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

Why Kyoto is Hosting NTT DATA's Newest AI-Ready Data Centre

NTT DATA has announced the opening of its Keihanna OSK11 data centre in Kyoto, Japan, adding a new site to its global data centre network.

Their facility is designed as an AI-ready environment, built to handle rising demand for cloud computing and AI workloads.

OSK11 strengthens digital infrastructure in the Kansai region, which is a major economic hub including the cities Osaka, Kyoto, Nara and Kobe – all areas seeing fast growth in data centre development.

The site forms part of a broader effort to support enterprise modernisation, which is a process that organisations use to upgrade legacy systems to more flexible digital platforms.

Inside the First Orbital Marketplace for Space Data Centres

Atomic-6 is bringing a new approach to data centre deployment with the launch of ODC.space, a marketplace designed to offer on-demand access to orbital data centre capacity.

The platform allows AI developers, software providers and government agencies to specify, price and procure compute infrastructure hosted in space. Rather than building and operating their own satellite systems, users can contract capacity directly, with deployment timelines of two to three years – shorter than many terrestrial data centre projects, which can exceed five years.

This model responds to growing constraints on land, power and permitting that continue to affect data centre expansion on Earth. As demand for AI and high-performance computing increases, operators are exploring alternative approaches to scaling infrastructure.

How CoreWeave's Major AI Infrastructure Deals Drive Growth

The world’s largest AI model developers are deepening their reliance on CoreWeave, as demand for high-performance data centre infrastructure accelerates.

The US-based provider, which specialises in cloud-based GPU infrastructure, has secured major multi-billion-dollar agreements with OpenAI, Meta and Anthropic.

The deals make it clear that hyperscale compute capacity is at the core of developing and deploying advanced AI models.

CoreWeave has supported OpenAI since March 2025, beginning their partnership with a US$11.9bn contract, followed by a US$4bn expansion in May and a US$6.5bn deal in September in the same year.

Aon Boosts Data Centre Life Cycle Insurance to US$3.5bn

Aon is increasing insurance capacity for data centres, expanding its Data Center Lifecycle Insurance Program (DCLP) to US$3.5bn and extending coverage into operational phases.

The additional US$1bn brings broader protection for digital infrastructure as it moves beyond construction and commissioning into long-term use.

The programme now includes existing data centres after their first year of operations, reflecting how facilities evolve from build projects into continuous, mission-critical environments.

As data centres grow in scale and complexity, operators face a wider range of risks – from construction delays and equipment failures to cyber incidents and business interruption.

Meta Pushes Mass Timber for Data Centre Construction

The construction of data centres depends on carbon-heavy materials such as steel and concrete, placing pressure on operators to rethink how facilities take shape.

Meta is now working on new ways to build data centres, focusing on how sustainable infrastructure supports growing digital demand without relying on traditional methods.

It is advancing two materials that could reshape sustainable construction: mass timber and low-carbon concrete.