Show Notes
DeepSeek goes gigawatt. Bain lines up a $4bn exit. AirTrunk pulls in 30 lenders. The end-of-July APAC data centre round-up.
- DeepSeek plans a 1GW campus in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia — self-build plus leased capacity, partially live by end 2027
- Rare visibility into what China's model makers are actually building at home, and part of the Eastern Data, Western Computing push
- Sixth Street, GIC, SK Telecom and La Caisse circle Bain's ~50% stake in Bridge Data Centres, valuing it above $4bn
- Beetaloo Energy signs Halliburton for gas-fired power at Weddell, near Darwin — up to 2GW behind the meter
- AirTrunk closes $2.325bn in green financing for JHB2 in Johor, backed by 30 institutions and 10 global coordinators
- Seatrium lands Bureau Veritas approval in principle for a 30MW floating data centre — six 5MW modules on a moored barge
- LG U+ commits another $910m to its 200MW Paju campus, north of Seoul
- Joe Craparotta takes over as CEO of Leading Edge Data Centres; founder Chris Thorpe moves to Executive Vice Chairman
News covered: week ending 31 July
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