This Week's Top 5 Stories in the Data Centre Industry
CoreWeave has confirmed it will invest more than US$6bn in a new data centre in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
The hyperscale facility will initially offer 100 megawatts (MW) of capacity, with the ability to expand to 300 MW, and is purpose-built to support high-performance AI workloads.
The site is one of the first of its kind in the Mid-Atlantic region and becomes part of CoreWeave’s growing network of 33 AI data centres, including 28 across the United States.
Google has signed a long-term hydroelectric power agreement with Brookfield Asset Management and Brookfield Renewable to secure up to 3,000 MW of carbon-free energy for its data centre operations in the United States.
The Hydro Framework Agreement (HFA), the first of its kind, marks a major move in the digital infrastructure sector’s shift toward reliable, clean energy sources.
The project will focus initially on Brookfield’s Holtwood and Safe Harbor hydroelectric facilities in Pennsylvania. Combined, these assets represent more than US$3bn of energy contracts and 670 MW of generating capacity.
CMC Corporation is taking a major step forward in Vietnam’s digital infrastructure race, with official approval for a US$250m data centre in Ho Chi Minh City.
Backed by the Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) Management Board, the CMC Hyperscale Data Centre will serve as the digital foundation for Vietnam’s AI-powered ambitions and part of a broader strategy to connect the country to global tech networks.
Positioned at the eastern edge of Ho Chi Minh City, the facility marks the beginning of what CMC calls the country’s ‘AI Heart’.
Blackstone has confirmed a US$25bn commitment to developing Pennsylvania’s digital and energy infrastructure, including new data centre projects to be delivered by QTS Data Centers (QTS), one of the world’s largest independent data centre operators.
The announcement includes a strategy to catalyse an additional US$60bn in investment across the Commonwealth, targeting long-term capacity to support AI infrastructure and demand for compute power.
Backed by Blackstone Infrastructure and Blackstone Real Estate, the investment will support the construction of new QTS data centre campuses across northeastern Pennsylvania.
Mihta Askiy Datacenter LP, a majority-owned enterprise of the Woodland Cree First Nation, has announced plans to acquire a partially constructed power plant on its traditional lands in northwestern Alberta, Canada.
The acquisition includes land and equipment and serves as the cornerstone for a large-scale Indigenous-led data centre, powered by local natural gas.
The data centre plan is led by the Woodland Cree First Nation, in collaboration with Sovereign Digital Infrastructure, an Alberta-based firm with decades of experience in power generation and data infrastructure.
