2024 AI Data Center Feed

Meta is investing between $10 billion and $27 billion to develop "Hyperion," a massive AI infrastructure project in Richland Parish, Louisiana. Spanning 2,250 acres, the site is designed to function as a "Titan Cluster"—a specialized AI fac

Microsoft's "Project Fairwater" in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, is designed to be the world's most powerful AI data center campus. Spanning over 1,500 acres on the site originally intended for the Foxconn venture, the campus is projected to r

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is rapidly expanding its "Project Rainier" AI supercomputing campus in New Carlisle, Indiana, representing a total investment of $15 billion. The massive 2.4 gigawatt (GW) campus is specifically optimized to serve

xAI's Memphis Supercluster, nicknamed "Colossus," is one of the most consequential AI infrastructure stories of 2024. Built with breakneck speed by Elon Musk's AI company, the facility assembled 100,000 NVIDIA H100 GPUs in an abandoned semi

In January 2024, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a $10 billion investment to build two data center complexes in Madison County, Mississippi. This project represents the largest single capital investment in Mississippi's history. The cam

OpenAI's Stargate campus in Abilene, Texas has been built at breakneck pace to meet surging compute demand. The initial phase, live in 2024, houses around 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs drawing roughly 200 megawatts, with construction underway on six

Google has established a massive 1-gigawatt (GW) AI training cluster spanning its campuses in Iowa and Nebraska to serve as the primary engine for its Gemini models. This "AI Hypercomputer" architecture integrates thousands of Google’s cust

In March 2024, Amazon Web Services (AWS) acquired the Cumulus Data Assets data center campus in Berwick, Pennsylvania, for $650 million. The campus is co-located with Talen Energy's 2.5 GW Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, providing AWS w

Meta is building one of its largest AI training campuses in DeKalb County, Illinois, anchored near Cortland. The project is part of Meta's massive 2024–2025 AI infrastructure push, which committed over $37 billion in capital expenditure to

Microsoft announced a $2.9 billion (¥440 billion) investment in April 2024 to significantly expand its cloud and AI infrastructure in Japan, its largest-ever investment in the country. This expansion doubles the company’s existing computing

In September 2024, Microsoft announced its largest single investment in Brazil, committing R$14.7 billion ($2.7 billion USD) over three years (2024–2027) to expand its cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure. This expansion focuses

In October 2024, Oracle announced a $6.5 billion (RM27 billion) investment to establish its first public cloud region in Malaysia, marking one of the largest tech investments in the country's history. The region will feature the OCI Supercl

In February 2024, Microsoft launched its first cloud data center region in Mexico, officially named "Mexico Central." Located in the state of Querétaro, the region consists of three Availability Zones, each with separate power, cooling, and

In September 2024, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a 10.1 billion reais (approximately $1.8 billion USD) investment in Brazil over 10 years to expand its cloud and generative AI infrastructure. This new funding focuses on the state of S

Launched in August 2024, the AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region represents a $6 billion (RM25.5 billion) investment by Amazon Web Services over 15 years. The new region, based in Greater Kuala Lumpur (including major sites in Cyberjaya), co

In May 2024, Microsoft announced a $2.2 billion investment in Malaysia, its largest in the country's history. The project includes the development of two distinct cloud regions: Malaysia West in Greater Kuala Lumpur and a second hub in Joho

Google announced a $2 billion investment in Malaysia in 2024, its first data center and Google Cloud region in the country. Located in Johor Bahru — directly across the Strait of Johor from Singapore — the campus positions Google to serve S

Apple's Private Cloud Compute (PCC) is a purpose-built AI inference infrastructure designed for Apple Intelligence — Apple's on-device and cloud AI system. Unlike general-purpose cloud compute, PCC is engineered around privacy: requests are

In April 2024, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the company's largest single investment in Indonesia in its 29-year history. The $1.7 billion USD project focuses on building new data center infrastructure to bring advanced cloud and AI

CoreWeave, a specialized GPU cloud provider focused on AI compute, expanded into Europe with data centers in the United Kingdom starting in 2024. With locations in the Greater London area and Manchester, CoreWeave offers NVIDIA H100 and H20

Microsoft expanded Azure into Austria with a new cloud region in 2024, establishing data residency infrastructure for Austria and extending the DACH (Germany-Austria-Switzerland) coverage footprint alongside existing German regions (West Eu

Google announced a $1 billion investment in Thailand in September 2024 to build its first data center and cloud region in the country. The data center will be located in the industrial hub of Chonburi Province, while the cloud region will b

Announced in May 2024 by CEO Satya Nadella, this project marks Microsoft's first data center region in Thailand. Located in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), the infrastructure is designed to provide hyperscale cloud and AI services to m

Microsoft opened its first cloud region in Colombia in 2024, anchored by a $150 million infrastructure investment — the largest single cloud infrastructure commitment in Colombian history at the time. The Bogotá region comprises multiple Av

Google Cloud launched its Africa (Johannesburg) region in 2023-2024, joining AWS and Microsoft Azure in establishing hyperscale cloud infrastructure on the African continent. The Johannesburg region reduces latency for South African and bro

Google Cloud launched a Philippines region in 2024, bringing hyperscale AI infrastructure to one of Asia's most consequential digital markets. The Philippines is the world's leading destination for Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), genera

Microsoft announced the launch of its Azure Austria region in January 2024 with a €1 billion investment commitment. The Austria region is hosted in Vienna and complements Microsoft's existing Germany and Switzerland regions to cover the Ger

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure launched a Greece region in 2024, marking OCI's entry into the Southeastern European market and extending Oracle's EU-resident cloud footprint beyond its existing Germany and Netherlands regions. Greece's EU memb

AI71 is an Abu Dhabi-based AI company that commercializes the Falcon family of models (developed by TII) for enterprise deployments. The company provides an API platform for Falcon models and customized AI solutions for governments, banks,

The Cyberport Artificial Intelligence Supercomputing Centre (AISC) is Hong Kong's first large-scale, government-backed AI computing facility. Phase 1 officially commenced operations in December 2024 with a computing power of 1,300 Petaflops

Project Clover is TikTok's initiative to store European user data within European borders and segregate it from Chinese government access — responding to regulatory pressure from the European Commission, national data protection authorities

KAUST's Shaheen III supercomputer, ranked among the world's top 10 most powerful supercomputers at launch in 2024, is powered by HPE Cray EX hardware and uses AMD EPYC processors alongside NVIDIA GPUs. Shaheen III delivers approximately 44.

Syn‌tys, Ooredoo Qatar's data center arm, has rolled out the country's first sovereign AI cloud by deploying NVIDIA Hopper GP Us across its Tier III facilities in Doha. The launch equips government agencies, banks, healthcare providers, and

Egypt's Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has opened a 23,500 square meter Tier III data center complex outs ide Cairo to consolidate national databases and unlock AI-enabled public services. Built with contributions from

Shonfeld Data Services has commissioned a ₪1 billion AI supercomputer in Petah Tikva equipped with 2,032 NVIDIA Blackwell B200 GPUs and a high-performance data fabric delivered in partnership with VAST Data. Marketed as Israel's first open-

Oman Data Park has upgraded its Muscat cloud campuses with NVIDIA H200 accelerators, adding to an existing fleet of A100, A40, a nd A10 GPUs to furnish the Sultanate's first domestically managed high-end AI platform. The expansion supports

The Aqaba Digital Hub has opened Jordan's first carrier-neutral Tier III facility with 6 MW of initial IT load, combining coloca tion space, an internet exchange, and high-density pods designed for AI and HPC deployments. Situated at the Re