Five data center releases, led by green financing: AirTrunk secured an A$4.25 billion loan for its SYD3 Western Sydney campus and STTGDC a JPY93 billion loan for its Tokyo campus. Vertiv completed its acquisition of UtilityInnovation Group and launched a liquid cooling ecosystem, while a Flexential survey found 96% of enterprises report network issues affecting AI.
Tuesday 27 October 2026 (America/Los_Angeles source-local date) · 5 releases · MediaRelease.co editorial digest
Flexential's 2026 State of AI Infrastructure Report, based on a survey of more than 350 IT decision-makers, found 96% of enterprises experienced at least one network-related performance issue affecting AI workloads in the past year. Latency was cited by 71%, up from 32% in 2024, while only 25% reported difficulty scaling data center space and power. Fiber availability raised costs or delayed AI rollouts for 54%.
Vertiv has launched a global liquid cooling ecosystem offering that expands its collaboration with Dow through the Dow Coolant Care Network and adds a new partnership with water treatment firm Solenis. The initiative combines Vertiv's thermal infrastructure, Next Predict monitoring and lifecycle services with coolant and fluid chemistry expertise, so operators can manage AI-scale liquid cooling as a single integrated thermal system.
STTGDC has secured a JPY93 billion green loan to fit out and operate STTGDC TYO1 and TYO2, its two-building data centre campus at Goodman Business Park in Inzai City, Greater Tokyo, which will provide 70.8MW of IT capacity. Standard Chartered was lead coordinator alongside Mizuho Bank, OCBC, Société Générale and UOB. Loan criteria include green building certification and a design PUE of 1.3 or below.
AirTrunk has secured a A$4.25 billion green loan from a consortium of 32 financial institutions to fund continued development of its SYD3 campus in Western Sydney. The company says the project is expected to support more than 10,000 jobs, with construction led by A W Edwards due for completion by mid-2028. The deal lifts AirTrunk's total committed debt financing to about A$38.4 billion globally.
Vertiv has completed its acquisition of UtilityInnovation Group (UIG), a Raleigh, North Carolina-based microgrid and behind-the-meter power specialist, for about $1.45 billion in upfront cash plus up to $1.15 billion in EBITDA-linked earnouts. The deal adds microgrid controls, onsite generation orchestration and switchgear to Vertiv's portfolio, aimed at helping data center operators secure power faster amid grid constraints.
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