This Week's Top 5 Stories in the Data Centre Industry
In publishing its 10th annual Sustainability Report, the technology giant is eager to address energy demands, efficiency, water usage and waste reduction across its data centre operations.
Despite having tackled rising emissions on account of its AI use last year, Google has been able to reduce its data centre energy emissions by 12% in 2024, compared to 2023. This is even as its data centre electricity consumption increased by 27% year-on-year due to business growth concerning AI.
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Data centre leader Digital Realty released its 2024 Impact Report, showcasing a strong commitment to sustainability, clean energy and resource conservation.
The global data centre provider has matched 185 facilities with 100% renewable energy, as it looks to advance its sustainability metrics across multiple areas of operation.
As the largest global provider of cloud and carrier-neutral data centre colocation and interconnection solutions, Digital Realty has released its Impact Report to showcase its industry-leading sustainability performance. This includes a comprehensive overview of its clean energy commitment, resource conservation and other sustainable business practices.
DigitalBridge Group, Inc. and La Caisse have completed its acquisition of Yondr Group from Cathexis Holdings, L.P., establishing a joint control structure over the hyperscale data centre developer and operator.
The transaction positions both investors to address growing capacity requirements from technology companies seeking advanced data processing capabilities.
Notably, La Caisse is investing alongside DigitalBridge-managed investment vehicles in the deal, which marks another collaboration between the two firms in digital infrastructure. The Canadian pension fund previously acquired a 30% stake in Vertical Bridge in 2019 – a communications infrastructure company within DigitalBridge's portfolio – and both investors supported Vertical Bridge's $3.3 billion tower transaction with Verizon in 2024.
Marcus Law reports: Doug Loewe has stepped down from his role as Chief Executive Officer at Kao Data, with founder and Executive Chairman David Bloom resuming leadership of the AI-focused data centre operator after 18 months of shared leadership between the two executives.
In a statement the company said Doug would be focusing on philanthropic, political and academic commitments across Europe, Africa and the United States, with Kao restructuring its operations around its Senior Management Team, which will continue to handle commercial, operations, human resources, finance and development functions under David’s direction.
David founded Kao Data in 2014 and has maintained active involvement in the business throughout its development.
“On behalf of the Board and the entire team at Kao Data, I would like to thank Doug for his vision and leadership during his tenure,” says David. “The company is supportive of Doug’s personal desire to progress his philanthropic and overseas interests, and thanks to his collaborative and inclusive approach, our Senior Management Team is well-placed to continue to progress and deliver our growth strategy.”
OpenAI is set to rent an additional 4.5 gigawatts (GW) of data centre power capacity from Oracle in the US in a US$30bn bid to support its continued growth.
According to Bloomberg, this move is all part of Stargate – a US$500bn AI infrastructure project led by OpenAI and Oracle, in addition to SoftBank and other partners. The goal of the initiative is to build large-scale data centres across the US to support the development of advanced AI models and maybe even artificial general intelligence (AGI).
As part of this, OpenAI announced in January 2025 it would be buying significant computing power from Oracle specifically for AI.
So far, Oracle has been developing a large data centre in Abilene, Texas, reportedly for OpenAI.
