Weekly Data Centre Digest – 20th September 2024
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Reports
Cushman & Wakefield: APAC Data Centre Update (H1). Read here.
JLL: U.S. Data Center Report – Midyear 2024 – Top 5 trends. Watch here.
Europe
A new HPC/AI Operator with significant PE backing is set to launch in Europe next week.. Come back next week for more!
New Data Centre in Derry to attract ‘some of the largest global companies and investors’. Read here.
Spain’s Solaria confirms plans for 200MW data center in Puertollano. Read here.
Google says UK risks being ‘left behind’ in AI race without more data centres. Read here.
Google has filed to appeal a council planning decision to deny permission for a new data center in Dublin, Ireland. Read here.
Farmland sites on radar of data centre developers (UK). Read here.
Iberdrola is finalising an agreement with a large investment fund or group of funds to launch a subsidiary specialising in the data centre business. Read here.
Iderdrola SA plans to provide a Spanish data center with a grid connection and renewable power in exchange for up to 20% of the facility, which will cost as much as €2 billion to build. Read here.
European operator Portus Data Centers is developing a new 12.8MW data center in Hamburg, Germany. Read here.
Czech telecoms firm České Radiokomunikace is moving ahead with a 26MW data center outside Prague. Read here.
Goldman Sachs, Igneo Infrastructure Partners, and Wren House among candidates reportedly selected to purchase Nabiax. Read here.
Spain’s Cellnex is exploring a sale of its data centre unit in France. Read here.
Middle East & Africa
Aramco Digital and Groc building mega Inference Data Center in Saudi Arabia. Read here.
Microsoft has partnered with AI company G42 to launch two data centres aimed at promoting responsible AI. Read here.
Sudlows Consulting opened a new office in Riyadh. Read here.
Egypt collaborates with alliance to set up green data center. Read here.
APAC
$300m data center confirmed for Jakarta, Indonesia. Read here.
GE Vernova Integrating Energy Storage for Australia Data Center Complex. Read here.
Princeton Digital Group announced capacity expansion in India to 230 MW, driving an investment programme of around $1 billion in the country. Read here.
CyrusOne KEP breaks ground on Japanese data centre, plans $7bn investment. Read here.
Earths Energy starts scoping study on geothermal for data centres in Australia. Read here.
Global real estate giants are racing to expand their data center footprints in Japan. Read here.
North America
Microsoft, BlackRock to launch $30 billion fund for AI infrastructure. Read here.
Microsoft, BlackRock form fund to sink up to $100B into AI infrastructure. Read here.
Snowhawk announced a strategic investment in CleanArc Data Centers. Read here.
QTS filed plans to build a data center in Dallas, Texas. Read here.
Residents of Bristol share concerns for $1 billion data center proposal. Read here.
Developers for a data center in southwest Fort Worth cleared their first major hurdle on Tuesday night, landing approval of a zoning amendment. Read here.
5C Data Centers announced plans for a 20MW facility in Phoenix, Arizona. Read here.
12 building, 4.2 million sq ft data center campus proposed in Georgia. Read here.
A company is looking to rezone 434 acres in rural Osceola, Florida, for a data center development. Read here.
Digital Realty has filed to expand its planned data center campus in the Garland area of Dallas, Texas. Read here.
Microsoft building another data center in rising hub San Antonio. Read here.
Chuck Kuhn sinks $141M into assembling Manassas sites for data centers. Read here.
White House Launches AI Data Center Task Force. Read here.
South America
Google has hit the reset button on its US$200 million data centre project in Santiago, Chile. Read here.
Claro’s new Argentina datacenter to support network traffic growth. Read here.
Other interesting articles
How data centers and the energy sector can sate AI’s hunger for power. Read here.
The Data Center AI Effect: Supporting Digital Infrastructure Growth. Read here.
Data centers are everywhere. What it’s like to work in one. Read here.
How power-positive data centres can unlock AI’s potential while transforming communities. Read here.
As power shortages threaten the UK’s tech boom, how can bridging solutions help? Read here.
From Crypto To AI: Repurposing Data Centers For The Future. Read here.
The best ‘geographies’ for AI data centers: Schneider Electric CEO. Read here.
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