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Categories Digital Infrastructure News  |  M&A & Investment Data center and fiber network solutions provider DC BLOX has obtained a new green Senior Secured Credit Facilities loan for $850 million, up from the original $265 million. The financing will support the company’s development of hyperscale data centers throughout the southeastern U.S. The additional capital will also support existing and future projects, including those already pre-leased.

Categories Digital Infrastructure News  |  Technology & Architecture Edgecore Networks unveiled its Praxis edge AI services platform for AI service providers at this year’s MWC. Praxis is built for managed service providers, Internet service providers and AI-driven SaaS and VaaS products. The platform supports its five hardware configurations through Synaptics Incorporated and Qualcomm Incorporated from 1 to 70 TOPS.

Categories Digital Infrastructure News  |  M&A & Investment  |  Technology & Architecture Edge AI infrastructure solutions provider Armada announced a 500+ job deal with Johnson Controls to construct modular data centres at a new plant in Arizona. Armada raised $230M in an oversubscribed Series B round, valuing the company at $2B. The funds will expedite deployment of the U.S. AI stack while meeting growing demand from customers across various industries.

Structure Research, an independent digital infrastructure research and consulting firm published its 2026 State of Environmental Impact Report. The report tracks developments from 2020-2025 with metrics such as carbon emissions, energy consumption, renewable energy use, and water consumption from reported environmental data from 38 data center providers and nine hyperscale cloud platforms.

Categories Digital Infrastructure News  |  Technology & Architecture Blackstone and Google are forming a joint venture to create a new TPU cloud company. Google Cloud said it will provide data center capacity and operations, networking, and access to the Google Cloud Tensor Processing Units (TPUs). Alternative asset manager Blackstone plans to kickstart the new business with a $5 billion investment that will add 500 MW of capacity in 2027.

Neocloud Market Update 2026 by Structure Research May 28, 2026 Webinar: Rise of the Neocloud and Future of AI Infrastructure Thursday May 28, 2026 | 10am PT / 1pm ET Join Structure Research for an update, analysis and discussion about the emerging Neocloud infrastructure services market. We will trace the neocloud sector’s short history and draw parallels with first generation cloud and the rise of hyperscale.

Red Hat announced expanded capabilities for sovereign and private clouds, empowering organizations with greater data and technology control. New features include simplified compliance, production-ready landing zones, and rapid deployment of AI and cloud services. Building on-premises telemetry for data sovereignty and localized software delivery for regional resilience, Red Hat are rolling out a series of new offerings first coming to Europe. “Innovation should not be a trade-off for control.

Categories Digital Infrastructure News  |  M&A & Investment  |  Technology & Architecture Iceotope, a provider of liquid cooling solutions, raised $26 million in a Series B funding round. Proceeds will be utilized to advance product development, broadening of the patent portfolio, and accelerate partnerships. The round, one of the largest ever for cooling technologies, was co-led by Two Seas Capital and Barclays Climate Ventures to reinforce interest in climate-smart solutions.

Categories Digital Infrastructure News  |  M&A & Investment  |  Technology & Architecture IREN, a vertically integrated AI cloud provider has signed a five-year AI infrastructure cloud services contract with NVIDIA. The contract is valued at approximately $3.4 billion and IREN will provide NVIDIA with managed GPU cloud services for AI and research workloads, including orchestration and cluster management software in collaboration with Mirantis.

Categories Digital Infrastructure News  |  M&A & Investment  |  Technology & Architecture Sharon AI, an Australian neocloud company, announced a five-year cloud computing infrastructure agreement. The deal is worth approximately US$950 million with a global technology company that has significant Asia-Pacific presence. Sharon AI will achieve cloud solution deployment in Australia at NEXTDC data centers, returning revenue starting late 2026.