October 12, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft has cut the number of buildings planned for the 791-acre Durand Avenue portion of its Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, data center campus to seven from nine, reducing the parcel's projected taxable value by about 24 percent, or nearly $1.9 billion, the Milwaukee Business Journal reported on...
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October 08, 2026 AirTrunk
AirTrunk plans to invest an additional $1 billion to expand its Inzai data center campus in Japan and deploy liquid cooling for high-density AI workloads. The expansion will be funded by a $1 billion green loan led by Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, MUFG Bank, and United Overseas Bank....
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September 30, 2026 Equinix
Equinix and Schneider Electric have partnered to pilot software-defined medium-voltage switchgear at an undisclosed Equinix data center. The technology, developed by Schneider Electric, is designed to reduce the need for specialized cabling and hardware in data centers. Schneider said the...
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September 29, 2026 Global Switch
Global Switch has been chosen to host a large Nvidia Blackwell cluster at its data center in Paris, France. The mostly liquid-cooled deployment will be installed at Global Switch’s Nvidia DGX-ready facility in the city. The exact size has not been disclosed, but Global Switch described it as one...
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September 15, 2026 Vantage Data Centers
Vantage Data Centers has secured $2 billion in financing to support early-stage development across its North American portfolio. The five-year revolving credit facility initially covers three development assets, with more eligible to be added. Vantage said the funding will accelerate project...
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September 14, 2026 DayOne
APAC data center operator DayOne has started construction on its new Kodaira data center in Tokyo, Japan. Phase I will provide 15MW of IT capacity, while the full Kodaira campus is planned to reach 42MW. DayOne CEO, Jamie Khoo, said: “Today’s groundbreaking marks a beginning, not only of a new...
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September 11, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft plans to more than triple its data center capacity over the next five years, targeting 38GW by 2032, up from its current 12GW. The capacity will combine Microsoft-owned facilities with leased capacity from third-party providers, including neoclouds such as CoreWeave, Nscale, Lambda,...
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September 09, 2026 DAMAC Digital
Damac Digital and Vodafone Türkiye have begun construction of their planned data center in Izmir, western Turkey. The project was first announced in 2024 with a $100 million investment, but Damac Digital has now increased the budget to $300 million. The facility will be Vodafone’s second data...
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September 03, 2026 Equinix
Australian quantum startup Diraq has partnered with Equinix to deploy a quantum computer at an Equinix data center in Sydney. The eight-qubit system will use a silicon chip with self-contained cryogenic cooling and control electronics. The chip can be replaced to increase the qubit count without...
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August 31, 2026 DayOne
DayOne has partnered with TNB Power Generation to explore up to 1.5GW of on-site power generation and battery storage for its planned data center in Selangor, Malaysia. The partnership was formalized through a non-binding MoU, with the final capacity and configuration subject to feasibility...
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August 26, 2026 Empyrion Digital
Empyrion Digital has secured financing from E.Sun Bank for its 7MW TW1 Taipei Data Center in Taiwan. Located in Neihu, the five-story facility will offer 4,260 sqm (45,855 sq ft) of colocation space and is expected to be ready for service by Q4 2027. The data center will support AI, HPC,...
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August 21, 2026 ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)
Vietnamese telecoms firm VNG is set to acquire ST Telemedia Global Data Centres’ (STT GDC) 65 percent stake in a planned data center project in Ho Chi Minh City. VNG will pay VND480 billion ($18.3m) for full control of VTH Software Development, which owns the 25,465 sqm (274,100 sq ft) site...
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August 15, 2026 Global Switch
Construction has begun on Global Switch’s second data center in Madrid, Spain. Madrid 2 will be a 24,000-square-meter colocation facility with 56MW of capacity, supporting AI, cloud, and high-performance computing workloads. The facility is expected to open in 2029 and reach full capacity by...
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August 08, 2026 Vantage Data Centers
Wisconsin utility We Energies has begun construction on three renewable energy and battery storage projects, with about half of their combined capacity earmarked for a major AI data center campus in Port Washington. The projects include a 150MW solar farm with 50MWh of battery storage, a 110MW...
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August 04, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Swiss startup Exclaim Robotics, founded by a former Microsoft engineer, has raised $4.95 million in pre-seed funding to develop autonomous robots for AI data center maintenance. Backed by Founderful and Playfair, the company aims to automate remote hands tasks such as cleaning optics,...
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July 29, 2026 AirTrunk
APAC data centre firm AirTrunk has secured $2.3 billion in funding for its JHB2 campus in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Announced in 2025, JHB2 is expected to deliver more than 270MW of capacity across a 520-hectare site, alongside the company’s expanding JHB1 facility. The loan was supported by 30...
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July 14, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Pure DC has launched the first phase of its Seinäjoki, Finland, data center project, with Microsoft reportedly among the customers leasing capacity at the site. The initial phase will deliver 110MW of capacity with an estimated investment of $1.7 billion. Pure DC has been developing plans for the...
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July 10, 2026 Equinix
Equinix has partnered with Italian energy company A2A to recover waste heat from its data center campus in Settimo Milanese and feed it into Milan’s district heating network. Under the agreement, Equinix will design and operate the heat recovery system, while A2A will use four large-scale heat...
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July 10, 2026 Microsoft Azure
Microsoft reported a 25 percent year-on-year rise in carbon emissions, with total Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions increasing to 20.29 million metric tons of CO₂e as data center expansion accelerated. The company said the jump was largely due to its decision to stop using unbundled renewable energy...
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July 06, 2026 Digital Edge DC
APAC data center provider Digital Edge is reportedly planning a 270MW data center development near Mumbai, India.According to The Economic Times, citing a person familiar with the project, the company acquired an approximately 30-acre parcel at the proposed Green Integrated Data Centre Park in...
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