Australian industrial property developer Goodman Group has scrapped plans for a $1.2 billion 24-hour data center facility in suburban Sydney after facing strong opposition from local residents. The company cited community concerns and emerging government regulations as reasons for withdrawing the development application for Project Mars in Lane Cove.
AI company Anthropic has signed its first Australian data centre lease agreement for a $32 billion facility to be built near Dalby in Queensland's Western Downs region, about 250km west of Brisbane. The site, being developed by Singaporean company Zerra DC, would become one of the world's largest computing facilities.
Prime Minister Mark Carney hosted a major investment summit in Toronto with over 167 projects on offer, attracting global investors including OpenAI and BlackRock. OpenAI expressed interest in Canadian data center partnerships, citing available energy and land, while Carney positioned Canada as a 'safe harbour' amid US trade tensions.
AI company Anthropic has signed a $35 billion cloud-computing deal with Lambda, a cloud provider backed by Nvidia, for a data center in Nueces County, Texas. The project, being developed by Hut 8, covers approximately 350 megawatts of capacity.
Nvidia has partnered with six major financial institutions including Apollo Global Management, Blackstone, BlackRock, and Brookfield Asset Management to launch compute financing platforms aimed at raising over $500 billion in third-party capital for AI infrastructure, including datacenters, chip factories, and power stations.
Data-center developer Nexus Data Centers is in advanced talks to raise $15 billion in bank financing for a Texas campus associated with AI company Anthropic, with Google providing financial guarantees and chip supply, according to the Wall Street Journal.
OpenAI is negotiating to lease a proposed 10-gigawatt data center campus on federal land in southern Ohio, with the deal potentially including financial backing from Nvidia. The project could cost at least $500 billion.
