Construction on BDX's 640MW AI campus in West Java, Indonesia, has been halted pending a review of its water supply due to outstanding environmental and building permits.
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Mega-campus approvals signal massive capital deployment, enabling hyperscalers to navigate grid constraints by scaling infrastructure—from power/cooling to AI compute—even in strained markets, fundamentally reshaping network strategy and operational planning across the entire digital ecosystem.
The North America data center report for midyear 2026 highlights historic growth while addressing community acceptance challenges within the digital infrastructure sector.
Virginia leads AI data center readiness in a new ranking, with smaller markets gaining traction due to their abundant power, low-carbon electricity, and favorable water resources.
DCF Global highlights five regions—Spain, China, India, Latin America, and Southeast Asia—as critical hubs redefining the geography of AI infrastructure through various development strategies.
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A 262-megawatt Texas data center intended for OpenAI faced delays in 2025 due to weather and construction, highlighting how infrastructure readiness impacts AI service availability.
AirTrunk plans an additional $1 billion investment in its Inzai, Japan data center campus, aiming to triple its total investment in the country to $30 billion.
European data center expansion is challenged by power limitations, pushing development beyond traditional FLAP-D locations; grid access, construction capacity, and community support are key factors.
Amazon Web Services plans to construct a substantial 36-building data center campus in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, at the Homer City Energy Campus.
Taylor, Texas, is considering annexation and zoning for a 664-acre data center campus projected to generate $5 billion in economic output.
Allan Bosley of Ark Data Centres discusses the UK's evolving data center landscape, public perception, and critical growth drivers like cloud and artificial intelligence.
Data center site selection is now a complex challenge involving grid costs, water usage, and community benefits, moving beyond solely securing power capacity for approvals.
atNorth will construct a 75-megawatt data center in Salo, Finland, with the initial phase scheduled for operation in 2028 and potential for future expansion.
Hypertec's CEO indicated strong consideration for taking their data center firm 5C public, pending the completion of a significant $5-6 billion financing round.
Glendale Planning Commission recommends rezoning for Project Baccara data center campus, moving the decision to the city council despite opposition.
Virtus has secured substantial financing to support its data center build-out projects in the UK and continental Europe, enabling significant expansion.
Applied Digital has announced plans for Delta Forge 2, a $3.2 billion artificial intelligence data center to be constructed in Alabama, with operations potentially commencing by 2028.
Querétaro's data center inventory surged to 298.2 MW with vacancy at 10.6%, driven by hyperscale phases, revealing the concentration risk in emerging clusters and speculative capital underwriting.
UK data center company Virtus has secured a £2.45 billion debt facility to fund expansion plans in London and across Europe.
BDx has commenced construction on AI Campus 2 in Jatiluhur, Indonesia, with the first 120-megawatt building scheduled to become operational in early 2027.
Vantage's $2 billion facility, structured by Evercore and Wells Fargo Securities, closed in September 2026 with institutional investors, designed for revolving data center development.
Eli Lilly is constructing a record $6.5 billion manufacturing facility in Houston, expected to create 600 jobs and enhance the region's life sciences sector.
At Data Centre West 2026 in Calgary, industry leaders focused on the practical challenges of establishing Alberta as a major data center market, including credible power, AI inference, cooling, and grid flexibility.
Zankore has secured up to $3.1 billion to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure projects, beginning in Indonesia and expanding across Southeast Asia with Nvidia-powered technology.
California and Southern California are emerging as key markets for data center development as opposition grows in other regions.
Careful site selection represents the most critical decision phase in the data center development process, preceding any construction activities.
Google committed €13 billion to Finland for a 22-year Fortum contract extending Loviisa's operations to 2050, alongside Ohio's tax breaks and Vantage's $2 billion funding.
A new market entrant is making its presence known in Europe's dynamic data center sector, signaling potential shifts and increased competition within the region.
Nscale has secured the majority of United Kingdom datacenter investment, indicating a significant consolidation in the market.
Houston healthcare organizations face data center and supply chain delays, impacting their expansion plans and race for space.
The number of large-scale data centers in the U.S. is projected to triple by 2030, driven by a substantial AI infrastructure boom and significant tech company investments.
Multibillion-dollar AI data center projects are being planned in Patagonia, but the realization of these developments hinges on addressing power infrastructure and connectivity challenges.
Soaring data center demand and near-zero vacancy are fueling unprecedented growth in emerging markets, according to new reports from JLL and CBRE.
Sabey Data Centers has outlined its community commitments for a proposed Indianapolis campus, focusing on future development and local engagement.
Despite record data center construction in H1 2026, CBRE reports a capacity crunch with falling vacancy rates, as approvals, power, and fiber emerge as key site-selection constraints.
Fort Worth has approved a revised site plan for a ten billion dollar data center campus, advancing a major development in the region.
Gateway Capital has filed plans to construct an 81-megawatt data center on a former industrial site in Sydney, Australia, proposing a five-story facility.
An application has been submitted for a new 200-megawatt data center in Melbourne, Australia, with DoverDC targeting a site near the South Morang Terminal Station.
At ISE Expo 2026, experts discussed the impact of power-first development, new markets, and AI spending on supply chain limitations within the data center industry.
Data center construction is experiencing a boom in 2026, with power, labor, and community concerns presenting significant challenges that require innovative solutions and collaborative efforts for successful buildouts.
Hines is resuming development activities, focusing on scarcity-driven markets as real estate investment volumes decline.
Terronova has commenced construction on a substantial 300-megawatt data center campus outside São Paulo, Brazil, with potential to expand beyond 1 gigawatt.
Digital Realty's bid for Hawthorne Race Course faces opposition due to potential data center development plans on the 108-acre site.
InfraTech plans to invest $2.7 billion to develop a substantial data center campus in Carson County, Texas, with further details anticipated upon deal completion.
Pre-leased data centers only generate revenue after tenant chips arrive, with developer timelines affected by allocation queues and counterparty risk.
Google has revealed its involvement in Project Clydesdale, a planned 506-acre data center development located in Owasso, Oklahoma.
A major hyperscaler has secured a 50MW, 20-year lease at Goodman's Tsukuba Tech Central data center in Japan, with the facility slated for release in early 2028.
DataVita has secured a £300 million debt facility to fund the expansion of its North Lanarkshire data center campus, adding two new buildings.
Anthropic, Macquarie, and GIC launched Theseus Infrastructure, a data center platform, facing delays due to anchor tenant leases, undisclosed equity, and a New York permit pause.
Mass timber use is expanding in construction, driven by Big Tech and congressional support due to eco-friendly benefits and stable pricing.
A 'zero-impact' data center is planned for Florence, Italy, designed to be part of a larger renewable energy hub initiative.
NTT DC REIT reported quarterly net property income of $27.9m, exceeding IPO expectations, with the company currently managing 90.7MW of IT load.
STT GDC has secured up to $1.37bn in funding to support the construction of a 166MW data center in Johor, Malaysia, starting with an initial 16MW phase.
During the second quarter, Breit exited its self-storage business, divesting 79 assets and investing $3.3 billion into its data center arm, QTS.
The EU Gigafactory tender favors balance sheets, with Polarise selling operating skill, but two of its proposed locations are unsuitable, and Phase 2 has a 150 MW floor.
Fermi has secured the first tenant for its Project Matador data center campus, overcoming previous construction and financial setbacks in a significant $6.5 billion deal.
The demand for artificial intelligence and cloud computing, combined with siting flexibility and power economics, is driving the development of multi-building, gigawatt-scale data center campuses.
Digital Realty plans a significant campus development in Kansas City, positioning the city as a top-tier U.S. data center market poised for substantial growth.
CyrusOne has filed plans to develop a $1.5 billion data center campus in Fairfield, Texas, with construction already underway on two of the three planned buildings.
Talen aims to develop a large data center campus in Pennsylvania on a site previously considered for an Amazon campus, potentially spanning 23 buildings.
Brookfield plans a gigawatt-scale data center campus at a Kentucky nuclear enrichment plant, supported by NextEra's natural gas and battery energy storage systems.
Brookfield and NextEra are launching a $100 billion artificial intelligence campus at the former Paducah DOE site, backed by 1.2 GW of compute and dedicated energy storage.
Meta and BlackRock are partnering to develop a data center in El Paso, Texas, which will provide 1 gigawatt of compute capacity upon completion.
Flexential acquired 110 acres near Dallas, Texas, to develop a 108MW, three-building data center campus in Talty.
Phased energization allows data centers to manage power constraints by activating facilities in stages, though this approach has inherent limitations.
AI cloud firm Nebius plans to build a 1.2GW data center campus in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania's Highridge Business Park.
BlackRock is financing Meta's El Paso campus with a $12.3 billion debt package, aiming for 1 gigawatt capacity by 2028, involving major financial institutions.
Data center-related companies are driving record industrial leasing in the US, accounting for 14.4% of new leases as overall industrial leasing grows 44% year-over-year.
Hut 8 has signed a significant lease for a 352-megawatt data center in Texas with an unnamed hyperscaler, fully occupying its Beacon Point campus.
CyrusOne has announced its sixth data center campus in San Antonio, Texas, with the new facility slated for completion by June 2027.
The International Finance Corporation plans to invest up to $175 million in two AirTrunk data centers in Johor, Malaysia, funding expansion and completion.
The former Honey Monster Factory site in London is slated to become a new data center operated by CyrusOne, representing a significant development for the area.
Lancium is announcing mega-campuses with QTS and Crusoe, while Csquare successfully raised capital through an initial public offering on the NYSE, signaling significant investment in the sector.
BlackRock's GIP and ACS have launched their data center joint venture named Coravel, appointing former DXC president Howard Boville as its leader and securing a customer in Texas.
Macquarie DC in Australia has acquired a 34,200 sqm site in Sydney to build a 200MW data center campus, with the first phase expected to be operational by 2029.
Spain's Ferrovial plans to invest €1 billion in a Madrid data center campus, starting with a 60MW facility, to bolster the region's digital infrastructure.
Microsoft will utilize capacity at a Pure DC data center in Finland, contributing to a total site investment expected to reach $8.55 billion.
Meta is expanding its data center campus in Richland Parish, Louisiana, to 5 gigawatts and investing an additional $1 billion in local infrastructure improvements.
Tract is planning to develop a 900-megawatt data center park in Goochland County, just outside Richmond, Virginia.
Microsoft shares data center campus power and water usage metrics, emphasizing the hyperscaler's commitment to transparency regarding community resource consumption.
Despite a preference for Texas, data center developers are maintaining their commitment to California, indicating ongoing strategic investment in the state's digital infrastructure market.
Meta is planning its first data center in Canada, a gigawatt-scale facility with an investment of $9.17 billion in Alberta.
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In a DCD Studio discussion, Paulo Pilu of Turner & Townsend addresses Italy's expanding data center market, detailing permitting and power challenges, and proposing public-private collaboration strategies to accelerate development.
Digital Realty acquired 288 MW of hyperscale capacity in Northern Virginia from Blackstone for $3.5 billion, consolidating the joint venture's infrastructure under full ownership.
Blackstone's subsidiary QTS has withdrawn its Digital Gateway project and concluded its legal dispute.
Digital Realty acquired Blackstone's data center stakes for $3.5 billion, aiming to expand its footprint amid AI demand while potentially indicating Blackstone's strategic shift.
Digital Realty has acquired Blackstone's stake in three Virginia data centers for $3.5 billion, gaining full ownership of 288MW of capacity leased to three clients.
First Street reports that 79 percent of global data center capacity and 86 percent in the Americas are exposed to acute climate hazards.
Only half of the planned datacenter capacity for the United States in 2026 is currently under construction, indicating a significant shortfall.
Google and Intersect Power have initiated construction on a colocated data center and over 1GW energy project in Gray and Roberts Counties, Texas.
New Census data reveals that data center construction has become the largest segment of US office construction, with an annualized rate reaching $50.7 billion in April, surpassing traditional office building projects.
Data center developers are integrating biodiversity metrics into their site selection and planning processes as AI campuses face increased scrutiny regarding land use and environmental impact.
SoftBank intends to construct 5 gigawatts of artificial intelligence data center capacity in France, with the initial phase of development projected to be completed by 2031.
Google will invest $15 billion to establish a new campus in Montgomery County, Missouri, adjacent to an existing Amazon project and secured by a 1 GW Ameren contract under the Project Green framework, utilizing an air-cooled architecture.
DDSP has secured $283 million in financing for a 45MW data center in Johor, Malaysia, which is reportedly pre-leased to a hyperscale customer.
Mistral AI is planning to deploy its artificial intelligence operations within a Digital Realty data center located in Paris, France, to expand its compute capacity.
The proposed nine gigawatt Stratos campus in Utah exemplifies a new approach to artificial intelligence infrastructure development, prioritizing dedicated energy systems, streamlined permitting, and direct control over power sourcing.
I Squared Capital has acquired 10 data centers with 53MW of capacity from Cogent across multiple US states, intending to establish a new US-based operator for these facilities.
Google has announced a $15 billion investment in New Florence, Missouri, which will encompass both data center and energy infrastructure development.
Chile's data center market, particularly Santiago, is closing its doors to single-asset capital due to a vacancy collapse and a 2026 SEIA cooling baseline, with hyperscale demand inversion making an infrastructure-aligned entry window challenging, using Terranova as a test case.
Brookfield has acquired the data center facility in Sunnyvale, California, that is occupied by Equinix, making Brookfield the new landlord for the colocation giant.
A new data center model has been proposed for the EMEA region, offering a strategic framework designed for AI-ready data center deployments across the area.
The era of large-scale data center development, characterized by significant client acquisition, may be concluding.
The journey of hyperscale data centers from site discovery to final investment decision involves crucial steps including stakeholder alignment, site selection criteria, utility interconnection, hyperscaler lease structuring, EPC delivery, and capital sequencing.
Goldman Sachs has acquired QScale, a Canadian data center firm, following a strategic review of the company.
The CEO of Compass Datacenters stated that they are prepared to relocate a significant 12 million square foot project to a different site after deciding to abandon the current location.
Former QTS CEO Chad Williams has launched a new venture, QII, focused on data center powered land development with ambitions for multi-gigawatt projects, though details remain scarce.
Iren, a company formerly involved in cryptocurrency, has acquired Spanish data center developer Nostrum, marking a significant move in the European data center market.
365 Data Centers and Carter Funds plan to develop 200MW of data center capacity in the US, beginning with projects in Colorado and Kentucky.
A 706-acre data center development with a projected capacity of 1.2GW has been approved for construction outside San Antonio, Texas.
Hudson IX is expanding its facilities at 60 Hudson with a new 1 MW data hall and has plans to exceed 10 MW capacity.
Blackstone's QTS subsidiary has filed an appeal in an attempt to preserve its large data center campus in Virginia.
Microsoft has brought 1GW of data center capacity online in the latest quarter and is on track to double its footprint within two years.
Microsoft's Azure growth and a substantial backlog indicate that artificial intelligence demand is outpacing the capacity of data centers in terms of power, cooling, and construction.
Harrison Street and 1547 have reached full occupancy at their Orangeburg data center, with ongoing expansion plans.
Fabien Vieu of Sepia Infrastructure discusses the development of European hyperscale campuses, including land strategy, long-term asset management, and community engagement, in a DCD Studio interview.
Data center firm Kitebrook is targeting new projects in Norway, with financial backing from a co-founder of Carlyle Group, aiming to develop 500MW of capacity.
TikTok is investing over a billion dollars in a new data center in Finland as part of Project Clover, aiming to store European user data exclusively within the continent.
Prologis is planning $2.1 billion in new development, with a significant portion allocated to data centers, indicating a strategic investment in digital infrastructure.
A proposal for a 1.2-gigawatt data center campus spanning 1,000 acres has been put forward in Irwin County, Georgia.
Foresight has enabled a global data center portfolio to avoid $100 million in delays and reduce reporting overhead by 90%.
Blackstone has filed for a real estate investment trust initial public offering for a new unit focused on stabilized, newly-constructed data centers in Tier 1 markets.
Texas and the Midwest are projected to accommodate over half of the new United States hyperscale data center capacity, as artificial intelligence demand drives operators towards regions with abundant power resources.
Spectra Logic and Geyser Data have established a tape archive site in London, UK, which will provide tape-as-a-service offerings.
Real estate firm Stockland has filed plans to construct a 168-megawatt data center in Kemps Creek, Sydney, Australia.
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Nebius is planning the development of a 310-megawatt artificial intelligence data center facility in Lappeenranta, Finland, with initial capacity projected to be operational by 2027.
The $7 billion Halo Vista development has commenced construction near the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's campus in Phoenix.
This week's developments include Nscale and Microsoft's 1.35GW AI factory, Japan's significant $12 billion sovereign compute initiative, and Indonesia's $665 million green loan, reflecting key shifts in capital, power, and policy impacting global AI infrastructure.
QTS completed the acquisition of 1,700 acres of land in Pennsylvania, situated near Talen's nuclear plant and Amazon's planned campus, for future data center development.
Nscale has acquired the 8-gigawatt Monarch Compute Campus, securing a commitment from Microsoft for 1.35 gigawatts of compute capacity intended to utilize Vera Rubin NVL72 GPUs.
Nscale is reportedly in discussions to acquire the 8GW Monarch Compute Campus in West Virginia, which has already cleared regulatory hurdles and secured necessary power equipment.
Goodman and CPP Investments have formed a $9 billion joint venture aimed at developing four new data center facilities across key European hubs including Frankfurt, Amsterdam, and Paris.
Vantage has commenced construction on the massive $15 billion Stargate campus in Wisconsin, which is planned to encompass four distinct data centers spread across more than 650 acres.
Oracle, OpenAI, and DTE Energy have successfully obtained official approval for a substantial $14 billion, 1.4 GW data center project located in Saline Township, Michigan.