Penzance breaks ground on a new hyperscale data center in Northern Virginia
Penzance, a Mid-Atlantic real estate investment and development firm, has broken ground on a new 45 MW data center in Chantilly, Northern Virginia, in the United States. The 240,000 sq ft hyperscale facility located at 4151 Autopark Circle will be operated and staffed by Amazon Web Services (AWS) under a long-term lease. Construction is expected […]
Amazon, SoftBank to invest US$ 3 billion each in AI push in the US
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and SoftBank both unveiled US$ 3 billion investments respectively this week for rapid acceleration in America’s AI and cloud-computing expansion. Amazon today announced on its website, a US$ 3 billion investment to construct a new data center campus in Warren County, Mississippi. The campus will extend Amazon’s advanced cloud and AI […]
Digital Realty opens 27MW data center in Amsterdam
Digital Realty has yesterday opened its newest AMS11 data center in Amsterdam that adds 27 Megawatts (MW) of IT capacity and increases its total capacity in the country to 159 MW, according to the firm’s press release. The facility is the company’s 12th in the Netherlands and spans across 12,000 square meters of space offering […]
Verne, Nscale ink 15MW deal in Iceland; to deploy 4,600 Nvidia chips in 2026
Verne, a major Nordic data center operator, has signed a 15-megawatt (MW) agreement with hyperscaler Nscale featuring 4,600 NVIDIA advanced Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) to be deployed across Verne’s Icelandic campus throughout 2026, according to the firm’s press release yesterday. The project is set to become one of the region’s largest liquid-cooled GPU installations setting […]
GlobalFoundries buys Advanced Micro Foundry in Singapore in silicon photonics push
GlobalFoundries (GF), a semiconductor manufacturing company, announced on Monday that it has completed its acquisition of Singapore-based chipmaker Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF) to accelerate silicon photonics development and strengthen its global manufacturing footprint as both companies share a focus on innovation and customer-driven design. In a press release, GF said the deal will leverage AMF’s […]
xAI and HUMAIN to build 500 MW data center in Saudi Arabia
Tesla and X (formally Twitter) CEO, Elon Musk has announced his plans to build a 500 MW artificial intelligence (AI) data center in Saudi Arabia in partnership with HUMAIN, the kingdom’s state-backed AI venture, and NVIDIA as the principal chip supplier. Musk revealed the plan while attending the U.S.–Saudi Investment Forum in Washington, D.C on […]
CloudBurst breaks ground on 1.2 GW AI data center in Texas
CloudBurst Data Centers has broken ground on its first 1.2 gigawatt (GW) “Gigacenter” in Central Texas, according to a LinkedIn post by the firm. Located between San Marcos and New Braunfels in Hays County, these gigacenters serve high-density AI and compute workloads. The first phase will deliver 50 megawatts of capacity and is scheduled to come online in […]
Lambda secures US$ 1.5 billion to expand U.S. AI factories
AI data center operator Lambda yesterday announced it has raised US$ 1.5 billion in funding from TWG Global and US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), to develop gigawatt-scale AI factories and supercomputers in the US. The funds are relatively new and are founded by billionaires Thomas Tull and Mark Walter. In a press release, Lambda stated […]
Google opens new AI-focused data center in the Netherlands
Google has opened a new state-of-the-art data center in Winschoten, Groningen, to support rising global demand for AI-powered services across Google Cloud, Workspace, Search and Maps, and expand the company’s Dutch Cloud region, part of Google’s network of 42 regions worldwide. Google began construction on the Winschoten facility in late 2023 and works with nearly […]
Cloudflare outage affects global internet services
Cloudflare’s internet infrastructure experienced a significant outage on Tuesday, temporarily taking down numerous major websites for users around the world. Downdetector, which briefly became inaccessible, reported that the outage affected a wide range of services, including Shopify, Indeed, Anthropic’s Claude chatbot, ChatGPT, OpenAI, Donald Trump’s Truth Social, and Elon Musk’s X. In an official statement, […]