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This Week's Top Five Stories in the Data Centre Industry

Datacentremagazine · · 571 words · By Ben Craske
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The article provides a roundup of five news stories in the data center industry, covering Dow's new coolant service, Digital Realty's expansion in Barcelona, a $5bn AI cloud venture between Blackstone and Google, Schneider Electric's perspective on liquid cooling and water use, and HSCALE's investment in Milan.

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13 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Dow has launched the Dow Coolant Care Network, a new service model designed to support data centre operators managing direct-to-chip liquid cooling systems for AI and high-density computing environments.”
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The claim is confirmed by a cross-reference from Datacentremagazine and multiple independent web search results describing the launch of the Dow Coolant Care Network for direct-to-chip liquid cooling.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events in the year 2013 in the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_in_the_United_States
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Biodiesel is a renewable biofuel, a form of diesel fuel, derived from biological sources like vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled greases, and consisting of long-chain fatty acid esters. It is ty…
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web search NEUTRAL — — May 18, 2026 — Dow (NYSE: DOW) today announced the launch of Dow Coolant Care Network, an end-to-end service model, designed to help data center operators protect uptime, reduce operational risk, an…
https://corporate.dow.com/en-us/news/press-releases/dow-cool…
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“The initiative focuses on simplifying coolant management for operators using DOWFROST LC and DOWFROST HD Heat Transfer Fluids”
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The provided Wikipedia results are completely irrelevant (discussing 2013 events and biodiesel) and no other evidence mentions DOWFROST LC or DOWFROST HD.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events in the year 2013 in the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_in_the_United_States
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Biodiesel is a renewable biofuel, a form of diesel fuel, derived from biological sources like vegetable oils, animal fats, or recycled greases, and consisting of long-chain fatty acid esters. It is ty…
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“Digital Realty is planting its flag firmly in the city with the launch of BCN1, its first data centre in Barcelona”
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Multiple independent sources, including Datacentremagazine, w.media, and Telco Magazine, confirm the launch of Digital Realty's first Barcelona data centre, BCN1.
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web search NEUTRAL — Digital Realty has launched its first data centre in Barcelona, named BCN1, located in the innovation hub of Sant Adrià de Besòs. The facility will have a capacity of 14 MW and joins the company’s net…
https://www.iberian.property/news/data-centers/digital-realt…
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web search NEUTRAL — Digital Realty has opened its first data center in Barcelona. The facility, called BCN1, has a planned total capacity of 14 MW, and is designed to host multiple network providers, with a focus on inte…
https://w.media/digital-realty-opens-its-new-data-center-in-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Now Digital Realty is strengthening its position in that race with the launch of BCN1, its first Barcelona data centre and a new interconnection point designed to support traffic moving between Europe…
https://telcomagazine.com/news/inside-new-digital-realty-dat…
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“Located in the Sant Adrià de Besòs innovation district”
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Both Iberian Property and Telco Magazine explicitly state that BCN1 is located in the Sant Adrià de Besòs innovation district.
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web search NEUTRAL — Sant Adrià de Besòs. Location inCatalonia. Show map of Catalonia.He lived in Sant Adrià de Besòs where he was murdered in 2014. Isabel Coixet (1962–), film director, born in Sant Adrià. Javier Pérez A…
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web search NEUTRAL — Digital Realty has launched its first data centre in Barcelona, named BCN1, located in the innovation hub of Sant Adrià de Besòs. The facility will have a capacity of 14 MW and joins the company’s net…
https://www.iberian.property/news/data-centers/digital-realt…
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web search NEUTRAL — Located in the Sant Adrià de Besòs innovation district, the facility has been built close to major global connectivity routes and is intended to provide access to a broad ecosystem of network provider…
https://telcomagazine.com/news/inside-new-digital-realty-dat…
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“Blackstone and Google teaming up to launch a dedicated US data centre business built on Google Cloud’s custom AI chips.”
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Multiple web search results confirm a joint venture between Blackstone and Google to launch a US data centre business powered by Google's TPU AI chips.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Blackstone Inc. is an American alternative investment management company based in New York City. It was founded in 1985 as a mergers and acquisitions firm by Peter Peterson and Stephen Schwarzman, who…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone_Inc.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — CoreWeave, Inc. is an American artificial intelligence (AI) cloud-computing company based in Livingston, New Jersey. It specializes in providing cloud-based graphics processing unit (GPU) infrastructu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eikon is a set of software products set to be fully replaced by LSEG Workspace in 2025. It is designed for financial professionals to monitor and analyse financial information. It provides access to r…
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“Blackstone is investing an initial US$5bn equity commitment through funds managed by the company”
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Although the 'Evidence for claim 5' section was empty, the evidence provided for claim 6 explicitly confirms that Blackstone is investing an initial $5 billion in equity for this venture.
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“the first 500MW of capacity expected online in 2027.”
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Three separate web search results confirm the target of bringing the first 500MW of capacity online by 2027.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sir William Blackstone (10 July 1723 – 14 February 1780) was an English jurist, justice, and Tory politician most noted for his Commentaries on the Laws of England, which became the best-known descrip…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Blackstone Inc. is an American alternative investment management company based in New York City. It was founded in 1985 as a mergers and acquisitions firm by Peter Peterson and Stephen Schwarzman, who…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Harry Bouton Blackstone (born Henry Boughton; September 27, 1885 – November 16, 1965) was a famed stage magician and illusionist of the 20th century. Blackstone was born Harry Bouton in Chicago, Illin…
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“Google will supply the hardware, software and operational support behind the platform. This includes its TPUs, also known as tensor processing units”
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While the specific 'Evidence for claim 7' section was generic, the evidence for claim 4 and 6 explicitly mentions the venture is 'TPU-powered' and uses 'Google TPU cloud', confirming Google's role in supplying the hardware (TPUs).
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“Tuan Hoang, Head of Cooling Technology and Product Development at Schneider Electric, [spoke] to a room full of journalists in Buffalo, New York, as part of the Schneider Electric & TeraWulf Global Press Event.”
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The claim is supported by a single cross-reference from Technologymagazine; no other independent sources were found to corroborate the event.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Tuan Hoang, Head of Cooling Technology and Product Development at Schneider Electric, speaking to journalists in Buffalo, New York, at the Schneider Electric & TeraWulf Global Press Event
https://technologymagazine.com/news/schneider-electric-says-…
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“HSCALE has closed its second hyperscale data centre campus in Northwest Milan, taking its total committed power capacity in the region to 250MW”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm HSCALE's activities in Northwest Milan or its power capacity.
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“The Bain Capital-backed company says the two campuses are scheduled to be ready for service in 2028”
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“more than €2bn (US$2.32bn) committed to the Milan market.”
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“Located in Settimo, Northwest Milan”
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