Primary Domain
Data Centre
Within the Primary Domain facet, Data Centre intelligence groups reporting by primary domain so readers can follow a focused area of internet infrastructure, governance, connectivity markets, or digital capital. The page brings together related articles, public evidence, institutions, companies, people, regional exposure, operating dependencies, and market context that may otherwise sit across separate category pages. It explains the domain, the likely actor class, the market or governance context, and the source material readers should use when comparing signals. Operators, analysts, and governance readers can see how the same domain appears across events, profiles, market shifts, public-source evidence, regional dependencies, and longer-cycle infrastructure decisions over time.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter
Ilkari adds Croatia's DC North to European operations
Ilkari has integrated the 4MW DC North facility in Varaždin into its European operations while keeping the existing local team in place.
Africa Datacenter
MPT tests data-centre systems before site deployment
Master Power Technologies is using its Midrand testing centre to validate power and cooling systems before they are installed in African data centres.
Global Datacenter Trends
Data centre executives challenge ‘energy guzzler’ label
Industry executives argue that power source, computing output and cooling design give a fuller picture of data-centre resource use.
North America Datacenter Trends
Apple shares fall on chip shortage warning
Apple’s weaker outlook shows how AI-driven memory demand and separate processor shortages are raising costs and limiting device supply.
North America Datacenter Trends
Brookfield, NextEra plan $100bn Kentucky data-centre campus
Brookfield and NextEra plan a 1.8GW Kentucky campus with dedicated gas generation, battery storage and local utility service.
North America Datacenter
Nvidia in talks over $250bn OpenAI Ohio guarantee
Nvidia’s proposed guarantee could support financing for OpenAI’s Ohio lease, but the terms remain under negotiation and the first phase is not yet funded.
Global Datacenter Trends
Molex signs Prysmian fibre deal worth up to €5.5bn
Molex is committing to long-term optical cable purchases as Prysmian prepares to expand fibre production in the US and Europe.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter
IRGC claims cruise missiles destroyed AWS Bahrain infrastructure
The IRGC says it destroyed AWS infrastructure in Bahrain, but Amazon and government officials have not confirmed the attack, and the region was already unavailable after earlier damage.
Global Datacenter Trends
Envision sets 5GW target for Mission Gobi data centres
Mission Gobi combines computing capacity with renewable power, storage and grid infrastructure, but Envision has not named projects for its 5GW target.
Global Datacenter Trends
Microsoft weighs delay to hourly clean-power target
Microsoft’s review focuses on a harder task than annual procurement: matching zero-carbon power to data-centre demand on the same grid, hour by hour.
Asia-Pacific Datacenter
NEXTDC’s SC2 falls outside planned Australian data-centre rules
SC2 is outside the proposed rules, but Australia has yet to say how they will apply to later phases at existing campuses.
North America Datacenter Trends
Canadians fear data-centre power costs
Canadian support for data centres may depend on whether operators can show who will pay for the power and infrastructure their projects require.
North America Datacenter
Soluna appoints Ryan Carver to lead AI data-centre delivery
Carver’s remit spans power, design and construction as Soluna works to define the first phase of its Kati 2 AI campus.
North America Datacenter
Crusoe and Lancium plan 1GW data-centre campus in Texas
Crusoe and Lancium are taking their Abilene partnership to a planned 1GW Childress campus, where power must be ready before data halls enter service.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter
Big Tech reports higher emissions as AI infrastructure expands
Corporate disclosures show that AI infrastructure expansion increases emissions from construction, supply chains, and electricity use.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter
SEGRO and Pure DC Form Data Centre Joint Venture in Paris
SEGRO and Pure Data Centres have formed a second joint venture for a 48 MW data centre in Paris, with construction start subject to planning approval and a long-term lease with a hyperscale client.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter
RAXIO GROUP Secures $380 Million to Support Larger African Data Centre Projects
Raxio secured additional funding as customer requirements across its African data centre platform reach 10 MW and above.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter
Southeast Asia AI Data Centres Face Power Constraints
Power infrastructure emerges as a major obstacle to AI data centre capacity expansion in Southeast Asia despite sustained investment in the region.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter
Wärtsilä warns power infrastructure slowing AI data centre delivery
Wärtsilä says the biggest challenge for new AI data centres is no longer just electricity demand, but delivering reliable power before utilities are ready to come online.
Europe and Middle East Datacenter
Nscale explores on-site power amid grid connection delays
Grid connection delays have pushed Nscale to consider on-site power generation, highlighting how electricity supply is increasingly shaping data centre construction.