Australian ministers back push for new rules tying data centre growth to energy supply
State and federal energy ministers have agreed that data centres should fully offset their electricity demand through new renewable generation and firming under proposed measures, marking a significant step towards tighter oversight of the sector’s energy use. In a joint communique issued following the Energy and Climate Change Ministerial Council (ECMC) meeting, ministers said data […]
Yondr Group’s third Slough data center is ready-for-service
Yondr Group, a London-based private company that develops, owns, and operates hyperscale data centers for major global technology firms, has achieved the ready-for-service (RFS) milestone for the third data center on its 100MW London campus in Slough. This is a 40MW facility for which construction commenced in early 2025. The company had previously announced the […]
CDC lands 555MW deal to push contracted capacity past 1GW
CDC Data Centres has secured a 555MW data centre contract with a US customer, in what is described as the largest data centre deal in Australia’s history – equivalent to around 40% of the country’s total operating capacity. The long-term agreement, which has a minimum term of 10 years and can extend to a total […]
KCDI acquires Hochheim site for data center development
Kauri CAB Digital Infrastructure GmbH (KCDI), the data center subsidiary of German asset manager Kauri, has purchased a 55,000 sqm site in Hochheim, for a planned hyperscale and AI workload data center. The site sits in the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main area, part of Europe’s largest data center hub FLAP-D market and Deutsche Commercial Internet Exchange (DE-CIX). It […]
NEXTDC launches AUD 1.5bn raise as contracted capacity surges
NEXTDC has launched a AUD 1.5 billion equity raising alongside an expanded funding package, following a sharp increase in contracted data centre capacity driven by hyperscale and AI demand. The company said pro forma contracted utilisation rose by 250MW (60%) to 667MW since December 2025, while its forward order book increased by 83% to 544MW, […]
Amazon signs 430MW renewable deals in Australia as energy demand rises
Amazon has announced nine new renewable energy agreements in Australia, adding 430MW of capacity and bringing its total contracted renewable portfolio in the country to around 990MW. The portfolio includes a mix of wind, utility-scale solar, distributed solar, and battery storage projects across New South Wales and Victoria, marking the company’s largest renewable investment in […]
Goodman advances Los Angeles data centre push as DigiCo withdraws
Australian-based global data centre developer Goodman Group is moving ahead with a new AUD 1 billion+ Los Angeles data centre development, as DigiCo Infrastructure REIT has withdrawn plans for a separate project in the same metro, highlighting diverging outcomes in one of the most constrained US markets. Goodman has partnered with DataBank to deliver a […]
Prime Data Centers to build 550 MW data center campus in Denmark
Prime Data Centers, an international hyperscale developer and owner in partnership with Brunswick Real Estate, have revealed plans to build a 550 MW data center campus in Esbjerg, Denmark. For this they have acquired a 640,000-square-meter site on Nordre Tovrupvej from Esbjerg Municipality. The construction for the ESB01 data center project could begin in 2027, […]
CapitaLand Ascendas REIT to invest S$ 1.3 billion in Singapore and Japan assets
CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (CLAR) will invest S$ 1.31 billion (US$ 1 billion) to acquire three assets in Singapore and Japan, as it expands its logistics, business space and data center portfolio. The REIT acquisitions are expected to lift distributions on a pro forma basis, distribution per unit (DPU) would rise by about 2.1 percent, or […]
Australia moves to tighten grid rules for data centres
Australia’s energy rule-maker has proposed new grid connection standards for large data centres, warning that rapidly growing AI and cloud workloads could pose risks to electricity system stability if the facilities disconnect suddenly during network disturbances. The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC), an independent statutory body that advises Australian governments on energy market rules, last […]