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October 29, 2026
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The UK government has introduced a new policy framework that could give strategically important data centers faster access to electricity
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Japan is moving to connect quantum computing with the infrastructure behind artificial intelligence, bringing seven organizations together to develop a
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General Compute has raised $100 million in Series A funding, giving the AI cloud startup an $800 million post-money valuation
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STTGDC has secured a US$590 million green loan facility to finance the fit-out and operation of its Tokyo data center
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INDUSTRY DEALS & CAPEX TRACKER
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TYPE
SECTOR
STATUS
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
FUNDING
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
CAPEX
DATA CENTRES
CONFIRMED
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CoreWeave has expanded its international artificial intelligence infrastructure with a new deployment in Denmark and plans for a high-capacity network
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Elon Musk has delivered a stark warning to the AI infrastructure market
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MTN Group is moving to deepen its position in Africa’s digital infrastructure
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India’s next phase of artificial intelligence growth will depend on more than advanced chips
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AI Data Center Construction Faces a Cable Supply Bottleneck The global race to build
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Vultr has announced plans to establish a 20-megawatt artificial intelligence supercluster in Chennai, India,
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Ecolab Deepens Cooling Strategy With $4.75B CoolIT Acquisition
Ecolab is making one of its biggest moves yet into AI infrastructure after completing its $4.75 billion acquisition of liquid cooling specialist CoolIT Systems
Pure DC and AVK Deploy Europe’s First 110 MW Data Center Microgrid in Dublin
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.
Pace Digitek Partners With MEGMEET to Expand AI Data Center Power Business
India’s AI infrastructure ecosystem continues to mature as domestic technology manufacturers move beyond traditional telecommunications and industrial markets toward high-growth digital infrastructure opportunities
CapitaLand Sells Singapore Data Center to Unlock Capital for Growth
CapitaLand Ascendas REIT (CLAR) has agreed to sell one of its long-held Singapore data center assets in a transaction that highlights how infrastructure owners are increasingly recycling mature digital assets to fund the next phase of expansion
Supermicro Expands End-to-End DCBBS Liquid Cooling Portfolio for High-Density AI Infrastructure
Supermicro is responding to that shift by expanding its Rear Door Heat Exchanger (RDHx) portfolio, giving operators additional pathways to deploy liquid cooling across both greenfield and existing facilities.
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2026 forecast, up 38% YoY
4.2GW
NEW DC CAPACITY Q1
Record quarter for commissioning
68%
TSMC AZ YIELD RATE
Up from 48% in Q4 2025
$8B
NEO CLOUD VC Q1
Largest quarter on record
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140MS
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For most of the data centre industry’s history, the substation was infrastructure that existed before the project began.
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According to research from Goldman Sachs, current global data center capacity demand sits around 62GW.
Redefining Data Centers for Sustainability and Society
Janne Sigurdsson, atNorth
As the adoption of AI technologies continues to soar, a spotlight has been thrown on the data center industry.
Thermal chain efficiency and the connected thermal-power ecosystem in AI infrastructure
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Why has thermal chain efficiency become such a critical issue in AI infrastructure?
AI infrastructure has fundamentally altered the thermal equation inside data centers.
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The geopolitics of semiconductors gets all the attention, but the real battleground is where those chips are deployed — and who controls the power to run them.
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Governments rushing to adopt open-weight models as a sovereignty strategy are missing the infrastructure problem entirely.
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UK Government Fast-Tracks Strategic AI Data Center Projects
The UK government has introduced a new policy framework that could give strategically important data centers faster access to electricity
Mexico’s Aluminum Industry Targets 7.8% Growth in 2026 as AI surges
Mexico’s aluminum industry enters 2026 with potential opportunities to expand beyond its traditional manufacturing base as AI infrastructure investment creates
Artificial intelligence (AI) workloads are surging, environmental regulations are changing, and the continued use of traditional diesel backup generators is
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