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Microsoft Receives Approval for Data Center Campuses in Aragón, Spain

Microsoft has received the initial approval for its planned data center campuses in the Aragón region in Spain, dubbed MSFT Region, that will see the development of three campuses in La Muela, Villamayor de Gállego, and Zaragoza, as well as their interconnection via fiber optics.The project is...

November 12, 2025

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Microsoft Reveals Plans for Cloud Region in Johor, Malaysia

Microsoft has detailed its plans for a second cloud region in Johor, Malaysia, just months after Microsoft launched its Kuala Lumpur cloud region. The region will be known as Southeast Asia 3, and was first revealed by the company in October. YB Gobind Singh Deo, Malaysia’s Minister of Digital...

November 08, 2025

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Microsoft X G42 Expand Data Center Capacity Plans in UAE

Microsoft and G42 are teaming up to expand their data center capacity in the UAE by 200MW, as part of the previously announced $15.2 billion investment in the country. The expanded data center capacity will be provided by G42's subsidiary, Khazna Data Centers, and is expected to go live before...

November 05, 2025

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Microsoft Signs $9.7bn Cloud Deal with Iren

Microsoft has signed a $9.7bn deal with Iren to access the neocloud's GPUs. The agreement will give Microsoft access to Iren's Nvidia GB300s. The total value of the contract is $9.7bn, with Microsoft providing 20 percent in prepayment.Daniel Roberts, co-founder & co-CEO of Iren, said: “We’...

November 03, 2025

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Equinix Opens New Data Center in Monterrey, Mexico

Data center firm Equinix this week inaugurated its new MO2 data center in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. A $250 million investment, MO2 center offers more than 30,000 square feet (2,785 sqm) of colocation space."Since our arrival in Mexico in 2020, we have focused on strengthening and modernizing the ...

October 31, 2025

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Equinix Buys DC01UK Data Center Campus in Hertfordshire

Equinix will create a 250MW+ data center in Hertfordshire, UK, and has pledged to invest £3.9 billion ($5.2bn) in the project. The colo giant has purchased an under-construction facility formerly known as DC01UK, situated on an 85-acre site near the M25 motorway at South Mimms.James Tyler, UK ...

October 30, 2025

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Bridge DC Secures 'Sustainable' Water Supply for Upcoming Thailand Facility

APAC data center developer Bridge Data Centres (BDC) has signed an industrial water purchase agreement with Thai utility Eastwater Stecon Utilities Co (EWS) for ‘sustainable’ water supply for its under-construction hyperscale data center campus in Chonburi Province, Thailand.Eric Fan, CEO, Bri...

October 17, 2025

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Microsoft Signs 100MW Solar PPA in Japan

Microsoft has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Japanese energy firm Shizen Energy for 100MW of solar power in Japan.The power will be supplied from four solar projects in the Kyushu and Chugoku regions of Japan. According to Shizen, all four projects have reached financial close, a...

October 02, 2025

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Microsoft Signs Green Steel Supply Deal with Stegra

Microsoft has signed a deal with green steel company Stegra for the supply of low-carbon steel for use within its data centers. The agreement will see Stegra deliver green steel, which it claims is up to 95 percent less carbon-intensive than conventional steel, to Microsoft's data center equi...

September 25, 2025

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Microsoft Signs $6bn AI Deal with Nscale

Microsoft has signed a deal to rent $6.2 billion of AI computing power in Norway. The capacity will be provided by Nscale and Norwegian investment company Aker. The compute capacity will be powered entirely by renewable energy, and it seems to be from the same data center as announced earlier ...

September 18, 2025

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Equinix Launches ita First Facility in Chennai, India

Equinix has launched its first data center in Chennai, India. Located in Siruseri, Tamil Nadu, on a nearly six-acre plot, the facility will be connected to Equinix's Mumbai campus, featuring three data centers. The $69 million CN1 provides 800 cabinets of capacity in its first phase, but the ...

September 18, 2025

Equinix

Microsoft Signs Ten Year Partnership with Shayp

Microsoft has signed a ten-year partnership with Belgian water technology company Shayp to support the launch of its corporate water efficiency platform, Shayp 4IMPACT, designed to deliver verifiable and auditable water savings. It will commence with deployments across schools and public build...

September 17, 2025

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EdgeConneX Partners with Ral Estate Firm Stockland

ASX-listed real estate firm Stockland announced it had formed an exclusive arrangement with EdgeConneX to establish a partnership to develop, own, and operate a data center portfolio, and was “exploring opportunities across Stockland’s logistics pipeline.”This partnership will combine “Stockla...

September 16, 2025

EdgeConneX

Microsoft to Build Data Center in Elsdorf, Germany

Microsoft is set to develop a data center on a 26-hectare site, around one kilometer (0.6 miles) south of Heppendorf, Germany.Elsdorf is in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis area in North Rhine-Westphalia, just west of Cologne. Positioned in the west of Germany, Microsoft is already developing data centers...

September 16, 2025

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Microsoft Agrees to $6bn Cloud Discount for US government

Microsoft has agreed to provide the US government with up to $6 billion in discounts over the next three years. The discounts will apply to Azure cloud computing services, Microsoft 365, Copilot, Dynamics 365, and cybersecurity tools. The first year alone could see the government saving up to ...

September 04, 2025

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EdgeConneX to Develop Second Facility in Japan

Data center firm EdgeConneX this week announced the acquisition of its second data center site in the Greater Osaka and Yawata areas of Japan. The new site will provide an additional 150MW upon completion, bringing EdgeConneX's total data center capacity in Japan to 350MW of utility power at f...

August 28, 2025

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Open DC launches PE2 data center in Penang, Malaysia

APAC operator Open DC has launched a new data center in Penang, Malaysia, a 30MW facility, PE2, which is located at Bayan Lepas Technology Park, is now the largest data center on the island of Penang.Yab Tuan Chow Kon Yeow, chief minister of Penang, said: “The establishment of PE2 marks a pivo...

August 21, 2025

Open DC

Yondr Expands into Texas with 550MW Facility

Data center developer Yondr Group this week announced it has secured a 163-acre site in Lancaster, Texas, just south of Dallas, to develop a data center campus able to offer 550MW critical IT load.“The US is a key market for Yondr’s next phase of growth, and Dallas is one of the largest and fa...

August 20, 2025

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Equinix Signs Three Major Deals with Advanced Nuclear Firms

US data center giant Equinix has expanded its commitment to nuclear energy, announcing three major agreements with advanced nuclear developers that together could provide up to 774MWe of power.The first deal was with Radiant, a microreactor company based in El Segundo, California. As part of t...

August 14, 2025

Equinix

Microsoft Signs $236.4m Deal with Maybank

Malaysian financial group Maybank has selected Microsoft Azure as one of its main cloud platforms in a five-year agreement. Valued at RM1 billion ($236.4m), the contract will see Maybank using Microsoft Azure for some of its "most strategic systems, functions, and data workloads."Dato’ Sri Kha...

August 12, 2025

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