Markets – Page 8

2 weeks ago

Capital | Brendyn Lotz

TSMC raises 2026 capital budget to US$ 64 billion as HPC demand surges

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s leading contract chipmaker, has raised its capital budget for 2026 to between…

2 weeks ago

Americas | Conor McNevin

Crusoe and Lancium plan to build a new AI data center in Childress, Texas

Crusoe, an AI factory company in partnership with Lancium, an energy technology and infrastructure company, is planning to develop a…

2 weeks ago

APAC | Jan Yong

USD.AI and BSQ Capital JV allocates US$ 300 million GPU-backed financing for APAC data centers

USD.AI, the financing platform for AI compute assets, and BSQ Capital Partners, a Singapore-headquartered alternative asset manager focused on ‘next-generation’…

2 weeks ago

Americas | Brendyn Lotz

QTS to build up to 11 data centers on Lancium’s Texas campus

QTS Data Centers, a US-based data center operator owned by Blackstone, and Lancium, an energy technology and infrastructure company operating…

2 weeks ago

Capital | Jan Yong

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT to sell data center in Singapore for US$155.6 million

Singapore-based CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (CLAR) is selling a data center in Singapore to an undisclosed buyer for S$200.4 million (US$155.6…

2 weeks ago

GPU and Semiconductor | Deborah Grey

India approves US$ 13.23 billion for Semicon 2.0 scheme to develop domestic semiconductor industry

India’s Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved a total budget outlay of Rs.1,27,500 crore (~US$ 13.23…

2 weeks ago

Americas | Conor McNevin

Blackstone-led group invests billions in Williams power projects

Funds managed by global alternative asset manager Blackstone Credit & Insurance, with participation from Apollo, an alternative asset manager, and…

2 weeks ago

Capital | Jan Yong

AirTrunk targets September, October US$ 1.5 billion REIT listing in Singapore: Reports

Australia-headquartered data center platform AirTrunk is said to be eyeing a September or October public listing of a real estate investment…

2 weeks ago

ANZ | Simon Dux

Macquarie Data Centres acquires AUD 240m Sydney site for planned 200MW AI campus

Macquarie Data Centres has acquired a AUD 240 million development site in Sydney’s Macquarie Park, unveiling plans for a new…

2 weeks ago

Connectivity | Brendyn Lotz

Saemangeum selected for AUG East landing station in bid to attract AI data centers

Saemangeum Development and Investment Agency, Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province, Gunsan City, and the Korea Rural Community Corporation signed an investment…

6 months ago

Americas | Conor McNevin

Amazon stocks plummet following US$ 200 billion AI investment plan announcement

Amazon reported a 14 percent jump in fourth-quarter sales, driven by holiday shopping and growth in its cloud computing unit.…

6 months ago

Americas | Conor McNevin

Google Cloud revenue surges 48 percent on enterprise demand

Alphabet Inc.’s Google division saw robust revenue growth in the fourth quarter, with Google Cloud revenue surging 48 percent to…

6 months ago

Americas | Conor McNevin

New Orleans temporarily suspends data center development pending impact study and zoning review

The New Orleans City Council voted to halt new data center projects citywide while the City Planning Commission (CPC) reviews…

6 months ago

Americas | Conor McNevin

Power of the People Act: Why was it proposed, and who is supporting it?

U.S. Democratic party members and senators Cory Booker and Chris Van Hollen have introduced a new legislation aimed at shifting…

6 months ago

Americas | Conor McNevin

The House Foreign Affairs Committee advances the AI Overwatch Act

The House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) has advanced the AI Overwatch Act during a full committee markup, moving forward a…

9 months ago

Americas | Conor McNevin

DC supply scrambles to match pace with demand in North America: JLL report

The North American data center colocation market faces a concerning conundrum, and has arrived at a critical inflection point with…

4 weeks ago

ANZ | Simon Dux

Transgrid pushes “use it or pay for it” rule to manage data centre demand surge

Transgrid, one of Australia’s largest electricity transmission network operators, has called for new rules requiring large data centre developers to…

4 weeks ago

Data Center | Brendyn Lotz

Telangana reveals plans to build a 1,500-acre data center city

The southern Indian state of Telangana is working to establish its first dedicated data center city, on 1,500-acres at Aloor…

4 weeks ago

Power | Jan Yong

AirTrunk partners ib vogt delivering Malaysia’s first renewable VPPA for data center

Asia Pacific data center platform AirTrunk has signed a long-term Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) with renewable energy platform ib…

4 weeks ago

Policy | Jan Yong

Singapore’s Digital Infrastructure Bill introduces S$1 million fine under new licensing regime

Singapore’s Digital Infrastructure Bill introduces a fine of up to S$1 million (US$770K) , or up to 10 per cent…

4 weeks ago

Data Center | Deborah Grey

DigitalBridge and JEXI launch colocation DC platform in Japan

DigitalBridge Group, a global investor in digital infrastructure, and Japan Extensive Infrastructure Ltd. (JEXI), have announced the formation by their…

1 month ago

Capital | Brendyn Lotz

Tata Communications to invest US$ 152 million to strengthen Singapore-India connectivity

Global communications technology firm Tata Communications has announced that it will be investing US$ 152 million in its subsea cable…

1 month ago

Capital | Brendyn Lotz

SK Group announces US$ 1.36 trillion investment into South Korean expansion

SK Group, a multinational manufacturing and services firm, has announced that it will invest a total of KRW 2,100 trillion…

1 month ago

Outages | Brendyn Lotz

Tata Communications recovers majority of data following Next-Gen Tower fire

Tata Communications, a major player in Indian telecommunications industry, has reportedly recovered a large chunk of the data that was…

1 month ago

ANZ | Simon Dux

Vocus unveils AUD 500m Sydney-Melbourne AI fibre route

Vocus has announced plans to build what it says is Australia’s first ducted long-haul fibre route between Sydney and Melbourne,…

1 month ago

Data Center | Jan Yong

Racks Central’s AIDC Phase 1 on track to open in 1Q 2027

Singapore-based data center platform Racks Central yesterday unveiled a milestone in the construction of its 510MW AI data center campus…

3 months ago

Artificial Intelligence | Deborah Grey

VOLT to build AI factory in Dubai

VOLT UAE, the regional platform established by Dutch data center and AI factory developer VOLT, has entered into a joint…

4 months ago

Artificial Intelligence | Conor McNevin

After UK exit, Stargate pulls out of Norway data center deal as Microsoft takes over

The Stargate project was launched amidst much fanfare in the US last year, and since then it has also announced…

4 months ago

Capital | Deborah Grey

Mistral raises US$ 830 million in debt financing to fund AI DC in France

Mistral AI, a French generative artificial intelligence (AI) company, has reportedly raised US$ 830 million to buy 13,800 NVIDIA chips…

5 months ago

EMEA | Deborah Grey

UPDATE | Bank data center targetted in Iran; concerns rise over retaliation against banks and tech infrastructure

In yet another attack on digital infrastructure amidst the war in the Middle East, the data center of an Iranian…

5 months ago

EMEA | Conor McNevin

Europe launches EURO-3C, a pan-continental digital infrastructure project

The European Commission, together with a consortium led by Telefónica, S.A., and over 70 European entities, has launched EURO-3C, a…

5 months ago

EMEA | Deborah Grey

UPDATE | Amazon, NVIDIA implement emergency measures in the Middle East

In wake of the war in the Middle East, and incessant drone strikes that have damaged at least three data…

5 months ago

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