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- Austria's A1 appoints Jiří Dvorjančanský as new CEO 17 MayDvorjančanský will begin the role in September
- Biofuel firm proposes 12MW data center in Port Talbot, South Wales 17 MayWould draw power from company's Western Wood power plant
- Vultr adds AMD Epyc 4005 series processors to cloud platform 17 MayCurrently available on Vultr Bare Metal, soon so come to Vultr High Frequency Cloud Compute
- GlobalWafers opens Texas wafer fab in Sherman, plans $4bn additional US investment 16 MayCompany to produce 300mm wafers at 142-acre campus in Texas
- European cloud providers still not satisfied with Microsoft's licensing reform efforts 16 MaySecond report rates Microsoft as amber, again
- Proposed data center blocked by planning authority in Chesapeake, Virginia 16 MayFacility would have been located next to residential area
- Lights get turned off at Bitfarms’ Argentina mining facility by local energy company 16 MayBitfarms sees cryptomining halted at Argentina data center
- Charter strikes $34.5bn deal to acquire Cox 16 MayThe merger will create the biggest cable operator in the US
- Insurer Marsh McLennan selects AWS as preferred cloud provider 16 MayCompany to migrate majority of on-prem infrastructure to AWS
- Canada's Beacon AI Centers appoints Josh Schertzer as CEO as company targets 4.9GW roll-out 16 MaySchertzer joins from Blackstone
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- Former Cumulus Execs Launch New Data Center Firm With $1B Equity Commitment 16 MayA private equity and infrastructure investor plans to deploy $1B into the formation of a new data center development company. Five Point Infrastructure LLC is investing in the creation of PowerBridge LLC, led by former Cumulus Data CEO Alex Hernandez and...
- Saudi Firms Pledge More Than $20B In Data Center Projects Across U.S. 14 MayThe Trump administration has put data centers front and center in touting what it says is Saudi Arabia’s commitment to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in the United States.
- AI Is Changing A Key Data Center Site Consideration, But Not In The Way The Industry Expected 11 MayArtificial intelligence is making network connectivity a far more complicated — and far more critical — part of the data center site selection equation.
- Google Teaming Up With Nuclear Project Developer For 3 Sites 8 MayNuclear developer Elementl Power said Wednesday it will partner with Google to set up three sites for advanced nuclear reactors. Google, along with Meta and Amazon, have increasingly looked to nuclear power as they work to meet the massive...
- Musk's xAI Removes Gas Turbines From Memphis Data Center After Public Outcry 7 MayElon Musk's xAI has removed some of the natural gas turbines that have been powering its Colossus data center in Memphis. The turbines have received criticism from residents and environmental groups that claim the company is operating them without permits...
- Developer Pitches 2.4M SF Georgia Data Center Campus 5 MayAtlas Development has filed plans to build a 2.4M SF data center campus near Rome, Georgia, the fifth major project the data center newcomer has proposed in the state so far this year.
- Data Centre Developers Waiting For Next Generation Of Buyers To Emerge 5 MayBillions of dollars have flowed into data centre development in the UK and Europe in the last few years. Now, developers are seeking buyers for stabilised assets so they can sell up and redeploy capital into building even more.
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- Compu Dynamics Expands Data Center Infrastructure Expertise for the AI Era 16 MayOriginally posted on Data Center Frontier. Compu Dynamics has emerged as a significant player in the data center construction and operations sector, particularly with the recent introduction of its Full Lifecycle AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC) Data Center Infrastructure Solutions offering. This development reflects the company’s strategic evolution to meet the growing demands of AI and […]Emily Frye
- Southern Europe’s Bubbling Tech Transformation 16 MayOriginally posted on The Straits Times. MALAGA, Spain – Perched on the edge of Europe, the Iberian Peninsula looks out from the old world towards the new. This strategic position is one of its biggest assets in the bubbling tech transformation taking place in Spain and Portugal. The burgeoning growth, specifically in data centres and […]Emily Frye
- Duos Edge AI Sets Pace for U.S. EDC Expansion 16 MayDuos Edge AI, Inc is accelerating its mission to bring high-density, low-latency compute power closer to the communities that need it most. The Jacksonville-based company, a subsidiary of Duos Technologies Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: DUOT), has confirmed it is on track to have 15 modular Edge Data Centers (EDCs) under contract by the end of 2025, […]Emily Frye
- Inside the Sines DC, Possibly the Coolest Data Center in the World 15 MayOriginally posted on ITPro. This sustainable AI data center in Portugal has repurposed the ocean cooling infrastructure of a discontinued coal plant There’s a reason why most coal power plants were built by the coast. It’s the ocean, nature’s liquid chiller, where they can pipe cooling seawater through their systems and reduce the heat from […]Emily Frye
- Powering Profits: Reducing OPEX in Data Centers with Smarter Energy Planning 15 MayEnergy costs associated with powering the increase in artificial intelligence and cloud computing are top of mind as the industry looks to power data centers more efficiently and effectively. Operational expenditure (OPEX) costs for data centers are considerable, with the massive amounts of electricity needed to power and cool the facility contributing greatly to its energy […]Emily Frye