Meta breaks ground on US$ 10B data center in Indiana
Social media giant Meta, has started building a new 1GW data center campus in Lebanon, Indiana, through a US$ 10 billion investment. This will be the company’s second data center campus in the state which is designed to meet growing AI and computing demands with high bandwidth, low latency, and improved reliability. According to a […]
Paper explores engagement models for Australia’s data centre expansion
A new academic paper by UTS Transdisciplinary School academic Dr Bronwyn Cumbo argues that participatory design could provide a structured way for local governments and communities to engage with Australia’s rapidly expanding data centre sector, as state governments accelerate support for new developments. The paper, Opportunities for Participatory Design in Shaping Australia’s Data Centre Futures, […]
New York lawmakers propose temporary moratorium on data centers
New York State Senator Liz Krueger and Assemblymember Anna Kelles have recently introduced legislation to impose a temporary, three-year moratorium on new data center construction across the state. The legislation responds to growing public pressure since December 2025, when over 50 groups called for a moratorium, citing unsustainable resource use and rising utility costs. According […]
Armada and Nscale collaborate to deliver global AI and edge infrastructure
Armada, a San Francisco-based modular data centers provider and AI platforms distributor, and Nscale, a European AI infrastructure builder, have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to deliver both large-scale and edge AI infrastructure for enterprise and public sector customers worldwide. According to a press release, the collaboration will bring modular data center infrastructure, GPU […]
Imperial College and Digital Realty launch HPC system to advance AI and scientific research
Imperial College London, a research university specializing in Science, Engineering, Medicine, and Business, has partnered with Digital Realty a global data center, colocation, and interconnection solutions provider, to host the university’s first direct liquid-cooled (DLC), high-performance computing (HPC) system at the company’s Woking data center. The deployment represents a major step in Imperial’s effort to […]
nLighten acquires one data center from oXya in Émerainville France
nLighten, a European digital infrastructure platform, has acquired a data center in Émerainville, east of Paris, from managed services provider oXya. The move strengthens nLighten’s presence in one of Europe’s key digital hubs and adds to its portfolio of over 30 data centers across seven countries. According to a press release, the Émerainville facility marks […]
India offers tax holiday till 2047 to foreign cloud service providers using Indian data centers
India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made a surprising announcement while delivering the nation’s budget on Sunday, offering foreign cloud service providers a tax holiday till 2047 if they use data centers in India to offer services globally. This is subject to these foreign companies also providing services to Indian customers through an Indian reseller. The […]
DayOne eyes Finland for 560 MW data center facility
DayOne, a Singapore-based data center developer, has planned development for a data center in Klaukkala, Nurmijärvi, Finland that could reach 560 MW in total grid power. This initiative follows DayOne’s broader investments in Finland, including a EUR 1.2 billion (US$ 1.4 billion), data center project in Lahti and a joint venture in Kouvola. According to […]
UpCloud opens data center at former NATO munitions bunker in Norway
UpCloud has announced that its new data center in Stavanger, Norway, has gone live, extending its cloud infrastructure across the Nordic region. What’s exciting about this data center is that it is located at the site of what was once a NATO ammunition storage facility, deep inside a granite mountain! In an official blog UpCloud […]
V.tal announces Synapse a new submarine cable connecting U.S. and Brazil
V.tal, a digital infrastructure company in the Americas, is launching a new international submarine cable system called Synapse, linking Tuckerton, New Jersey, to São Paulo, Brazil. The cable will span approximately 9,700 kilometers and feature 16 fiber pairs, aiming to enhance digital connectivity between the two countries and expand international data traffic capacity across the […]