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Amazon settles legal battle against AWS managers accused of data center deal kickbacks
The long-running case will continue with Northstar Commercial Partners as defendant
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La Caisse snaps up 49.9% stake in Bell Canada's tower unit
Raises CAD$2.45bn for newly-formed tower business
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Google data center hearing in Hermantown, Minnesota, shut down due to protests
Hearing pushed back a day, but project faces lawsuits and other challenges
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BitFuFu considers abandoning 80MW Ethiopian Bitcoin mine acquisition
Dispute between current operator and local electricity supplier could kibosh deal
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CTIA, Big 3 US carriers warn that support for D2D in 5G bands could hurt network performance
As the FCC prepares to vote on measures to harmonize SCS and MSS spectrum this week
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SoleCrypt ups size of planned data center campus in Bizerte, Tunisia
First 7MW phase due live in early 2028, to host Vera Rubin GPUs
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Broadcom organizes $63bn deal with Bank of America, Blackstone, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley to fund Anthropic chip purchases
Project North Star will finance the purchase of Broadcom-developed Google TPUs
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STTGDC secures $590m green loan for Tokyo data centers
Funds to finance the fit-out and operation of 70MW campus
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First building at Project Jupiter data center campus in New Mexico topped out
Structural work on first building complete, three more to go
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AirTrunk secures AU$4.25 billion green loan for Sydney data center campus
Current expansion phase for SYD3 site due live in 2028
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Nvidia to invest $3bn in Meta’s $97.5bn equity offering, as social media giant plans to deploy more Nvidia hardware
Agreement centers around Meta’s Muse AI agents
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Intel acquires quantum software firm Classiq for $2.2bn
Acquisition of Israeli quantum firm will allow Intel to become a “full-stack quantum solutions provider,” chipmaker said
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520MW data center planned in Eatonton, Georgia
11 buildings planned on greenfield site
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Kushagra Vaid appointed CEO of Omniva
But the neocloud remains shrouded in mystery
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Spain revises data center renewable mandate
Facilities with a capacity of 10MW or more are now subject to the rules
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OpenAI applies for federal permit to build portion of Effingham County, Georgia, data center on wetlands - report
Would permit OpenAI to build on 72 acres of wetland
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Verizon signs $2bn AWS AI infrastructure deal
As carrier welcomes Starlink battle
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Generative Bionics plans AI data center and humanoid robotics factory in Italy
Could form first part of physical AI factory network
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SpaceX secures $40bn in debt financing, Elon Musk says
Billionaire neocloud boss also claims neocloud funding sources could be drying up
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Reserve Bank of India launches data center in Bhubaneswar, Odisha
700-rack facility to support primary data center in Navi Mumbai
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Google ordered to suspend site work at two data centers in Finland following tree clearing controversy
An estimated 250,000 trees were cleared at its Muhos site
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G42 signs MoU for AI infrastructure in Greece
UAE firm partnering with Greek infrastructure investor Copelouzos Group
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Thieves repeatedly steal copper and tools from Culpeper data center construction site
Two masked men wanted by local sheriffs
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UK gov't looks to introduce tougher prison sentences and unlimited fines to subsea cable saboteurs
Current legislation on subsea cable damage dates back to 1885
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Microsoft introduces new sovereignty tools across public and private cloud
Builds on launch of sovereign private cloud in 2025
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AWS plans to expand data center footprint in Montgomery County, Missouri
Also hosts open house to discuss plans in Posey County, Indiana
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Microsoft acquires 37 acres in Licking County, Ohio
Company continues to expand its data center footprint in the region
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Tesla appoints new head of energy programs
Jessy Rivest joins the team