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03 SEP 2026
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Acquisition of EPC Power – 800V power conversion for AI data centres & grid applications
EPC Power Corp
$4.4B
M&A
POWER / DATA CENTRES
PENDING
02 SEP 2026
Vertiv
Acquisition of Utility Innovation Group – microgrid controls & behind-the-meter power ($1.45B cash + up to $1.15B earnout)
Utility Innovation Holdings
$1.45B
M&A
DATA CENTRES
CONFIRMED
26 AUG 2026
Anthropic
Six-year AI compute capacity lease, 460MW, Nvidia Vera Rubin chips – “Monarch” campus, West Virginia
Nscale
$45.0B
INFRA
AI / DATA CENTRES
SIGNED
19 AUG 2026
Etched
Funding round – AI inference chip startup, valuation doubled in under a month to $21B
Jane Street, Sequoia, a16z, Tiger Global
$700M
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AI / SEMICONDUCTORS
CLOSED
07 AUG 2026
Energy Vault
1.25GW AI data centre power infrastructure agreement – BESS + Caterpillar generators, Texas
Undisclosed Data Centre Customer
$550M
INFRA
ENERGY
SIGNED
07 AUG 2026
Amazon
“Project Eagle” campus expansion – 6 additional buildings (10 total), Wharton County, Texas
Internal CapEx Programme
$3.0B
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DATA CENTRES
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The Pure DC Dublin microgrid has made history as Europe’s first large-scale on-site data center microgrid, launched in partnership with power solutions provider AVK at Pure DC’s campus in Ireland.
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4.2GW
NEW DC CAPACITY Q1
Record quarter for commissioning
68%
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Up from 48% in Q4 2025
$8B
NEO CLOUD VC Q1
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140MS
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