Weekly Data Centre News – 23rd January 2026
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Reports
CBRE: 2026 European Real Estate Market Outlook. Read here.
Heatmap: Amid Rising Local Pushback, U.S. Data Center Cancellations Surged in 2025. Read here.
OpenAI: Stargate Community. Read here.
Europe
DayOne plans major 560 MW data centre near Helsinki. Read here.
Meins surpasses 11 GW as it expands across Europe’s hydrogen and data centre markets. Read here.
UpCloud opens data center at former NATO munitions bunker in Norway. Read here.
Sovereign AI Selects Accenture and Palantir to Help Build Next Generation AI Infrastructure Across EMEA. Read here.
Azur Datacenter is set to turn a former solar panel factory in Lyon, France, into a data center. Read here.
Norway’s ASP acquires land for 25MW data center project in Suldal. Read here.
UK Government admits “serious error” in forcing through hyperscale data centre without environment protections. Read here.
Octopus Energy and the Emirati state-owned renewables firm Masdar have announced a collaboration which they claim will “power the next generation of data centres” in the UK. Read here.
Mace Construct partners with Pathfinder Clean Energy (PACE) on sustainable AI data centres. Read here.
Global Switch signs Welsh wind power deal for AI hub. Read here.
Middle East & Africa
Saudi Arabia’s Humain to expand AI with $1.2B deal. Read here.
VivoPower International PLC announced the execution of an agreement to acquire, develop, build, operate, and own an initial 25MW data center facility in the United Arab Emirates. Read here.
Ooredoo’s Syntys buys Q Data to expand Qatar data centre portfolio. Read here.
Dubai’s DAMAC Secures Capacity Worth $12 Billion for U.S. AI Data Centres. Read here.
Data centres and energy at centre of $30bn New Gaza plan. Read here.
HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer reviews construction progress at Moro Hub’s new Green Data Centre in Warsan. Read here.
DEWA approves expansion of green data centre in Dubai. Read here.
APAC
$25 billion, 1 GW, and fully green: AM Green Group to build massive AI data centre in Uttar Pradesh. Read here.
State Gives NextDC Green Light for $2bn M4 Data Centre. Read here.
Aware Super invests $300M in Skyline JV data center business. Read here.
Digital Realty acquires Malaysian data centre owner. Read here.
Larsen & Toubro Vyoma marked a milestone in India’s digital evolution with the Bhoomi Pujan ceremony for its upcoming 40 MW green, AI-ready data centre at Mahape in Navi Mumbai. Read here.
UPC Volt to set up 100 MW AI-ready data centre in Telangana’s Bharat Future City. Read here.
Goodman files to develop 90MW data center campus in Sydney, Australia. Read here.
Dongyang to build AI data centers in South Korea. Read here.
Google launches cloud region in Bangkok, Thailand. Read here.
‘First-of-its-kind’ 50MW SMR-powered data center planned in Uzbekistan. Read here.
Digital Halo secures US$ 46.9 million financing to expand Manila data center. Read here.
North America
AI Startup Merges With A Billionaire-Backed Data Center Operator In $2.5 Billion Deal. Read here.
Galaxy Secures ERCOT Approval to Double Power Capacity at Helios Data Center Campus. Read here.
Applied Digital Breaks Ground on Delta Forge 1, a 430 MW AI Factory Campus in a Southern U.S. State. Read here.
Riot Announces Fee Simple Acquisition of Land and First Data Center Lease with AMD at the Rockdale Site. Read here.
Tech giant Google behind $1 billion Little Rock data center. Read here.
Canada’s government puts out call for firms to build 100MW+ AI data centers. Read here.
OpenAI unveils plan to keep data-center energy costs in check. Read here.
Infrakey, City of Lacy Lakeview unveil 925MW data center district in McLennan County, Texas. Read here.
Microsoft proposes adding 15 data centers to Mount Pleasant project. Read here.
Mount Pleasant commission approves Microsoft’s plans for data center expansion. Read here.
Naperville residents pack meeting as city council considers controversial plan for large data center. Read here.
$10 Billion Data Centre Proposed For Morwell. Read here.
Switch buys 176 acres at Apex Industrial Park, Las Vegas. Read here.
South America
V.tal plans US-Brazil subsea cable plus new data centre in Porto Alegre. Read here.
Other interesting articles
‘Largest Infrastructure Buildout in Human History’: Jensen Huang on AI’s ‘Five-Layer Cake’ at Davos. Read here.
The AI Data Center Gold Rush Is Leaving The Landlords Behind. Read here.
Moody’s: $3 Trillion Data Center Investment by 2030 Amid Power Challenges. Read here.
Adapting Data Centers for the AI Era: From Speed to Agility. Read here.
Why tech billionaires dream of servers in the sky. Read here.
Nvidia CEO Says AI Will Create Jobs for Electricians and Plumbers. Read here.
2025 Data Center M&A in review. Read here.
America’s aircraft Boneyard could end up powering the data centre boom. Read here.
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