Weekly Data Centre News – 5th September 2025
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Europe
Armenia, Firebird discuss $500 million AI data center project. Read here.
Kao Data plans two new data centers at campus in Harlow, UK. Read here.
Council stalls plans for €1bn data centre for Co Westmeath. Read here.
The Hillingdon Planning Committee has approved the redevelopment of the Union Park site, known as UP4, by Ark UP4 Ltd. Read here.
A major new data centre that will attract investment of £1.8 billion through to 2033 will be built in Gibraltar by Pelagos Data Centres. Read here.
Skanska to Build Data Center in Finland for Approximately SEK 1.1 Billion. Read here.
Helsinki-based AI cloud company DataCrunch is looking to develop a data center in Akaa, Finland. Read here.
Ireland’s Echelon breaks ground at 200MW County Wicklow data center campus outside Dublin. Read here.
Green Mountain and KMW secure 36 MW anchor tenant for FRA-Mainz. Read here.
Data4 signs 40MW nuclear supply deal with EDF to power French data center portfolio. Read here.
Virtus Data Centres Buys Power from UK Offshore Wind Farms. Read here.
Middle East & Africa
Khazna Data Centers Unlocks $2.62bn Facility in One of Region’s Largest-Ever Financing Deals. Read here.
UAE AI Campus Looks To Diversify Away From Nvidia. Read here.
iXAfrica obtains Rand Merchant Bank funding to expand Nairobi Data Centre by 20 MW of power. Read here.
APAC
OpenAI plans India data center with at least 1 gigawatt capacity. Read here.
NextDC seeks partner for 850MW data center JV in Sydney, Australia. Read here.
Launceston council approves major $2.1 billion AI data centre. Read here.
Vantage Data Centers is considering acquiring Yondr Groups assets in Malaysia. Read here.
How Korea is adapting its Data Center infrastructure for Artificial Intelligence. Read here.
Digital Edge breaks ground on 100MW data center campus in Thailand. Read here.
‘Indonesia must simplify rules and offer tax incentives to woo data center investors’: Official. Read here.
Telehouse connects Bangkok data centre to NT’s subsea network. Read here.
MSFusion buys US$62.3 million Johor land for data center. Read here.
North America
Macquarie invests in Fermi America to support development of 11GW AI campus in Amarillo, Texas. Read here.
ENGIE Collaborates with Prometheus Hyperscale to Co-Develop Next-Generation AI-Ready Data Centers in Texas. Read here.
AVAIO Digital and Schneider Electric Partner to build new AI-optimized data centers in U.S. Read here.
DPO Launches Greenlight Data Centers with New Investor Funding to Accelerate AI Data Center Development. Read here.
T5 gets permission to convert building into data center in Nampa, Idaho. Read here.
Flexential Acquires Prime Property in Hillsboro, Plans New Data Center as Next Phase of Expansion. Read here.
Novva Data Centers buys 205 acres of land in Las Vegas, Nevada. Read here.
A 300-acre data center campus could be coming to Ohio’s Miami Valley. Read here.
HostDime seeks deadline extension for data center in Eatonville, Orlando. Read here.
Data centre firms want clarity on Alberta’s ‘surprise’ AI infrastructure levy. Read here.
$1.6B data center proposed in Menomonie draws strong response from concerned citizens. Read here.
Tensions are rising in Wilsonville, where rumors about a massive data center has sparked public outcry. Read here.
Twiggs County to consider rezoning for proposed data center. Read here.
South America
ODATA secures $1.02bn financing to power sustainable data centre growth. Read here.
Elea Data Centers strengthens capital with R$790 million in debentures issue tied to ESG targets. Read here.
Dataspots pledges new data centers, lines up investments and denies ‘speculation’. Read here.
Other interesting articles
Addressing water consumption in data centres amid AI expansion. Read here.
The World Faces a $2T Data Center Challenge in the Age of AI. Read here.
Why speed to power will define data centres. Read here.
AI boom, AI bust? Read here.
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