Data Center News

Read Finland Halts Two Google Data Center Builds Over 300-Hectare Forest Clearing
Finnish regulators have ordered a halt to work at two planned [Google](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/google) data centers after more than 300 hectares of forest were cleared before mandatory envi...

Finland Halts Two Google Data Center Builds Over 300-Hectare Forest Clearing

October 10, 2026 Google

Finnish regulators have ordered a halt to work at two planned Google data centers after more than 300 hectares of forest were cleared before mandatory environmental impact assessments were completed, the BBC reported. The order covers the company's project sites in Muhos and Kajaani, both in the...

Read more
Read Google’s €13bn Finland Data Center Expansion Investigated Over Forest Clearance
Google’s planned data centers in Finland are under investigation after around 300 hectares of forest were reportedly cleared before environmental assessments were completed. Finland’s Licensing and...

Google’s €13bn Finland Data Center Expansion Investigated Over Forest Clearance

October 08, 2026 Google

Google’s planned data centers in Finland are under investigation after around 300 hectares of forest were reportedly cleared before environmental assessments were completed. Finland’s Licensing and Supervision Agency has requested reports from local authorities and project manager Tuike Finland...

Read more
Read Google Signs 20-Year Nuclear PPA With Constellation For 890MW In PJM
[Google](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/google) will buy 890 MW of new nuclear output from Constellation Energy under a 20-year power purchase agreement covering 11 reactors across the PJM Interco...

Google Signs 20-Year Nuclear PPA With Constellation For 890MW In PJM

October 07, 2026 Google

Google will buy 890 MW of new nuclear output from Constellation Energy under a 20-year power purchase agreement covering 11 reactors across the PJM Interconnection, the companies announced on Oct. 6. Constellation will spend more than $4.3 billion upgrading reactors in Illinois, Pennsylvania and...

Read more
Read Google’s Global Data Center Design and Construction Head Joins Anthropic
Google’s former head of global data center design and construction, John M. Wilson, has joined Anthropic as a member of technical staff, leading EMEA capacity delivery after six years at Google.

...

Google’s Global Data Center Design and Construction Head Joins Anthropic

October 05, 2026 Google

Google’s former head of global data center design and construction, John M. Wilson, has joined Anthropic as a member of technical staff, leading EMEA capacity delivery after six years at Google. "Leading global infrastructure delivery across data centers and subsea programs taught me two enduring...

Read more
Read Crusoe Confirms Google AI Campus In Texas With 531MW Wind Link
Crusoe is the developer behind Google's data center campus under construction in Armstrong County, Texas, the company [said on Sept. 28](https://www.crusoe.ai/resources/newsroom/crusoe-developing-d...

Crusoe Confirms Google AI Campus In Texas With 531MW Wind Link

October 01, 2026 Google

Crusoe is the developer behind Google's data center campus under construction in Armstrong County, Texas, the company said on Sept. 28. The site sits outside Amarillo, and it pairs with 531 megawatts of adjacent West Texas wind, a design that puts generation rather than land at the center of the...

Read more
Read Valar Atomics Proposes 9.4GW Nuclear-Powered Data Center Campus in Utah
Nuclear startup Valar Atomics is seeking federal approval for Project Beehive, a data center campus on more than 9,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management property near Price, [Utah](https://baxtel....

Valar Atomics Proposes 9.4GW Nuclear-Powered Data Center Campus in Utah

October 01, 2026 Utah

Nuclear startup Valar Atomics is seeking federal approval for Project Beehive, a data center campus on more than 9,000 acres of Bureau of Land Management property near Price, Utah, that would run on 456 small modular reactors built at the site. NPR, which first reported the filing, says the plan...

Read more
Read Google Secures Approval to Expand Dublin Data Center
Google has received planning approval from An Coimisiún Pleanála to expand its data center campus at Grange Castle Business Park in Dublin, following a lengthy dispute with South Dublin County Coun...

Google Secures Approval to Expand Dublin Data Center

September 29, 2026 Google

Google has received planning approval from An Coimisiún Pleanála to expand its data center campus at Grange Castle Business Park in Dublin, following a lengthy dispute with South Dublin County Council. The company first proposed a 72,400 sqm (779,310 sq ft) third data center building at the...

Read more
Read DOE Selects $1.9B In Grid Projects To Unlock 23GW Of Capacity
The U.S. [Department of Energy](https://www.energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-speed-power-investments-across-26-states-lower-electricity) said on September 24 that it intends to put $...

DOE Selects $1.9B In Grid Projects To Unlock 23GW Of Capacity

September 26, 2026 Alabama

The U.S. Department of Energy said on September 24 that it intends to put $1.9 billion of federal funding behind 31 grid-improvement projects in 26 states, a package aimed at adding transfer capacity for data centers and other large loads. Recipients will put up $3.35 billion more, bringing the...

Read more
Read Google-Backed Texas Battery Pilot Improves Carbon-Free Data Center Matching
A three-month Google-sponsored battery storage pilot in Texas has shown how BESS can improve hourly carbon-free energy matching for data centers. The pilot, led by Quintrace, esVolta, and LevelTen ...

Google-Backed Texas Battery Pilot Improves Carbon-Free Data Center Matching

September 23, 2026 Google

A three-month Google-sponsored battery storage pilot in Texas has shown how BESS can improve hourly carbon-free energy matching for data centers. The pilot, led by Quintrace, esVolta, and LevelTen Energy, used batteries to store surplus renewable energy and discharge it during periods of higher...

Read more
Read Google Explores Data Center Development In New Mexico
Google is exploring a new data center project in Lea County, New Mexico.
The company has not disclosed further details, including the site location or facility specifications.

“Though many deta...

Google Explores Data Center Development In New Mexico

September 19, 2026 Google

Google is exploring a new data center project in Lea County, New Mexico. The company has not disclosed further details, including the site location or facility specifications. “Though many details remain outstanding, we’re excited about the possibilities that exist in Lea County, and look forward...

Read more
Read Google And Blackstone JV Faces Delays On Data Center Projects
Google and Blackstone’s joint venture is facing delays at several data center projects across the US, although the partnership remains optimistic about its progress. Known internally as Project Bra...

Google And Blackstone JV Faces Delays On Data Center Projects

September 09, 2026 Google

Google and Blackstone’s joint venture is facing delays at several data center projects across the US, although the partnership remains optimistic about its progress. Known internally as Project Braid, the JV was formed in May 2026 to develop a cloud platform powered by Google’s Tensor Processing...

Read more
Read Flex Acquires Data Center Power Manufacturer EPC Power In $4.4B Deal
Flex has agreed to acquire EPC Power for $4.4 billion, expanding its data center power and thermal management portfolio. The deal, subject to regulatory approval, is expected to close in Q4 2026. E...

Flex Acquires Data Center Power Manufacturer EPC Power In $4.4B Deal

September 04, 2026 Singapore

Flex has agreed to acquire EPC Power for $4.4 billion, expanding its data center power and thermal management portfolio. The deal, subject to regulatory approval, is expected to close in Q4 2026. EPC will join Flex’s Cloud and Power Infrastructure segment, building on their existing partnership....

Read more
Read Cerebras Begins Construction Of 165MW Data Center In Mikkeli, Finland
Cerebras has begun construction on a 165MW data center campus in Mikkeli, Finland, with the first 50MW phase now underway. The campus is being developed with Compute Nordic Finland and will use clo...

Cerebras Begins Construction Of 165MW Data Center In Mikkeli, Finland

September 02, 2026 Finland

Cerebras has begun construction on a 165MW data center campus in Mikkeli, Finland, with the first 50MW phase now underway. The campus is being developed with Compute Nordic Finland and will use closed-loop cooling and waste-heat recovery to supply heat to the local community. “This partnership...

Read more
Read Telehouse Adds Sixth Data Center Building To Frankfurt Campus
Telehouse has opened Building N, its sixth data center facility in Frankfurt, Germany, adding 5.4MW of capacity. The four-story facility spans 9,300 sqm (100,104 sq ft), including 2,165 sqm (23,304...

Telehouse Adds Sixth Data Center Building To Frankfurt Campus

September 01, 2026 Frankfurt

Telehouse has opened Building N, its sixth data center facility in Frankfurt, Germany, adding 5.4MW of capacity. The four-story facility spans 9,300 sqm (100,104 sq ft), including 2,165 sqm (23,304 sq ft) of technical space. It uses air cooling, with Telehouse exploring liquid cooling to support...

Read more
Read Gradiant To Provide HyperSolved Water Treatment System For West Texas Data Center
Gradiant has partnered with an unnamed hyperscaler to deploy its HyperSolved water treatment system at a West Texas data center. The platform manages the full cooling water cycle, using non-freshwa...

Gradiant To Provide HyperSolved Water Treatment System For West Texas Data Center

September 01, 2026 West Texas

Gradiant has partnered with an unnamed hyperscaler to deploy its HyperSolved water treatment system at a West Texas data center. The platform manages the full cooling water cycle, using non-freshwater sources, high-recovery technology, and AI-powered monitoring to reduce water use, discharge, and...

Read more
Read Exascale Labs Partners With EnergyBank On Floating Wind Data Center Pilot In Norway
AI data center developer Exascale Labs has partnered with energy storage firm EnergyBank to explore AI data centers powered by floating offshore wind and long-duration battery storage. Under a non-...

Exascale Labs Partners With EnergyBank On Floating Wind Data Center Pilot In Norway

August 31, 2026 Norway

AI data center developer Exascale Labs has partnered with energy storage firm EnergyBank to explore AI data centers powered by floating offshore wind and long-duration battery storage. Under a non-binding MoU, the companies will develop an initial pilot with Zephyros-One, a 2.3MW floating wind...

Read more
Read atNorth Signs YIT Contract For Additional Data Center Building In Finland
atNorth is expanding its FIN04 data center campus in Myllykoski, Kouvola, Finland, with a new building called FIN04A1. The company has appointed YIT as the main contractor, responsible for construc...

atNorth Signs YIT Contract For Additional Data Center Building In Finland

August 28, 2026 Finland

atNorth is expanding its FIN04 data center campus in Myllykoski, Kouvola, Finland, with a new building called FIN04A1. The company has appointed YIT as the main contractor, responsible for construction and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing works. YIT was also selected to build another campus...

Read more
Read Nexspace Begins Construction On New Data Center In Graz, Austria
German data center firm Nexspace has started construction on a new facility in Graz, Austria. The project will double Nexspace’s capacity in Graz, adding around 600 sqm (6,460 sq ft) of IT space an...

Nexspace Begins Construction On New Data Center In Graz, Austria

August 28, 2026 Austria

German data center firm Nexspace has started construction on a new facility in Graz, Austria. The project will double Nexspace’s capacity in Graz, adding around 600 sqm (6,460 sq ft) of IT space and 2.2MW of capacity. “With today's groundbreaking ceremony, we are starting the construction of our...

Read more
Read Nexspace Begins Construction On Data Center In Graz, Austria
German data center company Nexspace has started construction on a new facility in Graz, Austria. The project will double Nexspace’s capacity in Graz, adding around 600 sqm (6,460 sq ft) of IT space...

Nexspace Begins Construction On Data Center In Graz, Austria

August 27, 2026 Austria

German data center company Nexspace has started construction on a new facility in Graz, Austria. The project will double Nexspace’s capacity in Graz, adding around 600 sqm (6,460 sq ft) of IT space and 2.2MW of capacity. “With today's groundbreaking ceremony, we are starting the construction of...

Read more
Read Magnora Secures Grid Connection For Hämeenlinna Data Center In Finland
European data center developer Magnora has secured a firm grid connection for its Hämeenlinna data center project in Finland. The 150,000 sqm (1.61 million sq ft) facility is being developed with N...

Magnora Secures Grid Connection For Hämeenlinna Data Center In Finland

August 24, 2026 Finland

European data center developer Magnora has secured a firm grid connection for its Hämeenlinna data center project in Finland. The 150,000 sqm (1.61 million sq ft) facility is being developed with Northern Europe Energy Group (NEEG), with Magnora holding a 70 percent stake. The grid connection is...

Read more

Ready to Level up Your
Data Center Strategy?