This Week's Top Five Stories in the Data Centre Industry
AWS becomes the first cloud provider to help teams measure water withdrawal data based on actual usage alongside carbon emissions in its console
Amazon Web Services has added water withdrawal data to its Sustainability console.
The cloud computing company now tracks water usage alongside carbon emissions for its customers.
The data centre operator reports its facilities use seven times less water than industry averages.
AWS has completed 75% of its target to become water positive by 2030.
2. How ABB’s $5.5bn Rotork Deal Promotes Data Centre Automation
ABB's proposed US$5.5bn acquisition of Rotork aims to strengthen its automation offering for mission-critical infrastructure, including data centres
Data centre operators managing complex cooling, power and process systems are set to gain a new level of supplier scale, following ABB's agreed cash offer for Rotork, the UK-based flow control and actuator specialist.
The deal, valued at an enterprise value of around US$5.5bn, brings ABB's automation portfolio together with Rotork's instrumentation technology, used across industrial process environments including data centres, water and power infrastructure.
Under the terms of the recommended offer, Rotork shareholders will receive 503p (US$6.75) in cash per share, a premium of around 60% when compared against the company's latest three-month average share price, plus an interim dividend of up to 3p per share without any reduction to the offer value.
ABB expects the acquisition to add around 3% to its overall revenues and 12% to the revenues of its Automation business area, with immediate accretion to Operational EBITA margin at both levels.
3. Vertiv Aims to Boost Chiller Manufacturing in Northern Italyāāāāāāā
Vertiv is doubling chiller production and building a new testing lab at its Tognana campus near Padua to meet data centre demand for AI cooling systems
Digital infrastructure provider Vertiv is expanding chiller manufacturing and integrated testing operations at its Tognana campus near Padua.
The investment will double regional chiller production capacity by the end of 2026 and deliver a new large-scale testing laboratory by early 2027.
The expansion aims to meet growing data centre requirements for thermal equipment capable of supporting high-density AI applications.
4. OpenAI: How a 3.2GW AI Campus in Georgia is Community-First
OpenAI's planned 3.2GW Georgia campus pairs AI infrastructure with grid flexibility, local investment and commitments to Effingham County's community
It is no surprise that as hyperscale campuses grow in scale, developers are also being expected to prove they can support the communities around them.
This value is at the very core of OpenAI's approach to Project Camellia, a proposed 3.2GW AI data centre campus in Effingham County, Georgia.
Alongside one of the largest AI infrastructure projects announced in the US, the company has unveiled a series of commitments covering electricity, water, local investment and accountability.
Designed to receive power in phases between 2028 and 2032, the campus is expected to support next-generation AI computing while creating thousands of construction and permanent jobs in southeast Georgia.
5. What Microsoft-Mistral Deal Means For Europe's Data Centres
Microsoft and French AI company Mistral have struck a deal for AI infrastructure, increasing European data centre capacity and sovereign cloud options
In a move that deepens an already solid partnership, Microsoft and Mistral have announced a deal to strengthen AI infrastructure across Europe.
Alongside making Mistral's AI models more widely available through Microsoft's platforms, the deal supports investment in European data centre capacity as demand for AI compute soars.
The partnership also reflects wider efforts to give organisations more options for running AI workloads within European infrastructure.
