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259 stories
- WFYIUS
Indiana regulators approve AES's $737m solar-and-storage plan to power Google's 390MW Monrovia data centre
Indiana regulators approved a solar and storage plan to serve Google's 390MW Monrovia data centre.
- DCDUS
Memphis council delays vote on 12-month data centre moratorium for a second time
Memphis council again delayed a vote on a proposed 12-month pause on new data centres.
- DCDEurope
Midgard Infra to build 144-fibre-pair Sweden–Finland subsea cable
Midgard Infra plans a new 144-fibre-pair subsea cable between Sweden and Finland.
- PublicTechnologyUK, Europe
More than 2,000 objections lodged against CX Tech's Chapelcross hyperscale data centre in Dumfries and Galloway
More than 2,000 objections have been lodged against a proposed hyperscale campus at Chapelcross in Scotland.
Also covered by: The Scotsman
- Het Financieele DagbladEurope
Nebius signs as first customer for giant Maasvlakte AI data centre near Rotterdam
Nebius is the first customer for a planned giant AI data centre on Rotterdam's Maasvlakte.
- The Asia Business DailyAPAC
NeoAI Cloud closes KRW 600bn financing for 40MW Pohang AI data centre in South Korea
NeoAI Cloud closed financing for a 40MW liquid-cooled AI data centre in Pohang, South Korea.
- Reuters (via TradingView)Middle East
S&P: GCC data centre capacity to roughly triple to over 3GW in five years on low-cost power
S&P expects Gulf data centre capacity to roughly triple within five years thanks to cheap power.
- IDCNOVAUS
ServerDomes breaks ground on $15bn, 350MW Hueco Ranch dome campus near El Paso
ServerDomes has broken ground on a planned 350MW dome-style campus near El Paso powered mostly on site.
- W.MediaSE Asia, APAC
SM+ to acquire Princeton Digital Group's Indonesian enterprise data centre business
SM+ will buy Princeton Digital Group's five enterprise data centres in Indonesia as PDG focuses on hyperscale.
- The Sydney Morning HeraldAustralia
SMH: Does Oliver Curtis deserve a third chance after Firmus IPO collapse?
An SMH profile weighs whether Firmus's founder can recover after the failed float left the company short of capital for chips.
- DCDEurope, US
SWI raises €800m to fund US and European data centre and AI compute expansion
SWI raised €800m to grow its data centre and AI compute platforms in Europe and the US.
- Data Center DigestUS
Anthropic-linked Project Longhorn files US$366m, 490MW gas-powered data centre in Bastrop County, Texas
A 490MW gas-powered data centre project linked to Anthropic has been filed in Bastrop County, Texas.
- HoodlineUS
AZIO AI signs first 10MW hosting deal at Atlas One campus in South Texas
AZIO AI signed a 10MW hosting deal at its South Texas campus with room to grow to 50MW.
- Al JazeeraEurope
Drone strike forces full shutdown of Yandex's Vladimir data centre, hitting Yandex Cloud
A drone strike forced Yandex's Vladimir data centre offline, disrupting Yandex Cloud services.
- ABC NewsAustralia
Firmus's Tasmanian AI data centre plans face community and investor doubts after IPO pull
After the cancelled float, Firmus's three planned Tasmanian AI data centres face delays, planning hurdles and doubts from locals and investors, though the company says it still has funding.
- Deutsche Welle (via iG)Europe
Germany aims to double data centre capacity by 2030 with looser rules as Frankfurt-area towns push back
Germany wants to double data centre capacity by 2030 with looser rules, while some towns near Frankfurt question the local benefit.
- The New Indian Express (AFP)India
Google faces local backlash over US$15bn Visakhapatnam AI hub, says it will use air cooling
Visakhapatnam residents are opposing Google's planned AI hub, and Google says it will use air cooling to limit water use.
- FortuneMiddle East
Iran security chief warns Gulf data centres, subsea cables and AI sites could be targeted if war resumes
An Iranian security official warned that Gulf data centres and subsea cables could be targets if conflict resumes.
- FortuneUS
Pennsylvania's Project Hazelnut fight becomes a bipartisan flashpoint against AI data centres
Opposition to a large NorthPoint data centre campus in Hazle Township has become a bipartisan issue in Pennsylvania.
- Las TelesEurope
Spain set to approve softened data centre decree despite CNMC warnings
Spain is set to approve its data centre decree, keeping a strong new-renewables requirement despite regulator warnings.