cautious welcome to the EU's planned data centre efficiency labels.