Weekly Data Centre Digest – 7th February 2025
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Reports
Data Center Capex to Surpass $1 Trillion by 2029, According to Dell’Oro Group. Read here.
Knight Frank: Data Centres Global Forecast Report. Read here.
Cushman & Wakefield: EMEA Data Centre Market Update H2 2024. Read here.
Europe
The UAE will invest between €30 billion and €50 billion to build Europe’s largest AI data centre in France. Read here.
Virtus to build 70MW Milan data centre in European expansion push. Read here.
Verne expands Helsinki data center campus with strategic site acquisition. Read here.
Panattoni gets green light for 88MW Barcelona data center, Spain. Read here.
Scandinavian Data Centers launches its first ecosystem site. Read here.
Greece to Develop 18 Data Centers by 2030. Read here.
Data4 is raising EUR 3.3 bln in funding for the further development of the company across Europe, including the advancement of projects in Poland. Read here.
Data center operators in Norway have been given until July 1 to comply with new transparency regulations. Read here.
The UK government is set to overhaul planning rules for nuclear reactors, making it easier to build new clean energy sources for power data centres. Read here.
Concern UK’s AI ambitions could lead to water shortages. Read here.
MP seeks Government reassurance on Cambois (UK) datacentre after Chinese AI system spooks market. Read here.
An investigation is underway after works started on a controversial data centre (East Havering, UK) – while the proposal is “still being considered”. Read here.
The patch of land in Greater Manchester ‘critical’ for the country’s future. Read here.
Green Mountain selects TClarke to expand its London data center. Read here.
European data centre space shortage expected in 2025 as AI booms. Read here.
AVK is expanding its European footprint with a new service hub in Lelystad, Netherlands. Read here.
Middle East & Africa
Batelco has signed a heads of terms contract at Capacity Middle East, for the development of the first White Space Data Centre in Bahrain. Read here.
Qatari telco Ooredoo Group has announced plans to build a subsea cable connecting seven countries in the Middle East. Read here.
Aramco Digital, Armada, and Microsoft deploy AI-driven edge computing in Saudi Arabia. Read here.
Tlou Energy to build data center in Lesedi, Botswana. Read here.
APAC
A donation of $100 million from the Khuda Family Foundation, the largest ever made to the University of Sydney, will fund an ambitious 20-year program, creating a pathway for girls from Western Sydney into STEM education and careers. Read here.
E& expands Fujairah SmartHub by launching 1.5 GW data center. Read here.
SingTel secures $476 million green loan to develop data centre. Read here.
Samsung C&T focuses on transport and data centre projects amid semiconductor slowdown. Read here.
The data-center boom drives growing profits for Singaporean asset manager Keppel. Read here.
CtrlS Datacenters building 125 MWp of solar to power site in Mumbai. Read here.
Capitaland Investment commits over US$700 million to build its first data centre in Japan. Read here.
Converge ICT to Launch New Data Center in Caloocan. Read here.
North America
Amazon plans to spend $100 billion this year to capture ‘once in a lifetime opportunity’ in AI. Read here.
Alphabet expects to invest about $75 billion in capital expenditures in 2025. Read here.
OpenAI’s Stargate AI data centre expansion eyes new locations. Read here.
Prologis plans 10GW of data centers over 10 years. Read here.
Denver firm Tract seeks to rezone 700-plus acres for data center park in Chesterfield. Read here.
Yondr breaks ground on 27MW data center in Toronto, Canada. Read here.
SoftBank has invested $50m in cryptomine data center firm Cipher Mining. Read here.
New Era Helium and Sharon AI finalize JV to develop 250MW net-zero data center in Texas. Read here.
Crusoe, Kalina partner to develop natural gas powered AI data centers in Alberta, Canada. Read here.
Cryptocurrency mining firm Bitdeer Technologies Group has acquired a 101MW gas-fired power project in Canada where it plans to develop a 99MW Bitcoin mining operation. Read here.
520-acre data center campus planned in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Read here.
Amazon is looking to develop another data center in Ohio. Read here.
Corscale breaks ground on hyperscale data centre in Virginia. Read here.
Hundreds of acres in the western part of Chesterfield would be dedicated to data center projects. Read here.
FirstLight doubles capacity at former NATO data center in Maine. Read here.
TA Digital Group Announces Senior Leadership Team Comprised of Seasoned Data Center Industry Executives. Read here.
New York pension dives into data centers amid $2.1bn in alts commitments. Read here.
South America
Latin America’s newcomers to the datacenter arena. Read here.
Why battery storage will be key for Brazil’s booming datacenter sector. Read here.
Other interesting articles
Big Tech’s $1T Gamble. Read here.
Data Centres are booming – with and without AI. Read here.
European data centre space shortage expected in 2025 as AI booms. Read here.
AI to drive 165% increase in data center power demand by 2030. Read here.
Call to make tech firms report data centre energy use as AI booms. Read here.
PTC’25 | How local communities can shape global connectivity. Read here.
Building smart: An inside look at sustainability in data centre construction. Read here.
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