Five data-center industry releases from 4 November cover community funding, executive appointments, power-component supply, campus financing and hyperscale lease support. Kao Data reopened its Manchester community grant fund, Vantage named a new CISO, and Vertiv deepened a semiconductor supply partnership with Infineon. Princeton Digital Group secured about USD 1.3 billion for its Johor JH1 campus, and TeraWulf announced Google credit support tied to Anthropic lease commitments in Kentucky.
Wednesday 4 November 2026 (America/Los_Angeles source-local date) · 5 releases · MediaRelease.co editorial digest
Data centre operator Kao Data has reopened its Kao SEED Fund, offering grants of £500 to £2,500 to community groups, social enterprises and not-for-profits in Reddish, Stockport, for projects running through 2027. The fund coincides with construction of Kao Data’s £350m data centre in North Reddish and is managed by charity organisation Sector 3. Applications close on 2 December 2026, with awards from January 2027.
Vantage Data Centers has appointed Dale Drew as chief information security officer, reporting to chief information officer Emily Friedberg. Drew will lead Vantage’s global information security organisation across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific. He joins from EchoStar and DISH Network, where he was CISO for DISH Wireless, and previously held senior security roles at Zayo Group and Level 3 Communications.
Vertiv has signed a three-year strategic agreement with Infineon Technologies to secure supply of silicon and silicon carbide power semiconductors for its global power product portfolio, including 800 VDC power systems for AI infrastructure. The deal gives Vertiv greater visibility of semiconductor supply as it scales production and forms part of its multi-supplier supply-chain strategy. The companies will also align technology and product roadmaps.
Princeton Digital Group has secured about USD 1.3 billion (RM 5.1 billion) in green financing for its 200 MW JH1 data center campus at Sedenak Tech Park in Johor, Malaysia. Six banks underwrote the deal: Affin Bank, HSBC, Maybank, OCBC, Standard Chartered and UOB. The financing contributes to PDG’s plan, announced in March 2026, to raise up to USD 5 billion in debt for contracted capacity across Asia Pacific.
TeraWulf has signed credit support agreements with Google for debt financing tied to about $19 billion of contracted Anthropic lease commitments at its Justified Data Campus in Hawesville, Kentucky. Alphabet’s senior unsecured debt is rated AA+ by S&P and Aa2 by Moody’s. TeraWulf also signed a definitive EPC agreement with Fluor for three data center buildings, with phased completions expected from late 2027 through the second quarter of 2028.
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