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AI-generated editorial illustration of a large data-centre campus in Batam, Indonesia, connected to substations and transmission infrastructure beside the coast.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

Indonesia’s AI data-centre boom tests power delivery

Indonesia has power and a large digital market, but AI data centres still need dependable grid capacity and sites where that electricity can be delivered.

Sep 14, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of a Google-branded data centre in Finland with wind turbines, power infrastructure and a map marking Hamina, Kajaani, Muhos and Vaala.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends

Finnish opposition seeks national data-centre permits

Opposition parties want Finland to review data-centre power needs nationally after Google announced €13bn of investment across four Finnish locations.

Sep 14, 2026
AI-generated illustration of coal trains and trucks supplying an Indian coal-fired power station

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

India flags 59 coal plants with critically low stocks

India’s low coal stocks at power plants show why data-centre operators must look beyond national inventories to fuel delivery.

Sep 14, 2026
Two parallel conduits lead toward an unfinished advanced-nuclear power campus: one carries blank equity sheets under copper light while the other remains empty.

North America Datacenter Trends

Oklo Finished One $1 Billion ATM and Opened Another

Oklo closed one billion-dollar pipe into the equity market on 10 September and installed a new pipe with the same diameter a day later. The repeated number makes the sequence look like a replenished cash balance. It is not. The first billion is a record of shares already sold…

Sep 12, 2026
A closed utility enclosure stands behind a fence beside undeveloped gravel and dry-grass land in a fictional Texas setting.

North America Datacenter Trends

AIB's Texas closing leaves $6m tied to utility readiness

The land transactions have closed. The seller's remaining payment and the utility's performance security still answer to different milestones—and neither certifies an operating data centre.

Sep 12, 2026
A fictional tabletop solar-linked development model shows a modest industrial building, a frosted planning block on an empty plot, a plain electricity cabinet and a blank rolled sheet.

North America Datacenter Trends

Sangha puts its solar-linked site before a different kind of buyer

A conditional grid classification and a financial adviser advance the Texas opportunity. The harder commercial question is what an AI customer would acquire from a site developed around flexible bitcoin mining.

Sep 12, 2026
A fictional model pairs an illuminated data-center building with an unfinished electrical extension, including a copper busbar and unassembled insulators.

North America Datacenter Trends

Ionic Digital's next 466 MW still has a different clock

Ward County already has a cash-paying operating phase. Provisional Base Load treatment advances the next phase's administrative position, but does not switch on its electricity.

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
Friesen Elektra hydrogen facility and proposed data centre near Sande, illustrating plans to share power and cooling infrastructure at Wasserstoffpark Friesland.

Europe and Middle East Datacenter Trends

Friesen Elektra seeks data-centre approval

Friesen Elektra is seeking permission for a data centre at its planned hydrogen site near Sande, where power and cooling infrastructure could be shared.

Sep 11, 2026
Georgia Power-branded solar farm illustrating the utility’s approved 1,137MW portfolio of new solar power purchase agreements.

North America Datacenter Trends

Georgia Power wins approval for 1,137MW solar

Georgia Power's seven approved solar contracts add 1,137MW to its CARES programme, with projects expected online from 2029.

Sep 11, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of a proposed data centre beside solar generation and a low reservoir in Paracatu, Brazil

Latin America and Caribbean Datacenter Trends

Atlas 1GW Paracatu plan faces water scrutiny

Atlas is studying a 1GW data centre beside its renewable-energy assets in Paracatu, where existing pressure on water supplies adds another test for the proposed site.

Sep 11, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of a Philippine data-centre campus surrounded by power lines, gas infrastructure, solar panels and geothermal-style generation.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

Philippines outlines power plan for AI expansion

The Philippines plans to expand AI computing capacity to 1.5GW by 2033, with gas providing nearer-term power and renewables targeted for 40% of demand.

Sep 11, 2026
Editorial illustration of a US data centre, power plant, transmission lines and solar panels representing EIA forecasts for record electricity generation through 2027.

North America Datacenter Trends

EIA forecasts record US electricity generation

The EIA expects US electricity generation to set records in 2026 and 2027 as demand grows from data centres, manufacturing and other users.

Sep 10, 2026
Editorial illustration of a Dimaag and Toshiba battery storage system inside an AI data centre, showing SCiB battery modules and immersion-cooling equipment.

Global Datacenter Trends

Dimaag, Toshiba develop batteries for AI load swings

Dimaag and Toshiba are developing a battery system designed to handle frequent changes in AI computing demand as well as provide backup power.

Sep 10, 2026
AI-generated editorial illustration of a Canberra data-centre campus with closed-loop cooling infrastructure representing CDC’s proposed Beard 2 expansion

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

CDC submits A$200m Beard 2 data-centre plan

The Canberra proposal brings CDC's closed-loop cooling into a new planning application, where Beard 2's own water demand will matter.

Sep 10, 2026
Editorial illustration of a Missouri data-centre campus with independent cooling and recovered-heat pipelines supplying nearby industrial and greenhouse users.

North America Datacenter Trends

Island Roadhouse outlines Missouri heat-reuse plan

Island Roadhouse plans to sell recovered heat from its Missouri data centre while keeping cooling independent of outside demand.

Sep 10, 2026
Editorial illustration of Creekstone's proposed water-recovery system capturing condensate from gas-power exhaust beside a Utah data-centre campus.

North America Datacenter Trends

Creekstone commissions Utah water-recovery study

University of Utah researchers will test Creekstone's exhaust-water recovery process, with its projected 4,000 acre-feet annual output still unproven at scale.

Sep 10, 2026
Editorial illustration of a New Mexico data-centre campus with solar panels and wind turbines

North America Datacenter Trends

Oracle seeks 2GW of renewables in New Mexico

Oracle is seeking new renewable projects that can begin supplying energy between 2027 and 2031 for its Project Jupiter data centres.

Sep 10, 2026
A finished amber valuation prism stands before three separate unfinished gates for a reactor digital twin, a pump test cradle and a proposed energy campus.

North America Datacenter Trends

HGP’s $800 Million Valuation Arrives Before the Qualification Ledger

HGP Intelligent Energy is asking the market to value three nuclear propositions as one company. The missing bridge is a public record showing which software, pump and campus milestones can turn illustrative economics into significant revenue.

Sep 9, 2026
An ivory arch and interlocked loop, open brass doorway and graphite data-centre model stand on a pale stone floor beside a copper strip.

North America Datacenter Trends

Massachusetts makes data-centre commitments count

The new executive order ties state permits to community benefits and environmental conditions. The commercial test is whether a developer can make those promises credible before construction money is committed.

Sep 9, 2026