DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - Construction & Site Selection
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Digital Realty tops out second data center in Seoul, South Korea
Facility was first announced in 2021
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Pause in US data center construction could lead to recession, BlackRock CEO warns
Slowed buildout could turn massive investment into a massive crash
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Colt DCS and RMZ start work on third facility at Mumbai campus, India
Work starts on 64MW facility after securing lease with hyperscaler
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Meta named as company behind 3,000 acre data center project in Mason County, Kentucky
Will receive a 40-year tax break on property taxes
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Meta under investigation regarding alleged tax filings claiming data center projects qualify for research credits
United States Senate Committee on Finance writes to CEO Mark Zuckerberg
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Russia could deploy AI data centers in Belarus and Kazakhstan as local capacity struggles
Multiple locations are being considered
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CtrlS plans 150MW data center in Bihar, India
Commits to spending $1bn on the project
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PowerHouse & Big Watt secure approval for 1GW behind-the-meter campus in Taylor, Texas
Natural gas-powered campus gets nod from local officials
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US DoD seeks partner to build $4bn "mission critical facility" and data center in Alabama
Design Build Contractor will have to provide the facility by December 2031
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BrightRay looks to expand into US with 10MW prefab data center project in Indiana
Prefab data center firm signs LOI with unnamed US partner
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OpenAI again shakes up data center leadership, with xAI exec Uday Ruddarraju to lead and Sachin Katti to leave
After switching out the Stargate team earlier this year
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Application filed for 3.3 million sq ft data center campus in Augusta, Georgia
Project targeting 2028/2029 go live date
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Iren targets 900MW data center campus in Wagga Wagga, Australia
Company aiming for 2029 grid connection
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Soluna files to build 112MW data center building in Willacy, Texas
Will span a single building totaling 471,884 sq ft
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Submer partners with BSNL for data center development in India
Companies look to use BSNL sites for data center development
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Microsoft acquires 600 acres of land for data center in Woodward, Iowa
Local residents raise concerns
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Aether Infrastructure buys old gearbox factory in Strasbourg, France, for AI data center
Work could start this month
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Oregon Governor Tina Kotek asks state environmental regulator to pause permits, introducing de facto data center moratorium
Follows ban on projects involving state land
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Fermi and AMD sign credit support deal for build-out of Project Matador campus in Amarillo, Texas
Chip firm will support first 222MW data center, due to be delivered next year
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DayOne secures $3.67bn in funding for Malaysia expansion
Consists of $2.4bn offshore loan and 5.5 billion ringgit Murabahah facility
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NTT to build $6.3bn data center for Anthropic in Japan - report
Sources say talks are in the "final stages"
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VivoPower starts construction at 42MW Mo i Rana data center in Norway
To spin off 2.2GW non-Nordic AI data center portfolio into a new listed firm
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Chemical firm turns data center operator, proposes 500MW site in Maharashtra, India
Plans to put $3.3bn into the project
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Arvica Cloud plans liquid-cooled modular data center in Queensland, Australia
Edge data center will be deployed in Swanbank
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FiveNines Group and Nexus Core Systems partner on 20MW data center in Morocco
Data center will be located outside of Casablanca
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SoftBank eyes possible AI data center project in Borneo
Company partners with tech company Grab and a government-owned oil and gas firm
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Serverfarm tops out first data center at Arkansas campus
Building to offer 108MW across 300,000 sq ft
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Five-building data center campus proposed in Metter, Georgia
Developer behind project currently unknown