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August 01, 2026
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The NATO Communication and Information Agency (NCIA) has signed an agreement with Google Cloud that will see the latter delivering sovereign cloud capabilities. The NCIA will use Google Distributed Cloud (GDC), Google's on-premises offering that sees Google hardware deployed in a customer's da...
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Pan-African telco Vodacom is set to partner with Google Cloud, migrating its data platforms to Google Cloud, as well as adopting Google's AI capabilities. The migration will enable Vodacom to unify its data assets and use AI to improve its operational efficiency and offer new AI-powered servic...
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Norway
Fossefall this week announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Fyresdal Datacenter from Norwegian holding company Norsk Data AS to establish its first AI factory in Norway. stment firm Valinor, AI startup WAIYS, and renewable energy company Norsk Solar."The establishment of Fossefa...
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Spain
Spanish energy firm Solaria Energia has formally launched its European sustainable data center platform. The platform includes approximately 3.4GW of secured grid power across 400 hectares (990 acres) spanning Spain, Italy, Germany, and the UK. In addition, the company has reportedly requested...
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Saudi Arabia
Center3 and Saudi ICT company Sahara Net have entered a strategic colocation partnership, under which Sahara Net will establish dedicated hosting services within Center3’s data center facilities across the Kingdom.“Our partnership with Sahara Net reflects Center3’s commitment to building an op...
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United States
xAI and Humain to Build 500MW Saudi Arabia Data CenterElon Musk’s xAI is partnering with Humain to build a 500MW data center in Saudi Arabia, set to become one of the most advanced AI compute hubs globally.ESR Partners with Wide Creek for 80MW Incheon FacilityAPAC real estate firm ESR this wee...
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Google this week announced TalayLink, a new subsea cable connecting Australia and Thailand to “significantly increase the reach, reliability, and resilience of digital connectivity across Asia Pacific and around the world.”As part of the project, Google is also planning new connectivity hubs i...
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Amazon AWS
Real estate firm Penzance this week announced that Amazon will lease the 45MW, 240,000 sq ft (22,296 sqm) facility, located at 4151 Autopark Circle in Chantilly. Construction work has started and is expected to be completed in the first half of 2027. The facility will utilize air-cooled system...
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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...
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Saudi Arabia
Elon Musk’s xAI is partnering with Humain to build a 500MW data center in Saudi Arabia. As part of the agreement, xAI’s Grok models will be deployed in Saudi Arabia. A location for the first data center has not been revealed, but an announcement from the two firms said it will “become one of t...
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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...
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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...
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Fermi America
US technology firm Palantir, known for providing surveillance systems to government agencies, may be developing a data center in Texas at the planned Fermi campus outside Amarillo.“You’re blessed to sit on the best place to build AI in the country; I just met with Palantir, [who are the] tip o...
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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...
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Edged Energy
Data center firm Edged has broken ground on a second data center in Chicago, Illinois. Located at 2835 Bilter Road, the new facility will be purpose-built for high-density AI workloads and feature advanced closed-loop, waterless cooling. The facility will go live in Q2 2027.“Safety and perform...
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CleanArc Data Centers
US firm CleanArc Data Centers this week announced the groundbreaking of its flagship 900MW VA1 campus. The first 300MW is due to come online in 1Q 2027, the second 300MW is currently projected for 2030, and another 300MW in the 2033-2035 timeframe."Today marks an important milestone for CleanA...
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Princeton Digital Group
APAC real estate firm ESR this week said it was developing an 80MW data center in South Korea, in partnership with Seoul-based Wide Creek Asset Management. The facility is set to be leased to APAC data center operator Princeton Digital Group (PDG).Stuart Gibson, co-founder and co-CEO, ESR, sai...
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Digital Realty Trust
Global colocation firm Digital Realty has officially opened its latest data center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The facility, AMS11, has a capacity of 27MW of IT capacity across 12,000 sqm (129,165 sq ft), increasing the company’s Dutch footprint to approximately 159MW.The facility is design...
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Germany / Deutschland
The owner of German supermarket chain Lidl has broken ground on a new data center in Lübbenau, Germany, to host its cloud division. The 13-hectare brownfield site was previously the Lübbenau power plant. Schwartz said more than 20,000 cubic meters of concrete and stones, 110 tons of steel, and...
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Oracle
Oracle has launched a second cloud region in Italy which will give organizations access to all of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's cloud and AI services. According to Oracle, its sovereign capabilities will also help ensure that data remains within Italy's borders to help meet regulatory requirem...
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