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DATA CENTERS: TRY TO KEEP UP

Despite headwinds facing the North American data center market, Hut 8 brings its first greenfield AI data center development to Louisiana. Meanwhile, Finland and Mexico continue to gain industry momentum.

DATA CENTERS EXTRA: Snapshots from the Field

Resonating with Site Selection’s findings that Texas leads all states in data center projects and project-affiliated job creation since January 2024, Cushman & Wakefield’s 2026 Global Data Center Market Comparison report named Dallas the No. 1 primary data center market in the world, followed by Atlanta (2), Virginia (3), Columbus (4) and Johor, Malaysia (5).

WORLD REPORTS: May 2026

The Heritage Foundation’s 2026 Index of Economic Freedom; Celltrion expands South Korean biopharmaceutical operations; TikTok to build second Finnish data center; National Oilwell Varco increases manufacturing capacity in Brazil; Mercedes- Benz grows in the Czech Republic; Roche opens new Swiss research facility.

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS: May 2026

Siemens Mobility will open a new manufacturing and rail services center in North Carolina; Meta earmarks $9 billion for an El Paso Data Center campus; Mercedes- Benz spends $4 billion expanding in Alabama; first uranium enrichment facility comes to Kentucky; Nestlé Mexico grows its operations; L3Harris spends over $1 billion on rocket manufacturing in Virginia.

A More Civil Data Center Discourse

“Disagreements over policy issues are often a part of democracy,” write site selection consultants Larry Gigerich and Chris Lloyd. “Intimidation and violence are not.”

WORLD REPORTS: March 2026

Singapore gets $24-billion wafer fabrication facility; green Danish industrial park scoops 100MW AI data center; CDMO Vetter Pharma to build $566 billion facility in Germany; solar power company Sungrow announces major investment in Poland; the top 10 countries for best business environment.

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS: January 2026

Ohio plant reimagined for data center equipment manufacturing; top 10 U.S. states by health care experiences; Georgia welcomes animal vaccine manufacturing; autonomous ships set sail in the Gulf Coast; semiconductors rise in Ontario; New Jersey nets nearly $500 million in pharma manufacturing.

WORLD REPORTS: January 2026

Indian port city nabs $26 billion in data centers; top 10 global cities by hours lost in traffic; spandex manufacturing expands in China; Hyundai boosts battery production in South Korea; Czech Republic wins $2 billion semiconductor manufacturing facility.

NORTH AMERICAN REPORTS: September 2025

The DOE jumps on the data center bandwagon; a $400 million agrifood investment in the Peach State; Mars invests $2 billion across multiple U.S. sites; Maryland goes nuclear; and Ford is all in on EV production.