The demand for new data centers isn’t showing any sign of slowing. With new projects announced each week, keeping track of the latest data center developments is not always easy.
To keep you informed about the latest data center news involving design, construction, and related developments, we bring you the highlights from the past month.
This curated selection will help you stay on top of the latest data center development news with ease.
North American Data Center Deals
In a month where analysts said the data center industry is racing towards a $1 trillion capex future, new data center development announcements continued to surge across global markets.
While ongoing tariff issues risk seeding uncertainty in global markets, the Trump administration unveiled plans to use the Energy Department’s land and resources to build AI data centers.
The department said it’s exploring using thousands of acres of federal land nationwide that are positioned to quickly develop data centers, in part because the government can fast-track permitting for nuclear reactors and other power plants to run the facilities.
In other news, Microsoft and Amazon once again hit industry headlines. Despite reports suggesting the two biggest players in cloud computing would be slowing down AI infrastructure spending, strong Q3 earnings reports quelled fears of weakening demand for AI-related services. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the company was still on track to reach $80 billion capex, a figure that is expected to rise next year.
Providing some context around recent construction slowdown headlines, Omdia’s Alan Howard told Data Center Knowledge that adjustments reflect evolving business relationships and long-term land banking strategies rather than broader market weakness.
In Wisconsin, Meta has reportedly committed to spending nearly $1 billion to develop a new data center. Earlier this year, the state struck an incentive deal with an unnamed company using an alias to build a data center with a multiyear investment of $837 million.
Looking to the southwest, Mesa, Arizona, will soon host NTT Global Data Centers’ expansion, the Arizona Republic reported. Mesa City Council approved 173 acres of land for the company, part of Japan’s NTT Group, to build new data halls, a warehouse, and an office building. Meta, Google, and Amazon all have data center projects in Mesa.
Joining those companies, Edged celebrated the topping out of a new data center in Mesa. The facility aims to be one of the most water-efficient data centers in the region, estimated to conserve 142 gallons of water per year thanks to its waterless cooling system.
In Glendale, Arizona, Aligned Data Centers broke ground on a new data center powered entirely by renewables. One of four planned facilities on the company’s 100-acre campus, PHX-13, will capture and remove heat at its source, and will minimize its water consumption by recycling water in its closed-loop cooling system.
Meanwhile, Soluna Holdings is expanding its portfolio of wind-powered data centers with the launch of Project Hedy, a new 120 MW facility that will be colocated with a 200 MW wind farm in Cameron County, South Texas.
Digital Realty filed paperwork to rezone 156 acres of woodland in Charlotte, North Carolina, to allow for a new data center site. The company currently operates a 2 MW facility in Charlotte.
Apple will invest in a $175 million data center expansion on land the company already owns in Maiden, North Carolina.
Boilingbroke Technology Center proposed a 900-acre development in Monroe County, Georgia, for a new data center campus.
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European Data Center Developments
In Europe, investment in data center infrastructure continues to boom. A report from the European Data Centre Association (EUDCA) found demand for data center capacity across Europe rising at a record pace, driven by AI adoption, digital transformation, and the accelerating shift to cloud and edge computing. With that demand comes a host of challenges, especially in terms of energy availability, workforce development, and regulatory cohesion.
In other news, CyrusOne has announced plans for a 54MW data center in Milan. Named MIL2, the data center is the company’s second in the Italian city. MIL2 will run entirely on renewable energy and use a closed-loop cooling system to achieve low PUE.
In France, Telehouse International has completed a new phase in the development of its Magny 2 data center, located at its TH3 Paris Magny campus. The investment includes the availability of a new high-density AI-ready infrastructure.
Yondr Group has completed the first phase of construction at its second data center on its 100 MW London campus. The facility now has 10 MW of its 30 MW capacity live and operational.
North Lincolnshire in the UK is also looking at the prospect of a second data center. Predicting up to 1 GW of IT load capacity, and providing up to 1,000 full-time equivalent jobs when fully operational, the proposed data center near Elsham Wolds is seeking a screening opinion for an environmental impact assessment, the first step toward securing development approval.
Elsewhere in Europe, Data Centers Data Facilities (DCDF) brought 1.75 MW of power online at DCDF The Hague, reaching a milestone in the Netherlands-based company’s 3.5 MW expansion plan.
In Sweden, EcoDataCenter sold two facilities to CapMan Infra in an effort to streamline its focus on data center design, construction, and operations.
Construction of data centers in Eastern Europe has accelerated, as France-based Eviden has signed a $50 million contract to build Serbia’s national AI factory.
Meanwhile, a new data center in Armenia plans to use the natural cooling of a gorge to reduce its carbon footprint by an estimated 30-50% versus traditional data centers. VSDATA will launch its data center by the end of the year, hosting 125 racks with colocation services coming next year.
Asia-Pacific Data Centers Builds
In Asia-Pacific data center news, Telangana’s Chief Minister, A Revanth Reddy has announced that NTT India and Neysa Networks have signed an agreement with the government to build a 400 MW data center cluster in Hyderabad. The facility will be designed to host India’s most powerful AI supercomputing infrastructure with 25,000 GPUs.
CtrlS Datacenters hosted a virtual groundbreaking ceremony for its new facility in Madhya Pradesh, India, at Tech Growth Conclave 2025.
In Malaysia, sustainability-minded EdgePoint Towers marked a significant milestone, launching its first solar hybrid site with 5.9 kW peak capacity. The company plans to complete several other hybrid and full-solar sites by the year’s end.
SoftBank Japan held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Hokkaido Tomakomai AI Data Center, expected to become one of Japan’s largest data centers. At 700,000 sq.m and with a power capacity expected to exceed 300 MW, the facility is central to the company’s ‘Brain Data Center’ concept, an initiative to decentralize data processing and energy consumption in Japan.
In major Australian data center news, Blackstone is in talks to divest itself of two facilities in Sydney and Melbourne. The report follows the company’s acquisition of AirTrunk, one of the biggest digital infrastructure transactions globally last year. Proceeds from any sale would reportedly be used to help fund AirTrunk’s expansion plans.
Elsewhere in Sydney, SolarWinds launched its new Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) data center to bring cloud capacity closer to local customers.
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Middle East and Africa Data Center Investments
Large-scale projects in the Middle East and Africa are underway as the regions seem poised for a digital explosion.
Pan-African technology company Cassava and Nvidia will deploy the continent’s first AI factory in South Africa, estimated to cost $720 million, with plans to build additional data centers in Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, and Morocco.
Aiming to herald Africa’s technology potential, infrastructure company Equinix launched a data center in Lagos, Nigeria. The company plans to develop more data centers elsewhere on the continent.
Khazna continued its UAE expansion with groundbreakings on two new AI-ready facilities in Abu Dhabi: AUH4 in Mafraq and AUH8 in Masdar City. The digital infrastructure company’s new data centers are projected to be completed by the end of next year and will provide a combined 60 MW of capacity.
Meanwhile, at the recent Dubai AI Week, the Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company announced a new hyperscale data center in collaboration with Microsoft. The organization currently operates five data centers across the UAE.
