Weekly Data Centre News – 16th October 2026
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Reports
The Data Centre Boom Has a Workforce Problem. Read here.
The data centre boom is creating enormous opportunities, but who’s going to build, run and maintain all this infrastructure?
This week’s feature looks at the workforce challenge facing the industry, covering skills shortages, talent retention and why we need to do a much better job of attracting people into the sector. I shared a few thoughts with Techerati on where we are, what needs to change and why the robots might be coming sooner than we think.
Europe
SWI Group announces €800 million institutional capital increase at a €6.1 billion final valuation to accelerate the expansion of its transatlantic AI infrastructure and compute platform. Read here.
Nscale’s Flagship Data Center Hit by Delays Ahead of IPO. Watch here.
AI cloud company Nebius has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Volt for data center capacity in the Netherlands. Read here.
Cypher Capital tests investor interest in European data centre land fund. Read here.
VivoPower starts construction at 42MW Mo i Rana data center in Norway. Read here.
AI data centre plans near Menai Strait (Wales) face growing opposition. Read here.
Plans for a huge data centre in Norwich should be blocked as it could harm neighbouring nature sites, an MP and a broadcaster both said. Read here.
Plans for 1.2 GW Drax data centre rejected by government. Read here.
Plans have been drawn up for a huge new data centre and one of the UK’s largest solar farm’s near King’s Lynn in Norfolk. Read here.
How Will Croatia Actually Benefit From the €50 billion Data Centre? Read here.
Echelon to establish Ireland’s first green energy park at data centre campus in Wicklow. Read here.
Castleforge and Galaxy seek investor for Redhill data centre expansion. Read here.
Canterbury approves landfill-powered AI data centre for Era4. Read here.
Planning permission for major data centre development in Co Waterford refused. Read here.
Foresight Signed a Non-Binding Term Sheet to Acquire 50.01% in a 270MW Capacity European Data Center Development Company. Read here.
Uncertainty over data center development in Trzebnica, Poland. Read here.
Council rejects 80MW data center in northern Italy. Read here.
March against hyperscale data centres set for Edinburgh. Read here.
Middle East & Africa
Humain tenders 100MW Riyadh AI data centre. Read here.
APAC
Iren targets 900MW data center campus in Wagga Wagga, Australia. Read here.
NTT to build first data center for Anthropic in Japan. Read here.
Hillhouse Investment, a Singapore-based global alternative asset management firm, has launched TeraNova DC, a new data center platform in India. Read here.
SC Capital Takes Equity Stake in Korean AI Data Centre in $445M Financing Round. Read here.
Colt DCS and RMZ Begin Construction of Third Data Centre in Mumbai to Support Growing AI Demand. Read here.
EdgeConneX Enters Australia in Partnership with Stockland, with Hyperscale Data Center Campuses Planned in Sydney and Melbourne. Read here.
Bitdeer AI Expands Malaysia Campus with New 60MW A103 Facility, Closing in on Up-to-350MW Global Capacity Target. Read here.
Malaysia approves 27 data center projects with US$ 55.4 billion investment. Read here.
Princeton Digital Group seeks US$1.2 billion loan to fund Johor data center: Report. Read here.
A chemical company turned presumptive data center operator is set to build a 500MW hyperscale facility in Maharashtra, India. Read here.
CapitaLand India Trust unveils US$203.2 million Chennai data centre. Read here.
Indian Clean Power Firms Brace for Data-Center Demand Surge. Read here.
AirTrunk nears deal to sell its Johor data centers for US$1 billion: Report. Read here.
SoftBank eyes possible AI data center project in Borneo. Read here.
CapitaLand to launch 53MW data center in Chennai, India, before the end of the year. Read here.
North America
Microsoft unveiled its latest custom chip: Maia 300. Read here.
BlackRock’s Larry Fink warns a data center moratorium could trigger a recession. Read here.
Fermi Signs Credit Support Agreement with AMD and Announces Partnership. Read here.
Gorilla Advances U.S. Market Entry with Proposed 36 MW Data Centre Acquisition and 100+ MW AI Infrastructure Expansion Plan. Read here.
AI data centers are coming for federal land. They’re roiling the Nevada governor’s race. Read here.
Energy firm AEP plans $4 billion investment to power Google’s data center in Wyoming. Read here.
Meta named as company behind 3,000 acre data center project in Mason County, Kentucky. Read here.
Soluna files to build 112MW data center building in Willacy, Texas. Read here.
Plymouth Township data center proposal sparks contentious zoning hearing. Read here.
Amazon pitches 600-acre data center development in Butler County at open house. Read here.
Manchester Group Pitches Massive Data Center at NAVWAR Site. Read here.
Big Watt, PowerHouse secure approval for hyperscale data center campus in Texas. Read here.
Five-building data center campus proposed in Metter, Georgia. Read here.
Johnson County data center offers residents $1,000 yearly payments. What’s the catch? Read more.
South America
How Latin America Is Climbing the High-Tech Value Chain. Read here.
Uruguay signs multi billion dollar deal for 500 MW data center park. Read here.
Other interesting articles
Why Data Centers Have Become Military Targets. Read here.
Data Centre Titans: The Data Centre Boom Has a Workforce Problem – Andy Davis | DataX Connect. Read here.
Investor appetite for data centre IPOs is reaching its limit. Read here.
Across the US, people don’t want data centers coming to their communities. Read here.
The Rate Hike Lands Where the Lease and the Loan Disagree. Read here.
The next big challenge for data centres isn’t more power. Read here.
Building an AI data center costs billions. Defending it is another story. Read here.
The impact of data-centre discontent. Read here.
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