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This week’s standout global investment/M&A news: ◾ Jeff Bezos steps in as co-CEO of Project Prometheus, a new AI venture already stacked with $6.2B to reinvent engineering and manufacturing at scale. ◾ Anthropic locks in a $30B compute commitment with Microsoft Azure, securing up to 1GW of extra capacity alongside a deepened partnership with Microsoft and Nvidia. ◾ GlobalFoundries acquires Advanced Micro Foundry (Singapore), positioning itself as the world’s largest silicon photonics maker, a major swing for AI data centre networks. ◾ Vertiv snaps up PurgeRite for $1B, doubling down on next-gen data centre cooling with a deal priced at ~10x expected 2026 EBITDA. HICL + TRIG propose a £5.3B merger, set to create the UK’s largest listed infrastructure investment company. ◾ Firmus Technologies’ valuation rockets to $6B, after a fresh $500M raise and unveiling its $73.3B Project Southgate - AI data centre expansion across Australia. ◾ Legence acquires Bowers for $475M, picking up $1.3B in existing data centre contracts in a high-impact strategic move. Another week, another wave of bold moves reshaping the data centre and AI infrastructure landscape🚀 If you think this sector is slowing down… you’re not paying attention. This is what momentum looks like. #datacenterinvestment #datacenternews

Norway is booming right now... And we have multiple requirements with a leading Project Management Consultancy. You will have the opportunity to work on some of the most exciting AI Data Centre developments currently under construction. We have requirements for Project Directors, Project Managers, Commercial Managers/Leads, Schedulers, Planners, and many more. Interested? Please send a cv to connect@dataxconnect.com

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It's been two months since we published the results of our 2025 Data Centre Salary Survey. We analysed the compensation packages of over 1500 people across more than 70 job roles, revealing key issues around retention, career progression, gender pay disparity, and mobility in the industry. You can still download the results here: https://lnkd.in/eR-zU7dQ https://lnkd.in/egmxB528

Read the latest edition of the DC Digest here:

We're partnering with Digital Realty to hire a Director of Operations Europe North. Interested? Get in touch with Andy Davis or Benjamin Palmer for more information.

"Great event and opportunity to meet others in the industry. Looking forward to the next one!" It's been three weeks since the first ever LIVE Inside Data Centre Podcast Pubcast. Do you think Andy should do another one?! #InsideDataCentrePodcast

Is the data centre industry doing enough for women? When we set out to collect the data for our 2025 Salary Survey, we weren't sure what kind of split we'd get from men and women taking the survey. (you can still download the full survey results here: https://lnkd.in/eR-zU7dQ) In the end, roughly 8% (1 in 12) of respondents were women, a stat that many of our LinkedIn audience thought was actually higher than they expected. We’ve gone back through our data and pulled out five key takeaways about women working in the industry today: 1. The gender pay gap is very real - at junior levels this gap is around 5%, but it jumps to around 15% at C-suite level. 2. There appears to be a seniority ceiling - only 3% of female respondents are in C-suite roles (vs. 3.6% of men). Women are progressing, but it doesn't tend to be as fast (or as far) as men. 3. Job roles still reflect traditional divides - areas like data centre operations and commissioning are overwhelming male, while areas like project management are more balanced. 4. More women than men are planning to move jobs in the next 12 months. 5. Everyone wants better benefits. When it comes to what people want more of, women lean slightly more towards wellbeing and flexibility, and men are more likely to ask for financial-based benefits. Read more: https://lnkd.in/ejPMzYD5

A snapshot of H1 from CBRE's North America Data Centre Trends 🔎 Some of the key headlines: - Primary market supply totaled a record 8,155 megawatts (MW) in H1 2025, up by 17.6% from H2 2024 and by 43.4% year-over-year. - Despite this significant increase in inventory, primary market vacancy dropped to a record-low 1.6%, underscoring the continued strength of end-user demand, particularly from hyperscale and AI occupiers. - Average pricing for a 250-to-500-kilowatt (kW) requirement increased by 2.5% since H2 2024, while larger deployments, particularly 10 MW+, increased by up to 19%. These pricing increases were driven by tight supply of contiguous power blocks, elevated build-out costs and fierce competition from cloud and AI-related tenants for high-density infrastructure.

We're expanding our team! We do things a little differently here - we don’t just hire based on experience, we’re more interested in who you are and what drives you. We’ve seen people from all sorts of backgrounds thrive in our team, and mindset really is the thing that makes the biggest difference. We’re big believers that skills can be taught, but it’s your values and the way you think that sets the most successful people apart. If you think that you (or anyone in your network) would be a great fit in data centre recruitment, we want to hear from you. If you are: ✅ Competitive, confident, and driven to achieve big things  ✅ Great with people and a lover of fast-paced environments  ✅ Not afraid to pick up the phone and make things happen  ✅ Wanting to build a career, not just coast through a job  ✅ A full UK driving licence holder drop Elle a message! #RecruitmentCareers #DataCentreRecruitment