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A data-centre cutaway joins a protected unfinished equipment area to closed server cabinets through a partitioned access space with a maintenance cart

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends

Promera buys a link between data-centre building and upkeep

Formula and Critical Area Cleaning bring different customers and stages of work to the same group. The opportunity lies in staying with a facility after construction ends.

Sep 10, 2026
Conceptual powered campus where active mining modules, a central decision junction and an unfinished AI data-centre shell represent MARA and Starwood’s site-level conversion options.

North America Datacenter Trends

MARA’s AI Pivot Is a Portfolio of Site-Level Options

The headline says MARA and Starwood can turn mining campuses into roughly a gigawatt of near-term AI infrastructure. The contract says something more revealing: each property must pass a tenant, engineering and financing test before a ten-business-day choice determines whether…

Sep 9, 2026
A tabletop planning model shows whole capacity bays, sparse server-like modules and loose equipment awaiting placement.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends

Quantum Solutions sizes its GPU order to the data-centre block

The case for more servers came partly from the way the site sells space and power. That is a reason to change an installation plan, not proof that customers will fill it.

Sep 9, 2026
A conceptual Nordic datacentre campus contrasts equipment installation in one hall with maintenance work in another.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends

Google's Finland plan carries two different jobs estimates

The €13bn commitment promises a large building phase. The harder commercial question is which local businesses will still have work when the builders leave.

Sep 9, 2026
A raised grid of teal processor-like tiles connects to branching copper ribbons with unmarked joints above finite architectural supports.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends

Zankore adds bank finance to its revenue-sharing AI model

The lenders are named and a financing route is signed. The terms that would show how customer revenue is divided between the platform, partners and debt obligations remain undisclosed.

Sep 9, 2026
A blank folded agreement connects by copper line to a miniature data-hall model beneath a frosted panel with an unmarked tenant tab.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends

MEEZA's biggest lease leaves its tenant exposure hard to read

A long-term customer commitment is stronger evidence than a capacity plan. It still leaves outsiders unable to tell how this deal changes MEEZA's customer mix or cash-flow timetable.

Sep 9, 2026
A drafting pencil and rolled engineering plan face an inspection platform and transparent outlines of unfinished data-centre halls.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends

Edarat's SAR197.8m award prices services, not a 200MW asset

The Saudi company's latest award puts a value on engineering work. It does not put a price on a completed AI data centre.

Sep 9, 2026
Illustration showing a fibre-optic connection between Melbourne and Sydney with 1.6Tbps transmission and no intermediate regeneration.

Asia-Pacific National Telecom

Telstra tests 1.6Tbps optical transmission over 1,100km

Telstra's 1.6Tbps trial extends optical reach without regeneration between Melbourne and Sydney, but the result remains route-specific.

Sep 9, 2026
Two separate limestone trays hold terracotta forms and a blue ceramic tile beside an empty recess, with a blank translucent sheet behind them.

Africa Datacenter Trends

Egypt's AI factory needs its own price tag

Vodafone Business and Cassava are promising locally hosted AI computing. The surrounding investment figures do not yet tell a customer what capacity is available, what it costs or who carries the delivery risk.

Sep 9, 2026
Illustration of a Texas data-centre campus and power infrastructure showing ERCOT Batch Zero Base Load and Studied Load classifications for IREN and Galaxy projects.

North America Datacenter Trends

IREN, Galaxy receive conditional ERCOT classifications

IREN's Sweetwater hub and two Galaxy projects entered ERCOT's Base Load category, while three other Galaxy sites remain subject to capacity allocation.

Sep 9, 2026
Four open-front stone model bays and two slate panels sit beside a curved copper ribbon and a separate group of terracotta blocks.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends

HSCALE's Spanish deal has two financial clocks

A long-term cloud customer agreement gives a Spanish campus a commercial anchor before first service in 2027. Its contract value and construction budget cannot be combined into a shortcut to payback.

Sep 9, 2026
Editorial illustration of large fibre cable reels representing Verizon's long-term supply agreement with Corning

North America National Telecom

Verizon secures six-year Corning fibre supply

Verizon will receive more than 80 million fibre miles from Corning between 2027 and 2032 for broadband and long-haul network construction.

Sep 9, 2026
Editorial illustration of a Chinese data centre and engineers beside a display showing a PUE target below 1.2 by 2030

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

China targets PUE below 1.2 for new data centres

The 2030 plan applies the efficiency target to new large and hyperscale computing facilities, with measurement details still undisclosed.

Sep 9, 2026
Editorial illustration of engineers reviewing modular power and cooling infrastructure at a planned AI data centre in Gunsan, South Korea

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

SGC, Vertiv design power systems for Gunsan AI centre

SGC and Vertiv are designing power and cooling for the first 60MW of a Gunsan AI data centre that could expand to 300MW.

Sep 9, 2026
Editorial illustration of Pekat electrical-protection work at a Johor data-centre construction site, covering installation, testing and commissioning

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

Pekat discloses RM57m Johor data-centre contracts

Three electrical-protection packages take Pekat's work through installation, testing and commissioning, with completion targets extending into 2027.

Sep 9, 2026
Editorial illustration of two planned Firmus AI factories in Malaysia supporting dedicated computing capacity for OpenAI

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

Firmus signs OpenAI deal for two Malaysian AI factories

OpenAI will take dedicated compute from two planned Malaysian sites as Firmus expands its regional AI infrastructure.

Sep 9, 2026
Editorial illustration of South Korea-US talks over a reported 6.3GW gas-power project in Encinal, Texas, for AI data-centre demand

North America Datacenter Trends

South Korea disputes reported $22.3bn Texas gas deal

Seoul says talks continue over a reported 6.3GW Texas power project intended to serve AI data centres, with no final terms confirmed.

Sep 9, 2026
Editorial illustration of Pampa Energía's proposed data-centre development beside power infrastructure in Neuquén, Argentina

Latin America and Caribbean Datacenter Trends

Pampa studies 500MW Neuquén data-centre project

Prospective investors want a 20–40MW first phase beside Pampa's Loma de la Lata power plant before considering a larger build.

Sep 9, 2026
Editorial illustration of NexAI's acquisition of stakes in Nextier Askara Center and Nextier GenAi Center in Indonesia

Asia-Pacific Datacenter

NexAI completes two Nextier data-centre acquisitions

NexAI has completed two Nextier stake acquisitions, while separate financing plans will determine how much capital is available for further development.

Sep 9, 2026
A glass trust reservoir drains before a telecom gateway, while debt slabs, compounding preferred layers and governance gears separate cash from control.

North America Institutional Trends

GTS’s $400 Million SPAC Deal Has No Minimum-Cash Floor

The proposed NMP combination is presented as a route into public markets for a telecom contractor. Its harder arithmetic starts elsewhere: redeemable trust money, seller debt that survives closing, preferred capital that compounds, and a small class of shares carrying twenty…

Sep 8, 2026