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, […]
Crusoe tops off final AI data center in Abilene, Texas
Crusoe has marked a major milestone in its AI infrastructure expansion by topping out the eighth and final building at its flagship Stargate data center campus in Abilene, Texas. The campus is being developed by Crusoe and leased to Oracle and OpenAI. Construction began in July 2024 as part of the Lancium Clean Campus with […]
EDF, OpCore in talks to repurpose power plant in Paris
EDF and OpCore, a joint venture between Iliad Group and funds managed by InfraVia Capital Partners, have entered into exclusive negotiations with a view to developing a data center of several hundred megawatts on the site of the former Montereau-Vallée-de-la-Seine thermal power plant, located in the municipalities of Vernou-La-Celle-sur-Seine and La Grande-Paroisse (wider Paris metropolitan […]
EdgeMode to buy five AI data centers in Spain
EdgeMode, a global energy and AI-focused data center infrastructure company, has signed a definitive agreement with Blackberry AIF (BAIF) to acquire and develop five major data center sites in Spain. The assets will be transferred to a new special purpose vehicle (SPV) with EdgeMode holding a 75 percent stake and BAIF 25 percent. EdgeMode will […]
Forestalia to invest US$ 14 billion in three Aragon data centers
Forestalia, a renewable energy developer, plans to invest €12 billion (US $14 billion) to construct three data centers in the province of Zaragoza from 2028 or 2029, according to a report by euro press. Forestalia plans to power the data centers, located in Magallón, Botorrita and Alfamén, with 50 per cent renewable energy namely wind […]
Google invests US$40 Billion in 3 data centers in Texas
Google plans its largest investment in any state in the U.S. with US$ 40 billion and establishing three new data-center campuses across Texas as announced last Friday in Midlothian by Governor Greg Abbott and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. These facilities will power next-generation AI systems, strengthen cloud services for businesses, and expand the technical backbone […]
ESR debuts 80-MW data center in South Korea
Asia-Pacific real asset owner and manager ESR has announced plans to build its first data center in South Korea in partnership with Seoul-based Wide Creek Asset Management. The 80-megawatt facility spanning a nine-storey complex is named KR1 Data Center. Construction is scheduled to begin this week in Incheon’s Bupyeong district and will be fully operational […]