Weekly Data Centre News – 2nd October 2026
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Reports
Bain & Company: AI Data Center Boom: Can We Build It If They Come? Read here.
Goldman Sachs: Power demand, cyclical progression and Sustainability implications. Read here.
Bloom Energy: The New Rules of AI Power. Read here.
Data Centers in Illinois: Economic impacts and key policy considerations. Read here.
Europe
Nscale Limited announced its $3.36bn raise via convertible loan notes, led by Third Point. Read here.
Submer Group Launches Corenix to Deliver Modular Data Center Platforms for Accelerated Computing. Read here.
Huge 7.3-hectare Amazon data centre approved in Buckinghamshire. Read here.
Fawley Power Station data centre work could start in 2027. Read here.
Three more data centres planned for green belt site (UK). Read here.
A plan for a “massive” data centre close to a small village could claim a large area of land on the edge of the Cheshire countryside. Read here.
Plans submitted for ‘world’s largest data centre campus’ in Scotland. Read here.
Planning Submitted For £16.5 Billion Data Centre near Annan. Read here.
Google wins planning permission for Dublin data centre extension. Read here.
Plans unveiled for ‘largest’ data center in Italy. Read here.
Electricity retailer Energa Obrót signs letter of intent for 100MW data center in Konin, Poland. Read here.
Caverion to build €15M substation for Nebius data centre in Finland. Read here.
NxN enters Portugal with 1MW data center and plans to invest €100m. Read here.
Global Switch to host large Nvidia Blackwell deployment at Paris data center. Read here.
Lefdal Mine acquires data center development site in Norway. Read here.
Middle East & Africa
Gulf courts private capital with power-ready AI data centres. Read here.
APAC
Japan plans $140bn AI data centre push with Dell and Jera. Read here.
Plan for controversial Sydney data centre scrapped after push-back. Read here.
CDC wins approval for AU$203.5m Beard 2 data centre in Canberra. Read here.
Microsoft to Double Taiwan Data Centres as AI Demand Outpaces Supply. Read here.
HyperDC lodges plans for a 400MW data centre at Moorabool, near Geelong. Read here.
Philippines telco Globe bets on AI and data centers for next billion-dollar growth. Read here.
Microsoft gets approval for AU$1.26bn, 96MW Sydney data centre. Read here.
JERA to Build Large AI Data Center near Tokyo. Read here.
Macao developer plans 40MW AI data center using prefabricated solution. Read here.
North America
Amazon to invest $1bn over the next five years to US Data Center communities. Read here.
Inaugurating the era of Super Intelligence. Read here.
Three takeaways from Trump’s ‘Super Intelligence’ summit. Read here.
Samsung Commits $1 Billion to Helix Digital Infrastructure to Support Global AI Infrastructure Buildout. Read here.
Lambda closes $1 billion senior secured fixed rate financing. Read here.
Lambda to build new data center in Mayes County, Oklahoma, generating half a billion dollars in tax revenue over next decade. Read here.
Bain interested in buying Edged US – report. Read here.
Brookfield-Backed AI Data Center Developer 5C Eyes IPO. Read here.
Akamai signs $11.6bn compute deal with Anthropic. Read here.
Crusoe Developing Data Center Campus in Armstrong County, Texas. Read here.
9.4GW SMR-powered data center campus proposed in Utah. Read here.
Amazon Tries to Boost Nuclear Power in Maryland After Scrapping Data Center Deal. Read here.
AB Energy secures 2 GW of power projects for data centres in the US. Read here.
Zone Frontier leases land for up to 500 MW Texas data center campus. Read here.
DataBank Acquires Building Housing MSP2 Data Center in Minneapolis. Read here.
Virginia bans data center NDAs as part of new digital infrastructure framework. Read here.
South America
Araico came out of stealth mode: Latin Americas largest AI Factory platform. Read here.
Google invests $1.2 million in water conservation near Chilean data centre. Read here.
Google to double cloud capacity in Brazil in through 2030. Read here.
Other interesting articles
What It’s Like to Party With 600 Data Center Enthusiasts. Read here.
Data centres are spreading across the UK – and the pressure on our natural spaces is mounting. Read here.
Caterers see a $3.2bn market in feeding AI data centre workers. Read here.
‘South Park’ Will Target ‘Stupid Billionaires’ And Data Centers In New Episode. Read here.
Cracks Emerge in AI’s Debt-Fueled Data Center Boom. Read here.
The Great Data-Center Rebellion. Read here.
Where in Europe is data centre hiring growing fastest – and why do these jobs pay more? Read here.
Inside The Trillions Being Spent On The AI Data Center Buildout. Read here.
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