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Read Microsoft Trims Mount Pleasant Data Center Plan To Seven Buildings From Nine
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 tax...

Microsoft Trims Mount Pleasant Data Center Plan To Seven Buildings From Nine

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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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...

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Read Nscale Raises $3.36bn Ahead Of IPO
AI cloud company Nscale has raised $3.36 billion in pre-IPO funding from investors led by hedge fund Third Point. Investors include Nvidia, Apollo, Citadel, Hudson Bay Capital, Abu Dhabi Investment...

Nscale Raises $3.36bn Ahead Of IPO

September 24, 2026 Nscale

AI cloud company Nscale has raised $3.36 billion in pre-IPO funding from investors led by hedge fund Third Point. Investors include Nvidia, Apollo, Citadel, Hudson Bay Capital, Abu Dhabi Investment Council, and 8090 Industries. Nscale will receive $2.36 billion upfront, with Nvidia providing a...

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Read OpenAI, Anthropic Target 20–30MW Data Center Deployments
Alongside large AI training clusters, OpenAI and Anthropic are exploring smaller data center deployments. The companies are discussing 20–30MW capacity deals, likely for inference workloads. OpenAI...

OpenAI, Anthropic Target 20–30MW Data Center Deployments

September 23, 2026 OpenAI

Alongside large AI training clusters, OpenAI and Anthropic are exploring smaller data center deployments. The companies are discussing 20–30MW capacity deals, likely for inference workloads. OpenAI has held talks with data center operators in the US and Nordics, while Anthropic has explored...

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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...

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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...

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Read Bitdeer AI Secures 65MW Data Center Lease In Johor, Malaysia
Bitdeer AI has signed a 10-year data center services agreement for the 65.1MW A202 facility in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The liquid-cooled facility will host Nvidia GB300 and NVL72 systems and is Bitd...

Bitdeer AI Secures 65MW Data Center Lease In Johor, Malaysia

September 18, 2026 BitDeer

Bitdeer AI has signed a 10-year data center services agreement for the 65.1MW A202 facility in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The liquid-cooled facility will host Nvidia GB300 and NVL72 systems and is Bitdeer’s largest single capacity addition in Southeast Asia. Located alongside the 21.7MW A201...

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Read Magnora Partners On Estonia Data Center Projec
European data center developer Magnora has acquired a 50 percent stake in the Risti Kampus data center project in Estonia through a joint venture with energy company Sunly AS. Located 60km south of...

Magnora Partners On Estonia Data Center Projec

September 17, 2026 Magnora

European data center developer Magnora has acquired a 50 percent stake in the Risti Kampus data center project in Estonia through a joint venture with energy company Sunly AS. Located 60km south of Tallinn, the campus could deliver 180MW in its first phase and eventually reach 400MW. It will...

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Read OpenAI Adds Yvette Eden Ruiz To Community Engagement Team From JPMorgan Amid Data Center Backlash
OpenAI has hired senior executive Yvette Eden Ruiz to join its growing Community Engagement team as opposition to data center development intensifies. Ruiz joins from JPMorgan Chase, where she spen...

OpenAI Adds Yvette Eden Ruiz To Community Engagement Team From JPMorgan Amid Data Center Backlash

September 11, 2026 OpenAI

OpenAI has hired senior executive Yvette Eden Ruiz to join its growing Community Engagement team as opposition to data center development intensifies. Ruiz joins from JPMorgan Chase, where she spent 12 years. She announced her new role on LinkedIn. "I hesitated to post this, in part because the...

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Read Microsoft Plans 38GW Of Data Center Capacity By 2032
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 le...

Microsoft Plans 38GW Of Data Center Capacity By 2032

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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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...

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Read Bitdeer Acquires 200 Acres In Milam County, Texas, For AI And HPC Expansion
Bitdeer has acquired a 200-acre site in Milam County, Texas, for $100 million to support its AI and HPC infrastructure expansion. The land, formerly part of an Alcoa aluminum smelting plant, is adj...

Bitdeer Acquires 200 Acres In Milam County, Texas, For AI And HPC Expansion

September 05, 2026 BitDeer

Bitdeer has acquired a 200-acre site in Milam County, Texas, for $100 million to support its AI and HPC infrastructure expansion. The land, formerly part of an Alcoa aluminum smelting plant, is adjacent to Bitdeer’s existing Rockdale data center. The company said the combined sites provide 563MW...

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Read Green Mountain Secures Neocloud Customer For London Data Center
Green Mountain has secured an unnamed neocloud customer at its LON-East data center campus in Romford, East London. The customer has taken 14MW of capacity at the facility, which is connected to ma...

Green Mountain Secures Neocloud Customer For London Data Center

August 31, 2026 Green Mountain AS

Green Mountain has secured an unnamed neocloud customer at its LON-East data center campus in Romford, East London. The customer has taken 14MW of capacity at the facility, which is connected to major fiber routes linking the City of London, London Docklands, Slough, and international data center...

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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...

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Read Fossefall Partners With Armada For AI Data Center Deployments
Fossefall has partnered with Armada to deploy modular AI data centers across the Nordic region. The company will deploy five of Armada’s Leviathan modular data centers, providing a combined 9MW of ...

Fossefall Partners With Armada For AI Data Center Deployments

August 29, 2026 Fossefall

Fossefall has partnered with Armada to deploy modular AI data centers across the Nordic region. The company will deploy five of Armada’s Leviathan modular data centers, providing a combined 9MW of capacity by Q1 2027. The partnership covers Norway, Sweden, and Finland, with the initial contract...

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