Data Center News

Evocative Secures Further Funding for AI-driven Data Center Upgrades

Internet infrastructure provider Evocative has secured debt financing from a “large global investment firm” to further its growth driven by AI data center demand. The company said the new financing is in addition to continued equity support from its long-term partner, Crestline Investors.“This...

Ares Acquires Land and Data Centers in Virginia

Virginia

Alternative investment manager Ares Management Corporation has expanded its data center platform Ada Infrastructure into the US, acquiring land in Virginia for a new campus.The Ares Digital Infrastructure business, through an Ares fund, has acquired a 314-acre site along the I-95 South data ce...

Yondr’s Second Virginia Data Center Ready for Service

Yondr this week announced that the second data center at its Loudoun County campus is ready for service. Yondr has completed the first 12MW of the new facility's 48MW capacity, with the remainder due to come online in 2026.Todd Sauer, VP design and construction for the Americas at Yondr Group,...

FCDC Plans New Data Center Campus in Vaasa, Finland

Finland

Finnish data center FCDC is planning a new campus in western-central Finland. FDFC Corp Oy aims to develop a 66,000 sqm (710,420 sq ft) campus in GigaVaasa, located in the Laajametsä business area near the airport. Two data center buildings are planned."The data center project supports Vaasa's...

Token Cat and Better Now Plan Data Center in New York

New York

Chinese tech firm Token Cat and US-based Better Now have announced that they will collaborate to develop and operate an artificial intelligence data center in New York. The project will see a multi-phase roll-out to build a 30MW data center, with the company already having secured access to 12...

Jet.AI, CCE Form JV to Develop 50MW Data Center in Clark County, Nevada

U.S. AI data center developer Jet.AI has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with infrastructure construction firm Choo Choo Express (CCE) to develop a data center campus in Moapa, Clark County, Nevada.According to the partners, the campus is situated adjacent to a remediated coal-fired powe...

Pure DC Secures Hyperscale Customer for 78MW Facility

Pure Data Centres Group

Pure Data Centres Group (Pure DC) this week announced it has signed “2025’s largest standalone hyperscale data center lease in Europe,” taking all available capacity at a planned site in Amsterdam.An unnamed hyperscale customer is leasing the entire 78MW campus, situated in Westpoort, Amsterda...

Ares Acquires Land and Data Centers in Virginia

Virginia

Alternative investment manager Ares Management Corporation has expanded its data center platform Ada Infrastructure into the US, acquiring land in Virginia for a new campus.The Ares Digital Infrastructure business, through an Ares fund, has acquired a 314-acre site along the I-95 South data ce...

Element Critical Announces New Data Center Platform in US

United States

Element Critical this week announced the launch of a new US data center platform backed by 26North Partners, Arctos, Mercuria, and Safanad. Two enterprise data centers in Houston and Austin. will anchor the platform. They are existing Safanad-owned sites, managed by Element Critical, which are...

AlphaTon Leases 2.2MW IT Capacity from atNorth Data Center in Sweden

atNorth

AlphaTon Capital Corp has signed a data center leasing agreement for 2.2MW of capacity from atNorth for a data center in Sweden. AlphaTon is a technology company that says it "bridges institutional capital with the Telegram-based crypto ecosystem." However, it seems to be seeking to launch a G...

AIC Partners with Romania’s ClusterPower on 800MW Data Center Build-out

Romania

Data center investment company Accelerated Infrastructure Capital (AIC) is partnering with Romanian operator ClusterPower for a new campus, announcing an equity partnership agreement to co-develop a new 800MW AI data center region in southwestern Romania.“ClusterPower brings the secured land a...

Saudi Telecom Company Signs MoU with Humain to develop 1GW of Data Center Capacity

stc

Saudi Telecom Company (STC), through its Center3 subsidiary, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Humain to form a data center joint venture (JV) in Saudi Arabia. The JV will develop and operate AI-focused data centers in the Kingdom, aiming to develop 1GW of capacity.According ...

Panattoni Looks to Develop 1GW Data Center Campus outside Detroit

Michigan

Logistics real estate firm Panattoni is looking to develop a data center campus outside Detroit, Michigan. The company is said to be targeting 282 acres on the north side of the I-94 and east of Haggerty Road for a potential gigawatt-scale campus."We've been talking to the community, understan...

Bolt Data Partners with TPL to Develop data Center Campuses Across West Texas

West Texas

Texas Pacific Land Corporation (TPL) has partnered with Bolt Data & Energy to develop data center campuses across TPL-owned land. As part of the deal, Bolt raised $150 million in capital, including $50m from TPL. In return, TPL will receive equity interest, warrants, and a right of first r...

Oracle Denies OpenAI Data Center Delays

Oracle has denied that it is suffering delays in completing the data centers it is providing to OpenAI.Oracle spokesperson Michael Egbert has since told Reuters: "There have been no delays to any sites required to meet our contractual commitments, and all milestones remain on track. We remain ...

Google Considers Data Center in Valer, Norway

Google

Google is exploring the possibility of establishing a data center in Valer, Norway. According to the Kommune of Valer, the project finds its origins in a 2017 feasibility study by Cowi and Smart Innovation Norway that identified Gylderåsen as a possible data center location.The Norwegian gover...

Cegeka Plans Underground Data Center in Belgian Limburg

Belgian IT services provider Cegeka is planning an initial €40 million ($46.9 million) investment to build a subterranean data center in Belgian Limburg. The proposed data center would be the largest in Limburg and Cegeka’s eighth data center across Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and It...

AirTrunk Plans Second Data Center in Osaka, Japan

AirTrunk

APAC data center firm AirTrunk is expanding its footprint in Japan and has announced plans to develop its second hyperscale data center in Osaka, OSK2. Located in East Osaka, OSK2 will deliver up to 100MW of total campus IT capacity. OSK1, located in West Osaka, offers 20MW.Robin Khuda, founde...

Cegeka Plans Underground Data Center in Belgian Limburg

Belgian IT services provider Cegeka is planning an initial €40 million ($46.9 million) investment to build a subterranean data center in Belgian Limburg. The proposed data center would be the largest in Limburg and Cegeka’s eighth data center across Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and It...

Oracle Might Let Customers Bring Their Own Hardware

Oracle has said it might consider letting customers bring their own hardware to Oracle data centers. Co-CEO Clay Magouryk explained how different business models impact Oracle's cash flow for new data center deployments.Magouryk said: "In some cases, customers actually want to bring their own ...