Weekly Data Centre News – 3rd October 2025
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Europe
Nscale Announces $433 Million Pre-Series C SAFE, Building on Historic $1.1B Series B Momentum. Read here.
UK renewable firm Innova submits proposals for ten data center projects with a combined capacity of 4.4GW. Read here.
Elliott explores options for British data centre firm Ark, sources say. Read here.
The Global Centre of Rail Excellence has launched a major new competition to secure an Energy and Data Centre Partner for its 700-hectare site in South Wales. Read here.
Colt Data Centre Services seeks to develop data centre campus. Read here.
Echelon Data Centres Expands into Italian Market Through €3bn Development of Large-scale Milan Site with Immediate Power Availability. Read here.
TIM Enterprise is accelerating the country’s digital transformation with a substantial investment plan of €1 billion over three years. Read here.
Sierra DC plans large data center in Granada, Spain. Read here.
EdgeMode and SUB1 partner to expand data centers in Europe. Read here.
‘Critical’ £1.3bn AI data centre will be built in Essex despite loss of countryside concerns. Read here.
200MW data center planned outside Frankfurt, Germany. Read here.
City’s IPO market roars back to life as US energy and AI data centre developer Fermi lists in London. Read here.
Kao Data has re-launched its trailblazing online learning resource to inspire primary school children towards future careers in the fast-growing data centre sector. Read here.
Project to build green data centre in Leeds under spotlight at Turner & Townsend roundtable. Read here.
Renewables firm FF Ventures plans data center in Aljustrel, Portugal. Read here.
CapMan’s Kolo DC launches data center in Copenhagen, Denmark. Read here.
Datacenter United secures €120 million financing for “significant expansion” across Belgium. Read here.
New Dutch operator House of Data launches, plans two data centers in Netherlands. Read here.
Atman opened WAW-3 – the largest data centre campus in Poland near Ozarow Mazowiecki. Read here.
Serbia signs MoU with e& enterprise to triple national data center capacity. Read here.
Sweden’s Bahnof drops plans for Stockholm data center to focus on Gothenburg bunker facility. Read here.
Middle East & Africa
ByteBridge and Naizak Forge Joint Venture to Boost AI and Hyperscale Data Centers in Saudi Arabia. Read here.
Blue Owl deal cements Qatar fund’s $500bn commitment to US market. Read here.
APAC
OpenAI has teamed up with South Korean shipbuilding firm Samsung Heavy Industries to explore building floating data centres. Read here.
India Data-Center Firm to File for $500 Million IPO in Two Weeks. Read here.
Thailand’s data center boom to drive electricity demand to 6 TWh by 2030. Read here.
Bifrost is ready for service; directly links Singapore to the US. Read here.
New NSW authority ready to fast track data centre projects. Read here.
North America
GIP Nears $40 Billion Deal to Buy Aligned Data Centers in Bet on AI. Read here.
OpenAI now worth $500 billion, possibly making it the world’s most valuable startup. Read here.
Rick Perry’s Fermi cashes in on AI frenzy, valued at $15 billion in Nasdaq debut. Read here.
Microsoft to get 100,000 Nvidia GB300s under Nebius deal; has signed more than $33bn in capacity agreements with neoclouds. Read here.
AI Unicorn Groq Charts Data-Center Expansion Plan. Read here.
Centersquare Builds the Backbone for the AI Era with $1 Billion Expansion Across North America. Read here.
Google is investing in Arkansas with a new data center, energy efficiency programs and more. Read here.
CoreWeave stock closes up 12% after company lands $14 billion deal with Meta. Read here.
PG&E announces $73bn grid infrastructure upgrade plan to meet surging data center demand. Read here.
Crusoe announces flagship Abilene data center is live. Read here.
Project Clydesdale, a 506-acre campus outside Tulsa, Oklahoma, has been approved by the county’s Board of Commissioners. Read here.
NNSA Announces Call For AI Data Centre Projects At Savannah River Nuclear Site. Read here.
TCDC signs LOI to acquire an additional 203 acres for offgrid data center campus in Ector County, Texas. Read here.
Brookfield raises $4 billion at first close of fourth infra debt fund. Read here.
Uptown Charlotte office building to be removed to make way for 4-story data center. Read here.
Metrobloks pitches $500m data center in Indianapolis, Indiana. Read here.
Ohio must adjust data center strategies to maintain ‘Hyperscale hub’ dominance, per report. Read here.
Campaigners call on regulator to block 4.5GW gas powered AI data center in Homer City, Pennsylvania. Read here.
South America
Elea Data Centers Strengthens Capital Structure with Around US$150 Million in ESG-Linked Debenture Issuance. Read here.
Elea Wins Bid to Build 30 MVA Petrobras Data Center in São Paulo. Read here.
X8 Cloud plans AI data center in Paraguay with energy from Itaipú. Read here.
Other interesting articles
Data centers are a gold rush for global real estate — but can funding keep up? Read here.
AI and the Rise of Neocloud: Redefining Cloud Infrastructure in the UK. Read here.
AI set to widen gender skills gap in UK’s GBP £1 trillion tech. Read here.
Site Selection and Incentives for Data Centers — Navigating New Opposition and Legislative Challenges. Read here.
From static builds to liquid cooling: The race to future-proof data centers. Read here.
Inside the data centres powering your phone — and the AI revolution. Read here.
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