Data center construction news

This week's data center construction news: new campuses, leases, power deals and the contractors building them. 63 stories from Oct 14–Oct 21, ranked by coverage, fit and freshness.

This week

Data Centers

Oct 15

Utility Dive · 3 outletsReliability standards for AI data centers, crypto miners move closer to adoption

Oct 20

Utility Dive · 2 outletsSchneider Electric sees record-high Q3 revenue on global data center boom

Oct 20

DCDGoogle expands partnership with Entergy Arkansas, will fund renewable energy and grid upgrades for West Memphis data center

Oct 19

DCDMicrosoft signs 20-year power deal with Indiana utility NiSource for planned data center in the state

Oct 20

BisnowCBRE Expands Data Center Footprint With $1B Acquisition Of Onnec Group

Oct 20

Construction Review OnlineStack Files Permits for $100bn ‘Project Crossroads’ Data Center Campus in Berry Hill, Virginia

Oct 20

DCDClosing the Loop: Are closed-loop systems the solution to data centers' water woes?

Oct 20

DCDOVHcloud has 110MW of data center capacity up for grabs

Oct 20

DCDxMems solid-state cooling chips for data centers and Edge devices go into production

Oct 20

ENRAI Data Center Demand Reshapes a Rebounding US Industrial Construction Market

Oct 20

DCDCBRE acquires data center services firm Onnec

Oct 20

Latitude MediaBeyond securing power, data centers have an orchestration challenge

Oct 20

Data Center KnowledgeAnother Data Center IPO Fizzles as Investor Appetite Wanes

Oct 20

Construction Review Online$45bn+ West Virginia Data Center Project Advances as Anthropic–Nscale Deal Talks Continue

Oct 19

DCDRussian official proposes data centers in disused coal mines to protect from drone strikes

Oct 19

DCD400MW data center eyed at old Navy cyber site in San Diego, California

Oct 19

DCDPower alone won't unlock the next generation of AI data centers

Oct 19

DCDCurtis Hall proposes temporary 49.9MW gas power plant for Cardiff data center campus - report

Oct 19

DCDCarrier Connect leases 4MW data center in Alpharetta, Georgia

Oct 19

DCDAlcoa sells New York aluminum smelter to data center developer for $315 million

Oct 18

DCDThe end of independent infrastructure roadmaps: how AI is forcing data center co-design

Oct 16

DCDSuccessful project handover for data centers

Oct 16

Latitude MediaSunrun: Residential VPPs for data centers are nearing reality

Oct 16

DCDStranded natural gas could power offshore data centers

Oct 16

DCDNscale's Glomfjord data center delayed, site suffers leaks in cooling system and a fire

Oct 15

ENRNCCER in the News: AGC – Construction Workforce Shortages Remain Acute Despite ‘Soft’ Market Conditions as Data Centers Strain Labor Supply, Survey Finds

Oct 14

Data Center FrontierVirginia’s New Data Center Bargain: Power, Permits and the Right to Build

Oct 14

Data Center KnowledgeWhy AI Data Center Cooling Needs to Get Smarter

Oct 20

DCDSan Francisco shopping mall targeted for potential data center

Oct 20

DCDBlackstone closes latest energy transition fund at $8.7bn, backs several data center focused energy firms

Oct 20

DCDDCD Studio: The data center workforce challenge with Andy Davis, Data eXec

Oct 20

Data Center KnowledgeIs Front-of-the-Meter Power the Next Data Center Play?

Oct 19

ACHR NewsASHRAE Conference Program Targets Data Centers, Decarbonization, and AI

Oct 14

BisnowRegulators Reject Proposed Rules For Data Centers On Nation's Largest Grid

Oct 14

ACHR NewsData Center Cooling Keeps Producing HVAC Opportunities

Oct 20

DCDChief Telecom breaks ground on 16MW data center in Taiwan

Oct 20

Data Center POSTWhy The Data Centre Industry Must Rethink Its Talent Pipeline

Oct 20

DCDMagnora Data Center acquires 2MW facility in Oslo, Norway

Oct 20

DCDDataVault plans 3MW data center in Auckland, New Zealand

Oct 20

DCD1GW data center proposed alongside solar farm in Norfolk, UK

Updated Oct 21, 12:14 AM ET, twice each weekday. Headlines are the outlets' own; each one links to the original reporting.

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