Power & Cooling
HF Sinclair Launches Direct-to-Chip Cooling Fluid for Data Centers
HF Sinclair's Innovate liquid cooling brand has launched Innovate DTC25, a new direct-to-chip cooling fluid, expanding beyond its existing immersion cooling line.
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Siting & Development
Applied Digital Secures Up to 1GW of Power in Finland, Its First Site Outside the US
Applied Digital has signed an agreement for up to 1 gigawatt of potential power capacity in Finland, marking the company's first data center development outside the United States.
Infrastructure
Ares Expands Investment in Sabey Data Center Properties Past $500M
Ares Secondaries funds have increased their stake in Sabey Data Center Properties, pushing its total commitment above $500 million just months after its initial investment.
Siting & Development
Fawley Waterside Plans Data Center Campus at Former UK Power Station
Fawley Waterside has unveiled a revised masterplan to redevelop the former Fawley Power Station site near Southampton, UK, into an industrial and commercial campus that could include data centers.
Power & Cooling
Vision Group Debuts LiLic Sidecar HVDC Backup Power at YOTTA 2026
Vision Group unveiled its LiLic Sidecar battery backup system for high-voltage DC AI data centers, alongside HVDC, BBU and BESS products, at the YOTTA 2026 conference in Las Vegas.
Data Center AI
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology to Build €24M AI Data Center
KIT in Germany is building a new AI-focused data center at its Campus North site, with waste heat piped into the campus district heating network.
Siting & Development
Crusoe Files Plans for $4.8bn Data Center Campus in Jayton, Texas
Crusoe has filed permits for two new data center buildings in Jayton, Texas, representing a $4.8 billion investment as part of its larger multi-site Project Hyper development.
Power & Cooling
Oracle to Absorb $300M in Rising Point Beach Energy Costs for Wisconsin
Oracle will subscribe to a portion of the Point Beach nuclear plant's output and cover the added cost itself, aiming to save Wisconsin utility customers about $300 million as its Project Lighthouse data center comes online.
Siting & Development
Amazon Pledges $1 Billion to US Data Center Communities, Ends NDAs
Amazon unveiled a five-year, $1 billion 'Built Together' program for towns hosting its data centers and said it will stop requiring local governments to sign NDAs on project talks.
Power & Cooling
Michigan Regulators Approve DTE Power Contracts for Google's 1GW Data Center
The Michigan Public Service Commission unanimously approved DTE Energy's power contracts for Google's 1-gigawatt Van Buren Township data center, with ratepayer protections including a 20-year term and minimum billing guarantees.
Networking
Digital Realty Plans Cable Landing Station Inside LAX12 Data Center
Digital Realty is building its first turnkey subsea cable landing station directly inside its LAX12 data center in El Segundo, California, targeting Asia-Pacific routes by 2028.
Power & Cooling
Valar Atomics Plans 456-Reactor, 9.6GW Nuclear Data Center in Utah
Startup Valar Atomics is seeking federal approval for Project Beehive, a Utah data center campus powered by 456 small modular reactors capable of producing about 9.6 gigawatts.
Power & Cooling
Amazon, Constellation Sign 20-Year Nuclear PPA at Calvert Cliffs
Amazon and Constellation have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement tied to a 190-megawatt uprate at Maryland's Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant, unlocking more than $3 billion in infrastructure investment.
Data Center AI
Gimlet Labs and Cerebras Plan 100MW of Wafer-Scale AI Inference
Gimlet Labs and Cerebras Systems will deploy 100 megawatts of wafer-scale inference capacity, targeting AI response speeds of up to 3,000 tokens per second.
Data Center AI
Global Switch to Host One of Europe's Largest Nvidia Blackwell Deployments in Paris
Global Switch says its Paris data center has been selected to host one of the biggest Nvidia Blackwell GPU deployments in Europe, promising a five-times inference performance gain over past models.
Siting & Development
Amazon Buys 2 Million-Square-Foot Sepang Site for Malaysia Data Center
Amazon Data Services Malaysia has agreed to buy roughly 1.98 million square feet of land in Sepang, Selangor from developer Sunsuria for RM316.84 million (US$77.66 million).
Siting & Development
Crusoe Confirmed as Developer of Google's Armstrong County, Texas Campus
Crusoe announced it is the developer behind Google's data center campus under construction in Armstrong County, Texas, near Amarillo.
Power & Cooling
Vertiv Adds 22,000 Square Meters of Power and Cooling Manufacturing in Slovakia
Vertiv is expanding its Nove Mesto nad Vahom campus in Slovakia by about 22,000 square meters to build more power, switchgear and liquid-cooling equipment for AI data centers.
Networking
Vocus to Build 4,000km Fiber Route Linking Brisbane and Darwin
Vocus is building a 4,000km ducted fiber route connecting Brisbane, Townsville, and Darwin to serve growing hyperscaler and data center demand in northern Australia.
Siting & Development
Tuscaloosa County Approves $314.5M Incentives for Applied Digital AI Campus
The Tuscaloosa County Economic Development Authority unanimously approved a 20-year incentive package for Applied Digital's $3.2 billion Delta Forge 2 AI data center near Brookwood, Alabama.
Data Center AI
Nscale Raises $3.36 Billion in Pre-IPO Financing Led by Third Point
AI cloud platform Nscale has raised $3.36 billion in convertible loan note financing ahead of its planned IPO, with Nvidia committing an additional $1 billion tranche.
Power & Cooling
Vertiv to Acquire King Environmental Services, Expanding EMEA Cooling Services
Vertiv has agreed to acquire Ireland-based King Environmental Services, adding fluid-management and cooling-infrastructure testing capabilities across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Siting & Development
Prologis Proposes 514,000-Square-Foot Data Center in North San Jose
Prologis has filed plans for a 99-megawatt data center at 326 Charcot Ave. in North San Jose that could open in 2030, pending city and state approval.
Data Center AI
Cipher Digital Extends Barber Lake Data Center Lease to 20 Years
Cipher Digital has extended the lease on its Barber Lake AI data center in Texas from 10 to 20 years, pushing total contracted revenue at the site from $3.8 billion to over $9 billion.
Siting & Development
Microsoft Pledges More Than $10 Billion for Gulf Cloud and AI Expansion
Microsoft says it will invest more than $10 billion in cloud and AI infrastructure across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait through 2030.
Power & Cooling
Oracle Cites Force Majeure on $165 Billion Project Jupiter Data Center
Oracle sent a force majeure notice over its Project Jupiter AI data center in New Mexico, seeking the right to delay payments if the site misses its 2028 opening after repeated pipeline permit denials.
Data Center AI
IonQ to Deploy First Quantum Computer at Nvidia's Quantum Research Center
IonQ will install its Superion 256 quantum computer at Nvidia's Accelerated Quantum Research Center next year, linking it to an Nvidia GB200 NVL72 system.
Power & Cooling
Schneider Electric Launches WCDU Hybrid Liquid-Air Cooling Unit
Schneider Electric has launched a new Motivair coolant distribution unit that combines liquid and air cooling in one system for high-density AI data centers.
