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259 stories
- Reuters (via KELO)Japan
AirTrunk invests extra US$1bn in 300MW+ Inzai TOK1 campus for liquid-cooled AI
AirTrunk is investing an extra US$1bn in its Inzai campus in Japan to support liquid-cooled AI.
- Public Radio EastUS
Beaufort County, North Carolina, approves one-year data centre moratorium
Beaufort County in North Carolina approved a one-year pause on data centre developments.
- Moneycontrol (Reuters)US
Black Hills plans US$1.8bn buildout to back Google's Cheyenne data centre with 2.7GW
Black Hills plans a US$1.8bn buildout to power Google's proposed Cheyenne data centre.
- w.mediaAustralia
CDC rethinks 576MW Canberra Hume Campus 3 after planning setback
CDC is reworking its proposed up-to-576MW Hume campus in Canberra after an environmental setback from the ACT conservator.
- AFR ChanticleerAustralia
Chanticleer: What Firmus is telling investors as $44bn IPO bookbuild nears close
Chanticleer outlines what Firmus told investors as its institutional bookbuild neared its close.
- Intelligent CIO LATAMLatAm
Claro and Oracle launch Argentina's first locally operated hyperscale cloud
Claro and Oracle launched Argentina's first locally operated hyperscale cloud.
- The1NewsAfrica
Continent 8 expands into Africa with Johannesburg Tier III data centre
Continent 8 is opening its first African data centre in Johannesburg.
- TechRadarUS
Crusoe files plans for US$4.8bn twin data centres in Jayton, West Texas
Crusoe has filed plans for two large data centres in Jayton, West Texas.
- ABC NewsAustralia
Darwin could host multiple international subsea cables as NT pushes digital hub
Google and Inligo Networks plan to land subsea cables at Fannie Bay as the NT pushes Darwin as a hub between Sydney and Singapore.
- DCDEurope
Denmark adopts grid 'emergency plan' that puts large data centres at back of connection queue
Denmark adopted a grid plan that moves large data centres to the back of the connection queue.
- GlobeNewswire / Digital RealtyJapan, APAC
Digital Realty starts construction of 24MW KIX15 data centre in Osaka
Digital Realty's Japan joint venture has started building a 24MW data centre in Osaka.
- WFAEUS
Duke Energy reaches large-load tariff settlement with data centre operators in North Carolina
Duke Energy reached a settlement with data centre operators on a large-load tariff in North Carolina.
- NewsChannel 5 NashvilleUS
Federal judge dismisses DC BLOX lawsuit over Nashville data centre moratorium
A federal judge dismissed DC BLOX's lawsuit over Nashville's data centre moratorium.
- Startup DailyAustralia
Firmus to spend $4.4bn of ASX IPO raise on servers and deployment
Firmus planned to put most of its float proceeds into Nvidia servers and deployment infrastructure, according to a broker summary.
- Data Center DynamicsAustralia
Firmus tops out first 42MW data hall at Launceston, Tasmania
Firmus has topped out the first of two 42MW halls at its Launceston project.
- CAJ News AfricaAfrica
FiveNines and Nexus Core to develop 20MW AI data centre near Casablanca
FiveNines will help develop a 20MW AI data centre near Casablanca.
- Sydney Morning HeraldAustralia
Government shared draft data centre rules with Anthropic during negotiations
FOI documents show the federal government shared draft data centre expectations with Anthropic while negotiating with the company.
- Aju PressAPAC
Hyundai Engineering wins ₩870bn contract for 50MW Incheon Wonchang-dong data centre
Hyundai Engineering won a contract to build a 50MW data centre in Incheon.
- DCDUS
Lambda seeks US$4bn pre-IPO round at US$14.5bn valuation
Lambda is reportedly raising a large pre-IPO round led by Blackstone and Coatue.
- Green Street NewsAustralia
Mystery group eyes data centre next to former Morwell Power Station
An unnamed developer is pursuing a data centre next to the former Morwell Power Station in the Latrobe Valley.