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Editorial illustration of two data-centre buildings under construction beside farmland, utilities and planning documents in Gilroy.

North America Datacenter Trends

AWS’s Gilroy build exposes the gap between public record and public visibility

Amazon Web Services did not build in Gilroy without paperwork. The city ran a 45-day environmental review, received six comment letters and published the approval record. Yet the 56-acre, 438,500-square-foot campus reached construction without a Planning Commission or City…

Aug 9, 2026
Editorial illustration of an early-stage Texas semiconductor campus with construction, reservoir water, treatment systems and electrical substations.

North America Datacenter Trends

TeraFab’s $16.8bn first phase moves the bottleneck inside the factory gate

SpaceX has now put an address and an opening capital estimate on its TeraFab ambition: Grimes County, Texas, and approximately $16.8bn for an initial phase funded by SpaceX and Tesla. That is a material narrowing of a project that was already visible in prospectus and county…

Aug 8, 2026
Editorial illustration contrasting installed liquid-cooled GPU racks with a larger dark data-centre hall awaiting future deployment.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends

Sharon AI has sold five years of demand before it has started the revenue clock

Sharon AI’s new contract creates a precise commercial promise and an imprecise operating obligation. An unnamed global AI platform has agreed to a five-year, $373m take-or-pay service, with an initial deployment expected to use 2,048 NVIDIA B300 GPUs. Revenue is expected only…

Aug 8, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration representing SKY47 and ZTE's Karakoram-01 data centre in Islamabad, highlighting 8.5MW total power and liquid cooling.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

SKY47 and ZTE launch 8.5MW Islamabad data centre

Karakoram-01 has launched with 8.5MW of stated total power, but available IT capacity and customer deployments have not been disclosed.

Aug 8, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of powered development land, electricity pylons and a substation, representing Harworth's proposed second data-centre land sale.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends

Harworth in talks to sell second data-centre site

Harworth is negotiating a second data-centre land sale at a site with planning and power, while its wider 800MW connection portfolio remains at different stages.

Aug 8, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of a large data-centre campus and electrical substation, representing CDC’s proposed 144MW KC1 project in Kemps Creek.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

CDC files for 144MW Kemps Creek data centre

CDC's 144MW KC1 proposal has entered New South Wales' planning process, but construction and power-delivery dates have not been disclosed.

Aug 8, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of a large data-centre campus in Qatar, representing MEEZA’s planned M-VAULT expansion.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends

MEEZA secures QAR1.6bn for 44MW expansion

MEEZA's new Dukhan Bank facility will fund three M-VAULT projects expected to add about 44MW of data-centre capacity in Qatar.

Aug 8, 2026
Editorial illustration of Angola's voice, messaging, data and internet paths returning to stable nationwide service.

Africa National Telecom Trends

UNITEL has closed the service clock, not the cyber-risk clock

Angola’s largest mobile network now has a declared recovery date. UNITEL says voice, messaging, mobile data and internet service were fully restored nationwide as of 5 August, including third-party services running on its infrastructure. A separate Twilio status record also moved…

Aug 8, 2026
Two conceptual satellite layers arc above a secure European ground-control and terminal network, with part of the lower layer highlighted for expansion.

Europe and Middle East National Telecom Trends

IRIS² now has a 348-satellite implementation baseline, not an operational constellation

Europe’s secure-connectivity programme has crossed an important contractual boundary. The Commission and SpaceRISE have fixed a larger, 348-satellite architecture and a path from detailed design to launches and ground infrastructure. That reduces one kind of uncertainty while…

Aug 8, 2026
Capital pathways converge on one illuminated AI-factory module while successive Australian campus modules remain skeletal or wrapped beside power and cooling systems.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

Firmus’s $2bn commitment buys an execution runway, not live AI capacity

Firmus has received full commitments for a USD2 billion equity round at a post-money valuation above USD10.5 billion. That is a powerful financing signal for an Australian AI-infrastructure platform, but its value lies in what happens after subscription: closing, cash receipt…

Aug 8, 2026
Abstract editorial still life with a blank ledger card, a separate punched index card and a detached collector aperture.

Global Datacenter

KIDC LIMITED’s AS137427 Separates Registry Identity from Routing Observation

KIDC LIMITED’s AS137427 Separates Registry Identity from Routing Observation intelligence summary explains the development, the public evidence available to readers, the organisations involved, the regional context, market exposure, and the infrastructure consequences that may…

Aug 7, 2026
Abstract editorial still life separating a blank registry archive, a sparse declaration rack and a sealed historic observation specimen.

Global Datacenter

Proximity Data Centres’ AS200427 Separates Registry Identity from Routing Evidence

Proximity Data Centres’ AS200427 Separates Registry Identity from Routing Evidence intelligence summary explains the development, the public evidence available to readers, the organisations involved, the regional context, market exposure, and the infrastructure consequences that…

Aug 7, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of a proposed Melbourne data-centre campus beside electricity infrastructure, representing GreenSquare’s planned 240MW MEL1 development.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

GreenSquare plans 240MW Melbourne data centre

GreenSquare plans a 240MW campus in Spotswood with a 220kV power design, while planning approval and grid capacity remain central to delivery.

Aug 7, 2026
Editorial illustration of an off-grid US hyperscale data centre supported by gas-engine power generation, highlighting Everllence’s 480MW engine supply deal.

North America Datacenter Trends

Everllence wins 480MW off-grid data-centre engine order

Everllence will supply 24 gas engines for an unnamed US hyperscale data centre, with commissioning tied to the expansion of the off-grid facility.

Aug 7, 2026
AI-generated editorial graphic showing transmission lines and a data-centre facility with figures for Duke Energy’s 7.6GW of data-centre agreements

North America Datacenter Trends

Duke Energy data-centre agreements reach 7.6GW

Duke Energy has signed 7.6GW of data-centre agreements, with much of the 5GW under construction expected to start taking power from late 2027.

Aug 7, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of a 71-acre data-centre development site in Culpeper, Virginia, showing nearby power and fibre infrastructure

North America Datacenter Trends

STACK buys $66.4m Culpeper data-centre site

STACK has acquired a zoned 71-acre site in Culpeper, but has not disclosed a site-specific power allocation or construction timetable.

Aug 7, 2026
AI-generated editorial graphic illustrating NSF's $100m regional AI infrastructure hubs programme with US research institutions and computing infrastructure

North America Institutional Trends

NSF launches $100m regional AI infrastructure hubs programme

NSF will fund hub coordination, training and workforce development, while regional consortia must separately secure the computing, data and software used by each hub.

Aug 7, 2026
AI-generated editorial infographic representing Asturias’s proposed €1.23bn Digital Valley38 data-centre project in Salas, with ten modules and 120MW of planned capacity

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends

Asturias presents €1.23bn Salas data-centre plan

Asturias has presented Digital Valley38, a ten-module 120MW data-centre project in Salas, with construction planned from late 2027 to 2030.

Aug 7, 2026
AI-generated editorial graphic showing an AI data centre and power infrastructure with SK Telecom AIDC revenue growth of 92.5% and SK Hyper’s 5GW target

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

SK Telecom AIDC revenue nearly doubles in Q2

SK Telecom’s AIDC revenue reached KRW136.2bn in Q2, while SK Hyper must secure sites, build substations and acquire customers for 5GW from 2029.

Aug 7, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of a mobile telecom tower, Ghanaian flag and 5G spectrum licensing imagery representing Ghana’s spectrum process

Africa National Telecom Trends

Ghana extends 5G spectrum application deadline to 27 August

Ghana gives prospective 5G spectrum bidders three more weeks to apply and successful bidders longer to pay before licences are issued.

Aug 7, 2026