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- Data centers & fiber
CoreWeave offers Nvidia's Vera Rubin NVL72, with Cognition as first customer
Cognition says its SWE-2 inference workloads saw up to a 4.8x increase in total token throughput on the new systems.
- Data centers & fiber
CDC Data Centres files for up to 1.4GW data centre campus in Wagga Wagga
The state application covers up to four buildings of 240MW each on 103.4 hectares near a new TransGrid terminal, with the AU$15 billion figure attributed to local government rather than the developer.
- Data centers & fiber
Finland's draft grid rules would rank small connections ahead of large data centers
The amendment would replace first-come, first-served with four priority groups and is due in force on January 1, 2027, with first allocation set for December 2027.
- Energy Transition
Amazon signs 36MW Shetland wind PPA with Statkraft for 2030 delivery
The deal adds a Scottish onshore wind asset to a UK programme Amazon counts at more than 50 agreements, with no price or contract length disclosed.
- Data centers & fiber
BrightRay’s 40MW Macau data center hinges on an unnamed tenant
The prefabricated-module framework agreement carries no purchase obligation from either side, and the definitive sales contract is contingent on a lease.
- Data centers & fiber
FCC removes Verizon's nine-state copper retirement from automatic grant
Verizon asked to discontinue legacy TDM voice service in parts of nine states next month; the commission says it needs more time to review the request.
- Transport & public-private
Rio de Janeiro launches electric bus P3 consultation as transit deals stay advisory
The roundup's only dollar figure is the World Bank's $50 million backing for the Paraíba sanitation P3; Contra Costa Transit Authority is also exploring a mobility-hub P3.
- Data centers & fiber
Crusoe confirms Google as end user of its Goodnight campus in Texas
The Armstrong County project connects directly to two wind farms totaling 531MW, and Aterio Research puts the planned build at more than a gigawatt.
- The Wrap
SPP's Western adequacy stop-gap draws four protests, including its own monitor
WAPA, Basin Electric and Guzman Energy seek changes to the Sept. 4 filing, which would run until June 1, 2027.
- Data centers & fiber
Gimlet Cloud to deploy 100MW of Cerebras wafer-scale compute for inference
The first data center under the agreement is expected online later this year, and the coverage names no site, utility, or contract value.
- Data centers & fiber
Google Cloud to double computing capacity in Brazil by 2030
Google's four-year expansion leaves the choice between new data centers and denser existing ones to demand, with no investment figure disclosed.
- Data centers & fiber
Hypertec CEO names 5C as IPO candidate after $5bn-$6bn round
Simon Ahdoot told the Bloomberg Canadian Finance Conference that listing discussions follow the close of the next debt-and-equity raise.
- Energy Transition
KPI Green to acquire 507.9 MW of operating wind farms in India, report says
The Renewables Now item names no seller, price, structure or number of farms, and does not say whether a signed agreement is in place.
- Data centers & fiber
AT&T commits more than $3bn to Corning fiber in multi-year supply deal
The carrier ties the build to AI-driven data demand, weeks after Verizon signed its own multi-billion-dollar Corning agreement through 2032.
- Data centers & fiber
Bain Capital in talks to acquire Edged US from Koch, Bloomberg reports
Koch Real Estate Investments is soliciting bids for Edged that could value the company at around $15 billion, according to Bloomberg.
- Energy Transition
Energy Vault is buying Goshe and secures up to $40M in S2G credit
Goshe's leadership and development teams will join the storage developer, which says the credit backs development, construction and operation of the acquired portfolio.
- Energy Transition
US nuclear regulator proposes “wholesale revision” of plant rules
Canary Media reports the proposal would cut reporting requirements for nonemergency events and remove an expiration date on standard design approvals.
- Energy Transition
ACP and Wood Mackenzie project 27% growth in commercial energy storage
Average U.S. storage duration rose to 3.5 hours from 2.8 as second-quarter commercial-property installations fell to 48 MW after an incentive-driven first quarter in California.
- Fundraising
TenneT Netherlands prices a EUR 1.5bn green bond, terms unreported
The Renewables Now item names the issuer and size but omits the coupon, tenor, use of proceeds and bookrunners.
- Energy Transition
Rezolv closes funding for 1.3-GWp Dama Solar in Romania
Renewables Now reports the closing but no lender, sum or offtake.
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- Data centers & fiber
Alibaba Cloud names Turkey, Finland and the Netherlands as next regions
The Netherlands was also on last September's list, and Malaysia, Germany, the UAE, France and Hong Kong are slated for added capacity.
- Data centers & fiber
Infineon to supply silicon carbide devices for Eaton's 800VDC transformer platform
The two firms say silicon carbide will cut conversion losses in Eaton's MVSST 2.0 platform; no customer, site or delivery date is attached.
- Data centers & fiber
Global Switch to host Nvidia Blackwell deployment in Paris, tenant unnamed
Global Switch names no tenant or scale for a liquid-cooled Nvidia DGX-ready build it calls one of Europe's biggest Blackwell deployments.
- Data centers & fiber
Google wins Dublin planning appeal for a third Grange Castle data center
An Coimisiún Pleanála cleared the 72,400 sqm building two years after South Dublin County Council refused it over grid capacity and unclear power contracts.
- Energy Transition
Energy Vault wins New South Wales approval for 1-GWh battery project
Renewables Now reports the state sign-off on the storage project, and the coverage names no offtaker, capex or commissioning date.
- Data centers & fiber
Ericsson to upgrade Cellnex's Polish tower RAN; no contract value disclosed
The sites serve Plus, Polkomtel's mobile brand, and the equipment list is detailed while the economics go unstated.
- Data centers & fiber
Meta agrees to lease AI capacity from Firmus in Southeast Asia
The hyperscaler adds its name to Firmus's Indonesian and Malaysian build-out, but the announcement carries no price, no megawatt figure for the tranche and no energization date.
- The Wrap
Pittsburgh targets one-day approval for simple building permits and adds virtual inspections
The city counts roughly 20,000 vacant homes and an 11,000-home affordable shortfall as it reworks its permit queue.
- Energy Transition
SPP's Western adequacy stop-gap draws protests, including from its own market monitor
WAPA, Basin Electric and Guzman Energy seek changes to the Sept. 4 proposal, which would run until mandatory adequacy rules take effect on June 1, 2027.
- Energy Transition
New York awards 950 MW of batteries in first bulk storage round
NYSERDA says the first bulk storage round more than doubles all utility-scale storage awarded, contracted and installed in the state, and payments begin only once projects run.
- Data centers & fiber
Australia Post signs three-year Telstra connectivity deal across 4,000 sites
About 300 of the postal operator's locations move to fiber-to-the-premises, with regional sites shifting to Telstra satellite over the next twelve months.
- Data centers & fiber
Eaton agrees to buy COL Group from Oaktree for €810 million
COL Group forecasts €250 million of 2027 sales, putting the deal at about 3.2 times forward revenue.
- Data centers & fiber
Colovore files for $430 million liquid-cooled data center in Fort Worth
The Denton County project is scheduled to run from December 2026 to December 2028, with the landowner listed as a likely Hillwood Properties affiliate.
- Transport & public-private
World Bank backs Paraíba P3 with $50m as DFC approves Jordan water financing
No dollar figure appears for the DFC package, leaving the World Bank's $50 million as the only sized financing in the roundup.
- Data centers & fiber
Submer launches Corenix, a modular data center unit built on Nvidia reference designs
Martin Renkis, most recently of Johnson Controls, will lead a business that ships factory-tested IT, power, cooling and networking modules to project sites.
- Data centers & fiber
Amazon agrees to buy two Hong Kong data centers for at least HK$2.18 billion
The Fanling properties include one already leased to Amazon and one still under construction; up to HK$265.8 million more is payable depending on fit-out and construction scope.
- Data centers & fiber
Poste Italiane holds 85.82% of Telecom Italia, below the 90% take-private threshold
TIM's chief executive and other managers tendered their own shares into the voluntary tender and exchange offer.
- Data centers & fiber
Unnamed developer submits data center plan in Piedmont as region prepares law
The four-building Moncalieri project lists 576MW of planned electrical capacity, which a councillor says would likely make it Italy's largest.
- Data centers & fiber
Equinix and Schneider pilot software-defined switchgear at an undisclosed data center
Schneider says the configuration uses 87 percent less control wiring and 91 percent fewer terminals, with broader availability set for 2028.
- Data centers & fiber
Samsung commits $1bn to KKR's Helix data center platform
The commitment comes from a long-duration fund and extends a platform that has raised more than $10bn without a disclosed site, tenant, or delivery date.