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AI-generated editorial illustration of a Wrocław data centre connected to a district-heating network through a conceptual waste-heat recovery system.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends

Citylink plans Wrocław data-centre heat recovery

The 24MW facility is still under construction, giving Citylink and Kogeneracja time to design heat recovery before the data centre is complete.

Aug 10, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of an ElvaPulse 1500-style containerised battery beside data-centre infrastructure, representing Electrovaya's new high-power storage platform.

North America Datacenter Trends

Electrovaya launches 7MW ElvaPulse battery for data centres

The 2.88MWh ElvaPulse 1500 targets short-duration, high-power data-centre applications, with certification and first deliveries targeted for 2027.

Aug 10, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of a US data-centre site and power infrastructure with a conceptual modular nuclear reactor representing the Nuclea-New Mining study.

North America Datacenter Trends

Nuclea, New Mining assess US data-centre microreactors

Nuclea Energy and New Mining will study behind-the-meter microreactors for an existing 30MWe load, without committing either side to a power project.

Aug 10, 2026
Editorial illustration of a folded data-centre blueprint leaving an undeveloped Maryland site while capital paths branch elsewhere.

North America Datacenter Trends

Amazon has left the Calvert site, not explained where the capital goes

Amazon says it will not proceed with the Calvert Technology Center site in Maryland and, in its first on-record explanation, describes the move as a portfolio-allocation decision rather than a political one. The proposed three-campus, roughly 500 MW concept has left the local…

Aug 10, 2026
Editorial image of a closed planning gate before an active Oregon data-centre construction queue and battery storage units.

North America Datacenter Trends

Hillsboro has closed the data-centre intake, not the project pipeline

Hillsboro’s 120-day land-use moratorium stops new data-centre and battery-storage applications from entering the city system. It does not cancel projects already being built or assessed. A separate 180-day pause applies to Strategic Investment Program agreements with stand-alone…

Aug 10, 2026
Editorial image of sealed blank finance cases overlooking an unfinished US solar and data-centre construction site.

North America Datacenter Trends

SoftBank has paid ahead of its US infrastructure; conversion is now the test

SoftBank Group spent JPY968.929bn in one quarter acquiring US power-generation and data-centre assets, and JPY637.772bn—65.8%—was recorded as advance payments. The scale is substantial, but it does not describe a commissioned fleet or even a data-centre-only portfolio. A second…

Aug 9, 2026
Editorial illustration of a West Texas data-centre campus supplied by separate gas generation, batteries and solar arrays.

North America Datacenter Trends

Amazon’s 7.65GW private-power bet moves the grid boundary, not the risk

Amazon has confirmed that its planned Pecos County data centre will rely on new on-site generation. The confirmation supplies the missing customer-side link to Pacifico Energy’s GW Ranch, a private-power campus whose Texas air permit covers 7.65GW of gross gas-fired generation.…

Aug 9, 2026
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
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 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 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
A conceptual AI data-centre campus links liquid-cooled compute racks to substantial power and fibre infrastructure at dusk.

Asia-Pacific Cloud Services Trends

Zankore’s 1GW ambition begins with a 200MW delivery test

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, Ooredoo Group, Nokia and NVIDIA have launched Zankore by Indosat as an Indonesian AI-infrastructure platform. Its headline is a 1GW deployment target, but the first accountable milestone is narrower: approximately 200MW of AI capacity in the first half…

Aug 6, 2026
Solar, wind and battery projects under construction connect by planned routes to an unfinished Wisconsin data-centre campus.

North America Datacenter Trends

Vantage’s Wisconsin power build has three projects and several incompatible denominators

We Energies has started construction on solar, wind and battery projects in Wisconsin, with roughly half of each project’s capacity allocated to Vantage Data Centers’ Port Washington campus. The work gives the $15 billion development a visible supply programme, but it does not…

Aug 6, 2026
An unbranded data-centre campus inside an industrial parcel is surrounded by a planning buffer, acoustic contours and municipal review materials.

North America Datacenter Trends

Allentown has turned a data-centre setback into an evidence ledger

Allentown City Council has adopted a tougher prospective framework for data-centre permits: one eligible industrial district, a 500-foot sensitive-use buffer and continuing duties on noise, utilities and closure. The important test now is not the size of the setback but whether…

Aug 6, 2026
An undeveloped urban parcel lies between civic land and an unbranded data-centre campus, with blank plans and an unopened deed showing that control has not transferred.

North America Datacenter Trends

Nashville turns data-centre opposition into authority to buy the land

Nashville’s council has approved an ordinance authorising the city to negotiate for, or condemn, a 23.49-acre parcel beside the zoo where DC BLOX plans a data centre. The vote gives Metro leverage and a route to control the site. It does not give Metro the deed, fix the…

Aug 5, 2026