Colocation Firm maincubes Secures €2.5B to Accelerate Growth
📅 - European data center operator maincubes from Germany has secured nearly €2.5 billion in long-term financing, reinforcing its ambition to scale one of Germany's largest digital infrastructure platforms as demand accelerates for cloud, artificial intelligence, and public-sector computing capacity.
The transaction, completed in mid-January 2026, provides the company with a significantly strengthened capital structure at a time when Europe's data center market is undergoing rapid expansion driven by AI workloads and sovereign infrastructure requirements.
The financing package totals €2.475 billion and consists of €1.775 billion in committed facilities alongside an additional €700 million [...][... Check source for end of article ...]
📅 - Uptime Institute Unveils Its Data Center Predictions for 2026 - Uptime Institute has published its Five Data Center Predictions for 2026, outlining how digital infrastructure is expected to evolve amid accelerating growth. The report examines deeper structural shifts in data center design, financing, and operations, highlighting artificial intelligence as a major growth driver while noting continued uncertainty around the pace and scale of future build-outs.
Uptime Institute's Five Data Center Predictions for 2026 report offers a forward-looking assessment of how digital infrastructure is likely to evolve as the industry enters another phase of rapid expansion.
The report by Uptime Institute looks beyond near-term trends to examine structural shifts [...]
📅 - Wasabi Raises $70M to Expand AI-First Cloud Storage - Wasabi Technologies has secured $70 million in new equity funding as it positions itself to play a larger role in the next phase of data infrastructure shaped by artificial intelligence and large-scale data growth. The round values the company at $1.8 billion and was led by L2 Point Management, with participation from Pure Storage and existing backers including Fidelity Management & Research Company.
With this raise, Wasabi's total funding now exceeds $600 million, underscoring sustained investor confidence in its cloud storage strategy.
Founded on the premise that cloud storage should be simple and cost predictable, Wasabi Technologies has steadily expanded beyond its original Hot Cloud [...]
📅 - KBRA Flags New Risks in Data Center Project Finance - KBRA's latest report highlights rapid growth in data center project finance, driven by AI, hyperscale cloud adoption, 5G, and outsourced IT. The firm has rated nearly $100 billion in related debt, with transaction volumes and structural complexity exceeding earlier expectations.
KBRA has released a new report analyzing recent developments and emerging trends in data center project finance, reflecting the sector's rapid expansion over the past several years. Since the firm's previous research on the convergence of data centers and project finance, growth has accelerated significantly, fueled by rising demand for artificial intelligence workloads, hyperscale cloud adoption, 5G network [...]
📅 - DDN Study: AI Infrastructure Gaps Stall Enterprise AI Ambitions - A new industry report suggests that the rapid acceleration of enterprise artificial intelligence is running into an unexpected barrier: infrastructure readiness. According to "The 2026 AI Infrastructure Report," commissioned by AI data platform provider DDN and conducted by Vanson Bourne in collaboration with Cognizant and Google Cloud, nearly two-thirds of organizations are struggling to translate AI ambition into operational success.
The survey of 600 U.S.-based IT and business decision-makers paints a picture of widespread experimentation with AI, coupled with mounting challenges that are delaying deployments, inflating costs, and undermining returns on investment.
While AI models, [...]
📅 - The Top 8 Technologies Accelerating Business Objectives in 2026 - For organizations expanding their operations globally in 2026, the focus is no longer on technology adoption itself, but on technology's ability to enable faster, safer, and more predictable growth. M247 Global clients need digital infrastructures that deliver consistent performance, ultra-low latency, and seamless scalability—regardless of region or service complexity.
In this context, frictionless, low-latency data transport, optimized parallel processing, and the integration of AI directly into critical business processes—from data centers to factories, warehouses, and distributed ecosystems—become decisive factors for competitiveness. More and more organizations are moving away from [...]
📅 - Want a lower carbon footprint? Choose M247 Global cloud services - What is the carbon footprint of your company's servers? What is the carbon footprint of your company's servers? And how easy is it, really, to find out? Few companies have clear data on the environmental impact of their IT infrastructure, yet more and more organizations are asking these questions as cloud sustainability becomes a strategic priority.
Calculating the exact carbon footprint can be complex, but at a high level there are a few key aspects to consider when estimating the impact of servers: where the servers are hosted (on-premises or in the cloud) and what type of energy is used—green energy (from renewable sources) or energy generated by burning fossil fuels. What do [...]