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CtrlS signs non-binding LOI for 150MW Bihar data center
The $1 billion letter of intent covers a Bodh Gaya hyperscale campus; CtrlS's Rs 400 crore Patna facility is live with 12MW of IT capacity.
Virginia senator Russet Perry proposes three-year data center moratorium
Senate Bill 843 would stop state agencies from approving data center planning applications for three years from July 1, 2027.
Air Force seeks design-build contractor for $4bn Space Command facility in Alabama
The notice covers a command-and-control facility and its supporting data center at Redstone Arsenal, with applications due Dec. 15, 2026.
SubCo to build 850km Sydney–Melbourne fiber route by June 2028
The greenfield SM-1 system is specified at a minimum of 96 fiber pairs, and founder Bevan Slattery says he will decide by year-end whether to buy a cable-laying vessel.
Colliers lists Austin data center leased to Lumen and LightEdge
The 31,960 sq ft Semicon III building carries $508,000 in annual rent on triple net leases running to 2030 and 2031, with no asking price disclosed.
PowerHouse, Big Watt win Taylor, Texas approval for 1GW gas-backed campus
The 664-acre Williamson County project pairs a 750MW on-site plant with a first phase targeting 500MW and first power in the first half of 2028.
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OpenAI names Uday Ruddarraju to run compute and Stargate, replacing Katti
Sachin Katti, who took over the Stargate effort in March, is expected to remain as an adviser.
3 G Investments files application for 3.34m sq ft Augusta data center campus
The proposed Nixon Technology Center would occupy 388 acres near Augusta Regional Airport, with no data center developer or end user named in the report.
Orange, Equitix and MDM form joint venture for Pisces subsea cable
The 3,125km, 16-fiber-pair system connecting Galway to France, Spain and Portugal is expected to be deployed during 2028.
Iren targets 900MW Redbank data center campus near Wagga Wagga with 2029 grid connection
The New South Wales project is in early assessment and falls outside Iren's previously announced 5GW secured-power portfolio.
Soluna files for 112MW Kati II data center in Willacy, Texas
The Texas filing estimates $471.8 million for a single 471,884 sq ft building and gives no construction timeline.
Aether Infrastructures signs preliminary deal for Strasbourg data center site
The French AI consortium's FR-SXB1 complex would occupy a 90-hectare former gearbox plant in the Port du Rhin district, with 25MW of grid power available.
Colt, Relativity and NPS complete London hollow-core fiber trial
The proof of concept connected two Colt network locations in central London, and the ChronoCore fiber is now live within Colt's infrastructure.
Microsoft buys 600 acres in Iowa for potential data center campus
The Woodward sale closed Oct. 8 and was disclosed Oct. 12; Microsoft's land manager says design work has not started.
Gulf creates data center holding company for Thai projects
Gulf Edge Data Center Company Limited will take a 70 percent stake in a 100MW Rayong campus due live in the fourth quarter of 2027.
Gorilla Technology proposes 6MW US colocation acquisition
The company says the operational site has a pathway to 36MW of power, with the deal expected to complete in late November 2026.
Trentar signs Maharashtra MoU for proposed 500MW hyperscale data center
The Dorf Ketal unit plans INR 30,000 crore ($3.3 billion) for a campus whose location and construction timeline are undisclosed.
Nexus Core Systems and FiveNines Group partner on 20MW Casablanca data center
The facility is part of Nexus's planned 180MW AI Factory Platform and is to house Nvidia Vera Rubin NVL72 systems.
Goodman Group reports a 6.4GW digital infrastructure power bank with 3.6GW secured
The developer's Q3 2026 figures show 700MW of compute capacity delivered and 400MW in progress, with two-thirds of the pipeline in Australasia and Europe.
Fermi signs AMD credit support for first 222MW at Project Matador
AMD acts as guarantor while Fermi seeks financing for the initial build-out; a separate agreement frames expansion up to 650MW.
Gov. Tina Kotek directs Oregon DEQ to pause data center permits until July 2027
The directive covers air quality permits and municipal wastewater applications, following a September order that halted state land sales for data centers.
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Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners executives argue pandemic made digital infrastructure essential
Yacine Saidji and John Watson made the case in a March 1, 2021 Infrastructure Investor article.
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Tutor Perini unit Fisk Electric picked for Houston data center electrical work
Electrical construction is expected to begin this year and reach substantial completion in the first quarter of 2027, Construction Dive reports.
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Bain puts a $6 trillion revenue test on the AI data center buildout
The firm projects $5 trillion to $6.5 trillion of data center spending through 2030 and says capital is not the near-term issue; power, electrical labor and local opposition are.
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Malaysia's DNB closes $1.27bn Islamic financing for next 5G phase
Maybank led the syndicate for the RM5.2 billion facility, which DNB says is among the largest ever arranged for an unlisted Malaysian company.
Trentar plans a $3bn renewables-powered data centre in India
The Oct. 6 report names the firm, country, dollar figure and power source, but no state, capacity, generation partner or offtaker.
ByteDance holds about a fifth of China's 24GW data center capacity, nearly all leased
SemiAnalysis analyzed 1,000 data centers and 60 providers to put ByteDance's live capacity near 4.8GW, ahead of Alibaba Cloud, Tencent, Baidu and Huawei.
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Macquarie Capital backs Zerra DC's 2GW Asia-Pacific data centre pipeline
The investment's size was undisclosed and AGP keeps majority control of the platform, whose Queensland campus is leased long-term to Anthropic.
Cowboy Space asks FCC to approve 20,000-satellite Stampede after Google test craft reached orbit
The filing joins earlier proposals from SpaceX and Blue Origin and follows Google's Project Suncatcher, announced in November 2025, whose first test craft is now in orbit.
Telus and AST SpaceMobile complete first satellite-to-smartphone integration test
Telus says it will launch direct-to-device service within a year, though the satellite build it depends on has already slipped.
AWS files plan for 36-building campus at former Pennsylvania coal plant
The Homer City project would be powered by a 4.5GW gas plant and built in four phases through 2036.
Open Cosmos plans 192-satellite constellation after Lightrock-led €300m round
The Harwell, UK manufacturer aims to build more than 96 satellites by the end of 2028 and says it is in advanced conversations with launch providers.
Nscale hires Meta's Justin Osofsky as chief operating officer ahead of Nasdaq listing
Its IPO prospectus is public; the offering is said to target as much as $3 billion, following a $3.36 billion pre-IPO round.
Rapidus plans 17-member design group in first phase of CORE ecosystem
The Japanese foundry, founded by the government and partners including SoftBank and Sony, expects to begin 2nm production in 2027.
Virgin Media O2 turns on 5G Standalone in Bristol under £700m plan
The carrier says the standalone, cloud-based core is available to up to 495,000 people there, after deployments in Wales in May and Northern Ireland last month.
DayOne files for a Nasdaq listing with a 2.3GW capacity target
The Singapore operator reported $512 million of half-year revenue and a $77 million net loss; the company has not announced how much it hopes to raise.
Applied Digital signs agreement for access to up to 1GW of potential power capacity in Finland
The developer's first project outside the US is anticipated to have initial power available beginning in 2028, and the company says it has begun marketing the site while in discussions with hyperscale customers.
Lumos closes Allo Fiber's Joplin network, adding to T-Mobile's JV target
Lumos is half-owned by T-Mobile through a joint venture with EQT; the carrier has passed about one million households toward a 2030 goal of 12 to 15 million.
TeraWulf to double Muskie contracted capacity to 1GW; second phase moves into 2029
The amended Kentucky Power agreement would raise contracted capacity at the Muskie Data Campus from 500MW to 1GW and pull the second 500MW phase forward a year, subject to state commission approval.
Firmus and CDC end Project Southgate after building 42MW of planned 1.6GW
The October 2025 Australian buildout was expected to draw up to $47.68 billion; CDC cites Firmus' Asia expansion and Firmus calls the split mutual.