Weekly Data Centre News – 1st May 2026
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Earnings calls
Google: Q1 2026 earnings call: Remarks from our CEO. Read here.
Microsoft: Earnings Release FY26 Q3. Read here.
Meta Reports First Quarter 2026 Results. Read here.
AWS: Q1 2026 Earnings Conference Call. Read here.
Europe
Data Center Pioneers Byrne Murphy and William Conway Return to Nordics to Develop 500+ MWs of Data Center Infrastructure. Read here.
Transatlantic Investment Group Announces €50 Billion AI Data Center and Innovation Campus in Croatia — the Largest Investment in Croatian History and Among the Largest Private U.S. Investments in Europe. Read here.
One of Europe’s largest AI data centres to be built in Croatia. Read here.
Microsoft has been given the go-ahead to build a major data centre complex at the site of a former power station (UK). Read here.
Data centre could ‘transform Alderney’s economy’. Read here.
Plans for AI data centre and solar farm north of Scunthorpe emerge. Read here.
Legal challenge sends data centre plan near Houghton Regis back to the council. Read here.
Polish city of Gliwice to build municipal data center. Read here.
700MW data center planned for Freyenstein, Germany sparks protests. Read here.
Goodman reviews Dutch court decision blocking grid connection. Read here.
KevlinX targets data center development in Genoa, Italy. Read here.
First Silicon Sands (UK) data centre gets green light. Read here.
‘Pivotal milestone’: Harrogate’s Redcentric completes data centre business sale for £123m. Read here.
Middle East & Africa
Huawei unveils North Africa AI strategy at AI Data Center Innovation Summit. Read here.
Middle East data centre investment pauses as conflict disrupts AI infrastructure plans. Read here.
Pure DC commits to Middle East focus backed by in-region solar renewables. Read here.
Anan Data Center to provide 40MW AI infrastructure for Crusoe in Israel. Read here.
APAC
SoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers — and already eyeing a $100B IPO. Read here.
Billionaire Robin Khuda’s AirTrunk Earmarks $3 Billion To Build Data Centers In Malaysia. Read here.
Google Breaks Ground on India AI Hub, Launching a National Industrial Ecosystem Alongside India’s Digital Infrastructure Milestone. Read here.
PDG acquires land in Jakarta, Indonesia, for 240MW data center campus. Read here.
Digital Edge weighs sale options at up to $10 billion valuation – report. Read here.
Macquarie Data Centres partners Macquarie Uni on data centre research. Read here.
Singapore’s floating data center kicks off construction in Q1 2026; completion in 2028. Read here.
Philippines earmarks 4,000-acre land as AI hub under US-led Pax Silica. Read here.
North America
Core Scientific Plans Expansion to 1.5 Gigawatts of Gross Power at Pecos, Texas Campus. Read here.
Hut 8 Announces Pricing of $3.25 Billion of Investment-Grade Senior Secured Notes for River Bend Data Center Project. Read here.
Hut 8 Closes $3.25 Billion of Investment-Grade Senior Secured Notes in Landmark Financing for River Bend Data Center Project. Read here.
Meta: Powering AI, Strengthening the Grid: Innovation in Space Solar Energy and Long-Duration Storage. Read here.
Google to invest up to $40 billion in AI rival Anthropic. Read here.
Related Digital announces financing for $16 billion Oracle data center project in Saline Township, Michigan. Read here.
Switch Announces New Data Center Campus in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Read here.
Investors push for higher yield on $14bn of Oracle-backed data centre debt. Read here.
ValorC3 Data Centers Announces Closing of a Credit Facility With Apterra Infrastructure Capital To Fund the Continued Development of an Anchored Hyperscale Data Center Campus in Boise, Idaho. Read here.
MARA Advances Its Optimized Digital Infrastructure Strategy with Agreement to Acquire Long Ridge Energy & Power. Read here.
OpenAI has effectively abandoned first-party Stargate data centers in favor of more flexible deals — company now prefers to lease compute and says Stargate is an umbrella term. Read here.
BlockchAIn outlines $9.9bn plan for 715MW data center portfolio. Read here.
Brookfield unit drops out of giant data center project in Virginia. Read here.
$4bn data center rejected by Nobles County, Minnesota. Read here.
Pace plans 100MW “Texas first” data center in Glasscock County. Read here.
Digital Realty signs largest ever lease for new data centre in Charlotte. Read here.
Bell Canada to turn Winnipeg food processing plant into AI data center. Read here.
Oracle, BorderPlex, and Bloom Energy to Power Project Jupiter with Cleaner, Water-Efficient Fuel Cell Technology. Read here.
The residents of a small town in Pennsylvania are currently amid a fight for their community, as data center developers have applied for permits to build six campuses within the area. Read here.
A $1.8 billion AI data center is coming to this tiny N.J. town. Read here.
ElectriGen to build and operate 1.8GW behind-the-meter gas platform for data center development in Texas. Read here.
Rehlko Secures Another 1.7 Gigawatts of Backup Power Orders Supporting Hyperscale Data Center Growth. Read here.
South America
I Squared Capital Announces Expansion of its Data Center Franchise in Latin America with the Acquisition of Elea Data Centers, a Leading Brazilian Platform. Read here.
Other interesting articles
AI Boom Exposes Data Centre Confidence Crisis. Read here.
Build data centres in Scotland not London, says Britain’s energy grid boss. Read here.
How OpenAI’s $500bn data centre venture Stargate has shifted shape. Read here.
New data center will be partially powered by human brain cells for the first time. Read here.
Small, connected data centers will power AI, a builder says. Read here.
What’s stalling data center projects? Public opposition and power access lead delays. Read here.
Related Companies CEO Jeff Blau on financing data center projects. Watch here.
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