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• Jul 10, 2026

  Siemens and FuelCell Energy partner on fuel cell power for data centers and other industrial offtakers

  Siemens and FuelCell Energy have announced a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on fuel cell-based power generation, with data centers identified as a key offtaker.

  • Siemens will design and supply electrical balance-of-plant systems for fuel cell installations supporting commercial projects above 100MW.
  • The companies will jointly develop distributed energy systems combining fuel cells, battery energy storage, microgrid controls, and medium-voltage electrical equipment, and will evaluate ways to scale deployments, improve timelines, and reduce costs.
  • The article also references prior FuelCell Energy deals: a binding agreement with Fit Energy USA for up to 380MW, and non-binding agreements with SDC for up to 450MW and Inuverse for up to 100MW in Daegu, South Korea.
• Jul 10, 2026

  Equinix to develop 10th and 11th data centers in Amsterdam

  Equinix has announced plans to develop its tenth and eleventh data centers, AM9 and AM10, in Zuidoost, southern Amsterdam.

  • A draft decision approving construction was published on June 30 for the two data centers in Amstel III, a former office park being redeveloped as a mixed-use neighborhood.
  • Equinix said it intends to source 80MW of power for the campus, but the project will be built in phases because of grid congestion; the initial build-out is limited to about 25% of the permitted development and focuses on the first tower, with electricity consumption capped at that level until 2036.
• Jul 10, 2026

  Excess heat from Equinix data centers to power homes in Milan, Italy

  Equinix has announced an agreement with A2A to recover waste heat from its Settimo Milanese data center campus and feed it into Milan’s district heating network.

  • Equinix will design and operate the heat export system for its Settimo Milanese campus and work with customers to make server heat available to A2A.
  • A2A will use a new energy center, four heat pumps with 72 MW total capacity, and two thermal storage systems of 6,000 cubic meters to move heat into the urban grid; once operational the project is expected to recover 225 GWh/year, heat 21,000+ homes, and avoid 345,000 tons of CO2.
  • Emanuela Grandi said the project is expected to become one of the largest data center heat export projects in Europe outside the Nordic countries; Renato Mazzoncini said it fits A2A’s strategy of an integrated ecosystem for energy, infrastructure, and innovation.
• Jul 9, 2026

  Data Center Frontier Trends Summit 2026 Preview

  Data Center Frontier has announced a preview of the Data Center Frontier Trends Summit 2026, a conference focused on AI infrastructure execution, taking place August 4–6 in Reston, Virginia.

  • The episode features Matt Vincent speaking with Bill Kleyman of Apolo to preview the summit and its themes, including power-first site selection, liquid cooling, behind-the-meter generation, supply chain execution, and community acceptance.
  • The article says the industry has shifted from projection to execution and that announced megawatts are not the same as energized megawatts; it also highlights summit sessions and keynotes involving Rich Miller, Lee Kestler, NVIDIA, Meta, and the Open Compute Project.
  • The content is a podcast/article preview and commentary, not a new project announcement; it references the summit agenda and speakers, with the conference set for August 4–6, 2026 in Reston, Virginia.
• Jul 9, 2026

  Leadership Updates: Key Data Center & Cloud Appointments (Q3 2026)

  The article summarizes a wave of leadership appointments across data center operators, infrastructure vendors, and related service firms; it is a roundup rather than a single first-time project announcement.

  • Multiple firms, including NTT Data Group, Stream Data Centers, Colt Data Centre Services, and Vantage Data Centers, announced new executive appointments to support expansion, operations, finance, technology, and regional growth.
  • The roundup also covers leadership moves at Oracle, Güntner Group, Apx Data Centre Solutions, Trane Technologies, Anthropic, Scality, EdgeCore, JLL, Cushman & Wakefield, and industry bodies such as ASHRAE and EPRI; no single investment amount or project cost is given.
• Jul 9, 2026

  DeepInfra deploys AI inference cloud in Toronto, Canada, data center

  DeepInfra has announced a new data center location in Toronto, Canada, expanding beyond the United States for the first time.

  • The Toronto cluster offers 1.7MW of capacity and will host more than 1,000 Nvidia Blackwell B300 GPUs; DeepInfra said it is its ninth data center location and first outside the US.
  • CEO and co-founder Nikola Borisov said the site is a foundational step in expanding capacity beyond the US; the facility is likely leased capacity at a third-party site, and the announcement comes after DeepInfra raised $107 million in a Series B round and completed a $18 million Series A in April 2025.
• Jul 9, 2026

  FuriosaAI deploys its RNGD servers at Equinix data center in Lisbon, Portugal

  FuriosaAI has announced a deployment of its RNGD servers at Equinix’s LS2 data center in Lisbon, Portugal, expanding its European footprint.

  • The deployment uses FuriosaAI’s custom AI inference accelerators at Equinix’s LS2 facility, which launched in June 2025 and offers 2,050 sqm of colocation space across three floors with capacity for 625 racks.
  • FuriosaAI said the partnership with Equinix creates an important new distribution channel in Europe and supports energy-efficient and sustainable inference; the company also noted its NXT RNGD server launched in September 2025.
  • The article adds background that FuriosaAI was reportedly seeking $300 million to $500 million in a funding round ahead of a planned IPO, and had previously raised about $115 million across four rounds; in May 2026 it announced a partnership with Broadcom for its third-generation AI accelerator.
• Jul 8, 2026

  GridMarket, Deployable Energy partner to deploy microreactors for data centers

  GridMarket and Deployable Energy have announced a partnership to support advanced nuclear power development for the data center sector.

  • The companies are targeting deployment of 500MW per year from 2030 to 2035 and say the partnership could support more than 3GW of capacity through 2035.
  • GridMarket will connect its customer pipeline and deployment-ready sites to Deployable Energy’s Unity Nuclear Battery, a 1MWe gas-cooled microreactor designed to fit inside a 20 ft container and be deployed in arrays.
  • Deployable Energy was selected for the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad and says its test reactor reached criticality earlier this month; the company is based in Houston, Texas. The article also notes that the parties will pursue customer engagements and an initial pilot project, with no further pilot details provided.
• Jul 3, 2026

  Equinix-occupied data center in Manchester, UK, sold to a new landlord - report

  Schroders Capital has reportedly acquired the Equinix-leased Joule House data centre in Manchester from Invesco.

  • The two-storey, 3MW facility at 76 Trafford Wharf Road, Trafford Park, Stretford is occupied by Equinix and provides around 30,000 sq ft of technical space with densities of up to 20kW per rack.
  • The site was reportedly marketed earlier in the year for £15.35 million ($20.5m); it was launched by Telecity in 2012, later acquired by Equinix around 2016, and Equinix still lists it as leased in its latest earnings presentation.
  • Invesco was selling on behalf of St. James’s Place as it winds down property funds; CBRE advised Invesco and Aquira Real Estate advised Schroders.
• Jul 3, 2026

  Nebius signs 18MW lease with Merlin Properties at Spain data center - report

  Nebius has reportedly signed an 18MW capacity agreement with Merlin Properties for the Getafe data center near Madrid, according to El Mundo citing company sources.

  • The reported lease covers 18MW at Merlin’s Getafe data center near Madrid, a facility jointly developed with Edged Energy.
  • Edged’s website says the campus includes MG1 (20MW) and MG2 (48MW), with a PUE of 1.15; Merlin declined to confirm the scale of the agreement.
  • The report says Nebius will have operations in five European countries after the Spain deal, and notes the company also has data center capacity in the UK, France, Finland, and Iceland.
• Jul 3, 2026

  Brookfield expands partnership with Bloom Energy to support fuel cell deployment across AI data centers

  Brookfield has expanded its partnership with Bloom Energy to support the supply of Bloom’s Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) systems to AI data center customers.

  • Brookfield will increase its investment in Bloom Energy from $5 billion to $25bn under the expanded agreement.
  • The package is part of Brookfield’s AI Infrastructure Fund, launched in November 2025 with a target to deploy $100bn; Bloom said the deal reflects strong demand from the data center sector.
  • The article also references prior Bloom data center deals with Nebius, Oracle, Equinix, and American Electric Power, including capacity figures of up to 2.8GW, 100MW+, and 1GW.
• Jul 2, 2026

  Singapore's government proposes data center licensing regime

  Singapore’s government has put forward a draft Digital Infrastructure Bill that would create new licensing, security, and sustainability requirements for data centers.

  • Data centers above 10MW serving third-party customers would need a license from IMDA; a separate regime would apply to facilities in the 3MW-9MW range.
  • Cloud service providers in rented data centers would also need a license if they generate more than $100m in average annual revenue from Singaporean users over a three-year period; the bill would also require security measures, business continuity and disaster recovery plans, and incident reporting to IMDA.
  • The bill is out for public consultation; Singapore previously imposed a moratorium on new data center developments since 2019, later easing it via a 2022 pilot scheme and a subsequent allocation of 80MW in 2023 plus an additional 200MW call last December.
• Jul 2, 2026

  NTT photonics push reaches across Japan with Equinix and Sakura Internet

  Equinix Japan, NTT East, and Sakura Internet have announced a photonics-based proof of concept to test data center connectivity between Hokkaido and Tokyo.

  • The POC will use NTT’s all-photonic network (APN) and IOWN service to connect Sakura Internet’s Ishikari data center with Equinix facilities in Tokyo.
  • NTT East will provide APN connectivity, Sakura Internet will supply the service platform and test environment, and Equinix Japan will provide interconnection infrastructure, ecosystem connectivity, and operational design; the trio will test throughput, latency, and other network metrics in a live environment.
  • The article also provides background on NTT’s broader IOWN/APN strategy, including comments from Akira Shimada and Masahisa Kawashima, and mentions related deployments by NTT DoCoMo in Japan and Hong Kong.
• Jun 30, 2026

  Equinix officially retires bare metal offering

  Equinix has announced the shutdown (sunset) of its Equinix Metal bare‑metal service.

  • Main announcement: Equinix will sunset Equinix Metal on June 30, 2026; console access will remain for users with the ‘Owner’ role until December 31, 2026, after which console access is removed on January 1, 2027. The company warned that any servers still provisioned after the sunset will be permanently deleted and that final billing runs and invoices will be issued shortly after June 30, 2026. Support for Metal is retired on September 30, 2026, and customers requiring support after that date should contact their Equinix account teams.
  • Background and implementation details: Equinix acquired Packet (rebranded as Equinix Metal) to expand edge and smaller‑market deployments; Packet CEO Zac Smith left in 2023 to co‑found Datum. Equinix urged customers to delete resources (IP addresses, Fabric virtual connections, VLANs) to avoid continued charges, stating resources left behind may incur charges “even after all servers have been terminated.” Equinix said it will help account holders assess alternative solutions; rival providers (Megaport, OVHcloud, OpenMetal) are actively courting migrating customers.