Data Center News

AWS to Invest $7bn in Data Centers in Hyderabad, India

Amazon AWS

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has signed an agreement with the Government of Telangana to significantly expand its data center footprint in the Indian state. AWS will invest $7 billion in its cloud infrastructure in Hyderabad over the next 14 years.A. Revanth Reddy, Telangana's Chief Minister, sai...

Antin Infrastructure Partners Acquires NorthC

NorthC Datacenters

Antin Infrastructure Partners this week announced it has agreed to acquire NorthC Datacenters from DWS and other minority shareholders. The transaction is being carried out through Antin’s €10.2 billion Flagship Fund V and is expected to close in the first half of 2026.Stéphane Ifker and Maxim...

Argo Infrastructure Boosts Investment in TierPoint

United States

Argo Infrastructure Partners this week announced it has acquired the equity interests of the majority of minority shareholders in TierPoint.“TierPoint is a high-quality, diverse platform, positioned for growth with a long operational track record. This places it in a uniquely differentiated po...

Microsoft Plans $17.5bn AI Infrastructure Investment in India

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft revealed today that it would be spending $17.5 billion on AI infrastructure in India during the next four years starting in 2026, as well as a $5.42bn pledge to Canada in the next two years. A post on X by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said: "Thank you, PM Narendra Modi, for an inspiri...

Aventos Sells Planned Data Center Site in Berlin to Tristan Capital Partners

Germany / Deutschland

German real estate firm Aventos this week announced the sale of a property in the immediate vicinity of its Luxwerk business park to Tristan Capital Partners’ EPISO 6 fund. Terms of the deal were not shared.The 28,400 sqm (305,695 sq ft) site can reportedly support up to three three-story data...

Vodacom Increases Stake in Safaricom in $2.1bn Deal

Vodacom Business

Vodacom announced today (December 4) it had reached a deal with the Government of Kenya to spend $2.1 billion to acquire a 15 percent stake in Safaricom PLC and an additional five percent from Vodafone.If the deal is approved and receives regulatory approval, Vodacom will increase its stake in...

ABB Invests in OctaiPipe

United Kingdom

Power equipment manufacturer ABB has invested in OctaiPipe, a UK-based AI firm focused on optimizing data center cooling systems. The partnership will see the companies supply data center operators with tools to achieve substantial energy savings, strengthen operational resilience, and meet th...

Nvidia Invests $2bn in Synopsys

United States

Nvidia has invested $2 billion in Synopsys through a common stock purchase, as part of a multi-year deal between the two companies to boost AI chip engineering and design.The two companies will also collaborate on virtual design, testing, and validation through the use of digital twins in indu...

BlackRock Brings Aladdin Investment Platform to AWS

Amazon AWS

Investment management company BlackRock is teaming up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to bring its Asset, Liability, Debt, and Derivative Investment Network (Aladdin) platform to the cloud. “Our Aladdin clients are seeking open, flexible platforms that can adapt to their operating models and sc...

Dycom Acquires Data Center Focused Critical Power Firm Power Solutions for $1.95bn

United States

Dycom Industries, a US-based specialty contractor for digital infrastructure, is set to acquire Power Solutions, an electrical contractor serving data centers, for $1.95 billion.“This is a milestone acquisition for Dycom that diversifies our business and significantly enhances our potential to...

Amazon Announces $15bn Data Center & AI Investment Plan

Amazon AWS

Amazon is to invest $15 billion in data center & AI infrastructure in Indiana. This is in addition to the $11 billion investment announced last year in St. Joseph County. The company said it aims to add 2.4GW of capacity in the region, expanding to new sites in the Hoosier State.“These fac...

Scala Data Centers Secures R$200 Million Financing

Scala Data Centers

Brazil's National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) has approved financing of R$200 million ($37.2m) for Scala Data Centers to invest in the acquisition and installation of equipment and materials for the infrastructure of its data centers.The financing approved by the BNDES is ...

Optical Data Storage Company SPhotonix Raises $4.5m

Optical data storage company SPhotonix has raised $4.5 million in a pre-seed funding round, led by Creator Fund and XTX Ventures, the venture capital arm of XTX Markets. The funding would allow it to scale up its photonics and engineering teams, expand its R&D efforts across the US and Eur...

UAE to Invest $1bn in AI Infrastructure across Africa

Africa

The UAE has said that it will invest $1 billion in AI infrastructure across Africa. The announcement was made on Saturday at the G20 leaders’ summit in Johannesburg by UAE Minister of State Saeed Bin Mubarak Al Hajeri, who said that the funds would “provide access to AI computing power, techni...

Majestic Labs Raises $100m for All In One Servers

Google

An AI server startup founded by former Google and Meta executives emerged from stealth earlier this month following a $100 million Series A funding round. According to the company, its all-in-one server is capable of handling the largest AI workloads that currently require multiple racks of se...

Vantage Finalizes $1.6bn Investment into APAC Platform

Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers has finalized a $1.6bn investment into its APAC platform using to acquire Yondr’s JHB1 campus in the southern peninsular Malaysian state of Johor. The facility sits on a 73-acre land parcel, and Vantage intends to expand the data center to deliver more than 300MW of capaci...

DigitalBridge Closes $11.7bn DBP III Fund

DigitalBridge

Digital infrastructure investment firm DigitalBridge this week announced the close of DigitalBridge Partners III (DBP III), the firm’s third value-added digital infrastructure fund, with more than $7.2 billion in fund commitments and $4.5 billion in fund LP co-investment commitments secured to...

Brookfield Launches $100bn AI Infrastructure Fund

Brookfield Asset Management

Investment giant Brookfield announced the launch of a global AI Infrastructure program in partnership with GPU giant Nvidia and the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA).Sikander Rashid, head of AI infrastructure at Brookfield, said: “AI is creating one of the largest infrastructure buildouts in h...

Digital Realty Signs $373m Data Center Power Kit Deal

Digital Realty Trust

Colo giant Digital Realty has signed a $373 million supply capacity agreement (SCA) with Schneider Electric for data center power equipment. The two companies have a longstanding partnership, and this agreement will “support rising capacity demands and deliver greater supply chain resilience.”...

Flexential Completes $800m ABS Fundraise

United States

US data center firm Flexential has completed an $800 million asset-backed securities (ABS) offering to support its growth and investment strategy. Proceeds will be used to repay a portion of Flexential's outstanding ABS debt and support the company's long-term financing strategy."Completing th...