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SpaceX seeks access to 80,000 US cell sites in Crown Castle talks
Crown Castle's CEO says the tower owner is talking to "all parties" on a master lease, without naming SpaceX.
Endeavour, Trevi claim 200,000 gallons a day per MW of computing
The process has not run at a data center; first units are planned for Endeavour's US sites, with no campus, date or cost named.
Crusoe plans 106MW Paraguay data center in first Latin America move
The site beside the Itaipú substation would serve Crusoe Cloud, with a first phase targeted for mid-2027.
Pilot Fiber to buy Boldyn's NY-NJ metro fiber, raises $330m
Terms were not disclosed; Pilot expects both transactions to close in the second quarter of 2027, subject to regulatory approvals.
KT Cloud breaks ground on 50MW Ansan data center
The site is due live in 2029; no IT capacity figure is given, leaving usable load an open question for underwriters.
EDB signs $31.2m financing for Akashi's 100MW Astana campus
The first 10MW phase is due in 2027 within a $354 million build.
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Vector Core Compute commits $3.5bn to SambaNova chips for edge inference
The Vista- and Cambium-backed neocloud plans low-latency inference on SambaNova's RDU platform; both sponsors already hold SambaNova stakes.
Microsoft files 422MW Floyd County campus, powered by Georgia Power
The October 20 filing values the 349-acre ATL80 build at $360 million and projects $35 million a year in local tax revenue.
Nvidia hires former OpenAI data center head Chris Malone as VP, DSX Platform
Data Center Dynamics reports the move; Nvidia this week launched DSX POD, a containerized version of its Vera Rubin-powered reference design.
Uniserve plans 1MW Vancouver data center for Q4 2026
The leased space spans about 10,000 sq ft next to its existing VAN-1 site, with a second megawatt reserved and BC Hydro upgrades due by 2028.
Nebius takes up to 50MW as anchor customer at Neom's Oxagon
Humain and DataVolt signed the agreement on October 21, with capacity due online in phases from the fourth quarter of 2027.
Zain and Ooredoo close first phase of tower JV with 4,000 towers
The Kuwait and Qatar combination was reported at $2.2 billion when the agreement was signed nearly three years ago; each carrier holds 50%.
Nvidia in talks to invest in Firmus after neocloud scrapped its IPO
The Information reports talks, not an agreement; a several hundred million dollar ticket would be a fraction of the $2bn–$3bn private raise Bloomberg reported Firmus was seeking.
BLM weighs 35 data center-related applications on western public land
Seventeen filings are for campuses and 13 for AI-supporting infrastructure, per a Center for Western Priorities tracker built on BLM land records.
Soluna and Applied Digital agree 50MW Texas data center joint venture
Applied is expected to hold 51% and supply capital; ChronoScale has signed a non-binding letter of intent to lease the capacity.
Era4 details 1GW Newport AI campus with first GPUs due next year
The 230-acre former Liberty Steel site is slated for as many as 400,000 Nvidia Vera Rubin GPUs at full build, though the power available when the first stage opens next year is not clear.
Crusoe and Polar DC to build 40MW second building at Norway campus
The Tørdal project sits beside a live 12MW facility hosting Crusoe Cloud AI infrastructure, though no construction timeline is given.
General Compute commits to Positron AI chips for Q1 2027 launch
The neocloud will start with Positron's Intel-fabricated Atlas systems and has committed to Titan; financial terms were not disclosed.
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Russian strike disables GigaCenter's only Kyiv data center
The Oct. 20 strike shut the 2014 Tier III site, which has capacity for about 300 racks; sister firm GigaCloud says client services continue on backup sites in Ukraine and the EU.
Vultr plans 20MW of AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs in Chennai, India
Vultr calls it India's largest AMD Instinct deployment; the report did not name a host data center or capital figure.
Vantage signs 1GW solid-state transformer supply deal with Heron Power
Heron says its Heron Link units target more than 98.5% efficiency converting medium-voltage grid power to 800VDC for AI racks.
NorthC starts 4.5MW data center in Meyrin, outside Geneva
The 5,400 sqm build is expected to be complete by the second quarter of 2028, with 1.5MW capacity increments and waterless cooling.
Duos signs 10-year colocation deal for 20MW with unnamed cloud provider
Deployment is expected in the second quarter of 2027; Data Center Dynamics puts the contract value at $700 million in its summary and more than $400 million in the body.
AT&T says 1% of eligible copper customers remain as retirement passes 500 communities
The carrier says it has discontinued copper service at more than 1.3 million locations in 18 states and finds retirement harder in California.
atNorth tops out Espoo data center expansion under €100m Skanska contract
The five-story FIN02 addition began construction in April 2026 and is scheduled for completion in Q3 2027.
Amazon withdraws Ashburn data center application after Loudoun talks
Amazon keeps the 122-acre GWU campus it bought for $427 million and will dedicate roughly 25 acres to the county, valued at about $65 million.
Trump urges data center developers to pay residents a dividend
The Truth Social post backs cash payments; recent offers include $10,000 each in a Pennsylvania township and ten years of credits in a Kansas town.
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Amazon plans €16bn German investment for 2027, including €4.8bn for AWS data centers
The report does not say how the remaining €11.2bn splits between Amazon Leo, Prime Video and logistics.
Magnora Data Center buys 2MW operating data center in Oslo from telecom operator
Magnora DC holds 75% of the facility and Blix Group 25%, with terms undisclosed and an upgrade path to Tier III.
CBRE agrees to buy Onnec for £460m cash plus up to £300m earnout
Onnec is forecast to post about £370 million of revenue and more than £50 million of core EBITDA in 2027, CBRE says.
DataVault plans 3MW Auckland data center with 11 launch partners
Fit-out on the North Shore site begins in 2027, with the first stage due live in the second half of that year.
Anthropic in talks for second $45bn Nscale lease at West Virginia campus
The reported 460MW contract would double Anthropic's committed capacity at Monarch to 920MW, alongside Microsoft's 1.35GW.
Digital Realty breaks ground on 22MW Ankara data center with Rönesans
The first project under the joint venture is due online in 2028; the partnership could eventually reach 200MW, Data Center Dynamics reports.
Evolution Power proposes 1GW data center with 1.3GW solar farm in Norfolk
The 4,695-acre project outside King's Lynn would be decided by national government rather than local councillors.
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Defence Construction Canada posts notice for CA$1.5bn–CA$1.85bn Ontario data center
The 60MW federal facility is planned for the National Capital Region, with the notice for a "modify design built" contract expected in winter 2027.
Google evaluates Roanoke County's Wood Haven park for a data center
Due diligence and inspection at the 111-acre site are expected to run through March 2027, with entitlements due by September 2027; size, building count and IT capacity have yet to be provided.
Manchester Financial seeks investment for potential 400MW data center at Navy NAVWAR site
The San Diego developer and Edgemoor hold a 99-year lease to redevelop the Point Loma campus, and no final project has been approved.
Anthropic signs 20-year lease for EverWind's Point Tupper data center
EverWind says the campus carries $10bn of private investment, with 95MW due by late 2027 and 325MW more targeted for 2028.
Stack Infrastructure affiliate files for second Lancaster data center building
The DFW02B filing carries a $540 million construction budget and a March 2027 to December 2028 schedule.
Apax agrees to buy Warburg Pincus's Odido stake for full control
The Dutch operator, formerly T-Mobile Netherlands, serves about eight million subscribers; the deal carries no disclosed price and needs regulatory approval.