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French startup PoliCloud has secured €7.5 million to expand its edge data center network across Europe, aiming to serve HPC and cloud workloads with a sovereign, containerized model. Backed by Global Ventures and Inria, the firm targets public-sector clients seeking alternatives to US cloud providers. With over 1,000 GPUs expected by year-end, PoliCloud plans to scale amid Europe’s growing push for digital independence and localized AI infrastructure.

Soluna has expanded hosting agreements with Blockware and Compass Mining, adding 11MW across its Project Dorothy sites in Texas. Blockware doubled its capacity to 8MW within two months, while Compass added 8MW and renewed its original 5MW contract. The upgrades push estimated hashrates and daily earnings upward, reinforcing Soluna’s foothold in crypto infrastructure as miners seek stable, scalable energy-backed operations in the region.

HPE has added new AMD-powered ProLiant Gen12 servers and automation upgrades to address rising demands across data centers and edge environments. The DL325 and DL345 now support up to 6TB of RAM, while updates to Compute Ops Management aim to cut server downtime and manual tasks. A compact DL145 model joins the Azure Local lineup, targeting edge deployments in healthcare, retail, and manufacturing with preloaded security and real-time analytics.

EdgeCore has committed $17 billion to build a 1.1GW data center in Louisa County, Virginia, marking one of the largest single-site investments in U.S. data infrastructure. The 697-acre campus will span nearly 4 million square feet and run on closed-loop air cooling. As Virginia’s data boom spreads beyond Ashburn, the project highlights rising tensions between tech expansion and local concerns over land use and environmental impact.

Naver Cloud signed an eight-year lease at LG CNS’s Jukjeon Data Center in Seoul, deepening its local footprint as AI and cloud demand climb. The deal, reportedly worth hundreds of billions of won, comes as the facility nears full completion. While Kakao Bank also moves in, Naver continues expanding abroad, with plans for cloud regions in Vietnam and the U.S. East Coast, and a 500MW AI campus in Morocco.