Weekly Data Centre News – 25th July 2025
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Reports
McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2025. Read here.
Anthropic: Build AI in America. Read here.
The economic impact of data centres to the Malaysian economy. Read here.
Europe
Major 500,000 sqm AI data centre planned at Teesworks sparks governance, sustainability tension. Read here.
UK government eyes Teesside as second AI data center hub – report. Read here.
New UK compute roadmap says country needs 6GW of AI-capable data center capacity by 2030. Read here.
UK grid operator: “High uncertainty” on data center growth makes forecasting hard, could range from 30-71TWh by 2050. Read here.
AtlasEdge expands German footprint with state-of-the-art data centre. Read here.
Macquarie Asset Management raises $2.7 billion for European infrastructure debt strategy. Read here.
EDP to supply Portuguese data centre campus with clean energy. Read here.
Wortmann AG expands Terra Cloud data center in Hüllhorst, Germany. Read here.
Nostrum seeks investment partner for 400MW+ Spanish data center portfolio. Read here.
Middle East & Africa
Morocco Partners with France’s Onepoint to Build AI and Data Center of Excellence. Read here.
Visa opens first Africa data centre in Johannesburg. Read here.
APAC
Stack secures AU$1.3bn green financing in Australia to fund Melbourne campus. Read here.
China plans national network to sell excess data centre capacity: report. Read here.
TECO scores 2 major hyperscale data center MEP projects in Malaysia. Read here.
Madhya Pradesh plans to build 1GW AI-ready data center. Read here.
Indonesia to unveil national AI strategy as investment race heats up. Read here.
Digital Core REIT grows in Japan as occupancy hits 98%. Read here.
China tests submerged AI data centres powered by offshore wind. Read here.
North America
Google increases Capex forecast to $85bn. Read here.
Stargate advances with 4.5 GW partnership with Oracle. Read here.
Musk Allies to Raise Up to $12 Billion for xAI Chips as Startup Burns Through Cash. Read here.
US corporations unleash $92 billion AI and energy blitz to outpace China in tech race. Read here.
US AI Action Plan promises grid reform, streamlined permitting for data centres. Read here.
DOE Announces Site Selection for AI Data Center and Energy Infrastructure Development on Federal Lands. Read here.
Trump’s AI plan calls for massive data centers. Here’s how it may affect energy in the U.S. Read here.
Aligned Data Centers Expands in Ohio with New Mega-Scale AI Campus. Read here.
Enbridge to invest $900M US on solar project supporting Meta’s data centres. Read here.
Menlo Equities Furthers its Commitment to Data Centers with the Formation of Menlo Digital, a Dedicated Operating Platform Focused on Digital Infrastructure. Read here.
Cologix Closes $525 Million USD Asset-Backed Securitization to Support AI Infrastructure, Interconnection and Growth. Read here.
ACS, through its US subsidiary Turner, wins contract for data centres in US worth over €5 billion. Read here.
Hypertech’s 5C secures $835m from Brookfield and Deutsche Bank to fuel data center build-out. Read here.
EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure Completes $235 Million ABS Financing. Read here.
Partnership pays $44M to lock down land for data center in Cumberland County. Read here.
Vantage tops out fifth building of 206MW data center in Ashburn, Virginia. Read here.
Virginia’s Loudoun County Planning Commission recommends approval for Prologis data center. Read here.
Amazon named as company behind 290-acre data center campus in Tuscson, Arizona. Read here.
BlackRock Raises £1B For Fund Targeting Living, Logistics And Data Centres. Read here.
Oracle to deploy Bloom Energy fuel cells at “select” US data centers. Read here.
Soluna Holdings Secures £16m Funding for Texas Data Centre. Read here.
South America
Elea submits data center connection request for Rio AI City project. Read here.
Scala closes $328 million deal to expand in Chile. Read here.
Other interesting articles
UK plays catch-up in data centre race. Read here.
What opportunities are there for young people in the data centre sector? Read here.
The Pharaohs Built Pyramids—We Build Data Centers. Read here.
Powering tomorrow: key considerations in data centre financing. Read here.
AI geopolitics and data centres in the age of technological rivalry. Read here.
30 years shaping the Data Center industry: Guy Willner’s journey. Watch here.
What happens inside a Data Center? Watch here.
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