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Nigeria is gearing up for a $1.6bn data centre surge, with capacity set to nearly quadruple in five years. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

A 300,000 sq ft (27,870 sqm) data center costing $1 billion has been proposed for Little Rock, Arkansas. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

Amazon joins Microsoft in pausing global data centre projects. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

Data centre mergers and acquisitions in 2025. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

EU sets out plans to ‘at least’ triple its AI datacentre capacity over the next seven years. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

Microsoft has reportedly canceled data center leases amid shifting infrastructure priorities. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

A new £1 billion data centre at Park Royal ‘will power London’s digital growth’. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

Nvidia & xAI Join Big Tech in AI Infrastructure Partnership. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

CoreWeave signs $11.9 billion contract with OpenAI ahead of IPO. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

Azora, a leading international alternative investment management platform, through its subsidiary platform, Tillion Data Centres, has announced the development of a new Data Centre (DC) in Zaragoza, located in the region of Aragon, Spain.

Attending Data Centre World 2025 this year felt like stepping into the nerve centre of an industry that never stops evolving. Unable to attend the event? Read our write-up to catch up on some of the best bits.

GreenSquareDC is pleased to announce an up to AUD 1.2 billion investment from Partners Group, one of the largest firms in the global private markets industry, acting on behalf of its clients, to accelerate the development of its Hyperscale and AI Data Center platform across Australia.

Google has launched a new cloud region outside Stockholm, Sweden. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

New collaboration in New Jersey redefines data center construction, featuring unparalleled speed, sustainability, and scalability.

A rocket was just fired into space containing the first data centre to land on the moon, which is both incredible and incredibly corporate in equal measure. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

Construction for the world’s largest data center has been given the go-ahead in South Korea, and is predicted to bring in an initial revenue of $3.5 billion – with an initial project size of $10 billion and the potential to reach $35 billion. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

London has 400 GW of grid requests holding up data centre builds. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

Global construction consultancy, Soben, explores the pressing issues in the sector in its newly published Data Centre Trends 2025: Power, AI, and Progress report, revealing bold solutions to the complex problems reshaping the sector.

UAE to invest billions in France AI data centre. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

Deepseek’s AI breakthrough and what this means for data centres. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

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.

President Donald Trump said that he would use his energy emergency declaration authority to approve power stations for AI data centers. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

UK’s newest data centre company will design, build, and operate high-performance, volumetric facilities at the network edge, supporting real-time AI.

We’ve read JLL’s 2025 Global Data Center Outlook Report and picked out the key takeaways for each of the four talking points: AI, power grids, liquid cooling, and capital markets.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a new cloud region in Mexico.
Dubbed the AWS Mexico (Central) Region, it forms part of AWS’ commitment to invest more than $5 billion in Mexico over 15 years and went live on January 14.

This week was the official launch of Data eXec, a sister brand to DataX Connect dedicated to placing senior-level executives in data centre organisations worldwide.

The $5.0 Billion Investment Can Support Over 2 GW of HPC Data Center Development.

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.

Data centre news: Schwarz Group, the owner of German supermarket chain Lidl, is planning a new data center campus in Lübbenau. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

Data centre news: The UK government’s pro-digital infrastructure approach could reap rewards for developers. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

The Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) of Greece and Serverfarm, a global data center developer and operator, announced today the signing of a Heads of Agreement regarding the formation of Gemini, a Joint Venture with the objective of developing and operating state-of-the-art, hyperscale-ready data center facilities in Athens and elsewhere in Greece, on sites owned by IPTO.

Data centre news: US President Joe Biden is weighing using executive action to boost data centres that power AI. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

Kevin O’Leary in cooperation with the Municipal District of Greenview to develop the world’s largest AI Data Centre Industrial Park ‘Wonder Valley’ in the Greenview Industrial Gateway (“GIG”) near Grande Prairie in North West Alberta, Canada.

With over 500 HVO-powered mtu generators sold and delivered to the data centre sector, representing nearly 1.3 GW of standby power capacity, AVK’s and Rolls-Royce’s partnership exemplifies the scale, sustainability and dependability essential for today’s mission-critical environments.

Data centre news: Meta to invest $10bn in AI data centre in Louisiana. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

A group of secondary schools are working in a new, innovative way with forward-thinking digital infrastructure companies to upskilling students in digital and technical skills, after a report calls on the government to act urgently to address a growing digital skills gap that, if left unchecked, could lose the economy billions. 

Applied Digital Corporation has announced that the Company, through its subsidiary, APLD Holdings 2, LLC, closed a $150 million senior secured debt financing with Macquarie Equipment Capital, Inc.

Data centre news: Video-sharing giant says it is ‘pushing as much and as hard as we can’ to secure capacity in Europe for its 175 million EU users. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

The UK’s newest data centre operator plans to open 40 data centres across the UK by 2030, with a focus on enabling AI in the UK with next-generation hyperscale and network-edge volumetric facilities which deliver computing power closer to end users.

Euclyde transforms into nLighten France, advancing local and European Connectivity.

Data centre news: Two Swedish companies have joined forces to develop three commercial greenhouses in Scandinavia, two heated by data centres and one by a cardboard factory. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

Data centre news: Saudi Arabia launches $100bn AI, digital infrastructure mega investment package. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

Data centre news: Plans for Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to establish a nuclear-powered AI centre in the US have been disrupted due to a discovery of a rare bee species on the land targeted for the project. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

Data centre news: DigitalBridge Group has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Yondr Group a global developer and operator of hyperscale data centres, through one of its managed investment funds. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

Data centre news: The Chinese government has opened the doors to foreign investors to operate data centres in the country under a new pilot project. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

ODATA Announces $1.3B Expansion in Colombia, Boosting Digital Development in the Country. The Company Reinforces its Position as a Leading Data Center Provider in the Country with the Announcement of Two New Facilities: DC BG02 and DC BG03, Which Will Offer a Combined Capacity of 144 MW.

Data centre news: Google has signed a deal to use small nuclear reactors to generate the vast amounts of energy needed to power its artificial intelligence (AI) data centres. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

Data centre news: The challenges are many. But building a server farm on the Moon would be the first ‘small-step-for-man-giant-leap-for-mankind’ moment of our century. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

Data centre news: Recent findings from Bain & Company anticipate significant growth in the market for artificial intelligence (AI) products and services, potentially reaching $990 billion by 2027. Read this news story and more from Europe, APAC, and the Americas.

A recent article from the BBC highlights the growing demand for skilled workers in the data centre construction industry, driven by the rapid expansion of cloud services and AI.