This Week's Top 5 Stories in the Data Centre Industry

TikTok’s US Split and the Data Centre Ripple Effect

When TikTok confirmed plans to separate its US app from the rest of its global business, the decision signalled more than a response to regulatory pressure. 

It marked a structural shift in how large digital platforms design, deploy and operate their infrastructure. For data centre operators and cloud providers, the move offers a clear illustration of how geopolitics is reshaping digital architecture.

TikTok’s success has long rested on a global model built around shared infrastructure, unified algorithms and cross-border data flows. As that model fragments, the physical and digital foundations that support platforms are being redesigned to meet national requirements around data sovereignty, security and oversight. Read more...

Prysmian’s Strategy for Asia-Pacific Data Centre Expansion

As Asia-Pacific accelerates its energy transition and digital expansion, Prysmian is reinforcing its long-term role in supporting the infrastructure that underpins modern data centres. 

With five decades of continuous operations in Singapore, the cable solutions provider is positioning itself to meet the rising power, connectivity and sustainability requirements of AI-driven facilities across the region.

"We are working in Europe, in LatAm and APAC to become more relevant, to become more engaged with the go-to-market, with a proper supply chain to win more share in the data centre space," Massimo Battaini, CEO of Prysmian, told investors in a recent earnings call. Read more... 

Investments: Marsh Risk Adds $2.7bn for Data Centre Builds

Marsh Risk has expanded its Nimbus insurance facility to support the global boom in data centre construction. Now offering up to US$2.7bn in project cover, Nimbus provides a dedicated insurance solution for large-scale builds in the UK, US, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

As a business of Marsh and the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor, Marsh Risk launched Nimbus in June 2025 to meet rising demand for purpose-built cover in digital infrastructure. 

The facility remains the first of its kind for large data centre projects and is already in use across builds in the UK, US and the Netherlands. Read more... 

How TotalEnergies Powers Data Centres with Renewable Energy

As data demand accelerates worldwide, energy-intensive data centres have become a central focus of decarbonisation efforts. 

TotalEnergies, a global multi-energy company, is positioning itself at the forefront of this transition by supplying clean, reliable power to leading data centre operators. 

With data centres now estimated to have consumed nearly 3% of global electricity in 2024, long-term renewable energy contracts are critical to ensuring both sustainability and stability in the sector.

Through major partnerships announced in late 2025 – spanning Spain, the United States and Malaysia – TotalEnergies is strengthening its role as a trusted supplier of renewable electricity to hyperscale operators and digital infrastructure leaders. Read more... 

Could Corning & Meta's $6bn Deal Impact Data Centre Builds?

Corning and Meta have announced a multi-year agreement worth up to US$6bn to accelerate the buildout of advanced data centres across the US. 

The partnership centres on the supply of next-generation optical fibre, cable and connectivity solutions to support Meta’s growing portfolio of applications and AI infrastructure.

Under the agreement, Corning will expand manufacturing capacity across its North Carolina operations, including a significant increase at its optical cable facility in Hickory. Meta will act as the anchor customer for this expansion, tying long-term data centre demand directly to domestic manufacturing capability. Read more...