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

Schneider Electric and Foxconn to Partner on AI Data Centres

Schneider Electric and Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) have formed a strategic partnership to develop and scale next-generation AI data centre infrastructure. Production of the joint hardware solutions is scheduled to begin later this year.

The collaboration merges Foxconn’s global manufacturing capacity and advanced AI rack integration capabilities with Schneider Electric’s power, cooling and energy management systems. The companies plan to produce integrated hardware to help operators build AI facilities across multiple geographic regions with greater predictability.

“At the pace AI is evolving, the industry requires a new model for how infrastructure is designed, built and delivered,” says Young Liu, Chairman of Foxconn. “By combining Foxconn’s strength in AI systems and global manufacturing with Schneider Electric’s deep expertise in power and energy, we are creating a path for customers to deploy AI capacity at scale – faster, smarter and more sustainably.”

Why Jabil and Adani Are Building AI Infrastructure in India

The global AI data centre buildout is creating demand far beyond power and fibre.

Every new facility requires vast quantities of servers, cooling systems, power equipment and networking hardware.

As demand for AI infrastructure accelerates, operators must secure access to these systems at unprecedented scale.

Seeking to capitalise on that opportunity, India’s Adani Group and manufacturing specialist Jabil have unveiled plans for a strategic alliance focused on creating a vertically integrated AI and data centre infrastructure manufacturing platform in India.

Inside Amazon's New US$10bn Missouri Hyperscale Data Centre

Amazon has unveiled plans for one of its most significant investments yet, committing US$10bn to develop a new data centre campus in Montgomery County, Missouri.

Announced alongside state leaders, utility partners and local stakeholders, the project will add a major new data centre footprint to Amazon's growing infrastructure estate while bringing hundreds of permanent jobs and thousands of construction roles to the region.

It builds on Amazon's existing presence in Missouri, where the company currently employs more than 10,000 people across fulfilment centres, sortation facilities, delivery stations and other operations.

According to local estimates, the development is expected to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in property tax revenues over the next 25 years.

Oracle: Why Community Outreach is Key to Project Jupiter

Oracle has launched an expanded community outreach campaign for its Project Jupiter data centre campus in Doña Ana County, New Mexico. 

The initiative communicates the economic, environmental and community impacts of the facility to local residents. 

Central to the public awareness drive is detailed information regarding the site's fuel cell-powered energy strategy and water conservation approach. The company aims to provide precise details about how the facility will operate, interact with local utility networks and benefit the local workforce.

GXO: Why Execution Discipline Defines Hyperscale Advantage

When Glen Sutton, GXO's Division President of Technology for the Americas and Asia-Pacific, visited one of his company’s operations in shortly after joining the company, he was not expecting what he found.

"What stood out to me immediately was the level of discipline and coordination required to keep everything moving in sync," he says.

It was not just the quality of the operation, but what it represented – how much the demands on supply chains had evolved.

That shift highlights a broader gap between how supply chains operate at hyperscale and how their role is understood in the market, one that companies like GXO are addressing as logistics becomes central to readiness.