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More than 100 protesters break into Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam
Protesting water use, AI, and ties to Israel
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Plans for Poland’s National Data Processing Center fleshed out by NASK
The research and development institute said that the facility’s first phase will now require up to 15MW of power
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Deutsche Telekom CEO welcomes SpaceX terrestrial challenge, warns it will cost Musk at least $200bn
Tim Höttges says "welcome to the party"
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Ongoing labor dispute sees Micron pause construction at its $4.5bn memory fab in Taoyuan, Taiwan – report
Micron is latest memory chip maker to face push back from employees over profit sharing bonuses
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Google announces $17bn data center campus in Cheyenne, Wyoming
Set to be powered via fuel cells and gas generation, coupled with CCS
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Playmobil owner to enter data center market with new facility in Dietenhofen, Germany
The proposed facility will have power requirements of up to 100MW
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Google to serve as credit backstop for TeraWulf data center in Kentucky
Data center is contracted to Anthropic under $19bn deal
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SBA Communications sheds Chile, Ecuador towers during Q3
As company also enters agreement to sell towers in Peru
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Bank of England queries speculative data center loans tied to projects without tenants
Tries to understand the scale of risk in the sector
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Quint Computing raises €9.1 million for development of fault tolerant quantum computing architecture
German startup was also awarded a €2.2 million Pathfinder grant by the European Innovation Council
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OpenAI promises to drop NDAs and increase community transparency, following anti-data center wave
Publishes Compute Campus Policy and National Community Compact
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Caterpillar seeking to expand production of large reciprocating engines and turbines to meet huge data center demand
Reported a huge increase in sales within its power and energy division
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More than half of US hyperscale data center projects face 'regulatory friction' after 2026 midterm elections - report
National moratorium remains a low-probability scenario, analyst report says
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Lambda to develop four-building data center campus in Lowndes County, Alabama
Company says it will invest $33.1bn in the state
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UK renewable firm Downing expands into data center market with 500MW pipeline
Projects located in central Sweden and southern Finland
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BT to miss 25 million Openreach fiber rollout target by year's end, expects to hit milestone in March
Despite adding 1.1 million FTTP customers during first half of FY27
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AWS proceeds with data center project in Walla Walla, Washington
Details provided about cloud giant's first data center in the state
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Pure DC secures $1.9 billion financing for data center build-out
Brings company's total financing to $6.2 billion in last 12 months
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APAC operator PDG secures $1.3 billion for Malaysia build-out
Financing is underwritten by six banks
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Brightspeed announces CEO transition amid reports company is close to bankruptcy
Shawn O’Donnell takes the helm
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Heartland Oil plans 7MW Bitcoin mine at Saskatchewan gas plant in Canada
Will use gas from company's oil wells
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Local data center moratoria, limits, and restrictions voted in across the US
Most anti-data center measures pass, with Ohio leading the charge
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NBC exit poll: 56% say AI data centers were a crucial or major factor in Congressional vote decision
87 percent called it a factor overall, with heavy weighting towards Democrats
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Google commits to $15bn investment in Malaysian data centers
Investments will occur during 2027 and 2028
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Digital Realty and Goodman Group line up AU$715m bid for stake in Australia's NextDC
Aussie operator's ailing finances could be boosted by rivals
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Anti-data center candidates claim victory across the US in 2026 Midterm Elections
Democrats secure big wins on back of AI data center opposition
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JLL acquires data center consultancy, expanding data center services offering
Reflects “growing importance” of data centers
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Speedcast sells satellite ground station infrastructure to EQT
Antenna to sit with EQT's new SatPort unit