We look at some of the latest data center developments announced over the past month.
The demand for new data centers isn’t showing any sign of slowing. With new projects announced each week, keeping track of the latest data center developments is not always easy.
To keep you informed about the latest data center news involving design, construction, and related developments, we bring you the highlights from the past month.
This curated selection will help you stay on top of the latest data center development news with ease.
Google’s data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where the company has pledged a further $7 billion of investment. Image: Google.
North American Data Center Deals
As recent research reveals, hyperscalers are on track to command 60% of global data center capacity by 2030, the industry’s largest operators continued to announce new construction projects this past month.
Google has committed another $7 billion toward cloud, AI infrastructure, and workforce development programs in Iowa. Building on its history of spending in the state, the company plans to develop a new data center in Cedar Rapids and expand an existing facility in Council Bluffs.
In North Carolina, Amazon announced a $10 billion expansion of its Richmond County data center infrastructure. According to the company, its investment will create 500 high-skilled jobs in the state and bring education and training programs to local communities.
The hyperscaler also announced a $20 billion investment in Pennsylvania to build AI campuses. The first are slated for Salem Township and Falls Township, with future sites still being determined. This will be the largest capex in the state’s history.
Northern Data Group released plans for a 20 MW-capacity facility for HPC and advanced AI model training. The Pittsburgh-located data center investment was announced as a foothold in North America, as the German-based company eyes future AI infrastructure projects in the US.
Elsewhere in Pennsylvania, Constellation Energy confirmed Three Mile Island will begin producing power for Microsoft by 2027, a year ahead of its initially-projected schedule. Renamed the Crane power plant, the company is working to restart the Unit 1 reactor, which shut down in 2019.
EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure is planning a 3.9 million sq.ft data center campus in Virginia with the capability of supporting 1.1 GW of power. Located on 697 acres of land in Louisa County, the project marks the company’s third data center in the state.
In what may be an industry first, Cove Architecture has completed the design for a 10,000 sq. ft Colorado data center using entirely AI-driven processes. The project is currently going through the permitting process.
Sabey Data Centers broke ground on the final phase of its Ashburn data center campus expansion in Loudon County, Virginia, with an expected ready-for-service date in 2026. The additional capacity will initially deliver 18 MW of power capacity, with an additional 36 MW projected.
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MSB Global Services celebrated a groundbreaking ceremony for a 3 GW data center campus in partnership with the city of Sulphur Springs and Hopkins County.
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Crusoe and Redwood partnered on a 2,000-GPU data center on Redwood’s Nevada campus, powered by used batteries.
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Talen announced a power purchase agreement with Amazon to supply the hyperscaler with 1,920 MW of carbon-free electricity.
Verne’s Helsinki data center campus, which is currently being expanded to meet rising demand for sustainable, high-performance computing. Image: Verne
European Data Center Developments
In Europe, the EUDCA’s inaugural State of European Data Centers report indicates that the continent’s data center industry is projected to receive €100 billion ($114 billion) in investment by 2030 as the continent focuses on data center sustainability.
Investment continued at pace over the past month, beginning with VDR Group planning a 300 MW data center outside of Pamplona, Spain. The four-building facility is estimated to be completed by 2029 and will cost approximately £3.3 billion.
In the UK, SWI Group announced its first data center in the country, a 330 MW facility located between Cambridge and Peterborough. The data center marks the fifth hyperscale data center in the EU under the group’s AiOnX banner.
Renewable energy developer Apatura proposed a £3.9 billion ($5.3 billion) green data center in Scotland’s former steelworks mill, Ravenscraig. The 160-acre site would host 550 MW of grid connections by 2030.
Hochtief launched a new entity, Hochtief Data Center Partner Limited, as it seeks to expand its data center strategy into the UK and Ireland. News of the venture, which plans a network of data centers across the British Isles, was joined by the announcement by the company of a land purchase agreement for a new data center in Erding, Germany.
The Jupiter supercomputer in Germany has reached speeds that rank it fourth among the top five highest-performance computers in the world. More than 793 petaflops were recorded on the supercomputer, which is owned by public-private venture EuroHPC, a performance that enables faster simulation, training and inference of the largest AI models, including for climate modeling, quantum research, structural biology, computational engineering, and astrophysics.
After a five-year wait, Microsoft has opened its first Azure cloud region in Austria. Utilizing hydropower from local power plants, the region comprises three availability zones and will begin processing data in August.
The company first committed to building the data center region in Austria back in 2020, along with a skilling initiative intended to reach the country by last year.
Asia-Pacific Data Centers Builds
In Asia-Pacific data center news, India’s breakneck data center growth continued as Delhi-based developer Anant Raj said it will spend $2.1 billion on data centers, complementing its Haryana facility with two more data centers, with the goal of reaching 300 MW capacity by 2032.
Japanese company NTT secured backing for its takeover of data center operator NTT Data Group, a ¥2.37 trillion ($16.3 billion) deal that will simplify its corporate structure and center AI in its global strategy.
In Australia, Amazon plans to invest $13 billion to develop data center infrastructure by 2029. The largest global tech investment in the country to date, the commitment would be focused in Sydney and Melbourne data centers.
Singaporean operator DayOne secured $3.5 billion of multicurrency funding to support green data centers in Malaysia’s Johor state. The loan will be used for refinancing and capex of the company’s data centers.
East Jakarta will see the development of a Tier 4 hyperscale co-location facility after Aslan Energy and JIEP signed a binding Heads of Agreement. Located on a 40,000 sq.m site, the data center will host up to 7,000 racks and integrate a 120 MW-hour battery energy storage system.
Meanwhile, in Tokyo, ST Telemedia Global Data Centres launched its first in-country Japan data center. The facility is the first of two buildings in a data center campus that will support up to 70 MW of capacity and features a behind-the-meter solar photovoltaic system, which powers essential operations.
A joint venture between Digital Edge and Thai energy producer B.Grimm Power plans to invest approximately $1 billion to develop next-generation hyperscale data center campuses across Thailand. The partnership’s flagship project will be a 100 MW development in Chonburi province.
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Chinese officials teased a wave of innovation that will generate more than 100 DeepSeek-like breakthroughs in the coming 18 months.
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New research reveals that Malaysia, Thailand, and Japan will lead Asia-Pacific data center expansion through 2030.
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E-commerce leader Alibaba opened a third data center in Malaysia, with a second facility in the Philippines scheduled to open in October.
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