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Hundreds march against Telus AI data centres in Vancouver

North America Datacenter Trends

Hundreds march against Telus AI data centres in Vancouver

Hundreds marched in Vancouver against two planned Telus AI data centres, turning the projects into a test of local consent over water, power and urban infrastructure.

Jun 29, 2026
Editorial infrastructure image for Oracle Corporation

North America Cloud Services

Oracle, Database Rent and AI Infrastructure Risk

Oracle's cloud inflection is real, but the company is shifting from a high-margin software rent to a more capital-intensive infrastructure cycle, tied to energy, GPUs, multi-cloud interconnection, and customer concentration.

Jun 28, 2026
Editorial infrastructure image for Two Degrees Networks Limited

Asia-Pacific National Telecom

2degrees: The Economics of a Challenger Telecom Operator in New Zealand

TWO-DEGREES-AS-AP denotes the network resource layer of 2degrees, but the economics now come from a converged mobile network operator covering broadband, energy, enterprise, and the public sector after the Vocus integration.

Jun 28, 2026
Conceptual editorial image of a regional office pavilion coordinating three separate data-centre modules with visible power and cooling dependencies.

Asia-Pacific Datacenter Trends

AirTrunk’s Singapore HQ coordinates growth; it does not add 180MW

AirTrunk opened a regional office in Singapore. Its three facilities total a company-reported 180MW IT load, but the office itself creates no new data-centre capacity.

Mar 16, 2026
OpenAI drops 600 MW at Abilene; the 1.2 GW Stargate build continues

North America Datacenter Trends

OpenAI drops 600 MW at Abilene; the 1.2 GW Stargate build continues

OpenAI and Oracle did not cancel their operating Abilene campus. They dropped a separate 600 MW expansion option; Microsoft later became the customer for two adjacent buildings.

Mar 10, 2026
The White House data-centre draft became a seven-company power pledge—implementation is the test

North America Datacenter Trends

The White House data-centre draft became a seven-company power pledge—implementation is the test

A February draft became the Ratepayer Protection Pledge on 4 March. Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle and xAI promised to fund new power and grid costs, but utilities and states must turn voluntary commitments into enforceable rates and contracts.

Feb 11, 2026