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News analysisRelease: June 22, 2026Published: October 24, 20263 min read

Microsoft announced a planned Pecos campus and dedicated power path, keeping its two-gigawatt figure separate from operation

Microsoft announced plans for a Pecos, Texas data-center campus on June 22, 2026, citing approximately two gigawatts of future capacity and an onsite power design.

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News analysisRelease: July 31, 2025Published: October 24, 20263 min read

OpenAI Stargate Norway Nscale Aker AI data centers

OpenAI, Nscale and Aker announced Stargate Norway as a planned Narvik facility, not live European compute

OpenAI, Nscale and Aker announced Stargate Norway on July 31, 2025, with planned Narvik capacity and GPU targets that remained construction and expansion intentions.

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News analysisRelease: September 18, 2025Published: October 23, 20263 min read

Microsoft Fairwater AI data centers cloud infrastructure

Fairwater announcement made a data center an interconnected-system claim

Microsoft introduced its Fairwater AI data center in Wisconsin on September 18, 2025, describing a large AI factory and a wider network of purpose-built sites.

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News analysisRelease: January 21, 2025Published: October 23, 20263 min read

OpenAI Stargate AI data centers infrastructure planning

Stargate’s January announcement made financing intent different from built infrastructure

OpenAI announced the Stargate Project on January 21, 2025, describing a new company intending to invest up to $500 billion in US AI infrastructure over four years.

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