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AI-generated illustration of multiple data-centre sites across the UAE connected as part of a distributed AI infrastructure concept

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends

UAE weighs splitting Stargate AI campus across sites

A multi-site Stargate UAE could reduce local outage risk, but resilience will depend on how workloads recover between locations.

Sep 14, 2026
AI-generated illustration of an Australian data-centre development beside electricity infrastructure and water systems, representing proposed federal power and water rules.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

Approved Australian data centres may fall outside new rules

ABC found 25 approved but unbuilt projects that may not be covered by proposed federal power and water rules, leaving existing approval conditions to matter.

Sep 14, 2026
An invented Canadian data-centre campus behind five blank evidence plates linked to power, water, local procurement, fibre access and community infrastructure.

North America Datacenter Trends

Canada’s Data-Centre Principles Still Need a Project-Level Receipt

“Must” is a strong word, but it is not a receipt. Canada now says a data centre must pay the electricity-system costs it causes, limit water impacts, disclose local effects, leave durable benefits and add strategic value. That is a useful national test. Yet a mayor, utility…

Sep 13, 2026
A bounded gas conduit feeds an anonymous generator, five transparent accounting chambers and three data-centre halls in different construction stages before a narrow public-grid connection.

North America Datacenter Trends

Project Phoenix Has a 2GW Campus. Its Power Receipt Has Five Meters

Ground was broken in Shippingport with a 2-gigawatt promise on the data-centre side and a 205,000-dekatherm-a-day contract on the fuel side. Those figures are both real disclosures, but they do not meet in the middle. Between them sit conversion losses, the plant’s own load…

Sep 13, 2026
Four staggered steel obligations pass through a transaction frame as a smaller amber maturity exits and a larger cobalt cash reserve remains on a transparent balance-sheet plinth.

Global Datacenter Trends

Dell’s $5 Billion Note Sale Refinances Only $1.75 Billion Due in October

Dell is preparing to sell $5 billion of new bonds before $1.75 billion of existing notes mature on 1 October. Calling the transaction a refinancing obscures the larger movement. The filed pro-forma table repays the October notes, yet still adds $3.25 billion to debt principal and…

Sep 13, 2026
Two commissioning engineers inspect temporary electrical test equipment beside empty server cabinets and an unfinished adjoining data-hall bay.

Africa Datacenter Trends

NDC1's next sale is a defined slice of capacity

Digital Parks Africa's Lagos project puts an exacting question to future customers: which part of a proposed facility can safely anchor a migration commitment?

Sep 13, 2026
An immersion cooling bath, an external network rack and a protected power cabinet share a fictional engineering integration room.

Global Datacenter Trends

Submer and Edgecore bring network design into the cooling plan

A regional agreement gives two existing technology partners a broader planning brief. Its commercial value will depend on how they turn compatible components into an accountable project.

Sep 12, 2026
A fictional data-centre aisle has equipped cabinets on the left and empty rack cabinets on the right, with overhead cable trays and warm daylight from a distant courtyard.

Africa Datacenter Trends

TNM's 52-rack purchase faces two different demand tests

The Kanengo handover gives TNM room for its own systems and an enterprise hosting business. Its earlier acquisition disclosure makes the distinction important: this was not a purchase of an established data-centre profit stream.

Sep 12, 2026
A fictional unbranded chiller with a cylindrical condenser stands beside an open environmental test chamber, with a coil sample on a workbench.

North America Datacenter Trends

Munters brings chiller production and proof closer to US buyers

The expanded Virginia campus joins manufacture, testing and service training. Its commercial promise lies in qualifying cooling equipment near the customer—not in turning factory floor space into ready-to-use computing capacity.

Sep 12, 2026
A divided thermal-management machine sends a heritage seal to an amber industrial bay while licensed light returns to a blue data-centre cooling bay above two retained certificates.

North America Institutional Trends

Modine’s Name, Ticker and Business Are About to Stop Meaning the Same Thing

If the planned separation closes, “Modine” will cease to be a reliable shorthand for one listed company. The remaining issuer is expected to become Modexus Solutions while keeping the NYSE symbol MOD. Performance Technologies will enter Gentherm and continue using the Modine…

Sep 11, 2026
A brass rail switch divides between an illuminated fuel-quality lab and generator line with one board chair, and a dark recovery bay with another chair.

Global Institutional Trends

Fort’s 50.1% Logia Stake Can Fall to 5% on Success—or Rise to 85% on Default

Fort Technology has acquired a majority of Logia USA, but not one designed to remain still. The contracts turn ownership into an operating instrument: specified success transfers equity and board control toward the founder, while default can move 85% to Fort. That symmetry makes…

Sep 11, 2026
AI-generated illustration of US defence-backed financing for Fluidstack alongside manufacturing of data-centre components.

North America Datacenter Trends

Pentagon weighs $5bn Fluidstack loan, WSJ reports

The reported financing would support US manufacturing and supplies of data-centre components rather than fund a new Fluidstack campus directly.

Sep 11, 2026
Wrapped generator skids and empty transport frames wait between an integration hall, an unfinished data-centre power yard and an unassigned bay.

Global Datacenter Trends

Energy Vault Has Financed 275MW of Engines Without Naming the Load

Energy Vault has reserved a meaningful block of long-lead generation and matched it with a purpose-built loan. That moves 275MW from a supplier conversation into a financed manufacturing schedule. It does not yet put the engines at a site, behind a permit or under a customer…

Sep 11, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of STL pre-terminated fibre trunk assemblies for indoor data-centre cabling

Asia-Pacific National Telecom

STL gains US plenum rating for fibre trunks

STL's pre-terminated fibre trunks now carry US plenum certification, adding a fire-test qualification for indoor data-centre cabling.

Sep 11, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of the groundbreaking for Aligned Data Centers' planned 2GW Project Phoenix campus in Shippingport, Pennsylvania

North America Datacenter Trends

Aligned starts 2GW Shippingport data-centre build

Project Phoenix will pair three planned data centres with dedicated power and closed-loop cooling at a former energy site in Pennsylvania.

Sep 11, 2026
AWC-branded data-centre infrastructure in Malaysia, illustrating the company’s engineering and facilities-management exposure to data-centre projects.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

AWC data-centre engineering orders reach RM100m

AWC's data-centre engineering order book has reached about RM100 million after three contract wins in the past year.

Sep 11, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of an Oracle data-centre campus highlighting 850MW of added capacity and 121% cloud infrastructure revenue growth

Global Cloud Services Trends

Oracle adds 850MW as cloud revenue jumps 121%

Oracle's Q1 capacity expansion included $28.5bn in capital spending, partly supported by customer prepayments, as AI demand continues to outstrip supply.

Sep 11, 2026
Nvidia AI data-centre infrastructure in Australia representing a planned buildout targeting up to 2GW by 2027.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

Nvidia partners target up to 2GW Australian AI buildout

Nvidia's Australian AI expansion depends on eight partners delivering the sites, power and data-centre capacity behind a 2GW target.

Sep 11, 2026
Editorial illustration showing a PGB-branded sign beside a modern data centre, with a headline about a RM45 million data centre project.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

Paragon Globe wins RM45m Johor data centre contract

PGBG Construction will carry out earthworks and retaining walls for an unnamed Johor data centre, with the package targeted for completion in Q4 2026.

Sep 11, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of a large data-centre campus with insurance and risk-protection graphics representing Aon's reported $10bn insurance plan.

Global Datacenter Trends

Aon reportedly targets $10bn data-centre insurance

Aon is reportedly preparing $10bn of insurance capacity for operating data centres, including projects moving from construction into service.

Sep 11, 2026