Weekly Data Centre News – 9th January 2026
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Reports:
JLL: 2026 Global Data Center Outlook. Read here.
EPOCH AI: AI Chip Sales. Read here.
PWC: Transforming India into a trusted global data hub. Read here.
Europe
KKR and Oak Hill Capital Commit Nearly $2 Billion to Leading European Data Center Platform Global Technical Realty. Read here.
Compute Nordic gets permission to build 212 MW data center in Finland. Read here.
Magnora takes majority stake in planned 120MW data center project in Hämeenlinna, Finland. Read here.
London player Colt targets data centre migration to expand Singapore market share. Read here.
Middle East & Africa
Saudi Arabia launches 480MW Hexagon data centre. Read here.
Nebius secures 80MW Israel capacity in $880 million Mega Or build. Read here.
RailTel to set up data centre in Ethiopia. Read here.
APAC
DayOne Data Centers Announces Over US$2.0 Billion Series C Financing to Accelerate Global Digital Infrastructure Expansion. Read here.
HCMC sets up task force to expedite US$ 2 billion data center. Read here.
Summit Group plans first data centre in Bangladesh. Read here.
Bain Capital-Backed Bridge Data Centres Plans Foray Into Japan, Australia, Middle East. Read here.
Japan’s largest data center cluster to come up in Toyama prefecture. Read here.
Lum Chang inks deal with MyTelehaus to build data center in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. Read here.
North America
Elon Musk’s xAI to build $20 billion data center in Mississippi. Read here.
CoreWeave Extends Its Cloud Platform with NVIDIA Rubin Platform. Read here.
Nvidia-Backed Cloud Provider Lambda in Talks to Raise $350 Million Ahead of IPO. Read here.
Microsoft revealed as company behind controversial data center proposal in Michigan township. Read here.
Microsoft plans data center campuses in Dorr and Lowell Townships, Michigan. Read here.
Meta locks in multi-gigawatt nuclear power deals to fuel AI and data centre growth. Read here.
Crusoe gets go-ahead for 1.8GW data center campus and power plant in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Read here.
Prologis eyes 13-building data center development in Indiana. Read here.
Navy reactors eyed for Tennessee data centre. Read here.
How is STACK Infrastructure linked to Caddo, Bossier data center deals? Read here.
Vantage completes latest data center in Montréal, Canada. Read here.
More details emerge on Data Center proposal (Alabama). Read here.
Principals, Developers Plan Hyperscale Data Center In New Mexico. Read here.
Marana Town Council approves rezoning for Luckett Road Project, 600-acre hyperscale data center. Read here.
Digital Realty files to expand Digital Dulles campus in Northern Virginia. Read here.
Skybox eyes six-building data center campus in San Angelo, Texas. Read here.
Wilmington planning commission tables vote on $4B Amazon data center. Read here.
Rowan starts construction on 300MW data centre campus in Texas. Read here.
RadiusDC looks to build two data centers outside Indianapolis, Indiana. Read here.
Duos Technologies deploys new edge DC in Texas. Read here.
Digital Core REIT leases Virginia data center to unnamed cloud provider. Read here.
Other interesting articles
The Fight Over Making Data Centers Power Down to Avoid Blackouts. Read here.
Data centers get makeovers to blunt NIMBY criticism. Read here.
Data centers were 40% of PJM capacity costs in last auction: market monitor. Read here.
Data Centers are Lousy for the Planet. Should We Move Them to Space? Read here.
Southern California’s unlikely AI mecca is this very industrial city. Read here.
How would an AI ‘bubble’ impact Wisconsin communities hosting data centers? Read here.
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