The global data center market continued its rapid expansion in April 2026, driven by surging demand for artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and high-performance workloads. Across North America, Europe, and Asia, developers announced and advanced multi-gigawatt campuses, hyperscale facilities, and AI-focused infrastructure, with investments reaching tens of billions of dollars.

From new large-scale data center projects in Texas and Michigan to emerging AI hubs in Finland and the UK, the operators are scaling capacity while integrating sustainable power and advanced cooling technologies.

New Data Center Developments in North America

Oracle Stargate Michigan Campus

Oracle, OpenAI, and Related Digital are developing a >1 GW AI data center campus in Saline Township, Michigan (250 acres). Part of the broader Stargate initiative, construction starts early 2026 with closed-loop cooling, and it will create 2,500 union construction jobs and 450 permanent roles. Related Digital is closing in on USD 16 billion of financing for a giant Oracle data center following months of negotiations with investors.

Project Caprock

Aligned Data Centers broke ground in April 2026 on this 540 MW sustainable AI/hyperscale campus in Hale County, Texas (near Abernathy, 313 acres, 1.65M sq ft across 6 buildings). It features liquid cooling and closed-loop water systems with no impact on local aquifers. The data center’s first building is expected to be online in Q1 2027, with a USD 5 billion regional economic impact.

Alpha Digital Campus, Reeves

LandBridge and PowerBridge are partnering on this up to 2 GW powered data center campus in Reeves County, Texas (up to 3,400 acres near Waha gas hub). It includes co-located power generation and first power delivery targeted for 2027, with full-scale operations in 2028 for hyperscale deployments.

Texas Critical Data Centers (TCDC)

New Era Energy & Digital is developing this 438-acre AI/HPC campus in Ector County, Texas (near Odessa, Permian Basin). It starts at 250 MW net-zero with behind-the-meter gas generation and scales beyond 1 GWA. A recent April 2026 financing LOI with Stream Data Centers advances the off-grid project.

Amazon Mississippi Data Center

Amazon announced an additional USD 12 billion investment on April 9, 2026, bringing its total Mississippi commitment to USD 25 billion across sites in Madison County (Ridgeland expansion), Hinds County (Clinton), and Warren County. It supports cloud/AI workloads and will create 2,000 jobs statewide.

Bell AI Fabric

Bell Canada is building a 300 MW AI data center in Sherwood, Saskatchewan (near Regina), Canada’s largest purpose-built AI facility. Part of the national sovereign Bell AI Fabric network using clean hydro power,r and it will be online by the end of 2027,7 with up to USD 1billion in projected economic impact for the province.

New Data Center Developments in Europe

Nebius AI Factory

Nebius is building a 310 MW AI factory in Lappeenranta, Finland, one of Europe’s largest dedicated AI compute sites. First customer capacity is expected in 2027 as part of Nebius’s >3 GW contracted power target for 2026 (additional AI factories are in planning in the US).

Meta Hyperion

Meta is constructing its largest AI data center campus (Hyperion) in Richland Parish, Louisiana (initially 2,250 acres, expanded by another 1,400 acres). It targets multi-gigawatt capacity (up to 5 GW) with ~4M sq ft of facilities, forming a joint venture with Blue Owl Capital. Currently, construction is ongoing for initial operations by 2030.

West London AI Data Center, UK

SEGRO and Pure Data Centers are planning a GBP 1 billion, 56 MW AI‑ready data center on a 10‑acre SEGRO Park site in Park Royal, West London.

The scheme will replace an existing warehouse with a three-story, c. 30,000 m² fully fitted facility, with shell construction to start post‑planning and space expected to be available from about 2029.

TikTok Finland Data Center

TikTok’s Lahti Data Center project marks a USD 1.2 billion investment in Finland as part of its broader Project Clover initiative to localize European user data. The facility, located in the Kiveriö district of Lahti, will serve as TikTok’s second data center in the country and is designed to store and process EU user data within the region under strict regulatory compliance.

New Data Center Development Asia

BDx Data Centers

BDx has secured a USD 320 million loan facility led by Bank Permata, BCA, and KB Bank to accelerate AI‑ready data center infrastructure across Asia.

Funds will support further build‑out of the CGK3 AI‑focused, liquid‑cooled campus in Jakarta’s CBD and boost high‑voltage grid capacity at the Jatiluhur (CGK4) and Suryacipta (CGK5) campuses for ultra‑high‑density GPU workloads.

Alibaba Data center

Alibaba Cloud and China Telecom have launched a new data center in southern China equipped with 10,000 self-developed Zhenwu AI chips. The facility is designed to support large-scale AI model training and inference, with the capability to handle models containing hundreds of billions of parameters.

Conclusion

So far, April 2026 highlights a shift toward ultra-large, AI-ready data center ecosystems supported by long-term power strategies, innovative cooling technologies, and strategic partnerships. As the month progresses, continued announcements and financing activity are expected to further strengthen the global project pipeline and reinforce data centers as critical infrastructure for the digital economy.

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