DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Construction & Site Selection, Georgia Butler, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Microsoft targets 38GW of data center capacity in 2032 - report
Currently operates ~12GW
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Oregon pauses land sales of state owned property for data center projects through July 1, 2027
Governor directs all transactions on state property for data centers be frozen
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Ivory Coast targets launch of first state-owned data center in 2027
Will be backed by US Export-Import Bank
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Google and Blackstone JV experiences delays in data center projects - report
Project Braid hits some snags but executives say it is making "strong progress"
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Google pledges €13bn investment in digital infrastructure in Finland
Will span a two-year period
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Digital Realty launches 6.4MW data center in Nairobi, Kenya
While iColo joins Digital Realty brand
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Firmus to provide OpenAI with compute capacity in Malaysia
While OpenAI's Stargate efforts in South Korea stall
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GLP begins development of 200MW data center in Foshan, China
First phase comprises 40MW
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Meta's $1.2bn data center in Kuna, Idaho, goes live
Facility is the company's second AI-optimized data center
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Firmus proposes third data center project in Tasmania
Seeks to develop 52MW data center in Wesley Vale
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AWS and Humain commit to bringing 50MW online at Saudi AI Zone by 2028
Company also on track for December 2026 cloud region launch
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Cerebras starts construction on 165MW data center in Mikkeli, Finland
First 50MW underway
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atNorth signs contract with YIT for additional data center building at campus in Finland
Value of the contract given to YIT not disclosed
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Schwarz Group commits €5.6bn investment in data center in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
Data center will be fully powered by renewable energy
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Data center start up Fossefall taps Armada for AI data center deployments
Will deploy five Leviathan modular data centers in the Nordics
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Armada launches 10MW modular data center, Orion
The largest iteration of Armada's Galleon family
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Pre-construction works start on Microsoft data center in Vaasa, Finland
Company is waiting on permits to commence building
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Google reveals it is behind 506-acre Project Clydesdale data center in Oklahoma
Project will be located in Owasso
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AWS pledges $6bn investment in data center campus in Shreveport, Louisiana
Total data center investment in state now $18bn
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Core Scientific completes acquisition of Polaris DS
Will enable expansion of Muskogee campus to 1.5GW
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CoreWeave plans to launch 360MW of data center capacity in Indonesia
Will be company's first data centers in Asia-Pacific region
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Microsoft details plans for data center in Langley, UK
Langley Business Centre site could be redeveloped into a data center
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Google possible customer of MidAmerican data center in Salix County, Iowa
A 900-acre campus was proposed in June of this year
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Yondr Group and Cerberus acquire 40 acres for data center campus in Manassas, Virginia
Will develop a 72MW campus on the site
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Crusoe files for two more data centers at Goodnight Campus in Armstrong County, Texas
Buildings 3 and 4 each expected to cost $500m
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Microsoft buys more land in Middenmeer, Netherlands, for potential data center development
Another 37.5-hectare plot added to portfolio
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Meta and BlackRock team up for data center in El Paso, Texas
Will offer 1GW of compute capacity
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Meta starts operations at data center in Temple, Texas
Facility the result of $1.2bn in investment