Global Data Centers News

BANA Angels and Darpass have announced Investor Tour 2026, a three-day investor networking and startup tour in Yerevan focused on Armenia’s innovation ecosystem.

• The event runs November 19–21, 2026 in Yerevan and includes visits to Picsart, Krisp, NVIDIA Armenia, Adobe Armenia, and TUMO, plus investor networking, startup pitches, and DigiTec 2026.
• The listing says the tour will explore Armenia’s innovation scene and highlights AI infrastructure powered by NVIDIA; organizer listed as BANA Angels with a link to bana.am.

The UK Government and partners have announced a £300 million financing package for the Lanarkshire AI Growth Zone, alongside Dell Technologies’ plan to base its Scottish team in the area.

• The package includes a £202 million guarantee from the National Wealth Fund, unlocking £300 million in financing from ING, ABN AMRO, Santander, the Scottish National Investment Bank and Siemens Financial Services.
• DataVita will expand its existing DV1 datacentre and build a second facility; the development is expected to support more than 3,400 jobs and the first facility is said to complete this year.
• Dell Technologies will move its Scottish team to Mercury House in the Lanarkshire AI Innovation Park.
• The article also says the site is intended to be among the first AI Growth Zones in the UK and that a £543 million community fund is in the works.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore has released remarks by Managing Director Chia Der Jiun at the MAS Annual Report 2025/2026 media conference in Singapore.

• The speech reviews monetary policy, financial stability, financial sector development, AI-related risks, and MAS’ FY2025/26 financial results.
• It highlights a new Future of Finance Institute, updated cyber and quantum resilience expectations for financial institutions, and the impact of AI investment and data centre spending on global growth.
• This is a speech and policy update, not a standalone commercial deal announcement; it also references prior MAS announcements and upcoming circulars/expectations.

The UK government has announced new planning rules to fast-track thousands of homes around England’s rail, tram and underground stations under a revised National Planning Policy Framework.

• The policy introduces a default ‘yes’ for homes within reasonable walking distance of well-connected stations, plus new minimum expectations for housing around stations and reduced planning bureaucracy.
• Ministers said the changes will help deliver the government’s 1.5 million homes target, while also supporting jobs, investment, growth, and protecting pubs, music venues, and other local facilities; the notes to editors also mention stronger support for AI Growth Zones and data centres.
• The policy statement and related Housing Delivery Test results were published on Monday 17 August; the article is a government announcement and commentary, not a transcript of a speech or a report of a private-sector deal.

Digital Edge has described its Navi Mumbai campus and operating model for the Mumbai data center market.

• The BOM campus in Navi Mumbai is planned for 350MW across 47 acres of freehold land, with eight to nine build-to-suit buildings and BOM1 as the first phase.
• Digital Edge says the first phase includes an 83MW solar PPA with Hexa Climate Solutions, with power delivered in phases from December 2026; the campus also uses 10 million litres of recycled water per day for liquid cooling and targets PUE 1.25 and WUE below 1.75.
• The campus is presented as holding ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001, plus SOC 2 Type II and PCI DSS, with LEED Gold expected.

The source is a meeting invitation for attendees to discuss connectivity and infrastructure needs at an AI infrastructure event.

• Invitation asks visitors to meet with us and share details about their organization, company, and best time to meet for scheduling.
• The only event detail provided is Booth 1136; no announcement, deal, investment, or project commitment is described.

VUKA Group has announced the second edition of the Data Centre Summit, to be held on 29 October 2026 in Johannesburg, South Africa, co-located with the C&I Energy + Storage Summit.

• The programme will focus on data centres, AI-enabled digital infrastructure, power, cooling, financing and sustainability challenges across Africa, with sessions on liquid cooling, 24/7 power supply, renewable blending, wheeling, grid congestion and site approvals.
• A South Africa country spotlight will examine regulatory developments, investor sentiment and grid capacity; masterclasses will cover project bankability, power availability, execution risk, grid instability, contractor capacity and blended-finance solutions. The article is a conference announcement, not a report on a completed deal.

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has announced a hybrid energy system that can generate electricity, heating, and cooling simultaneously from one surface. - The prototype combines photovoltaics, solar thermal, and passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC), and was tested outdoors, achieving up to 6.5 °C below ambient, 60.6 W/m² electrical power density, and 110.8 °C heating temperature.

• The team says the system could be useful for AI data centres and other energy-intensive applications; the study was published in Cell Reports Physical Science with DOI 10.1016/j.xcrp.2026.103492. The release also references prior KIT work from 2024 on transparent passive cooling materials.