Anthropic books first Australian campus lease of 2.16GW
The planned site sits roughly 250 kilometres from Brisbane.
16 September 2026 · Business News Today
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Thailand halts work on 49 data centres
Thirty-five centres are running and 117 more await investment approval.
6 Sept · The Next Web
NSW clears Goodman’s Macquarie Park campus
Project Apollo is a A$1.4 billion ($1.0 billion) 135-megawatt facility at 4-10 Talavera Road.
4 Sept · Mingtiandi
ONE Nuclear locks site control for Louisiana gas plant
The plant would sit alongside a data center complex near RiverPlex MegaPark in Ascension Parish.
2 Sept · POWER Magazine
Mansfield homeowners sue Meta over well water
Several homeowners near Meta’s Newton County data center have filed a lawsuit alleging construction tainted their water.
1 Sept · AJC
Judge tentatively tells Imperial County to redo review of 330 MW campus
Judge L. Brooks Anderholt tentatively found the County treated Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC approvals as ministerial.
1 Sept · Data Center Knowledge
Austin orders data-center rules, not an immediate ban
City Council unanimously adopted Item 61 as amended at its Aug. 27 meeting.
28 Aug · cbsaustin.com
X2M forms X2MDC and signs first GPU data center contract
The binding agreement is for a high-density GPU data center with an estimated project cost of more than AU$250m (~US$180m).
28 Aug · DCD
Thailand lifts a 2,000MW clean-power cap for data centres
Energy Minister Akanat Promphan said a two-year sandbox that limited direct PPAs to 2,000 megawatts for data centres has been fully lifted.
28 Aug · nationthailand.com
Sabey pitches $4.25 billion Indianapolis campus
The proposed Decatur Township site is roughly 130 acres at 6400 Kentucky Avenue.
28 Aug · Data Center POST
Greens seek UK pause on new data centers
Zack Polanski, leader of the UK Green Party, called for a nationwide moratorium except local-scale facilities for the local community.
28 Aug · DCD
Google cleared to grade 312 acres in Botetourt
Botetourt County issued Google a Land Disturbance Permit for the planned campus.
28 Aug · wsls.com
ESDS targets Rs 720 crore IPO for Indian data-center buildout
Approximately Rs 576 crore ($60.35m) is earmarked to purchase and install cloud computing equipment and infrastructure for its data centers.
28 Aug · DCD
Vineland DataOne site ran dozens of generators without permits
NJDEP said it has issued none and has none under review for the facility.
27 Aug · The Guardian
Sherrill signs six-month energy and water reporting for New Jersey data centers
Gov. Mikie Sherrill signed legislation requiring data centers to report water and energy use to the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities every six months.
27 Aug · newjerseymonitor.com
Meta describes closed-loop liquid cooling for AI halls
Meta said a typical AI-optimised data center using closed-loop liquid cooling with dry coolers uses less water annually than a couple of full-service restaurants.
27 Aug · about.fb.com
Duke Energy Florida resists a dedicated large-load rate
At a Tuesday Florida PSC hearing, DEF argued its SB 484 compliance tariff is enough.
27 Aug · utilitydive.com
Atlanta takes the construction lead as vacancy hits 1.4%
On Aug. 27, 2026, CBRE said primary-market supply rose 33.7% year over year to 10,903 MW in H1 while vacancy fell to a record 1.4%.
27 Aug · cbre.com
Lidl’s owner books a 240 MW hall near Rostock
On Aug. 27, 2026, Schwarz Group said it will spend up to €5.6 billion ($6.5 billion) on a data centre near Rostock with 240 MW by 2033.
27 Aug · reuters.com
Digital Realty starts ZUR4 in Glattbrugg
The company announced construction on Aug. 27, 2026, with completion planned for 2028.
27 Aug · globenewswire.com
Schwarz Group plans 5.6 billion euro data center in Dummerstorf
The companies of Schwarz Group aim to invest up to 5.6 billion euros by 2033 in a data center expected to reach 240 megawatts, with a possible 1 gigawatt grid connection by 2045.
27 Aug · gruppe.schwarz
Unpermitted generators run at Vineland DataOne site
Thermal drone last week showed at least 45 of 62 units operating.
27 Aug · Floodlight
U.S. Courts seek a vendor for two colocation data centers
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts published an RFI for enterprise colocation from two geographically diverse data centers; the current deal expires in July 2029 and a successor would run until at least July 2032.
26 Aug · datacenterdynamics.com
OpenAI puts energy planning inside Industrial Compute
The company is hiring a Clean Energy and New Technology Lead to own emerging energy strategy and its execution.
26 Aug · Data Center Knowledge
Paducah Site slated for $100 billion data-center campus
Redevelopment of U.S. Department of Energy land in Kentucky includes new energy infrastructure.
25 Aug · U.S. Department of Energy
DOE keeps Eddystone online as PJM data-center load rises
An Aug. 21 order under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act runs through Nov. 20.
25 Aug · Data Center Knowledge
Spain drafts 80% hourly renewable rules for data centres
A draft decree would require renewable energy to cover at least 80% of a data centre’s energy supply for every hour of operation, matching each new megawatt with new renewable capacity installed in the 18 months before start-up.
25 Aug · reuters.com
Soluna buys 397 acres in Briscoe County for Dorothy 3
The Texas plot is intended for a planned Project Dorothy 3 data center.
25 Aug · datacenterdynamics.com
Lancium campuses to host Nvidia AI factory stack
Nvidia designs and power-management tools will be used at gigawatt-scale sites.
25 Aug · Data Center Knowledge
Texas adds an audit gate on data-center grid ties
Gov. Greg Abbott’s August 3 letter cites about 474 GW of pending ERCOT connection requests, roughly 90 percent from data centers.
24 Aug · pillsburylaw.com
Kentucky PSC backs 482 MW for Justified
The Kentucky Public Service Commission approved a Retail Electric Service Agreement supporting up to 482 megawatts for TeraWulf’s Justified Data Campus.
24 Aug · investors.terawulf.com
Cloverleaf ties up with NVIDIA on U.S. digital infrastructure
Cloverleaf Infrastructure said on August 21 it had entered a strategic partnership with NVIDIA.
23 Aug · POWER Magazine
Maryland counsel asks FERC to kill PJM backstop
The plan would procure about 7,000 megawatts of generation for data-center load.
21 Aug · Maryland Office of People's Counsel
PUCT grants ERCOT extra time on Batch Zero Large Loads
The commission issued the order on August 20, 2026 in Project No. 59142.
21 Aug · ERCOT
Shapiro binds large Pennsylvania data centers to GRID rules
He signed Executive Order 2026-05 on Aug. 18.
20 Aug · POWER Magazine
Morgan Stanley: cash no longer clears a site
On Aug. 20, 2026, Yahoo Finance reported Morgan Stanley’s Aug. 17 note that community resistance is now a material development risk, with a 38 GW U.S. power shortfall seen for 2026–2028.
20 Aug · finance.yahoo.com
Loudoun bets on a $1.3 billion data-centre tax take
That haul is stated as 40% of the county’s total tax revenue in the 2027 fiscal year budget.
19 Aug · New York Post
Duos signs 55 MW of U.S. AI hosting orders with Axe Compute
Two project entities signed five-year hosting service orders with Axe Compute Inc.
18 Aug · Data Center POST
SEC staff put data-centre bonds outside ABS risk retention
Kayla Roberts of the SEC’s Office of Structured Finance replied on 29 July that staff agreed data centre securitisations fall outside the Exchange Act ABS definition.
18 Aug · thenextweb.com
Pennsylvania ties data-center permits to GRID rules and local approval
Governor Josh Shapiro signed Executive Order 2026-05 on August 18, 2026.
18 Aug · Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Nvidia backs OpenAI’s Ohio campus with a $105 billion guarantee
On Aug. 17, 2026, Reuters reported Nvidia will guarantee up to $105 billion of lease and power payments for an SB Energy site in Pike County that could reach 8 GW.
17 Aug · reuters.com
Hounslow backs Heathrow-estate data centre
The Planning Committee voted for a scheme on 12.2 acres of brownfield in the Haslemere Heathrow Estate.
12 Aug · BBC
Hounslow backs Heathrow-estate data centre
The Planning Committee approved a scheme on a 12.2-acre brownfield plot in the Haslemere Heathrow Estate.
12 Aug · AOL
Alpha Compute signs $55 million Pennsylvania term sheet
Alpha Compute has signed a binding term sheet to acquire land and natural gas rights in Pennsylvania for $55 million to develop a 200-megawatt data center campus.
11 Aug · reuters.com
Equinix backs Abbott’s Texas data-center audit
Equinix, Inc. said its Texas investment now exceeds $1.6 billion across nine facilities, with more than $1 billion of additional projects underway.
11 Aug · newsroom.equinix.com
North America absorbed a record 25 GW of data centers
JLL’s North America Data Center Report – Midyear 2026 puts H1 2026 absorption at 25 GW.
11 Aug · jll.com
Equinix to pay 100% of CGEMC costs for contracted Hampton demand
The Hampton project will add more than 990 jobs and up to $20 million annually in taxes.
6 Aug · Equinix
U.S. data-center starts hit $81.5B through June
That year-to-date total for launched projects topped the $72.5B spent in all of 2025.
5 Aug · credaily.com
ERCOT holds Batch Zero large-load notices after Abbott letter
Providers will not be told by August 7, 2026 how any Large Load is classified in the Batch Zero Interconnection Study.
3 Aug · ERCOT
Texas pauses pending data-center grid approvals for an audit
On August 3, 2026, Governor Greg Abbott directed PUCT and ERCOT to halt pending approvals, not to ban projects.
3 Aug · jonesday.com
Holyrood to vote on data-centre pause
The debate is due to start this afternoon.
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