Weekly Data Centre News – 6th November 2026
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Reports
OpenAI: Setting a new standard for responsible AI infrastructure. Read here.
Earnings
Digital Realty Reports Third Quarter 2026 Results. Read here.
Europe
Drax confirmed that it has signed an agreement to develop a strategic partnership with Brookfield and Radiant, Brookfield’s UK-headquartered AI infrastructure platform, to jointly develop, deliver and operate an AI data centre on the Drax Power Station estate in the north of England. Read here.
Pure DC announces $2 billion financing framework to accelerate growth across Europe and the Middle East. Read here.
Polar Achieves €1 Billion in Funding Milestone to Accelerate European AI Data Centre Expansion. Read here.
Microsoft rejects multibillion-dollar AI deal with UK’s Nscale. Read here.
Climate and Energy Leader Claire Perry O’Neill Appointed Chair of AVK as Partners Group Investment Completes. Read here.
UK renewable firm Downing expands into data center market with 500MW pipeline. Read here.
Huge Norwich data centre could cost £1.2billion to build. Read here.
Tract has unveiled plans for Durham Technology Park data centre near Murton. Read here.
NI data centre sold in multi-million pound deal. Read here.
Teesworks sells land to National Grid for AI and data center development. Read here.
Green to develop a new data center campus in Birr, Switzerland. Read here.
Middle East & Africa
PIF and Aramco close HUMAIN transaction to accelerate HUMAIN’s global growth. Read here.
Plans announced for 45MW data center campus in Oman. Read here.
APAC
AI data center firm IREN delays Microsoft AI deliveries, plans $15 billion spending push. Read here.
Naver secures $9 billion Brookfield deal ahead of NVIDIA investment. Read here.
Nvidia orders data centre clients to reduce China exposure, FT reports. Read here.
Thai AI data center secures US$ 590 million loan to fund construction. Read here.
Microsoft to establish second cloud region in Malaysia with Johor Bahru facility. Read here.
STT GDC considering $1 billion fundraise ahead of potential IPO – report. Read here.
Goodman and Digital Realty move on NextDC after M3 power delay. Read here.
Google unveils $15 bn data centre investment in Malaysia. Read here.
Malaysia’s Perak state explores proposed 100MW AI data center. Read here.
NTT Data seeking land in Indonesia for data center expansion. Read here.
Vietnam’s province considers US$ 700 million AI data center project. Read here.
Anthropic signs lease with Australian Data Centres in Western Downs, Queensland. Read here.
Envision claims to be running the world’s first 800VDC data center in Ulanqab, China. Read here.
PDG Secures ~USD 1.3 Billion for JH1 Campus in Johor. Read here.
EPG Modular Data Center Marks Topping-Out of Its US$120 Million Malaysia FIZ Factory. Read here.
North America
Democratic governors elected on promises to stop data centre building. Read here.
Meta President Says Midterm Results Will Make Building Data Centers Harder. Read here.
More than half of US hyperscale data center projects face ‘regulatory friction’ after 2026 midterm elections – report. Read here.
Nvidia’s Answer to Data Center Backlash: Retrofitting Apollo’s Old Phone Buildings. Read here.
Google To Invest $17bn In Wyoming Data Centre. Read here.
SpaceXAI launching two additional data center campuses in Mississippi to further expand Colossus 2. Read here.
Lambda to develop four-building data center campus in Lowndes County, Alabama. Read here.
TerraVolt acquires site in Idaho to develop 240MW gas powered behind-the-meter data center campus. Read here.
Google eyes 1,000 acres for 1.2GW data center in Goochland County, Virginia. Read here.
AWS proceeds with data center project in Walla Walla, Washington. Read here.
Prometheus Hyperscale pulls out of gigawatt-scale data center project in Casper, Wyoming. Read here.
Fluor Signs EPC Contract with TeraWulf for Large-Scale Data Center Campus in Kentucky. Read here.
Equinix points to smaller facilities as scrutiny of U.S. data center construction grows. Read here.
ING puts $500 million of data-center loans up for sale, Bloomberg News reports. Read here.
Other interesting articles
The Nasdaq Plunges 5%. What the Data Center Crash Means for Investors. Read here.
AI Companies Scramble to Navigate a World Hostile to Data Centers. Read here.
AI backlash threatens trillion-dollar data centre boom, say tech leaders. Read here.
‘A major risk to the global economy’: BofA warns about the AI boom the day before a midterm vote framed around data-center backlash. Read here.
What the increasingly awkward data centre construction delays mean for investors. Read here.
No Inflection Point Yet: Near-Exponential Data Center Boom Sends Shockwaves to Industrial Economy, Construction Hit by 2nd Wave of Inflation. Read here.
How the 2026 midterms could reshape data center policy. Read here.
The Blue Wave Has Tech Bros Scrambling for Data Centers in Space. Read here.
US voters lashed out at data centres. What does that mean for Australia’s AI ambitions? Read here.
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