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In Malaysia it operates JHB1 in Johor Bahru (opened July 2024, 150+ MW) and is developing JHB2 at Iskandar Puteri (270+ MW), a combined investment of over RM9.7 billion. Presence in other focus countries was not verified in this review.","footprint_summary":"Verified focus-country footprint: Malaysia (Johor). Wider APME platform not catalogued.","tech_disclosures":[{"topic":"cooling","summary":"Liquid cooling at JHB1 (20 MW+ in flight) and planned for JHB2. Design PUE 1.15 at JHB1.","source_url":"https://airtrunk.com/location/jhb1-johor/"}],"technology_ids":["direct-liquid-cooling"],"notes":"Ownership: AirTrunk names Blackstone among its investors. Full shareholding not verified here.","sources":[{"url":"https://airtrunk.com/about/","title":"About AirTrunk","publisher":"AirTrunk","date_published":null,"date_accessed":"2026-10-18","authority_type":"company"},{"url":"https://airtrunk.com/airtrunk-scales-up-in-malaysia-with-announcement-of-second-malaysia-hyperscale-data-centre-jhb2/","title":"AirTrunk JHB2 announcement","publisher":"AirTrunk","date_published":null,"date_accessed":"2026-10-18","authority_type":"company"}],"type":"organisation","corporate_status":"active","project_ids":["my-airtrunk-jhb1","my-airtrunk-jhb2"],"cloud_region_ids":[],"country_ids":["malaysia"],"timeline":[],"procurement_links":[],"policy_ids":[],"supplier_ids":[],"provenance":{"footprint_summary":{"source_url":"https://airtrunk.com/about/","as_of":"2026-10-18","basis":"official company pages and CoolPower project and cloud-region records","checked":"2026-10-18"}},"last_checked":"2026-10-18","reviewer":"CoolPower Index research (automated, sourced)","metric_claims":[],"claims":[],"dates":{"published":null,"effective":null,"event":null,"expected_operation":null,"last_checked":"2026-10-18","next_review":"2026-11-17","review_cadence_days":30},"url":"https://coolpowerindex.com/operators/airtrunk/"},{"id":"aws","status":"published","name":"Amazon Web Services (AWS)","aliases":["AWS","Amazon Web Services"],"roles":["hyperscaler","occupier"],"hq_country_id":"united-states","website":"https://aws.amazon.com","summary":"Cloud computing business of Amazon. In the eight focus countries AWS lists commercial regions in the UK, Ireland, Germany, the US, Malaysia, Singapore and the UAE, US GovCloud regions, the separate AWS European Sovereign Cloud in Brandenburg (generally available 15 January 2026) and an announced region in Saudi Arabia. AWS does not publish data centre capacity in MW, so CoolPower tracks regions, not buildings, for AWS unless a site is separately disclosed.","footprint_summary":"Cloud regions in 7 of 8 focus countries plus an announced Saudi region (Reuters reported a December 2026 target). 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In the UK its first GPU deployments went live in Crawley (October 2024, with Digital Realty) and London Docklands (December 2024, with Global Switch). In September 2025 it announced a further £1.5 billion UK phase, taking its UK commitment to £2.5 billion. CoolPower does not yet track individual CoreWeave sites as projects.","footprint_summary":"Leased AI cloud capacity. Verified focus-country presence: UK and US.","metric_claims":[{"value":2.5,"unit":"currency","original_wording":"bringing the total investment in the country to £2.5 billion","metric_class":"investment","stage":"announced","scope":"company","as_of":"2025-09-16","source_url":"https://www.coreweave.com/news/coreweave-announces-significant-commitment-to-power-uk-ai-innovation-and-growth","claim_type":"reported","aggregation_eligible":false,"basis":"UK company-wide commitment, GBP billions.","reviewer":"CoolPower Index research (automated, sourced)","last_checked":"2026-10-18","conflict_status":"none","currency":"GBP"}],"timeline":[{"date":"2025-01-13","event":"Crawley and London Docklands sites operational","source_url":"https://www.coreweave.com/news/coreweave-announces-two-initial-data-centers-in-the-uk-are-now-operational"},{"date":"2025-09-16","event":"£1.5bn next UK phase announced","source_url":"https://www.coreweave.com/news/coreweave-announces-significant-commitment-to-power-uk-ai-innovation-and-growth"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.coreweave.com/news/coreweave-announces-two-initial-data-centers-in-the-uk-are-now-operational","title":"CoreWeave announces two initial data centers in the UK are now operational","publisher":"CoreWeave","date_published":"2025-01-13","date_accessed":"2026-10-18","authority_type":"company"},{"url":"https://www.coreweave.com/news/coreweave-announces-significant-commitment-to-power-uk-ai-innovation-and-growth","title":"CoreWeave announces £1.5bn next phase of UK investment","publisher":"CoreWeave","date_published":"2025-09-16","date_accessed":"2026-10-18","authority_type":"company"}],"type":"organisation","corporate_status":"active","project_ids":[],"cloud_region_ids":[],"country_ids":["united-kingdom","united-states"],"tech_disclosures":[],"procurement_links":[],"policy_ids":[],"technology_ids":[],"supplier_ids":[],"provenance":{"footprint_summary":{"source_url":"https://www.coreweave.com/news/coreweave-announces-two-initial-data-centers-in-the-uk-are-now-operational","as_of":"2026-10-18","basis":"official company pages and CoolPower project and cloud-region records","checked":"2026-10-18"}},"last_checked":"2026-10-18","reviewer":"CoolPower Index research (automated, sourced)","claims":[{"claim_id":"coreweave--investment-1","record_id":"coreweave","record_type":"organisation","metric":"investment","label":null,"metric_class":"investment","metric_type":"money","value_kind":"exact","value":2.5,"value_min":null,"value_max":null,"unit":"currency","unit_label":null,"scale_word":"billion","multiplier":1000000000,"currency":"GBP","original_wording":"bringing the total investment in the country to £2.5 billion","scope":"company","geography":null,"period":null,"asset_id":null,"claim_stage":"announced","delivery_state":"announced","delivery_evidence":null,"claim_date":"2025-09-16","date_basis":"stated","observed_on":"2026-10-18","qualification":"official","source_url":"https://www.coreweave.com/news/coreweave-announces-significant-commitment-to-power-uk-ai-innovation-and-growth","source_publisher":"CoreWeave","source_published":"2025-09-16","last_checked":"2026-10-18","interpretation":"UK company-wide commitment, GBP billions.","components":[],"component_of":null,"source_aggregation_eligible":false,"claim_type":"reported","conflict_status":"none","kind":"metric","normalised":{"value":2500000000,"min":null,"max":null,"unit":"GBP"},"rollup_class":null,"rollup_eligible":false,"exclusion_reason":"Not a project record. 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CoreWeave's first UK GPU deployment went live at a Digital Realty site in Crawley in October 2024.","footprint_summary":"Metros in UK, Ireland, Germany, US, Malaysia and Singapore per company location list (checked 18 October 2026).","timeline":[{"date":"2026-08-21","event":"50 MW provisional DC-CFA2 allocation in Singapore","source_url":"https://assets.app.optical.gov.sg/edb/production/published/collections/insights/%252Ffour-data-centre-proposals-selected-as-part-of-second-data-centre/64aef86f-88e1-46a6-9d63-2f2f6020dd8a.pdf"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.digitalrealty.com/data-centers","title":"Data center locations","publisher":"Digital Realty","date_published":null,"date_accessed":"2026-10-18","authority_type":"company"}],"type":"organisation","corporate_status":"active","project_ids":["sg-jurong-island-dc-cfa2-digital-realty"],"cloud_region_ids":[],"country_ids":["germany","ireland","malaysia","singapore","united-kingdom","united-states"],"tech_disclosures":[],"procurement_links":[],"policy_ids":[],"technology_ids":[],"supplier_ids":[],"provenance":{"footprint_summary":{"source_url":"https://www.digitalrealty.com/data-centers","as_of":"2026-10-18","basis":"official company pages and CoolPower project and cloud-region records","checked":"2026-10-18"}},"last_checked":"2026-10-18","reviewer":"CoolPower Index research (automated, sourced)","metric_claims":[],"claims":[],"dates":{"published":null,"effective":null,"event":"2026-08-21","expected_operation":null,"last_checked":"2026-10-18","next_review":"2026-11-17","review_cadence_days":30},"url":"https://coolpowerindex.com/operators/digital-realty/"},{"id":"equinix","status":"published","name":"Equinix","roles":["colo-owner","colo-operator"],"hq_country_id":"united-states","website":"https://www.equinix.com","summary":"Global colocation and interconnection provider. Its location list includes metros in seven of the eight focus countries: London and Manchester, Dublin, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich, many US metros, Johor and Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, and Dubai and Abu Dhabi. In March 2026 it started building DB7x in Dublin using existing site power, and in August 2026 it received a 50 MW provisional allocation on Jurong Island under Singapore's DC-CFA2.","footprint_summary":"Colocation metros in UK, Ireland, Germany, US, Malaysia, Singapore and UAE (Equinix location list checked 18 October 2026). No Saudi metro in that list.","timeline":[{"date":"2026-03-20","event":"Construction of DB7x Dublin started","source_url":"https://newsroom.equinix.com/2026-03-20-Equinix-begins-construction-on-new-data-center-in-Dublin"},{"date":"2026-08-21","event":"50 MW provisional DC-CFA2 allocation in Singapore","source_url":"https://assets.app.optical.gov.sg/edb/production/published/collections/insights/%252Ffour-data-centre-proposals-selected-as-part-of-second-data-centre/64aef86f-88e1-46a6-9d63-2f2f6020dd8a.pdf"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.equinix.com/data-centers","title":"Equinix data center locations","publisher":"Equinix","date_published":null,"date_accessed":"2026-10-18","authority_type":"company"},{"url":"https://newsroom.equinix.com/2026-03-20-Equinix-begins-construction-on-new-data-center-in-Dublin","title":"Equinix begins construction on new data center in Dublin","publisher":"Equinix","date_published":"2026-03-20","date_accessed":"2026-10-18","authority_type":"company"}],"type":"organisation","corporate_status":"active","project_ids":["ie-equinix-db7x-blanchardstown","sg-jurong-island-dc-cfa2-equinix"],"cloud_region_ids":[],"country_ids":["germany","ireland","malaysia","singapore","united-arab-emirates","united-kingdom","united-states"],"tech_disclosures":[],"procurement_links":[],"policy_ids":[],"technology_ids":[],"supplier_ids":[],"provenance":{"footprint_summary":{"source_url":"https://www.equinix.com/data-centers","as_of":"2026-10-18","basis":"official company pages and CoolPower project and cloud-region records","checked":"2026-10-18"}},"last_checked":"2026-10-18","reviewer":"CoolPower Index research (automated, sourced)","metric_claims":[],"claims":[],"dates":{"published":"2026-03-20","effective":null,"event":"2026-08-21","expected_operation":null,"last_checked":"2026-10-18","next_review":"2026-11-17","review_cadence_days":30},"url":"https://coolpowerindex.com/operators/equinix/"},{"id":"google","status":"published","name":"Google","aliases":["Google Cloud","Alphabet"],"roles":["hyperscaler","developer","occupier"],"hq_country_id":"united-states","website":"https://cloud.google.com","summary":"Alphabet subsidiary operating Google Cloud and its own data centres. Google Cloud lists regions in the UK, Germany, the US, Singapore and Saudi Arabia among the focus countries, with a Malaysia region announced in 2024 and no region in Ireland or the UAE. Recent own data centre activity includes Waltham Cross in the UK (opened September 2025), Dietzenbach in Germany with district heat recovery, the permitted Grange Castle extension in Dublin and the Elmina site in Malaysia.","footprint_summary":"Cloud regions in 5 focus countries plus Malaysia announced. Own data centres tracked in the UK, Ireland, Germany and Malaysia. Capacity not disclosed.","timeline":[{"date":"2024-05-30","event":"US$2bn Malaysia investment incl. first data centre and cloud region","source_url":"https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2024-05-30-Advancing-Malaysia-Together-Google-Announces-US-2-Billion-Investment-in-Malaysia,-Including-First-Google-Data-Center-and-Google-Cloud-Region"},{"date":"2025-09-16","event":"Waltham Cross data centre opened","source_url":"https://www.googlecloudpresscorner.com/2025-09-16-Google-Opens-Waltham-Cross-Data-Centre-as-Part-of-Two-year-GBP5-Billion-Investment-in-the-UK-to-Help-Power-its-AI-Economy"},{"date":"2025-11-11","event":"€5.5bn Germany investment 2026 to 2029 incl. 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Khazna is developing the 1 GW Stargate UAE AI cluster inside the UAE-US AI Campus in Abu Dhabi, with the first 200 MW planned for 2026. Its site says its AUH6 facility has been retrofitted for GPU workloads and that Ajman will add 100 MW of AI-capable capacity.","footprint_summary":"UAE operational facilities (count and capacity not disclosed). Stargate UAE under construction.","timeline":[{"date":"2025-10-16","event":"Stargate UAE construction progress: long-lead equipment procured","source_url":"https://www.wam.ae/en/article/bm8fieb-g42-advances-construction-stargate-uae"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.khazna.ae/about-us","title":"About Khazna Data Centers","publisher":"Khazna Data Centers","date_published":null,"date_accessed":"2026-10-18","authority_type":"company"},{"url":"https://www.wam.ae/en/article/bm8fieb-g42-advances-construction-stargate-uae","title":"G42 advances construction of Stargate UAE","publisher":"WAM","date_published":"2025-10-16","date_accessed":"2026-10-18","authority_type":"government"}],"type":"organisation","corporate_status":"active","project_ids":["ae-stargate-uae-cluster","ae-stargate-uae-phase-1"],"cloud_region_ids":[],"country_ids":["united-arab-emirates"],"tech_disclosures":[],"procurement_links":[],"policy_ids":[],"technology_ids":[],"supplier_ids":[],"provenance":{"footprint_summary":{"source_url":"https://www.khazna.ae/about-us","as_of":"2026-10-18","basis":"official company pages and CoolPower project and cloud-region records","checked":"2026-10-18"}},"last_checked":"2026-10-18","reviewer":"CoolPower Index research (automated, sourced)","metric_claims":[],"claims":[],"dates":{"published":"2025-10-16","effective":null,"event":"2025-10-16","expected_operation":null,"last_checked":"2026-10-18","next_review":"2026-11-17","review_cadence_days":30},"url":"https://coolpowerindex.com/operators/khazna/"},{"id":"meta","status":"published","name":"Meta Platforms","aliases":["Meta","Facebook"],"roles":["hyperscaler","developer","occupier"],"hq_country_id":"united-states","website":"https://datacenters.atmeta.com","summary":"Owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, which builds and runs its own data centres and has no public cloud regions. In July 2026 Meta said it would expand its Richland Parish, Louisiana site, home of its Hyperion AI cluster, to 5 GW of compute capacity with more than $50 billion invested in the region. CoolPower currently tracks only this Meta project among the focus countries.","footprint_summary":"Own-use data centres. No cloud regions. 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Azure lists regions in all eight focus countries except Saudi Arabia, where Saudi Arabia East is announced for November 2026. Microsoft is building its own AI datacenters, including the Fairwater campus in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin (first facility fully operational June 2026) and a three-site cluster in the Rhenish area of Germany (groundbreaking March 2026). In October 2026 it was reported to have withdrawn as customer of the planned Nscale site at Loughton, UK.","footprint_summary":"Azure regions in 7 of 8 focus countries plus Saudi Arabia East announced. 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