- In July 2025, OpenAI and Oracle unveiled a landmark $30 billion cloud infrastructure deal under the Stargate initiative. The agreement secures 4.5 gigawatts of data center power—roughly a quarter of the U.S.'s current operational capacity—to support OpenAI’s growing AI workloads and future AGI ambitions. Oracle will build and expand data centers across multiple U.S. states, including Texas, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, to meet this demand. The Stargate project, backed by SoftBank and MGX, aims to invest $500 billion in AI infrastructure. This move marks a major shift in OpenAI’s cloud strategy, diversifying beyond Microsoft Azure
- In June 2025, EdgeMode Inc. signed a Memorandum of Understanding with BlackBerry AIF (BAIF) to merge and accelerate its growth in the high-performance computing (HPC) data center sector across Europe. The deal will see EdgeMode acquire 100% of BAIF’s share capital, with BAIF stakeholders receiving 50% of EdgeMode’s equity. The combined entity will control a 4.4 GW pipeline of hyperscale-ready sites, including 23 development locations across Spain and Europe. Initial construction is set to begin in Q4 2025, with 1 GW ready-to-build and an additional 1.2 GW targeted by Q4 2027
- In June 2025, Bain Capital finalized the merger of ChinData and Bridge Data Centres to create ChinData Group, a major pan-Asian data center platform. ChinData, known for its hyperscale campus-style facilities in China, and Bridge, which specializes in wholesale and custom-built centers across Southeast Asia and India, will continue operating under their respective brands. The combined entity aims to deliver a full spectrum of data center solutions—hyperscale, wholesale, and custom-build—across China, India, and Southeast Asia
- In June 2025, Ericsson introduced Ericsson On-Demand, a fully managed core-as-a-service platform developed in partnership with Google Cloud. Designed to help telecom providers deploy and scale 5G core network services with agility, the platform leverages Google Cloud’s AI infrastructure and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) for autoscaling. It enables rapid provisioning, elastic scaling, and consumption-based pricing—allowing telcos to pay only for what they use. With built-in security, geo-restricted deployments, and AI-assisted operations, Ericsson On-Demand offers a flexible, cloud-native solution to meet evolving network demands
- In May 2025, Microsoft launched its first hyperscale cloud data center region in Mexico, located in the Querétaro Metropolitan area. This new region, named Mexico Central, includes multiple data centers offering scalable, secure, and high-performance cloud services with local data residency and reduced latency. It marks Microsoft’s first such deployment in Spanish-speaking Latin America, joining over 60 global cloud regions
