Gramercy sells its financial backbone before it has a route
Gramercy Networks wants trading firms to pre-order capacity on a five-city network before construction begins, letting demand set the route.
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Alibaba Cloud opens third South Korea data center
The new site lands just over a year after the second, deepening Alibaba's Korean footprint under a $53bn global buildout.
Core Scientific closes Polaris deal, expands Muskogee campus to 1.5GW
The $444 million Polaris acquisition delivers 440MW of grid power and 40 acres, letting Core Scientific push its Oklahoma campus to 1.5GW.
TBC family office files for 300MW data center campus in Northumberland
A UK joint family office has requested a screening opinion for a potential 300MW data center campus, with a second project listed in Didcot.
Tencent Cloud's Johor region lands next to Alibaba
Two availability zones go live this week in southern Malaysia, putting Tencent in the same state Alibaba chose for its June launch.
ABB builds ultracapacitor storage for Ireland's data-center grid rule
A modular behind-the-meter platform pairs ultracapacitors with grid-forming controls to keep Irish data centers connected through fault events as EirGrid's MPID345 code takes shape.
Nigeria to start deploying 3,700 rural towers in October
A World Bank-backed state program will start deploying more than 3,700 telecom towers in October. The goal is mobile coverage for more than 20 million Nigerians.
Koray GYO brings Turkish capital to US data center land
The Turkish REIT is scouting Texas and Louisiana, a new cross-border entrant to the US data center buildout.
CVC DIF takes majority stake in Frankfurt colocation operator
CVC DIF's Value Add IV is buying Firstcolo, whose Frankfurt sites are nearly full, plus a 24MW development due in 2027. The founders stay on to build a German platform.
Sunrun, Voltus turn home batteries into AI data center capacity
A distributed-energy pact lets hyperscaler-backed data center developers bring residential capacity to PJM and MISO interconnections.
DayOne deploys Singapore’s first biological data center prototype
A 20-unit Cortical Labs CL1 system now runs at NUS Medicine, putting lab-grown neurons on the path from research to commercial infrastructure.
Engie's three-party Texas deal adds a layer between QTS and the grid
Renewables Now reports the power deal but does not name the third counterparty. That missing name is the detail to watch.
Two California data center bills advance despite industry pushback
State lawmakers move to keep the AI buildout from raising utility rates and pollution.
California approves Charter-Cox merger with $305 million in conditions
California's approval of the Charter-Cox merger comes with $305 million in required investments and a five-year affordability commitment.
Starlink goes live in Vietnam and signs a launch deal with VinSpace
Starlink switches on in Vietnam as its sixth Southeast Asian market, under a 600,000-subscriber cap and a 2030 sunset. The VinSpace launch deal looks past the trial.
CVC DIF takes majority stake in German colocation operator Firstcolo
The infrastructure fund's purchase lands alongside a Frankfurt data-center exit, pointing to mid-market asset rotation.
Axe Compute puts 49% stake in Duos' 55MW build
The neocloud is buying ownership of the data centers, not just renting capacity.
The inland data center build-out hits a wall of resistance
Seven in ten Americans oppose local data centers, and the industry's next phase has to navigate that opposition.
GDS raises 2026 sales target past 1GW and lifts capex to $1.4B
AI-driven bookings pushed GDS to lift its full-year sales target to 1GW and raise 2026 capex to $1.4 billion.