TA Realty sells two data centres in Northern Virginia
TA Realty has sold two fully leased hyperscale data center buildings in Leesburg, Northern Virginia, representing the first asset sale from a larger campus being developed for a single hyperscale customer. The facilities total around 745,000 square feet and provide 165MW of IT load, forming part of a planned five-building campus that will ultimately reach 450MW. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
The sale was completed by TA Realty alongside its development arm, TA Digital Group, and aligns with the firm’s strategy of developing hyperscale data centers in core US markets and selling them once stabilized. TA highlighted continued strong demand in Northern Virginia, despite growing power and grid constraints, noting that the scale of the Leesburg campus enabled the delivery of two independent substations to ensure redundancy and long-term capacity.
Government of Mali launches data center in Bamako
The government of Mali has officially inaugurated a new Tier III-standard data center in Bamako, marking a step toward strengthening the country’s digital sovereignty. Launched on January 31, the facility is designed to offer 99.982 percent service availability with full redundancy of critical equipment, though details on its size, capacity, and exact location were not disclosed. During the opening ceremony, Alhamdou Ag Ilyène, Mali’s Minister of Communication, Digital Economy, and Administrative Modernization, said: “This achievement constitutes a decisive step toward safeguarding and securing national data, helping ensure digital sovereignty and technological independence.” The data center is expected to support Mali’s ongoing efforts to repatriate data hosted abroad and reduce reliance on foreign infrastructure, as part of broader regional initiatives under the Alliance of Sahel States to expand domestic digital infrastructure.
32MW, Israeli-backed data center coming to Albania
An Israeli-backed firm, Albania Data Center (ADC), is set to develop a 32MW data center in a newly established free economic zone near Tirana, Albania’s capital. The 4.5-acre facility, located in the TEDA zone northwest of the city, is expected to cost around €100 million ($118m) and could eventually be expanded to as much as 100MW. According to reports, the data center will serve Albanian tech company Infosoft, an unnamed German storage provider, and an Albanian government client.
ADC has been exploring the Albanian market since at least March last year, when it referenced the project publicly. While the company has described the facility as Albania’s first of its kind, several data centers already operate in and around Tirana. ADC itself maintains a limited public presence, with no official website, and is reportedly owned by two Israel-linked firms, Happy Technologies and IT consultancy DIT. It remains unclear whether ADC has previously developed or operated other data center facilities.
New data center built for France’s national nuclear and particle physics research institute
A new data center has been completed for IN2P3, France’s national institute for nuclear and particle physics research, at its computing center near Lyon. Delivered by construction firm Cap Ingelec after a 10-month build, the VIL3 facility offers an initial capacity of 500kW, scalable up to 2MW, and can ultimately support around 130 air-cooled racks. The site is designed to meet growing demand from large international scientific projects that require increasing levels of computing power and data storage.
IN2P3, part of the French National Centre for Scientific Research, supports nuclear and particle physics experiments across France, providing IT infrastructure for around 4,000 users in 70 research groups. The new VIL3 data center complements its existing VIL1 and VIL2 facilities, which together host thousands of servers and store roughly 340 petabytes of data, reinforcing France’s research capabilities and digital sovereignty in the scientific domain.
1,600-acre data center approved by local authorities in Forsyth, Georgia
SK hynix to set up US-based AI solutions unit with $10 billion commitment
SK hynix plans to establish a US-based AI solutions unit, provisionally named AI Co., backed by a $10 billion commitment to be deployed through capital calls as needed. The new entity will be created by restructuring Solidigm, the company’s California-based enterprise SSD subsidiary, which will be renamed AI Co., while its operating business will move to a new unit, Solidigm Inc. SK hynix said the move is aimed at capturing growth opportunities in AI by leveraging its chip technologies, including HBM, to deliver optimized AI systems for data center customers.
The company said AI Co. could also be used to invest in and partner with US-based firms to create synergies across SK Group affiliates, as demand for advanced AI infrastructure drives the need for high-end memory. SK hynix added that it will continue working with global partners and investing in AI-focused businesses to strengthen its position in memory and expand its AI data center offerings, as competition intensifies among technology firms racing to scale AI capabilities.
H5 and NovaCap launch new data center platform, acquire three carrier hotels from 365
H5 Data Centers and investment firm Novacap have launched a new joint venture, HyscaleIX Data Centers, focused on acquiring and operating mission-critical carrier hotels across North America. As part of the launch, the JV has acquired three carrier hotel facilities from 365 Data Centers, located in Buffalo, New York; Nashville, Tennessee; and Tampa, Florida, and will also add a fourth site in the Midwestern US. Each of the facilities hosts a local Internet exchange, positioning the platform around connectivity-rich assets. Financial terms of the transactions were not disclosed.
The new venture marks the second partnership between H5 and Novacap, following the creation of Hyscale last year. The companies said HyscaleIX combines institutional capital with operational expertise to build a portfolio of highly connected data centers capable of supporting next-generation workloads. 365 Data Centers said the sale will allow it to reinvest in higher-density capacity across its broader portfolio, while H5 continues to expand its footprint of carrier-dense facilities across US markets.
Aker Nscale plans 96MW data center in Skien, Norway
Aker Nscale has agreed with Løvenskiold-Fossum Kraft Drift to develop a 96MW data center in Skien, Norway, aimed at supporting AI workloads. The company has applied for grid capacity from Statnett, while project specifics and the exact site location have not yet been disclosed. Løvenskiold-Fossum said the development could help attract skilled labor and contribute to regional value creation.
Aker Nscale, a joint venture between neocloud Nscale and investment firm Aker formed in October 2025, is also planning larger projects elsewhere in Norway, including a 250MW campus in Narvik and a 230MW facility in Kvandal, and recently acquired land in Fauske. Skien is already emerging as a data center location, with Google separately developing a 240MW campus in the area after breaking ground in early 2024.
