Datacenter Buildout — Timeline
59 milestones, source-traced.
Jan 1, 2025
Funding: Stack Infrastructure secured $900 million in green financing for a 200MW campus in Virginia.
funding-research →Jan 15, 2025
Funding: Aligned Data Centers completed a $12.0+ billion capital raise ($5.0 billion primary equity +…
Aligned Data Centers completed a $12.0+ billion capital raise ($5.0 billion primary equity + $7.0 billion debt) led by Macquarie Asset Management to fund 5+GW of future capacity.
funding-research →Jan 15, 2025
Funding: Aligned Data Centers completed a $12+ billion capital raise consisting of $5 billion in…
Aligned Data Centers completed a $12+ billion capital raise consisting of $5 billion in new primary equity and over $7 billion in new debt, led by Macquarie Asset Management alongside large global investors.
funding-research →Mar 19, 2025
Funding: Stack Infrastructure secured $4 billion in green financing for sites in Virginia, Portland, and…
Stack Infrastructure secured $4 billion in green financing for sites in Virginia, Portland, and Toronto.
funding-research →Mar 19, 2025
Funding: STACK Infrastructure closed a $4 billion green financing facility for a 1+ GW campus…
STACK Infrastructure closed a $4 billion green financing facility for a 1+ GW campus in Stafford, Virginia and projects in Portland, Oregon and Toronto, Canada.
funding-research →Mar 27, 2025
Ipo Event: CoreWeave reduced its IPO size from $2.7B to $1.5B.
funding-research →Mar 28, 2025
Ipo Event: CoreWeave completed its IPO on Nasdaq (CRWV), raising $1.5B.
funding-research →Mar 28, 2025
Ipo Event: CoreWeave raised $1.5 billion in its IPO on Nasdaq under ticker CRWV, the largest…
CoreWeave raised $1.5 billion in its IPO on Nasdaq under ticker CRWV, the largest AI-related listing by amount raised per Dealogic.
funding-research →Apr 1, 2025
Acquisition: Northstar Technologies Group acquired majority ownership of Compass Quantum from Compass Datacenters in April…
Northstar Technologies Group acquired majority ownership of Compass Quantum from Compass Datacenters in April 2025.
funding-research →Apr 29, 2025
Acquisition: Stack Infrastructure divested its European colocation business (7 data centers) to Apollo Global Management.
funding-research →May 7, 2025
Earnings: Iron Mountain reported Q1 2025 total revenue of approximately $1.59 billion (up about 8%…
Iron Mountain reported Q1 2025 total revenue of approximately $1.59 billion (up about 8% year over year), with its Data Center segment one of the fastest-growing businesses, posting roughly 25% data center revenue growth as hyperscale and AI demand drove new and expansion leasing.
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May 7, 2025
Capacity Expansion: Alongside Q1 2025 results, Iron Mountain disclosed it signed roughly 17 MW of new…
Alongside Q1 2025 results, Iron Mountain disclosed it signed roughly 17 MW of new and expansion data center leases in the quarter, continuing the buildout momentum after a record ~125 MW of leasing in 2024 driven by AI-era hyperscale customers.
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Jun 1, 2025
Product Launch: Compass Datacenters announced a planned $10 billion hyperscale mega-campus in Chicago, with construction slated…
Compass Datacenters announced a planned $10 billion hyperscale mega-campus in Chicago, with construction slated to begin in late 2025.
funding-research →Jun 1, 2025
Acquisition: STACK Infrastructure sold its European business comprising seven data centers across Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen,…
STACK Infrastructure sold its European business comprising seven data centers across Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen, Milan, and Geneva to Apollo.
funding-research →Jun 25, 2025
Other: At its June 2025 Analyst Day, Equinix unveiled a "Build Bolder" strategy to sharply…
At its June 2025 Analyst Day, Equinix unveiled a "Build Bolder" strategy to sharply accelerate data center construction for AI-era hyperscalers, raising its long-term AFFO-per-share growth target to roughly 7-10% and committing to materially higher development capex and self-build capacity.
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Jun 25, 2025
Capacity Expansion: Equinix reaffirmed and expanded its xScale hyperscale program, representing more than $8 billion of…
Equinix reaffirmed and expanded its xScale hyperscale program, representing more than $8 billion of cumulative committed investment across 40+ purpose-built facilities developed via joint ventures with partners including GIC, PGIM Real Estate and CPP Investments to serve hyperscale and AI workloads.
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Jul 23, 2025
Funding: Stack Infrastructure raised $853.79 million in a Line of Credit with undisclosed lead investors.
funding-research →Jul 24, 2025
Earnings: Digital Realty reported Q2 2025 total revenue of approximately $1.5 billion on July 24,…
Digital Realty reported Q2 2025 total revenue of approximately $1.5 billion on July 24, 2025, with Core FFO of about $1.87 per share and continued record new leasing driven by AI and hyperscale capacity demand.
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Jul 24, 2025
Capacity Expansion: Through mid-2025 Digital Realty reported a record leasing backlog of signed-but-not-yet-commenced contracts in the…
Through mid-2025 Digital Realty reported a record leasing backlog of signed-but-not-yet-commenced contracts in the range of $800M+ annualized GAAP rental revenue, reflecting accelerated multi-megawatt hyperscale and AI-driven data center capacity demand.
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Jul 30, 2025
Earnings: Equinix reported Q2 2025 revenue of approximately $2.26 billion, up roughly 6% year over…
Equinix reported Q2 2025 revenue of approximately $2.26 billion, up roughly 6% year over year, extending its long multi-decade streak of consecutive quarters of revenue growth and prompting a raise to full-year guidance.
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Aug 6, 2025
Earnings: Iron Mountain reported Q2 2025 results with record quarterly total revenue of roughly $1.68…
Iron Mountain reported Q2 2025 results with record quarterly total revenue of roughly $1.68 billion, again highlighting the Data Center segment's double-digit growth and an expanding development pipeline tied to AI and hyperscale demand.
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Sep 5, 2025
Funding: Iron Mountain raised $1.4 billion in Post-IPO Debt on September 5, 2025.
funding-research →Oct 15, 2025
Acquisition: A consortium of AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), MGX, and BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP)…
A consortium of AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), MGX, and BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) acquired 100% equity of Aligned Data Centers at an approximately $40 billion enterprise valuation.
funding-research →Oct 15, 2025
Acquisition: A consortium comprising Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), MGX, and BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners…
A consortium comprising Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), MGX, and BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners acquired 100% of Aligned Data Centers' equity from Macquarie's funds and co-investors at an enterprise valuation of approximately $40 billion.
funding-research →Oct 29, 2025
Earnings: Equinix reported Q3 2025 revenue of approximately $2.3 billion, up roughly 6-7% year over…
Equinix reported Q3 2025 revenue of approximately $2.3 billion, up roughly 6-7% year over year, with continued growth in recurring colocation and interconnection revenue as new capacity came online.
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Oct 30, 2025
Earnings: Digital Realty reported Q3 2025 results on October 30, 2025 with total revenue of…
Digital Realty reported Q3 2025 results on October 30, 2025 with total revenue of roughly $1.5 billion, citing record-level new bookings and continued strong demand for hyperscale data center capacity tied to AI workloads.
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Nov 5, 2025
Earnings: Iron Mountain reported Q3 2025 total revenue of roughly $1.74 billion, with management reiterating…
Iron Mountain reported Q3 2025 total revenue of roughly $1.74 billion, with management reiterating strong data center leasing momentum and a 2025 leasing target in line with the prior-year record of around 125 MW.
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Nov 5, 2025
Capacity Expansion: Iron Mountain reaffirmed in late 2025 that its global data center platform — anchored…
Iron Mountain reaffirmed in late 2025 that its global data center platform — anchored by its Northern Virginia (Manassas) campus and additional U.S., European and Indian sites — carries well over 1 GW of long-term developable capacity to serve AI-era hyperscale customers.
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Nov 22, 2025
Funding: Stack Infrastructure finalized a ¥39.7 billion (~$270M) green financing facility led by Natixis and…
Stack Infrastructure finalized a ¥39.7 billion (~$270M) green financing facility led by Natixis and Societe Generale for its Tokyo campus.
funding-research →Dec 18, 2025
Customer Win: Iron Mountain Data Centers serves US Federal agencies and DoD with FedRAMP-high-certified AI-capable datacenter…
Iron Mountain Data Centers serves US Federal agencies and DoD with FedRAMP-high-certified AI-capable datacenter capacity (multi-year contract base disclosed in IR).
customer_wins_seed →Jan 1, 2026
Funding: NVIDIA invested $2B in CoreWeave at $87.20/share to expand their data center partnership.
funding-research →Jan 1, 2026
Funding: NVIDIA invested $2 billion in CoreWeave at $87.20 per share to expand its data…
NVIDIA invested $2 billion in CoreWeave at $87.20 per share to expand its data center build-out and deepen the partnership.
funding-research →Jan 12, 2026
Customer Win: Digital Realty disclosed multiple hyperscaler 100MW+ AI datacenter leases on Q4 2025 earnings, with…
Digital Realty disclosed multiple hyperscaler 100MW+ AI datacenter leases on Q4 2025 earnings, with Meta among the named anchor tenants in Northern Virginia.
customer_wins_seed →Feb 1, 2026
Funding: CoreWeave secured an $8.5B delayed draw term loan facility using Meta AI contracts as…
CoreWeave secured an $8.5B delayed draw term loan facility using Meta AI contracts as collateral, its first investment-grade rated HPC financing.
funding-research →Feb 1, 2026
Acquisition: SpaceX merged with xAI in February 2026, integrating AI model infrastructure with its launch…
SpaceX merged with xAI in February 2026, integrating AI model infrastructure with its launch and satellite communications capabilities under a single entity.
funding-research →Feb 8, 2026
Customer Win: Equinix xScale program (joint venture with GIC, Brookfield) committed $15B+ in AI datacenter capacity…
Equinix xScale program (joint venture with GIC, Brookfield) committed $15B+ in AI datacenter capacity expansion across US/EU/Asia for hyperscaler customers (announced 2024).
customer_wins_seed →Feb 11, 2026
Earnings: Equinix reported full-year 2025 revenue of approximately $9.3 billion, up roughly 6-7% versus 2024,…
Equinix reported full-year 2025 revenue of approximately $9.3 billion, up roughly 6-7% versus 2024, and announced its customary annual dividend increase while highlighting a record data center development pipeline tied to AI-driven demand.
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Feb 11, 2026
Capacity Expansion: Capital expenditures: Americas $ 2,743
sec_edgar_capex →Feb 13, 2026
Capacity Expansion: At December 31, 2025, we had open commitments, including amounts reimbursable of approximately $…
At December 31, 2025, we had open commitments, including amounts reimbursable of approximately $ 110.6 million, related to construction contracts of approximately $ 2.6 billion.
sec_edgar_capex →Feb 13, 2026
Capacity Expansion: Additions during period (acquisitions and improvements) 4,981,128
sec_edgar_capex →Feb 20, 2026
Customer Win: Compass Datacenters' prefabricated modular building approach selected by multiple hyperscalers for schedule-compressed AI capacity…
Compass Datacenters' prefabricated modular building approach selected by multiple hyperscalers for schedule-compressed AI capacity (build-to-suit model).
customer_wins_seed →Mar 2, 2026
Customer Win: Aligned Data Centers committed multiple billion-dollar build-to-suit AI datacenter campuses for hyperscaler customers (private…
Aligned Data Centers committed multiple billion-dollar build-to-suit AI datacenter campuses for hyperscaler customers (private — but disclosed in MIP capital raises 2024-2025).
customer_wins_seed →Mar 31, 2026
Funding: CoreWeave closed an $8.5 billion delayed draw term loan facility (DDTL 4.0) with an…
CoreWeave closed an $8.5 billion delayed draw term loan facility (DDTL 4.0) with an investment-grade rating (A3 by Moody's, A (low) by DBRS), co-structured by MUFG, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan.
funding-research →Apr 1, 2026
Customer Win: CoreWeave upsized its infrastructure partnership with Meta to $21B.
funding-research →Apr 1, 2026
Customer Win: CoreWeave signed a multi-year agreement with Anthropic to provide Nvidia GPU capacity for Claude…
CoreWeave signed a multi-year agreement with Anthropic to provide Nvidia GPU capacity for Claude inference.
funding-research →Apr 1, 2026
Ipo Event: SpaceX submitted a confidential draft S-1 registration statement to the SEC on April 1,…
SpaceX submitted a confidential draft S-1 registration statement to the SEC on April 1, 2026, in a filing internally codenamed 'Project Apex'.
funding-research →Apr 1, 2026
Partnership: CoreWeave upsized its infrastructure partnership with Meta Platforms to $21 billion, using Meta's AI…
CoreWeave upsized its infrastructure partnership with Meta Platforms to $21 billion, using Meta's AI contracts as collateral.
funding-research →Apr 1, 2026
Funding: CoreWeave upsized and priced a $3.5 billion convertible senior notes offering within 48 hours…
CoreWeave upsized and priced a $3.5 billion convertible senior notes offering within 48 hours of the Meta deal announcement.
funding-research →May 1, 2026
Capacity Expansion: During the quarter, we closed on acquisitions totaling approximately $280 million in the aggregate,…
During the quarter, we closed on acquisitions totaling approximately $280 million in the aggregate, primarily in Investments in properties, net in Sofia, Bulgaria, Milan, Italy, Portland and Atlanta.
sec_edgar_capex →May 1, 2026
Capacity Expansion: For the remainder of 2026, we currently expect to incur approximately $2.8 billion to…
For the remainder of 2026, we currently expect to incur approximately $2.8 billion to $3.3 billion of capital expenditures, which includes our share of joint venture contributions and is net of partner contributions for our development programs.
sec_edgar_capex →May 7, 2026
Funding: Equinix Canada Financing Ltd, a subsidiary of Equinix, Inc., issued C$650,000,000 in 3.950% Senior…
Equinix Canada Financing Ltd, a subsidiary of Equinix, Inc., issued C$650,000,000 in 3.950% Senior Notes due 2030 and C$600,000,000 in 4.750% Senior Notes due 2035, totaling C$1,250,000,000 in debt funding.
sec_edgar →May 11, 2026
Leadership Change: Simon Miller announced his planned retirement as Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Accounting Officer…
Simon Miller announced his planned retirement as Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Accounting Officer of Equinix, Inc., effective July 31, 2026.
sec_edgar →May 15, 2026
Leadership Change: Equinix, Inc. re-elected 10 directors to its Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting…
Equinix, Inc. re-elected 10 directors to its Board of Directors at the Annual Meeting on May 13, 2026.
sec_edgar →Jun 1, 2026
Leadership Change: Digital Realty Trust, Inc. stockholders elected ten individuals to the Board of Directors, each…
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. stockholders elected ten individuals to the Board of Directors, each to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
sec_edgar →Jun 1, 2026
Funding: STACK Infrastructure finalized a ¥39.7 billion (approximately $260 million) green financing facility for its…
STACK Infrastructure finalized a ¥39.7 billion (approximately $260 million) green financing facility for its TKY01 campus in Tokyo, Japan.
funding-research →Jun 16, 2026
Product Launch: CoreWeave set a new MLPerf AI training record, training DeepSeek-V3 in approximately 2 minutes.
funding-research →Jun 22, 2026
Acquisition: Digital Realty agreed to acquire an additional 16% interest in its Teraco joint venture…
Digital Realty agreed to acquire an additional 16% interest in its Teraco joint venture for 3,425,031 shares of common stock, valued at approximately $644.4 million, increasing its total interest to 77%.
sec_edgar →Jun 22, 2026
Capacity Expansion: Digital Realty's operating partnership acquired 1,440 acres of land near Kansas City for approximately…
Digital Realty's operating partnership acquired 1,440 acres of land near Kansas City for approximately $377.6 million in cash and 517,475 common units for development at Astra Enterprise Park.
sec_edgar →Jun 22, 2026
Acquisition: Digital Realty entered into an agreement to acquire Columbia Capital for an initial $45…
Digital Realty entered into an agreement to acquire Columbia Capital for an initial $45 million in cash and 2,337,036 shares of common stock, with up to an additional $290 million contingent on performance milestones.
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