AI data center news
AI data center news: new projects, supercomputers, power deals and compute contracts as they are announced.
Oracle to buy Point Beach nuclear power for Project Lighthouse, Oct 2, 2026
Oracle will take part of Point Beach's nuclear power for Project Lighthouse, pending Wisconsin approval.
Meta expands Louisiana data center to 5 GW on July 13, 2026
Meta said on July 13, 2026 that it is expanding its Richland Parish, Louisiana data center to 5 GW.
Amazon Built Together: $1 billion for data center communities, Oct 2, 2026
Amazon's Built Together, announced October 2, 2026, adds over $1 billion in five years for its US data center towns.
Meta breaks ground on 1 GW Sturgeon County data center on July 8, 2026
Meta broke ground on a 1 GW AI data center in Sturgeon County, Alberta, its first in Canada, on July 8, 2026.
Google's Project Suncatcher puts TPUs in orbit on October 1, 2026
Google's first Project Suncatcher satellite, built with Planet, took TPUs to orbit on October 1, 2026.
JERA, Dell and RHAELM plan 400 MW AI data center in Chiba, Oct 1, 2026
JERA, Dell and RHAELM signed an MoU on October 1, 2026 for an AI data center of up to 400 MW in Chiba, Japan.
Constellation, Amazon sign 20-year Calvert Cliffs deal on Sep 30, 2026
Constellation and Amazon signed a 20-year, 690 MW Calvert Cliffs nuclear power deal on September 30, 2026.
Each story names the owner, location, announced capacity, chips and timeline as the company states them, and follows a project as it progresses: construction, first power, expansion, delays or cancellation. Coverage also includes sovereign AI programmes, hyperscaler capital spending and neoclouds. Every project is logged in the AI data centers tracker, and background is in our data center explainers.