Data center construction stories

Vertiv boosts Americas manufacturing with new South Carolina and Pennsylvania sites, plus a Mexicali expansion, to meet booming AI data centre demand.

Vertiv to acquire Italian heat-exchange specialist ThermoKey, boosting EMEA data centre cooling capacity amid rising AI power demands.

As AI drives a data centre boom, Compu Dynamics is proving women can build careers in mission‑critical tech without a computer science degree.

McLaren wins shell-and-core deal for Ada's first 70MW Docklands data centre, launching a 210MW AI-ready campus in London's Royal Docks.

AI workloads are set to outstrip data centre capacity by 2027, as power constraints and skills shortages threaten expansion plans.

Finnish Data Centre Association taps Antti “Jogi” Poikola as Managing Director to bolster the country's growing sustainable data hub ambitions.

Prism Power plans a USD $40m US acquisition and UK expansion to tackle critical power kit shortages amid a fast-growing data centre boom.

A rugged South Atlantic island now hosts a modular data centre, bolstering satellite and subsea backbone links despite extreme logistics.

BCS Consultancy names Chris Coward COO to steer global expansion and sharpen operations as AI-driven data centre demand accelerates.

Trackunit and Cisco have teamed up to launch a solution aimed at cutting unplanned downtime in the construction industry, boosting productivity globally.

Japan tops the list for data centre construction costs, while Singapore leads in land expense in the Asia Pacific region. .

According to CBRE, North American data centre construction rose 25% to a record high in the first half of 2023, driven by the growth of AI.

NTT president and board director Masaaki Moribayashi says the pandemic has led to global dependence on online services and infrastructure.

Simply Energy will provide 10 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy for the NZ data centre through 'demand flexibility' technology.

Jason Casey, who is a member of the Chartered Institute of Building, previously worked as associate director within Ardmac's cleanroom business unit.

The company, which has invested £500 million into developing data centres over the next several years, states that it sees potential in the UK market.

As Europe's core data centres face saturation, DigiPlex promotes the Nordic region, citing cheaper power, a cooler climate, and robust business support.

The company's new offering provides services to support the design, build and operation of Tier-4 data centres.

Big Data Exchange (BDx) is set to launch a strategic new data centre in Nanjing by June 2020, offering 3,800 racks for international and domestic clients.

In this exclusive interview Tesh Durvasula shares how the company plans to have a Europe data centre portfolio providing nearly 250 MW by the year's end.