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...
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October 10, 2026 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty has begun construction of KIX15, a 24-megawatt data center at its KIX Campus in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, the company announced on Oct. 7. The facility is being developed by MC Digital Realty, the operator's 50/50 joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation, and is...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 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...
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September 26, 2026 Digital Realty Trust
US colocation data center firm Digital Realty has appointed Jim Collins as senior vice president and global head of energy. Collins joins from Microsoft, where he spent 13 years in various leadership roles, most recently as general manager of global energy markets. Before Microsoft, he spent a...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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September 08, 2026 Digital Realty Trust
Digital Realty has launched its second data center in Nairobi, Kenya. The company announced on September 7 that its Nairobi Two Data Center (NBO2) is now operational, adding 6.4MW of capacity to its Nairobi campus. The facility covers 12,000 sq ft (1,100 sqm). The launch follows iColo’s...
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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 19, 2026 Google
Google has confirmed it is behind the Project Clydesdale data center campus near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Developed by Beale Infrastructure, the 506-acre campus will be located near the Cherokee Industrial Park in Owasso. “The Tulsa Regional Chamber is thrilled that Google is deepening its footprint in...
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July 29, 2026 Google
DTE Energy’s data centre pipeline has grown beyond 8GW, supported by major deals with Google and Oracle. The utility has secured 2.4GW of agreements, including a 1.4GW Oracle-backed project in Saline Township expected to ramp up in 2027–2028. DTE’s 1GW Google deal is awaiting approval from the...
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July 27, 2026 Google
Verizon has signed a $1 billion dark fibre agreement with Google to connect the hyperscaler's data centres, CEO Dan Schulman confirmed. Speaking during the company's Q2 earnings call, Schulman said Verizon expects to announce additional deals later this year that could generate "multiple billions...
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July 24, 2026 Google
Google has been named the sole end user and operator of the 8 million sq ft (743,224 sqm) Columbia County Data Center development in Georgia. The company was confirmed as the customer during an announcement by the county’s Economic Development Authority on 23 July. Located northwest of White Oak...
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July 21, 2026 Google
Google Cloud suffered an outage in the Netherlands after a data center experienced a loss of utility power and cooling capacity. The Europe-West4 availability zone was affected for nearly 15 hours, impacting services including Google Cloud VMware Engine, Bare Metal Solution, and Google Cloud...
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July 14, 2026 Google
Google has been identified as the company behind the 2.7GW Project Tembo data center campus, formerly known as Project Jade, near Cheyenne, Wyoming. The 716-acre campus in Switchgrass Industrial Park will include four data halls, along with office, logistics, and network buildings. Construction...
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