Where authorities are restricting data centres amid AI boomGovernments globally are restricting new data centre construction due to rising concerns. New York State enacted a one-year construction mo...
20 Jul, 2026, 05.17 PM IST
Hut 8 signs $9.8 billion AI data centre lease, fully commercialises Texas campusHut 8 signed a second 15-year lease worth $9.8 billion. This agreement fully commercialises their 1-gigawatt Beacon Point campus in Texas. ...
20 Jul, 2026, 04.36 PM IST
Prysmian signs €5.5 billion Molex deal in data center pushItalian cable maker Prysmian signed a deal with Molex for fiber optic cables. This agreement is valued up to five point five billion euros ...
20 Jul, 2026, 04.26 PM IST
US data center protests go national as backlash growsOpponents of AI data center expansion plan nationwide protests this Saturday. HumansFirst is coordinating demonstrations in at least 125 lo...
18 Jul, 2026, 05.16 PM IST
US data centre protests go national as backlash growsProtesters are organising nationwide demonstrations against the rapid expansion of data centres. These demonstrations aim to voice concerns...
18 Jul, 2026, 04.09 PM IST
Global Market: AI chip rally faces valuation test as investors rotate towards hyperscalersAI chipmaker stock rallies are losing momentum as investors reassess valuations. Hyperscaler capital expenditure growth is projected to slo...
17 Jul, 2026, 12.41 PM IST
Among AI crowd, some investors position for slower hyperscaler spending growthFor most of the past two years, the opposite trade prevailed: investors piled into semiconductor and infrastructure companies on the assump...
17 Jul, 2026, 11.30 AM IST
Americans are angry about data centers. Politicians are feeling the pressureJust down the road, though, cranes reach above towering fences at the site of a $16 billion project - one that has turned this town of 2,40...
17 Jul, 2026, 08.22 AM IST
Micron signs deals with Qualcomm, others for AI-powered automobile chip componentsThe agreements come as the industry races to expand manufacturing capacity to meet the booming demand for memory chips due to the rapid a...
17 Jul, 2026, 12.18 AM IST
New York won't build big data centers for a year as it weighs energy and climate risksThe move pushes the state into a raging debate over how to regulate the AI industry, as concerns over rising electric bills and environment...
15 Jul, 2026, 08.15 AM IST
Wall Street banks see AI 'super cycle' set to boost deals, financingInvestment banks have reaped strong fees from AI-related deals, including SK Hynix's $26.5 billion ADR offering and SpaceX's record $86 bil...
14 Jul, 2026, 11.33 PM IST
Data center firm Switch taps banks for IPO that could value it up to $80 billionData center operator Switch is preparing for a significant initial public offering. This offering could potentially raise up to ten billion...
14 Jul, 2026, 09.02 PM IST
HCLTech to invest Rs 3,500 crore in data centre businessThis came alongside the announcement of the IT company's June quarter result. HCLTech posted over 20% year-on-year rise in its consolidated...
13 Jul, 2026, 06.41 PM IST
Meta expands Louisiana data center to 5 gigawatts compute capacityMeta plans a significant expansion of its Louisiana data center to five gigawatts. This major investment will support the company's growing...
13 Jul, 2026, 03.38 PM IST
Data center pipeline faces construction delays, cancellations to mount through 2027: BernsteinGlobal data center capacity faces delays and cancellations until after 2026. Power and supply chain constraints are significantly impacting...
12 Jul, 2026, 09.58 AM IST
Meta announces $9.17 billion Canada AI data center that will consume electricity equal to 800,000 homesMeta will invest C$13 billion to build its first Canadian AI data center in Alberta. This massive facility will require electricity equival...
11 Jul, 2026, 11.49 AM IST
Meta to build C$13 billion Alberta data center, its first in CanadaMeta has doubled down on AI, pledging hundreds of billions of dollars to build large AI data centers in the U.S. The Alberta announcement r...
09 Jul, 2026, 09.26 AM IST