Riot signs a $28bn AI lab lease and Google commits $17bn in Wyoming as US voters back data centre limits in 40 of 41 ballot measures
- North America: Voters backed data centre limits in 40 of 41 local ballot measures, but capital kept moving: Riot Platforms leased its 910MW Corsicana campus to an unnamed frontier AI lab for about $28bn, and Google committed $17bn to its first Wyoming campus.
- Asia Pacific: Google pledged $15bn for new Malaysian campuses in 2027 and 2028, and Goodman and Digital Realty bid about A$715m for up to 9.9% of NEXTDC.
- Middle East & GCC: HUMAIN signed up to SAR 2.5bn ($667m) of GPU and power financing with Saudi Arabia's National Infrastructure Fund, and a Mubbadrah-led consortium announced a 400MW, $3bn AI campus in Oman.
