Weekly Data Centre News - 28/02/2025
Weekly Update! Another wild week in the world of data centers! It kicked off with rumors swirling about Microsoft scaling back leases and cutting CAPEX, but the tech giant quickly put those to rest, confirming they "will continue to grow strongly in all regions." Meanwhile, capital keeps flowing into the sector, with major investments reaffirming the industry’s unstoppable momentum. 2025 isn’t slowing down anytime soon..
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Reports
CBRE: North America Data Center Trends H2 2024. Read here.
Cushman & Wakefield: EMEA Data Centre Update H2 2024. Read here.
Europe
Solaria obtains 225 MW to connect data centers in the Basque Country. Read here.
Spain's grid operator gives Solaria greenlight for two data center projects totaling 438MW. Read here.
Stoneshield plans 6.8 million sq ft data center campus outside Santander, Spain. Read here.
Eni partners with UAE’s MGX and G42 to develop 1GW of data centers in Italy. Read here.
Decision due on £10 billion datacentre plans for Cambois in Northumberland. Read here.
Data center to be built in former bunker in Leverkusen, Germany. Read here.
Drax considering using Selby biomass generators to power data centre (UK). Read here.
Telecom Italia has connected its data center outside Milan to a local district heating scheme. Read here.
Middle East & Africa
e& to sell 40% stake in Khazna Data Center Holdings for $2.2bn. Read here.
DataVolt leases land from MODON for new AI data centre in Riyadh. Read here.
Sudlows Consulting announced its acquisition by Kent, a global leader in engineering services. Read here.
iXAfrica unveils first phase of NBOX1 data centre with new KIXP PoP. Read here.
APAC
Alibaba Group to invest $53bn in cloud and AI infrastructure in next three years. Read here.
South Korea’s Jeollanam-do province secures $35bn deal for world’s largest AI data centre. Read here.
Billionaire Robert Kuok’s Grandson Drives $10 Billion Bet On AI Data Centers. Read here.
PLDT explores new data centre investment as CVC talks conclude. Read here.
Gaw Capital, Sinar Primera build Indonesia-Singapore digital bridge with new data centre. Read here.
Turkish satellite firm Türksat to build 21MW data center outside Ankara. Read here.
Colt DCS expands hyperscale data centre footprint with Inzai 4 launch in Tokyo, Japan. Read here.
Blackstone and Panchil Realty to build 500 MW hyperscale data center in India. Read here.
ISPT files to build 170MW data center in Sydney, Australia. Read here.
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres announced the groundbreaking of its first data centre facility in the STT Johor data centre campus – STT Johor 1. Read here.
Singapore unveils guidelines for data centre and cloud operators. Read here.
Bytedance's TikTok to invest $8.8 bln in Thailand data centres. Read here.
North America
Meta in talks for $200 billion AI data center project. Read here.
Meta in Talks to Raise $35 Billion for Data-Center Financing Led by Apollo. Read here.
Microsoft (MSFT) Cancels Data Center Leases While Maintaining $80 Billion Infrastructure Spending Plan. Read here.
Data center in Waukee to expand as part of Apple’s new $500 billion U.S. investment plan. Read here.
Nvidia Reports Record-Breaking Revenue on Blackwell Earnings. Read here.
CoreWeave eyes $4 billion IPO, valuation could exceed $35 billion. Read here.
Rowan Digital Infrastructure announced it closed a further $1.24 billion of construction financing to build the second phase of a flagship hyperscale data center campus in Maryland. Read here.
Vantage Data Centers commits $1.75 billion to expand Canadian hyperscale infrastructure. Read here.
New Era Helium and Sharon AI Announce Letter of Intent to Acquire 200-Acre Site for 250MW Net-Zero AI/HPC Data Center in the Permian Basin. Read here.
Core Scientific Stock Surges After $1.2B Expansion of Data Center With CoreWeave. Read here.
Hyperscale Data to scale Michigan data center to 300MW. Read here.
PowerHouse and Provident to develop 1.8GW campus in DFW, Texas. Read here.
TECfusions Expands Data Center Footprint with 73-Acre Virginia Acquisition. Read here.
Cipher Mining acquires more than 500 acres across two sites in Texas for crypto and HPC use. Read here.
JK Land Holdings gets approval for Greenlin Park in Leesburg, Virginia. Read here.
Direct-to-chip cooling specialist Accelsius has partnered with Nordik Data Centers to build an AI data center in Montreal, Canada. Read here.
Hoffman Estates could see third data center campus with sale of Plum Farms property (Illinois). Read here.
Edged Data Centers Opens New AI-Ready Data Center in Aurora (Chicago). Read here.
Continent 8 launches data center in Missouri. Read here.
Iron Mountain has broken ground on it's first data center in Miami. Read here.
Schneider Electric launches R&D data center in Massachusetts. Read here.
Illinois Teachers commits $300m to US data centre and residential debt funds. Read here.
South America
Entel Bolivia opens new datacenter and announces fiber expansion. Read here.
ODATA Announces Energization of Mexico’s Largest Data Center Campus. Read here.
Other interesting articles
AI Factories: Separating Hype From Reality. Read here.
Does It Matter If Microsoft Is Cancelling AI Data Center Leases? Read here.
How to build data centers without raising grid costs — and emissions. Read here.
Data Center 50: The Hottest Data Center Companies Of 2025. Read here.
Nope. You probably can't cash in by turning your office or farm into a datacenter. Read here.
A rocket was just fired into space containing the first data center to land on the moon, which is both incredible and incredibly corporate in equal measure. Read here.
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Quite unbelievable to see "data centers" but not "data centres" in the intro!