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Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends
Vapat proposes 160MW Valladolid data-centre campus
Vapat has proposed a 160MW data-centre campus in Valladolid beside its wind assets and La Mudarra substation, with the project under environmental review.
North America Datacenter Trends
Big Tech adds community commitments to data-centre plans
OpenAI, Meta and Microsoft are putting community funding, construction jobs and greater disclosure into data-centre development as local opposition grows.
Global National Telecom Trends
Meta files for Aurora US-Denmark subsea cable
Meta’s 7,268km Aurora cable would link New Jersey and Denmark with 24 fibre pairs, while launch capacity remains undecided.
North America Datacenter Trends
Starcloud raises $250m for orbital data centres
Starcloud will use the new funding to expand spacecraft manufacturing and Nvidia engineering work as it develops larger orbital computing systems.
Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends
ACT keeps data-centre approvals open
Canberra will keep assessing new data-centre projects under existing rules while the federal government develops national standards for large facilities.
North America Datacenter Trends
Prometheus, Istmo plan 2.5GW gas-powered Texas campus
The Reeves County project would start with 1.5GW of behind-the-meter generation using pipeline natural gas and on-site ethane, with first power targeted for 2027.
North America Datacenter Trends
Alberta plans setback rules for AI data centres
Alberta is preparing setback rules for large data-centre projects after residents pressed officials over developments planned near homes.
North America Datacenter Trends
Nvidia invests in powered-land developer Cloverleaf
The minority investment brings Nvidia into the site and power work that takes place before AI hardware can be installed in a data centre.
North America Cloud Services Trends
DigitalOcean’s database incident blocked the next cluster, not every database
For more than nine hours on 23 August, DigitalOcean reported errors creating new Managed Database clusters through its Control Panel and API. The incident moved from a broad multi-region description to fixes in NYC1 and NYC3, exposing a practical fault line between a cloud…
Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
Akamai withdrew its first explanation for India edge degradation
Akamai initially linked an Edge Delivery incident in India to a third-party service provider, then withdrew that attribution 19 minutes later. It implemented a fix and moved the incident to monitoring after 4 hours and 25 minutes, but had not published a replacement cause or a…
Europe and Middle East Regional ISP Trends
Amphora Connect switches on West Mersea fibre network
Amphora Connect's 18km fibre route from Colchester to West Mersea is live, putting around 4,000 homes and businesses within reach.
Global Institutional Trends
Belden's $1.85bn RUCKUS Bet Turns Full-Stack Networking Into a Debt Test
Belden now owns the Wi-Fi, switching and management layer it said was missing from its network portfolio. The acquisition was paid for with secured floating-rate debt, so the test is no longer the breadth of the catalogue: it is whether the combined stack can produce cash and…
North America Datacenter Trends
TVA raises data-centre rates, adds capacity charge
TVA is making large data-centre projects commit to power capacity earlier, while offering interruptible service where permanent supply is not yet ready.
Latin America and Caribbean National Telecom Trends
Colombia cancels Amazon fibre tender after costs rise
Colombia has cancelled a planned Amazonas and Putumayo fibre network after its estimated cost rose 67.1% and officials identified delivery risks.
Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends
Singapore allocates 200MW to four data-centre operators
Digital Realty, Equinix, Keppel Data Centres and STT GDC have each received 50MW for projects planned on Jurong Island.
Story
AFRINIC appeal panel remains unnamed after deadline
AFRINIC sought nominees for three seats on a five-member appeals panel. Ten days after the deadline, its live page still published no current members.
Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends
China shifts AI data-centre capacity west for power
China is placing more computing capacity in western regions where renewable power, land and cooler climates are easier to secure.
North America Datacenter Trends
Data-centre orders push US suppliers to expand factories
Generac and Siemens are expanding US manufacturing as data-centre orders increase demand for generators and electrical equipment.
Story
AFRINIC says GovCom is ready, but its term clock is not
AFRINIC published the committee’s names and end dates. Without start dates, its one-year Board liaison cap and the 2026 transition remain unverified.
Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends
Cloudflare records 48-minute 5xx window on Singapore–North America path
Cloudflare says some customers encountered elevated 5xx errors and timeouts between North American origins and its Singapore data centre from 01:06 to 01:54 UTC on 23 August. The incident was resolved, but its public narrative appeared after the stated impact window had closed.