Weekly Data Centre News – 22nd August 2025
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Europe
Plans in for phase one of 6m sq ft Cambois data centre (UK). Read here.
500MW solar park and AI campus planned in Weida-Land, Germany. Read here.
€3 billion Kildare data centre plan faces fresh objections. Read here.
Kildare County Council gives green light for €3 billion ‘next generation’ data campus. Read here.
Billion dollar data center project proposed in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Read here.
E-Werk and Leitwerk plans data center in Lahr, Germany. Read here.
Google finally ramps up plans for Austrian data center – 17 years after buying land. Read here.
QTS plans data center in Forssa, Finland. Read here.
Goodman Group launches European data centre partnership. Read here.
Rayner faces legal challenge over AI data centre on green belt (UK). Read here.
Foxglove launches UK’s first legal challenge against the construction of a hyperscale data centre and to defend our power, water and environment. Read here.
Consultation launched on £2bn AI data centre plans for Plean. Read here.
Construction of Green Mountain’s Hamar Data Center Generates Significant Economic Impact. Read here.
Middle East & Africa
Ooredoo has announced the launch of the Salalah Data center and Submarine Cable Landing Station (Oman). Read here.
Oman Data Park taps local developer for 1.4MW onsite solar project at data center. Read here.
Digital Realty launches third data centre in Lagos. Read here.
Madari Space to launch first orbital data centre in 2026. Read here.
APAC
Data centres drive Goodman’s $15b global pipeline. Read here.
Equinix issues US$ 505 million Singapore green bonds for global total of US$ 9.5 billion. Read here.
STACK Infrastructure to invest US$ 1.66 billion in data center in Johor: Zafrul. Read here.
Prestige Group to develop data center in Navi Mumbai. Read here.
North America
Sam Altman: OpenAI Will Spend ‘Trillions’ On Data Centres Despite AI Bubble. Read here.
OpenAI Weighs Letting Other Companies Tap Its Data Centers. Read here.
Meta signs $10bn+ cloud deal with Google – report. Read here.
Vantage Data Centers Unveils Plans for “Frontier,” a $25B Mega-campus in Texas to Meet Unprecedented AI Demand. Read here.
JPMorgan, MUFG Lead $23 Billion Loan for Data-Center Campus. Read here.
Mint plans 600-MW Bitcoin mining, AI data centre powered by renewables. Read here.
Yondr Group accelerates US growth with 550MW Dallas campus. Read here.
Avaio targets $6bn Mississippi data center campus outside Jackson. Read here.
EdgeConneX and Lambda To Build AI Factory In Chicago With Industry-Leading High-Density Data Center Infrastructure. Read here.
Controversial $14 billion data center proposal delayed again by Bessemer council. Read here.
Plans for Meta data center at Lebanon Leap District advance. Read here.
Microsoft breaks ground on data center campus in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Read here.
Metropolitan Development Commission approves Google Data Center in Franklin Township. Read here.
Thor Equities acquires Ohio site for 500MW data centre development. Read here.
530-plus acres of new data centers planned in Lancaster. Read here.
Crusoe Aims for $10 Billion Valuation in New Round, Buys GPU Startup. Read here.
Blackstone Credit & Insurance and Aligned Data Centers Expand Financing Partnership, Surpassing $1 Billion in Commitments. Read here.
Atmosphere Data Centers Secures Strategic Growth Investment from AGC Equity Partners. Read here.
Galaxy Digital closes $1.4bn debt facility for Helios data center campus in Texas. Read here.
GI Partners Closes Continuation Vehicle and Strategic Investment from GI Data Infrastructure in Flexential. Read here.
Data center owners urge US Treasury to keep renewable energy subsidy rules. Read here.
Aalo Atomics raises $100M to build a microreactor and data center together. Read here.
South America
Elea Signs MoU With Oracle and Rio de Janeiro City Hall to Advance Data Center Project. Read here.
Brazil’s communications ministry launches consultation on major data center plan. Read here.
PEC Energia eyes data center project at Serra das Vacas wind farm. Read here.
Elea Data Centers wins major Petrobras tender with US$420mn bid. Read here.
LATAM data centre market could triple in size in 12 months. Read here.
Data Center Growth (Mexico) Needs More Generation Capacity. Read here.
MTP launches second phase of Edge data center in Merida, Mexico. Read here.
Other interesting articles
Gearing Up for the Gigawatt Data Center Age. Read here.
From inside the house: Data centres tackle public perception and sustainability progress. Read here.
Could Water-Free Data Centers Move from Concept to Reality? Read here.
Building for energy independence: Accelerating data center construction with alternatives to utility power. Read here.
The economic pros and cons of building more and more data centres in the UK. Read here.
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