The demand for new data centers shows no sign of abating. With new projects being announced every week, it is not always easy to keep track of the latest developments in the data center space.
To keep you up to date with the latest data center news on design, constructionand related developments, we bring you the highlights of the past month.
This curated selection makes it easy to stay up to date with the latest developments in data center development.
North American Data Center Offers
Metahas presented plans to develop a Hyperscale data center in Cheyenne, WyomingOnce completed, the $800 million, 715,000-square-foot campus will be the Facebook owner’s 21st data center in the U.S. and 25th worldwide.
“Cheyenne was an excellent location for Meta to live for several reasons,” the company said.saidlast month. “It has good access to infrastructure and energy, it has a great talent pool and we found a great group of community partners who have helped us move this project forward.”
Regional news publicationCowboy State Daily Newspaperhas been closely monitoring Meta’s expansion in Wyoming. According to the newspaperSolar project worth $1.2 billion plannednear the data center with a capacity to generate enough electricity for 771,000 households.
In Virginia,EdgeCorehas acquired 120 acres of land in the Culpeper Technology Zone and plans to build a 1.4 million square foot data center campus there.The facilitywill be able to support 216 MW of critical IT load. The first power delivery is expected in early 2028.
The news came as Databasebegan construction of a third data center on its campus in Ashburn, Virginia.New facilitywill bring 20 MW of power and 6,500 m² of “HPC-ready” data center space to the already constrained Northern Virginia market.
In the Midwest GoogleIsplan to investanother $1 billion into its data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The technology company said it will contribute to water quality programs in the state.
TA Real EstateAndEdgeConneXhave announced plans to jointly develop a 324 MW data center campus in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Crusoe Energy Systems builds a 200 MW data center at the Lancium Clean Campus outside Abilene, Texas.
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CyrusOne has a Credit line of $7.9 billion At the same time, the company is racing to build more data centers to meet demand from the boom in artificial intelligence.
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Accordingly Local reportsThe city of West Memphis, Arkansas, is taking the first steps to bring a $3 billion data center to the region.
Data center developments in Latin America
In Latin America, Elea Digital Data Centershas announced a 120 MW, $1 billion strategic expansion plan to meet Brazil’s “booming demand” for data centers.
The colocation providerlatest investment planincludes the acquisition of two data center sites in the greater São Paulo area and a large-scale capacity expansion of up to 100 MW in the coming years.
The plants in São Bernardo do Campo (SPO2) and the Tamboré region (SPO3) currently have a total capacity of over 10 MW. The São Bernardo do Campo site also includes a land reserve and a high-voltage substation.
In the meantime, Scala Data Centerscelebrated the groundbreaking ceremony for its first data center in northeastern Brazil. With a capacity of 7.2 MW, theSFORPF01-Facilityis scheduled to be completed by 2028.
According to the company, the investment “underlines Scala’s commitment to economic growth and technological advancement in the region.”
Based in Canada Hive Digital Technologies has agreed to develop a 100 MW hydroelectric data center in Paraguay. The bitcoin mining facility will use “green and clean energy” from the Itaipu hydroelectric plant, the company said. said.
The Uruguayan Ministry of Environment has agreedGoogleThe newly formulated Teros data center project, accordingly Latin American business insight company BN Americas. The project was announced in 2020, but plans for the data center had to be revised due to sustainability concerns.
Yondr has completed the first 20MW phase of its new data center in Slough, UK. IMAGE CREDIT: YONDR
Developments in European data centers
Great Britain dominated European Headlines in the data center last month with Yondr Group Completion of the first 20 MW phaseof its data center building in London, which it says is a “major milestone” for its planned 100MW+ data center campus.
The 30MW building in Slough, west London, was completed in less than two years and is Yondr’s first data centre in the UK. The second building is already under construction on site and will increase capacity by a further 30MW, the operator said.
Also in Slough, Digital Real Estatehasacquired a data center campusfor $200 million. The facility has two data centers with a total capacity of 15 MW.
Elsewhere,Microsoftunveiled plans to build an AI-focused data center on the site of a former power station in the northern city of Leeds. The £2.5 billion ($3.2 billion) project aims to bring over 20,000 advanced GPUs to the UK by 2026.
And in Lincolnshire, a £3 billion ($3.8 billion) data centre could create 400 jobs, BBC reports.
In Spain,AtlasEdgehas acquired land for the development of its second data center in Barcelona.
“With the initial output already secured, the new plant will deliver 10 MW by 2027, with the potential to increase this to 24 MW,” the company said.said.
Italian cloud hosting company Aruba has reactivated a hydroelectric power plant in Melegnano near Milan. The group now has a total of eight power plants with an installed capacity of around 10 MW.
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Based in Germany Northern datais considering aIPO valued at $16 billionbecause the company wants to expand its data centers.
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Spain’s Merlin Properties Socimi said there will be a Share sale to raise capital to finance the expansion of its data center business.
Construction of data centers in the Asia-Pacific region
In Asia-Pacific News from the data center, Amazonwillpartnersigned a contract with the Australian government for a cloud data system to process top secret information, with the aim of improving the country’s cyber capabilities.
Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles announced the partnership with Amazon Web Services, the company’s cloud division, at aPress conference in Canberra last monthand said the government would invest at least A$2 billion (US$1.3 billion) in the new system over the next decade.
The location of the data centers and the type of information stored there were not disclosed.
In Southeast Asia Telecom MalaysiaAndNxerathe regional data center branch ofSingtelThe Digital InfraCo unit ofGroundbreaking ceremonyfor their new data center campus in Johor, whileGolf Energywill spend $271 million toExpansion of the existing data centerin Bangkok, Thailand.
Equinix hasannouncedits planned entry into the Philippines with the acquisition of three data centers fromComprehensive information managementa regional technology solutions provider.
In Japan, Keppel DC REIThas occurred inan agreementto acquire a data center in Tokyo for 23.4 billion JPY (150 million dollars). The multi-story building with freehold rights, called Tokyo Data Centre 1, was completed in 2019 and sold to a “Fortune Global 500 company andHyperscalers.”
“With approximately seven years of lease remaining, there is the potential for positive rental yield and potential for further organic growth due to increasing demand for generative AI and the tight supply of data centers in Japan,” Keppel said.
The news followsCurrent reportsTheNTT Data Groupplanned to launch Japan’s first data center-focused REIT.
Singapore’s Princeton Digital Group plans double the capacity of its data centers in three years to meet the growing demand from global artificial intelligence developers, underscoring the growing interest of technology companies in Asia.
The Warburg Pincus-backed company will hire more than 300 new employees in markets such as Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and India by the end of 2025 as AI drives its growth, Rangu Salgame, PDG’s chairman and CEO, said in an interview.
