DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - The Data Center Construction Channel, Barney Dixon, DCD Intelligence
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Zettabyte signs MoU with Bowrington Capital for high-density computing deployment
Agreement will look at commercial requirements
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Former Global Switch execs to lead AI and cloud infrastructure investment company
Backed by private investor, Margaux Platforms
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Thor Equities submits plans for 150MW data center in Georgia, US
An estimated cost of $1 billion
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Film studio turned data center project gets approval in High Wycombe, UK
Passes planning permission, subject to conditions
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Key ASIC and CT Vision plan green AI data center in Malaysia
Companies plan 100 percent renewable powered facility
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New 400MW AI data center planned for Algoma in Ontario, Canada
Algoma Steel and Red Jar Energy Partners working together on the proposal
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Loudoun County could reverse data center by-right grandfathering exemption
Board of supervisors voted to assess legality and impact
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SK Telecom launches new AI DC infrastructure focused company, split from SK Broadband
SK Horizon launches with $2.2 billion in investment from KKR and IMM
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APAC data center asset values could reach $1 trillion by 2030 - Cushman & Wakefield
Will require $280 billion in capital expenditure
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Raeden claims Michigan moratorium unlawfully stopped its Gibraltar data center development
Imposed moratorium curbed proposals for a 100MW data center in the city
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Itochu to begin data center development, plans 10 new facilities by 2030
To invest several hundred billion yen
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Twenty markets account for 60 percent of hyperscale data center capacity - Synergy
Northern Virginia, US, and Beijing, China, hold the highest market share
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CBRE: Europe data center market to grow by nearly a quarter in 2026
Reaching 13GW of capacity by the end of the year
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JLL: Data center demand exceeds expectations, doubles year-over-year
Absorption hits record 25GW in 1H 2026
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Australia’s CDC mulls new data center in New Zealand
Partners with Contact Energy on the potential project
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JLL: FLAPD on track for record data center growth year, while Middle East pipeline is paused
FLAPD markets reach a live capacity of 3.8GW in 1H 2026
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CBRE: US data center momentum to continue, bolstering restrained construction market
AI infrastructure is a “key pillar of demand”
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Germany’s Maincubes completes first module of new Frankfurt data center
First leg of the 16MW hyperscale/HPC data center
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Virginia state senators call for review into data center groundwater strain and potential state-wide moratorium
Bipartisan movement calls on state governor to act immediately
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Data center-related companies account for record 14.4 percent of new industrial leasing in the US
With industrial leasing growing 44 percent YoY
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Damac data center in Edgerton, Kansas, to go ahead despite planning commission denial
Local officials overturned planning commission decision
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North Carolina AI data center proposal withdrawn as county officials mull moratorium
The project could have cost $19.2 billion with an initial proposed capacity of 300MW
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Plans for data center submitted in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, just two days before local moratorium vote
Developer claims the site will create up to 230 construction jobs
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Plans for Milwaukee, Wisconsin, data center in former Walmart building shelved amid strong local opposition
The “computing research facility” would have been attached to a larger self-storage facility
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AI demand is increasing labor shortages and skills pressure in data center construction - report
But skyrocketing demand will lead to rapid job creation
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Chinese mobile services firm FingerMotion pivots to AI data centers in Alberta, Canada
Signs MoU with Canada-based energy services firm
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Power availability the defining constraint in EMEA data center development - report
Grid infrastructure is curbing the transition from planned capacity to operational capacity
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Patmos to build new data center in Independence, Missouri, as city moratorium discussed
The second data center project in Independence