Digital Connexion to invest US$ 11 billion to build 1 GW AI data center in Andhra Pradesh
Digital Connexion has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Andhra Pradesh Government to build a 1 GW data center in the state. For this project Digital Connexion plans to invest approximately US$ 11 billion by 2030. The AI-native, purpose-built data center project will come up across 400 acres of land in Vishakhapatnam. In […]
Aramco and Pasqal deploy Saudi Arabia’s first quantum computer
Aramco, a Saudi-owned integrated energy and chemicals company headquartered in Dhahran, in partnership with Pasqal, a global provider of neutral-atom quantum computing, has announced the successful deployment of Saudi Arabia’s first quantum computer. In a press release, Aramco said that this will also be the region’s first quantum computer dedicated to industrial applications. Pasqal’s system […]
Indian DC operators’ revenue to surge 20-22 percent annually till fiscal 2028: Crisil Ratings
Crisil Ratings expects the revenue of India’s data center operators to reach around Rs 20,000 crore annually by fiscal 2028. This translates to an annual growth of 20-22 percent. It further finds that to cater to the buoyant demand, capacity in the industry is expected to double to 2.3-2.5 GW by March 2028. In a […]
Fossefall acquires Fyresdal Datacenter to establish its first AI factory in Norway
Fossefall has announced an agreement to acquire the Fyresdal Datacenter from Norwegian holding company Norsk Data AS, a move that will establish the company’s first AI factory in Norway. The facility, located in Fyresdal in Telemark, supports 5.5 MW of capacity with room for expansion. Fossefall launched earlier this month with a goal of developing […]
Thailand kicks off “Thailand FastPass” to speed up 80 projects, unlocking 480 billion baht
Thailand’s Economic Policy Committee recently approved “Thailand FastPass” project to unlock 480 billion baht BOI projects under its ‘Quick Big Win Policy’ to expedite large investment projects in strategic sectors such as the data center, industrial estate, clean energy, and electronics sectors, according to a press release on the Board of Investment website. Central to […]
YTL mulls building data center in South Africa
YTL Power International Bhd is exploring building data centres and becoming a power producer in South Africa, according to reports. The conglomerate has targeted building a data center there within a year or two, sad the report, quoting YTL Power executive director Yeoh Keong Hann. Yeoh added that the South African government also requested for […]
JTC, NUS to test green data center innovations on Jurong Island
JTC Corporation (JTC) on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National University of Singapore (NUS) to collaborate on a study commencing in 2026 on the establishment of a Sustainable Tropical Data Centre Testbed Phase 2 facility on Jurong Island. According to a press release by JTC, the testbed expands the scale and […]
Macquarie weighs capital recycling, JV to fund $3bn Sydney campus
Macquarie Technology Group is exploring a major reshaping of its data centre ownership structure as it lines up funding options for a new 150MW+ campus in Sydney, a project expected to cost between AUD 2.5bn and AUD 3bn excluding land. Speaking at the company’s Investor Day, executives said that while the existing AUD 450m syndicated […]
The prefabrication revolution in data centers
Not the biggest, but the fastest. How prefabrication is reshaping the data center race. Data centers were once seen as nothing more than “four walls and a shell” – borrowing from commercial real estate jargon to describe a weather-tight exterior envelope that keeps the elements out. Building this shell is the easy part. The […]