Welcome back to the Data Center Download – In this series, our SVP Chris Pickles explores the latest funding, collaborations, product updates and funding news from cutting-edge data centre companies across the US, Europe and APAC, and the most sought-after skills within the industry from the data center giants.

 

 

Spotlight on: NorthC Group

Headquartered in the Netherlands, NorthC is a regional data center provider focused on the Benelux and DACH regions (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The company is actively expanding its European operations in 2025, responding to the surging demand for digital infrastructure, particularly as AI and cloud adoption accelerate.

Why NorthC stands out:

Regional Focus: NorthC specialises in serving regional markets rather than just the main European data center hubs, allowing it to address local needs and support edge computing growth.

Sustainability: The company emphasises sustainable operations, which is increasingly important as energy consumption and environmental impact become central concerns for data centers.

Expansion: NorthC’s ongoing expansion signals strong momentum and ambition.

 

Latest funding news:

Qualcomm has said it would return to the data center CPU market. In the 2010s, Qualcomm began developing an Arm-based CPU that it tested with Meta Platforms, but curtailed those efforts amid cost cuts and legal challenges.

Europe’s largest AI datacenter campus is to be built near Paris in France, according to blueprints released by a joint venture formed by NVIDIA, Mistral AI, the French national investment bank, and United Arab Emirates (UAE) investment fund MGX.

OpenAI is poised to help develop a staggering 5-gigawatt data center campus in Abu Dhabi, positioning the company as a primary anchor tenant in what could become one of the world’s largest AI infrastructure projects.

 

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Crusoe, the startup building a Texas data center for OpenAI, has obtained new funding commitments totaling $11.6 billion, according the Wall Street Journal. This funding will enhance OpenAI’s long-term computing capabilities, a crucial aspect of the ChatGPT maker’s operations. The funds, consisting of both debt and equity, will allow the data center to grow from two buildings to eight.

CyrusOne has completed the structural framework of a data center in Chicago, Illinois.

The BlackChamber Group has raised $2.1 billion for the development of hyperscale data centers in the US.

Turkish telco Turkcell has secured new financing to fund its data center roll-out plans. The company announced that its subsidiary, TDC Veri Hizmetleri (TDC), has secured €100 million ($112.5m) in murabaha financing through a strategic agreement with Emirates NBD Bank.

DataVolt announced that it has signed a $20 billion agreement with Supermicro for servers and equipment for “hyperscale AI campuses” in Saudi Arabia and the US.

A 500MW data center could be coming to Lapland in northern Finland. As reported by local press, FCDC Corp is developing a data center in Rovaniemi, a city in the north of Finland and the regional capital of Lapland.

Philippine telco PLDT has cancelled plans to sell a minority stake in its data center subsidiary Vitro.

Alternative asset manager Patria Investments announced the launch of Omnia, a new platform aimed at developing, building and operating large-scale data centers across Latin America, fully powered by green, renewable energy.

EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure  acquires 44 acres in Mesa for massive data center expansion.

 

 

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