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Weekly Data Centre Digest – 31st January 2025

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Reports

Alantra’s 2024 Data Centre M&A Review. Read here.

Synergy: It’s Official – Data Center M&A Deals Smashed All Records in 2024 (updated). Read here.

Gleeds: Does the UK have a strategic edge in the global data centre race? Read here.

Southeastern US utilities to add 20GW of natural gas by 2040 to meet data center demand. Read here.

DeepSeek is Good for the Data Center Sector. Read here.

DeepSeek’s AI Breakthrough Signals Major Shifts for Data Centers. Read here.

Deepseek: Is the Data Center Industry Deep Sunk? Read here.

What is DeepSeek and what is its impact on the AI ecosystem? Read here.

Europe

Oil Giant Repsol enters Data Center market With $4.2 Billion Investment (Spain). Read here.

Latos to accelerate AI in the UK with new edge data centres. Read here.

Outline plans for massive data centre win approval (UK). Read here.

€800m data center project proposed for Pasewalk, Germany, falls through. Read here.

EdgeConnex is looking to invest €600 million in data centers in Heusenstamm on the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany. Read here.

300MW data center park planned in Pori, Finland. Read here.

Poland’s Polcom to build two data centers (44MW) near Krakow. Read here.

Pure DC to build world’s largest living wall at London data center. Read here.

Pinewood Group (UK) has launched a consultation on its expansion (including a data centre). Read here.

Plan for film Wycombe (Pinewood) studios switched to data centre cluster. Read here.

AI ambitions drive UK data centre construction boom. Read here.

Swiss data centre used to heat homes. Read here.

Data centre lifecycle services provider Salute has reached an agreement to acquire Keysource. Read here.

UK regional Edge provider Pulsant has launched a private cloud offering. Read here.

Middle East & Africa

Saudi Desert Dragon data centres get under way. Read here.

APAC

Ambani’s Reliance plan $30bn largest data centre in the world. Read here.

TikTok to invest $3.8bn in Thailand data centre. Read here.

Tamboran Resources Pitches $5 Billion Natural Gas-Powered Data Center (Australia). Read here.

Blackstone, Tillman Global Holdings and Ursa Clusters to build data centers in Telangana. Read here.

Perri Projects Plots $1bn West Footscray Data Centre (Melbourne). Read here.

Blackstone wants AirTrunk to be a 1 GW business. Read here.

Microsoft Buys Johor Data Centre Site as Hyperscalers Ramp Up in Malaysia. Read here.

L&T to Build Uzbekistan’s First AI-Powered Data Centre. Read here.

North America

Blackstone defends $80bn data centre investment as DeepSeek shakes market. Read here.

Meta to Increase Spending to $65 Billion This Year in A.I. Push. Read here.

Meta will spend “hundreds of billions of dollars” on AI infrastructure over the long term, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said. Read here.

Meta reports record Q4 revenue and profit amidst $65bn AI investment push. Read here.

Meta’s Mesa, Arizona, data center comes online. Read here.

Microsoft reports strong fourth-quarter earnings amid uproar over DeepSeek’s AI. Read here.

Vantage Data Centers’ Growth Continued in 2024 Driven by AI and Cloud Adoption; Secured a Record $13 Billion in Incremental Funding. Read here.

Elon Musk claims Tesla is investing in digital infrastructure to help train its humanoid robot, Optimus. Read here.

Solar power and batteries will form part of the energy solution for the first Stargate AI data center project being planned in the US. Read here.

AVAIO Digital and Prince Edward County IDA Agree to Bring $5 Billion Sustainable Hyperscale Data Center Campus to the Farmville, VA Community. Read here.

Blackstone to pay $1B For Natural Gas Power Plant In Data Center Alley. Read here.

Cedar Rapids city council to vote on $750 million data center near Eastern Iowa Airport. Read here.

Microsoft has purchased another 240 acres of land in Wisconsin for data center projects. Read here.

Data center campus to be built on Van Wert’s Mega Site in Ohio. Read here.

North American investment firm Novacap has closed its first digital infrastructure fund ($1bn). Read here.

DigitalBridge announced participation in DataBank financing ($600m secondary share sale). Read here.

Chevron, Engine No1 Announce Power Solution Partnership for US Data Centers. Read here.

Dominion Energy is expanding its Possum Point Power Station in Prince William County, Virginia, to meet the growing power demand of the data center sector. Read here.

Price tag for Amazon’s Mississippi data centers jump 60% to $16 billion. Read here.

South America

Equinix goes live with third Rio datacenter. Read here.

Other interesting articles

The Great AI Race: How Chinese & Open-Source LLM Models are Challenging the Titans. Winners and Losers in the Open-source Come Back. Read here.

Real estate firms pivot to energy development amid booming data center demand. Read here.

Bridging the gap: How the energy and data centre worlds can collaborate. Read here.

Multibillion-dollar data center projects to watch. Read here.

Forget mega yachts, AI data centers are quickly becoming the next battleground for billionaires as Zuckerberg pledges $65 billion CAPEX spend in 2025. Read here.

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DC01UK: Europe’s Largest Cloud and AI Data Centre Gets Approved

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DC01UK’s planning application for a new state-of-the-art data centre has tonight (Thursday 23 January 2025) been approved by Hertsmere Borough Council’s planning committee.

The new facility has been given the green light just one week after the Government launched its AI Opportunities Action Plan. The Plan outlines the economic growth opportunities presented by the AI revolution, in which new data centres will play a pivotal role. The new Plan sets out long term plans for AI infrastructure needs, mitigates sustainability and includes security considerations for AI infrastructure.

Last September, DC01UK’s planning application was widely reported on, when it featured exclusively in the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology’s announcement of the sector-wide reclassification of data centres as Critical National Infrastructure, which significantly bolstered the importance of data centres within the UK.

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DC01UK, when built, will be Europe’s largest cloud and AI data centre, with up to two million square feet of space, and the location of the data centre brings together the key pillars needed to fulfil the existing cloud shortfall and cater for the large increase in demand expected in future years. This includes a power reservation of 400MVA from National Grid, owing to its proximity to the Elstree (Letchmore Heath) substation and proximity to national and international fibre optic routes as well as nearby Availability Zones in the region.

Economic projections estimate the construction value of the project at £3.75bn with a year-round generation of £21.4m in business rates once the data centre is operational. The positive economic impact of the data centre would also see the creation of 500 skilled on-site jobs during the construction phase, 200 permanent, skilled jobs once up and running and a further 13,740 indirect jobs, 10,900 of which would be in the South East. DC01UK is also estimated to generate approximately £1.1 billion per annum GVA (Gross Value Added) indirectly per year.

This landscape-led scheme is set in 85 acres of grounds, 54 per cent of which will be retained as green, open space, with a 10 per cent net biodiversity gain. The approved plans also include a suite of local benefits, including the confirmed expansion of the local cycle hire programme, £2m of upgrades for new and existing bus routes, and improvements to cycle paths, footpaths and crossings. There is also a significant financial contribution to local employment skills and opportunities included within the plans.

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A spokesperson for DC01UK, commenting on their successful planning application, said:

“We want to thank Hertsmere Borough Council for their open and pragmatic approach to DC01UK’s plans. They understand our ambition for both the project and the borough. It will bring huge benefits for local people through a stronger local economy, more skilled jobs and better opportunities. Our plans also include a raft of upgrades for local transport, including

new and existing bus routes, expansion of the local cycle hire scheme and road improvements.

“This approval will also solidify Hertsmere’s status as a leading region in the South East as a tech and media superhub, complementing other established, large technology-driven organisations and film studios in the area.

“With planning for this important piece of Critical National Infrastructure now approved, the site stands ready to power the needs of tomorrow bringing a much-welcomed boost to the UK’s digital economy.

“Our plan will put Hertfordshire at the epicentre of the new data centre revolution, as well as creating £3.75bn for the economy during construction and almost 14,000 indirect jobs once operational.”

Minister for Telecoms, Sir Chris Bryant MP, said:

“Data centres are the beating hearts of this modern age, powering the digital infrastructure that we can no longer live without.

“That is why I am thrilled to see that Hertsmere Council has granted planning permission to one of the largest data centre projects in Europe.

“Data centres like this will not only play a pivotal role in our AI Opportunities Action Plan, but drive economic growth through the creation of skilled jobs across the South East.”

Cllr Jeremy Newmark, Leader of Hertsmere Borough Council and Chair of the Hertfordshire Growth Board, said:

“This is a momentous development for our borough. Hertsmere has cleared the way to becoming the home of a data centre which will be integral to serving Britain with cutting-edge technology. It’ll be a piece of critical national infrastructure needed for many generations to come.

“The project, which is aligned with the council’s vision, is set to deliver hugely significant growth and economic benefits for the area, creating jobs during and after the construction phase, as well as new businesses. This news clearly reinforces Hertsmere’s status as an extremely attractive location for business and industry, with a reputation that is getting even stronger.

“The data centre will provide critical synergies for our significant local film and TV sector, with three major sets of studios in Borehamwood.

“The Government’s AI Opportunities Action Plan, which was announced earlier this month, shows the impact that the AI revolution is likely to have for many years to come and data centres, such as this, will play a major part.

“While outline planning permission has been granted, we will, of course, continue to listen to and engage with residents about these exciting plans as more details are firmed up. As I’ve said before, I’m sure local people will see the massive value this development could bring to our area.”

Stephen Beard, Head of Data Centres at Knight Frank who is advising on the project, said:

“DC01UK is a first of its kind. The largest data centre development in Europe in the world’s second largest market, which is perfectly positioned in its ability to service the ever-increasing cloud demand today whilst accommodating the AI needs of tomorrow. A first and great example of the UK’s shift towards becoming a dominant superpower in cloud, AI and general digital infrastructure.”

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Weekly Data Centre Digest – 24th January 2025

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Reports

Bloom Energy: The 2025 Data Center Power Report. Read here.

Europe

DC01UK, Europe’s largest cloud and AI Data Centre received approval. Read here.

Developer Tritax Big Box has has purchased a 74-acre site near Heathrow with plans for a £365m data centre. Read here.

Major data centre near M25, just 30 minutes from Harrow, set for approval. Read here.

Plans for large data centre on Slough green belt submitted to council. Read here.

Fears Donald Trump presidency could halt Cambois AI data centre development played down. Read here.

Swansea MS calls for data centres to be built on south Wales coast. Read here.

Wales hoping to land lion’s share of £12bn investment in the UK by US data centre venture Vantage. Read here.

XTX Markets plots €1bn data centre complex in Finland. Read here.

PIMCO is targeting €1bn for European Data Centre fund. Read here.

Start Campus launches SIN01 facility in Sines, Portugal. Read here.

Green light given for massive €286m business park (with data centers) in Kildare. Read here.

Data center proposed near Amazon logistics center in Dummerstorf, Germany. Read here.

Global Switch and City of Frankfurt in dispute over data center expansion. Read here.

Greece has completed it’s framework for Data Centre Development. Read here.

Lleida has become the first Spanish city to ban data centers. Read here.

Middle East & Africa

Qatar-based IT services provider MEEZA will expand its data centre capacity by 4MW. Read here.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is putting a halt to its plans to expand in Israel. Read here.

PAIX announces plans for Dakar data centre. Read here.

APAC

Billionaire Ambani is Building World’s Biggest ($30bn) Data Center. Read here.

STT GDC plans major 100MW data centre campus in India. Read here.

Real estate giant ESR Group is to be acquired and taken private in a deal which values the company at $7.11bn. Read here.

Asia Pacific Land Group and Global Compute Infrastructure plan 120MW campus in Japan. Read here.

AWS to invest US$ 8.3 billion in Cloud Infrastructure in Maharashtra. Read here.

CtrlS signs MoU with Telangana gov’t: To invest Rs 10,000 crores into AI DC cluster. Read here.

CtrlS Datacenters to erect 600MW facility in Hyderabad. Read here.

North America

OpenAI is teaming up with Oracle and Softbank to build data centres equipped to power artificial intelligence (AI), with plans to invest $100bn (£81bn) “immediately”. Read here.

OpenAI, SoftBank Each Commit $19 Billion to Stargate Data Center Venture. Read here.

Trump: “We need double the energy we currently have in the US for AI,” promises emergency declaration for more power. Read here.

1.2GW Lancium Clean Campus confirmed as home of Project Stargate. Read here.

Sailfish plans multi-gigawatt data center park outside DFW, Texas. Read here.

Quinbrook’s Rowan Digital Infrastructure Secures $975 Million Financing for Hyperscale Campus in Maryland. Read here.

Ryan Companies 2MSF Industrial Plan Pivots to $687M Data Center (Phoenix, Arizona). Read here.

Northpoint proposes 15-building, 1,280-acre data center campus in Pennsylvania. Read here.

Amazon has acquired 590 acres in Jefferson Township, Ohio, for a data center campus. Read here.

Another 2.5 million sq ft data center campus proposed outside Atlanta, Georgia. Read here.

Digital Power Optimization, Inc. announced it has secured land and a firm power supply to develop a $200 million high-performance computing facility in Wisconsin Rapids, WI. Read here.

Digital infrastructure platform Edged has opened its latest data centre in Irving, Texas. Read here.

Lonestar’s moonshot: Firm aims to place data center on lunar surface. Read here.

Whispers of billionaire Musk buying Intel could be the cause of company stock increase. Read here.

TerraPower and Sabey Data Centers sign MoU to explore deployment of microreactors across SDC data centers. Read here.

Harrison Street secures $600m for data centres. Read here.

Blackstone to buy $1 billion Virginia power plant near data centers. Read here.

South America

Brazil’s Odata hires Atlas Renewable Energy to supply Chilean datacenters. Read here.

Other interesting articles

Breaking Barriers to Data Center Growth. Read here.

PTC’25 | The trillion-Dollar challenge: Powering the next generation of digital infrastructure. Read here.

Over Half of UK Adults Don’t Know What a Data Centre Is. Read here.

Data Center Firms ‘Getting Creative’ To Squeeze AI Into Older Buildings. Read here.

Relieving Growing Pains in the Booming Data Center Market. Read here.

Davos 2025: 10 key technology and digital infrastructure focus areas. Read here.

Ranked: The Top 25 Countries With the Most Data Centers. Read here.

Is nuclear energy the answer to AI data centers’ power consumption? Read here.

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Latos to Accelerate AI in the UK with New Edge Data Centres

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  • UK’s newest data centre company will design, build, and operate high-performance, volumetric facilities at the network edge, supporting real-time AI
  • Fast construction and fit-out – Latos can open new facilities within 6 months

Stockton-upon-Tees, 23 January 2025 – Latos today launched a new capability to design, build, and operate a new generation of small-scale “volumetric” data centres at the network edge. Edge data centres will play a key role in enabling what Accenture has called the “binary big bang” – the transformation of businesses and public services using AI.

Edge-based volumetric data centres enable AI to run faster and safer. Autonomous vehicles and smart transport services depend on real-time AI to avoid accidents. Banks will use it to risk-assess individual customer transactions in milliseconds, stopping fraud in its tracks. Media streaming companies will be able to run advertising tailored to individual customers. Software “agents” that automate mundane office tasks will become ubiquitous.

According to the Bank of England, over 70% of businesses are either investing, or plan to invest in AI over the next three years.

Latos volumetric data centres will be built to Tier III standards, comprise as few as 24 racks with unlimited scaling opportunity, and deliver as much as 100kW of energy per rack. This is enough to support the most intensive AI training tasks: training a generative model like ChatGPT needs around 80kW per rack.

The new facilities will also reflect the latest net-zero building techniques. Constructed from modular components, they will feature high performance power and cooling. Latos plans to design, build, and operate volumetric data centres on behalf of customers across the UK, as well as licensing its designs to partners worldwide.

Latos announcement comes as the UK government reveals plans to expand the UK’s computing capacity 20-fold by 2030 as part of the AI Opportunities Action Plan. It is creating a number of AI Growth Zones (AIGZs) across the UK to help support private investors in data centres and other AI infrastructure.

Mike Carlin, CEO of Latos Data Centres, said: “While we applaud the government for its ambition over the UK’s AI infrastructure, a handful of large-scale data centres in far-flung locations won’t be enough. We’ll need more compute facilities closer to end users – and that means the network edge.”

“We’ve designed Latos volumetric data centres specifically to help organisations capitalise on AI. They are state of the art, quick to build, and cost-effective to run.”

Latos recently announced it is moving into the construction phase of a 50,400 sq. m hyperscale data centre in Cardiff and plans to open a total of 40 data centres across the UK by 2030. latosdc.co.uk

About Latos

Latos develops purpose-built, Tier III aligned data centres that harness renewable energy to support the most demanding applications. From Edge to Hyperscale, it engineers dedicated, tailor-made data solutions that power organisations of all kinds supported by rapid, industry-leading technical services.

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Key Takeaways from JLL’s 2025 Global Data Center Outlook

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We’ve read JLL’s 2025 Global Data Center Outlook and have picked out the key takeaways from the report. Overall, the data center market is likely to expand at 15% CAGR through 2027. The upside potential: 20% CAGR through 2027.

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Contents

Artificial Intelligence (AI) 

“The data center industry stands at the dawn of a transformative era, driven by the relentless advancement of artificial intelligence. This technological revolution is not merely evolving the digital infrastructure landscape, it is fundamentally redefining it.”

According to the report:

  • AI demand will continue to build momentum in 2025. 
  • Rack density has surged – GPUs are transitioning from 7 nm to 5 nm, and soon to 2 nm technology, enabling unprecedented power levels.
  • Advancement of GPU technology means faster training of large language models, and in the next couple of years technology companies will run out of high-quality data for training them. 
  • A new AI training facility requests 1GW of power or more, consuming the same power as 800,000 US homes in one year. 
  • The need for power has led to decoupling of AI training and inference facilities: 
    • Training facilities are built near power sources 
    • Inference facilities are built near population centers for end user access and lower latency

Power grids 

Power availability 

  • Data centers currently account for 2% of global electricity consumption.
  • They will represent a relatively small component of global electricity demand growth in 2025 – less than a third of the increase for electric vehicles and air conditioning. 
  • Forecasts estimate that global data center energy demand will double in the next five years to 100 GW. 

Clustering 

  • Clustering of data centers leads to bottlenecks of power delivery – Tokyo, Virginia and London are examples of this.
  • Power delays don’t only come from power scarcity, but also the need to build high-capacity power lines and have smooth supply chains for transformers and switch gear.  

Nuclear 

  • Nuclear energy is emerging as the preferred solution – SMR agreements will likely double in 2025.
  • More than 100 sites are being evaluated for SMR installations. The downsides: 
    • Regulatory hurdles 
    • High initial costs 
    • Public perception issues 

Read more: Can Nuclear Energy Solve the Data Centre Power Challenge?

Liquid cooling 

“The AI revolution is undoubtedly changing the world, but AI’s energy footprint may be its most profound and lasting impact. New PUE (power usage effectiveness) regulations and greater rack densities will drive the industry towards liquid cooling, as it is nearly impossible to achieve low PUE values with traditional air cooling alone.” 

  • NVIDIA’s latest AI chips consume up to 300% more power than their predecessors.
  • A hybrid approach to cooling is typically used at the moment, but liquid cooling is becoming essential.
  • Immersion cooling will become more common, but broad implementation is still a few years away because of the challenges in structural design due to weight. 

Capital markets 

  • Across the hyperscale and colocation segments, an estimated 10 GW is projected to break ground globally in 2025 and 7 GW will likely reach completion. 
  • Private equity will play a significant role in development financing in 2025.
  • Asset trades likely to increase only moderately in 2025.
  • Older data centers are not in danger of becoming obsolete because only a portion of data centers will be dedicated solely to AI applications. The majority of data centers will run a combination of traditional workloads and AI applications. 
  • Roughly $170 bn in data center asset value will need to secure construction lending or permanent financing in 2025.

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Weekly Data Centre Digest – 17th January 2025

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Reports

Synergy Research Group: It’s Official – Data Center M&A Deals Broke All Records in 2024. Read here.

Cushman & Wakefield: Asia Pacific Data Centre Construction Cost Guide. Read here.

Barclays: AI revolution: Meeting massive AI infrastructure demands. Read here.

JLL: 2025 Global Data Center Outlook. Read here.

Europe

UK Prime Minister sets out blueprint to turbocharge AI. Read here.

AI hyperscaler Nscale to invest £2 billion in the UK data centre industry. Read here.

Plans for £2bn AI centre in Essex will create 750 jobs. Read here.

Data center projects worth £14bn announced with new UK government AI plan. Read here.

UK Will Explore Nuclear Power for New AI Data Center Plan. Read here.

Data centre planning applications (UK) jumped 40% in 2024 amid surge in AI. Read here.

Caineal LLP Wickford (UK) data centre to cost £500million to build. Read here.

CoreWeave announces data centers hosting NVIDIA Hopper GPUs now operational in the UK. Read here.

Scotland’s DataVita to double data center capacity to 40MW. Read here.

Spanish AI firm Substrate AI plans 10MW data center outside Toledo. Read here.

MERLIN Properties and Edged Energy announced a partnership with Spanish regional Government of Extremadura to build two Gigawatt-Scale AI Data Center Campuses. Read here.

iGenius expects to complete $1 bln data centre project with Nvidia in the summer. Read here.

New data center planned in Erkrath, Germany. Read here.

Italy’s data centres to add 10 bln euros investments in 2025-26. Read here.

CyrusOne completes shell and core of FRA5 in Frankfurt, Germany. Read here.

Cordiant gets thumbs up for Belgian data centre acquisition. Read here.

Middle East & Africa

Abu Dhabi seeks bidders for unified data centre project. Read here.

KKR and Dubai’s Gulf Data Hub to invest more than $5bn to grow region’s data centre capacity. Read here.

Keystone submits application for two data centers in Israel. Read here.

NVIDIA Unveils $500 Million AI Data Center Expansion in Israel. Read here.

APAC

STACK Infrastructure has announced plans to build a new 220MW data center campus in Malaysia. Read here.

EdgeConneX prepares to break ground in Japan with 140MW AI data centre project. Read here.

CloudHQ and ESR Partner to Develop $2 Billion Data Center Campus in Japan. Read here.

ByteDance Expands AI Infrastructure with New Datacenter in Shanxi. Read here.

South Korea’s Woori Financial Group has invested $150million in two US data centers. Read here.

CapitaLand signs hyperscaler in India for 125 MW data centre capacity. Read here.

North America

Biden signs executive order to ensure power for AI data centers. Read here.

Aligned Data Centers Completes $12+ Billion Capital Raise. Read here.

Applied Digital Agrees to Build a Partnership with Macquarie Asset Management for Funding of up to $5.0 Billion to Drive HPC Growth. Read here.

TECfusions announced the acquisition of 1395 acres in Upper Burrell, PA, for a groundbreaking data center project. Read here.

US hyperscaler planning 20+ Edge data centers. Read here.

Stack secures $900m in green financing for 200MW Virginia campus. Read here.

Stack Infrastructure announced its largest flagship development to date: the 1+GW Stafford Technology Campus in Stafford County, Virginia. Read here.

Prime Data Centers looks to expand at McClellan Business Park (California). Read here.

US operator H5 Data Centers and private equity firm Novacap are partnering to develop facilities across North America. Read here.

Black Mountain filed to rezone 141 acres in Forth Worth to allow for data center development. Read here.

BlackChamber secures $1.2bn funding for 740MW data centre expansion. Read here.

Bitcoin miner and artificial intelligence data center developer Gryphon Digital Mining is to develop a natural-gas powered facility in Canada. Read here.

Clayco launches Clayco Compute for data centres construction. Read here.

Alberta First Nation voices ‘grave concern’ over Kevin O’Leary’s proposed $70B AI data centre. Read here.

J.P.Morgan forecasts spending on data centers could boost US GDP by 20 basis points in 2025-26. Read here.

Amazon Web Services has filed to add 322 acres to its planned tech park in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Read here.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has purchased a parcel of land for its $2 billion data center campus in Sunbury, Ohio. Read here.

South America

AWS launches $5bn cloud region in Mexico. Read here.

Brazil’s Um Telecom launches data center arm. Read here.

200MW data center campus planned in Leopoldina, Brazil. Read here.

Other interesting articles

Grid constraints risk delaying data centre growth: report. Read here.

How data centres can make better neighbours. Read here.

Data eXec launches to redefine data centre leadership. Read here.

How Big Tech builds data centres. Read here.

The Global AI Arms Race Hinges on Access to Data Centers. Read here.

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DataX Connect Launches Sister Brand Data eXec

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Southampton, United Kingdom, 13th January 2025 – Today marks the official launch of Data eXec, a sister brand to DataX Connect dedicated to placing senior-level executives in data centre organisations worldwide.

By building the company on strong relationships and a commitment to innovation, Inside Data Centre Podcast host Andy Davis aims to redefine the search process with a forward-thinking and unapologetically fearless approach to leadership talent acquisition.

Data eXec

About Data eXec

The data centre industry is a close-knit world—with familiar faces, shared events, and welltrodden conversations. Data eXec aims to connect those who want to bring fresh ideas and new perspectives, pushing boundaries to create what’s next in digital infrastructure. This service will be open to only ten companies across the globe.

Data eXec teams up with companies and places candidates who love pushing boundaries with bold ideas and fearless innovation, and the underlying purpose of the company is to drive impactful change by using data to tackle the world’s toughest challenges.

“We’ll find your key people. And make you famous.”


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Applied Digital Agrees to Build a Partnership with Macquarie Asset Management for Funding of up to $5.0 Billion to Drive HPC Growth 

Posted on by Zoe Towlson

PRESS RELEASE – The $5.0 Billion Investment Can Support Over 2 GW of HPC Data Center Development

  • Funds managed by Macquarie Asset Management (“MAM”) to invest up to $900 million in the Company’s Ellendale High Performance Computing (“HPC”) data center campus (the “Ellendale HPC Campus”).
  • Agreement to provide MAM a right to invest up to an additional $4.1 billion across Applied Digital’s future HPC data center pipeline.
  • The MAM investment, in conjunction with future project financing, to be used to repay project-level debt and allow the Company to recover over an estimated $300 million of its equity investment in the Ellendale HPC Campus.
  • MAM’s investment will take the form of a perpetual preferred and 15% common equity interest of Applied Digital’s HPC business segment, providing Applied Digital an 85% ownership stake in both existing and future HPC assets (minimizing dilution to Applied Digital’s public stockholders).
  • Transformative agreement positions the Company to firmly establish itself as a top-tier HPC data center designer, builder and operator in the United States with its purpose-built and proprietary design to run advanced AI workloads for both training and inference.

DALLAS – January 14, 2025 — Applied Digital Corporation (Nasdaq: APLD) (“Applied Digital” or the “Company”), a designer, builder and operator of next-generation digital infrastructure for HPC applications, entered today into a $5.0 billion perpetual preferred equity financing facility, with investment vehicles of funds managed by MAM, for its HPC business conducted through APLD HPC Holdings LLC (“APLDH”), a subsidiary of Applied Digital.

Under the terms of the unit purchase agreement executed today, APLDH will issue perpetual preferred equity units and common equity units for an investment by MAM of $2.25 million for each executed lease of 1 MW of capacity, up to $900 million to support the full 400 MW build-out of the Ellendale HPC Campus, as further detailed below.

The investment proceeds from MAM, in conjunction with future project financing, will be used to complete the buildout of the 400 MW Ellendale HPC Campus, repay the existing bridge debt, currently outstanding at approximately $180 million, allow the Company to recover over an estimated $300 million of its equity investment in the Ellendale HPC Campus, fund platform G&A, and pay transaction expenses. MAM also has a right of first refusal on all future HPC data center project funding, up to an additional $4.1 billion for 30 months following close.

“We believe this expanded relationship with MAM positions Applied Digital for significant growth in the industry, establishing Applied Digital as one of the fastest-growing HPC data center owners, operators and developers in the United States. At today’s build costs, we will have a significant portion of the equity needed to construct over 2.0 GW of HPC data center capacity, including our Ellendale HPC Campus,” said Wes Cummins, Chairman and CEO of Applied Digital.

“With an 85% ownership stake in both existing and future HPC assets and access to a project-level preferred equity financing facility sufficient to fund our HPC project pipeline, we believe we are poised for transformative progress. We are excited to have MAM’s support as we establish ourselves as a leader in the Tier 3 data center infrastructure sector, while continuing to develop and operate large-scale, state of the art data centers for world-class customers at the forefront of the AI revolution.”

“We are excited to partner with Applied Digital to build and scale its HPC data center platform,” said Anton Moldan, Senior Managing Director of Macquarie Asset Management. “Applied Digital has a differentiated strategy with access to a unique near-term power portfolio across North America in markets attractive for computing needs which address the most demanding AI and other HPC applications at scale. The significant progress at the Ellendale HPC campus makes this a very compelling opportunity for us as well as for potential hyperscale customers. With our global experience as an owner and manager of data center platforms, we see this as highly attractive opportunity to help build an industry-leading HPC data center company well positioned in these high growth segments of the market.”

The preferred equity will accrue a dividend at a rate of 12.75% per annum, paid in kind or, at APLDH’s election, cash, which will increase by 87.5 basis points on the fifth and sixth anniversaries of the closing, if still outstanding. The preferred equity carries a minimum 1.80x multiple of invested capital liquidation preference, inclusive of the value of the common equity. The common equity represents 15% of APLDH’s fully diluted common equity at issuance. MAM’s equity can be redeemed by APLDH at any time after the fifth anniversary of the closing. The Company’s minimum equity contribution will be $1 million per MW for the rest of the Ellendale HPC campus and $750,000 per MW for the remainder of the HPC pipeline. The closing of the facility is conditioned upon APLDH executing a lease with a hyperscaler for its 100 MW Ellendale HPC data center under construction acceptable to MAM, completion of the APLDH limited liability company operating agreement and other ancillary documents, as well as other customary closing conditions. At closing MAM will fund $225 million with additional amounts drawable upon APLDH executing further leases acceptable to MAM, as well as other customary draw conditions.

As the demand for AI innovation accelerates, we believe Applied Digital will stand out as a leader in delivering next-generation data center solutions and GPU cloud services. With hard-to-find access to stranded power and advanced technologies like closed loop liquid-cooling, the Company aims to deliver an ultra-efficient platform tailored for the most complex AI and HPC workloads. We believe Applied Digital’s purpose-built data centers and cost-effective GPU cloud services are designed to power AI, machine learning, graphics rendering, and other critical applications, enabling clients to excel in a rapidly evolving technological landscape.

Northland Capital Markets acted as sole placement agent to the Company. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC acted as senior financial advisor to the Company. Citizens JMP Securities, LLC and TD Securities acted as financial advisors to the Company. Needham & Company acted as financial advisor to the Company’s board of directors. Lowenstein Sandler LLP acted as legal counsel to the Company. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP acted as legal counsel to MAM.

The securities described above have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor may there be any sale of any securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Applied Digital

Applied Digital (Nasdaq: APLD) develops, builds and operates next-generation data centers and cloud infrastructure. Different by design, the Company’s purpose-built facilities are engineered to unleash the power of accelerated compute and deliver secure, scalable and sustainable digital hosting, along with turnkey CSaaS and GPU-as-a-Service solutions. Backed by deep hyperscale expertise and a robust pipeline of available power, Applied Digital accommodates AI Factories and beyond to support the world’s most exacting AI/ML, blockchain and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads.

About Macquarie Asset Management

Macquarie Asset Management is a global asset manager, integrated across public and private markets. Trusted by institutions, governments, foundations and individuals to manage approximately $633.7 billion USD in assets, we provide a diverse range of investment solutions including real assets, real estate, credit and equities & multi-asset.

Macquarie Asset Management is part of Macquarie Group, a diversified financial group providing clients with asset management, finance, banking, advisory, and risk and capital solutions across debt, equity and commodities. Founded in 1969, Macquarie Group employs over 20,000 people in 34 markets and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

All figures as of September 30, 2024.

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AI hyperscaler, Nscale, to invest $2.5 (£2) billion in the UK data centre industry over the next three years 

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Nscale’s AI data centres will support the UK Government’s AI Opportunities Action Plan and ambition to become a global leader in generative AI.

Nscale, the hyperscaler engineered for AI and headquartered in London, today announced plans to invest $2.5 billion in the UK’s data centre industry over the next three years. This significant expansion will include the development of advanced AI data centres in both fixed and modular formats, that are powered by clean energy and equipped with cutting-edge generative AI technology. 

Nscale has confirmed its first UK data centre with the purchase of a site in Loughton. The site is equipped to support 50MW of AI and HPC capacity, with the ability to scale the power allocation up to 90MW, all utilising advanced liquid cooling to support generative AI GPU deployments. The site is scheduled to be live in Q4 2026. This UK facility can house up to 45,000 of the latest Nvidia GB200 GPUs. This single site will create 500 jobs during construction and a further 250 jobs over a three year period to run and operate the facility. It will also stimulate the UK economy by attracting additional commercial investment and enable the UK AI startup community to thrive and prosper.

The company also plans to begin construction of multiple modular UK-based data centres in Q3 and Q4 of 2025, with further expansion of fixed data centres slated for the following years. Nscale’s investment supports the UK’s ambition to become a global leader in AI infrastructure by delivering a full stack of AI technologies and services. The new data centres will provide essential UK sovereign, secure and private AI computing infrastructure for industries, research institutions, and enterprises, ensuring data remains securely within Europe while driving innovation and stimulating economic growth.

Nscale’s investment in the UK data centre industry aligns with the UK Government’s AI Opportunities Action Plan, and demonstrates the powerful role public-private partnerships will play in the UK’s modern industrial strategy. This investment supports the UK’s ambition to enhance the nation’s AI capabilities and secure a leading position in global AI innovation by 2030.

Karl Havard, COO, Nscale

Josh Payne, CEO of Nscale, said: “Our investment in the UK marks a significant milestone in building next-generation AI infrastructure. This expansion will help us meet the growing demand for generative AI by deploying advanced GPU clusters more efficiently. Additionally, capital from our recent funding round will accelerate our global 1.3 GW pipeline of greenfield data centres, with 120 MW planned for development in 2025. This underscores our commitment to delivering sustainable, scalable AI infrastructure that drives innovation and economic growth.”

Karl Havard, COO of Nscale, added: “Data sovereignty is at the heart of our strategy. As our customers and prospects increasingly prioritise sovereignty in their selection of an AI cloud provider, our investment will create a secure, GenAI cloud for the UK – ensuring sensitive data stays within the country’s borders while enabling businesses to access cutting-edge AI capabilities. By combining sovereignty with high-performance AI infrastructure, we’re driving innovation, attracting additional investment into the UK economy, and proving that technological leadership can be built on secure, compliant, and purpose-driven foundations, that can be led from the UK.”

Science, Innovation, and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle said: “Nscale’s investment reinforces the UK’s standing as a global leader in AI and shows real confidence in our blueprint to turbocharge the use of the technology and how we’re delivering our Plan for Change to put AI to work for communities across the country.

“Their support will serve as a catalyst for innovation – sending a clear message that Britain is the perfect home from home to drive growth, deliver high-skilled jobs, and access the cutting-edge tools that will fuel the AI revolution.”

The AI hyperscaler’s data centre expansion plans are also expected to draw substantial overseas investment, accelerating the development of a sovereign AI cloud ecosystem at unprecedented speed and scale.

This investment is the latest in a series of significant milestones, reflecting Nscale’s continued commitment to driving innovation and delivering exceptional value to customers. Nscale recently announced it had raised $155 million in Series A funding to accelerate expansion across the UK, Europe and North America. The company announced a partnership with Open Innovation AI, a leading GPU orchestration platform in MENA, targeting the deployment of 30,000 GPUs over the next three years.  

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Weekly Data Centre Digest – 10th January 2025

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Europe

Lidl owner plans 200MW data center campus in Lübbenau, Germany. Read here.

A new 13 building data center campus could be coming to the borderlands of West Germany. Read here.

Vantage reveals plans for 10-building campus at former Ford car factory in Bridgend, Wales. Read here.

Microsoft completes Skelton Grange Plot 1 purchase for £53m (UK). Read here.

Massive new data centre could be built on green belt land near A127 in Wickford (UK). Read here.

Lumcloon Energy has plans to build a giant 250 MW data centre in Co Westmeath. Read here.

DMO has broken ground on data center outside Münster, Germany. Read here.

Data Center Partners have announced plans for a 17MW data center development in Munich, Germany. Read here.

Plans for new Durham Unviersity data centre set to be approved. Read here.

Data center firm Global Switch has confirmed that it is seeking an investor for its UK operations. Read here.

Mercury Engineering plans to create 1,000 jobs over next five years. Read here.

Data centre producer Ardmac sees 45% profit jump. Read here.

Greece lays the foundation to become a key data hub. Read here.

Middle East & Africa

EDGNEX Data Centers by DAMAC Announces Expansion into the U.S. Market with 2000MW projected future capacity. Read here.

APAC

Singapore-based Digital Edge raises $1.6bn. Read here.

Chinese data center firm GDS has rebranded its international unit to DayOne. Read here.

Yondr Group secures £732.9 million to finance Johor data centre. Read here.

Doma Infrastructure Group Announces Plans for AI-Ready Data Centre in West Sydney. Read here.

Microsoft to invest US$ 3 Billion in Cloud and AI infrastructure in India. Read here.

Keppel DC REIT to Divest Malaysian Data Center. Read here.

Australia’s Telstra and Ventia ink $1.2bn deal to boost digital infrastructure. Read here.

AWS to invest $5bn in Thailand with new cloud region launch. Read here.

Gamuda Acquires Freehold Land in Port Dickson, Develops 1,000MWs data centre in Seremban. Read here.

Japan’s NTT appoints banks for $1bln data center REIT IPO in Singapore. Read here.

North America

Donald Trump announced Dubai Billionaire pledged $20 Billion to build U.S. Data Centers. Read here.

Tract Capital introduces Fleet Data Centers, a new mega-scale data center development platform focused on customized 500MW+ campuses. Read here.

Data center park developer Tract is seeking to establish a second site outside Minneapolis, Minnesota. Read here.

Microsoft plans to invest $80 billion on AI-enabled data centers in fiscal 2025. Read here.

Microsoft has paused construction on parts of its $3.3 billion data center campus in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. Read here.

AWS plans to invest at least $11 billion in Georgia to expand infrastructure to support AI and cloud technologies. Read here.

A 13-building data center campus costing $17 billion has been proposed for Atlanta, Georgia. Read here.

Lincoln announces 540MW 131-acre data center campus in Dallas, Texas. Read here.

Powerhouse and Provident Partner to Develop Hyperscale Data Center Campus in Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Read here.

Planned $12bn Hut 8 data center in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, gets green light. Read here.

Cloverleaf reveals plans for 1,000-acre data center campus in Port Washington, Wisconsin. Read here.

Data center firm TECfusions has acquired a former manufacturing site outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for a planned 3GW data center. Read here.

Gov. Tate Reeves announced on Thursday that the Dallas-based company, Compass Datacenters, is locating its next “hyperscale data center campus” in Meridian. Read here.

Bit Digital acquires Montreal site for 5MW data center. Read here.

RSC Investment Management has filed plans for a 1.9 million sq ft data center campus outside Atlanta, Georgia. Read here.

Donato Solar submits concept plan for solar powered data center in Illinois. Read here.

Serverfarm plans natural gas-powered data center in Georgia. Read here.

Revised plans by developer Balico LLC for a natural powered Data Center in Virginia have been recommended for refusal. Read here.

Iron Mountain Data Center has filed for a permit to expand its Manassas data center campus in Prince William County, Virginia. Read here.

TeraWulf inks ten year data center lease agreement with Core42 at Lake Mariner campus. Read here.

Nvidia’s $3,000 ‘Personal AI Supercomputer’ Will Let You Ditch the Data Center. Read here.

Blackstone raises $1bn for individuals’ infrastructure fund. Read here.

Deep Fission and Endeavour Energy LLC have committed to co-develop 2 GW of nuclear energy to power Endeavour’s expanding portfolio of data centres. Read here.

South America

Brookfield plans to sell Ascenty stake amid Brazil’s Data Boom. Read here.

Brazil Blossoms Into A Data Center Powerhouse With AI’s Rise. Read here.

V.tal’s Tecto acquires land for Sao Paulo data centre. Read here.

Other interesting articles

The Golden Opportunity for American AI. Read here.

Four key trends disrupting data centers in 2025. Read here.

Data Centers Need to Look Beyond Green Energy. Read here.

AI Needs So Much Power, It’s Making Yours Worse. Read here.

Land Barriers: How Zoning Regulations Could Stall Data Center Industry Expansion. Read here.

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