Global Data Center Infrastructure & Colocation Industry Update (June–July 2025)
In 2025, Amazon Web Services announced a $10 billion investment in North Carolina to build an AI-focused data center campus in Richmond County, creating 500 jobs. AWS plans new data centers in Chile, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, and Taiwan, with CEO Matt Garman calling the expansion pace “breakneck” to support AI workloads. Alibaba Cloud opened its second data center in South Korea in June 2025 and pledged $52.7 billion to build a unified global network, adding a new region in Mexico and a second site in Thailand this year. Equinix completed the acquisition of three Manila, Philippines data centers (MN1,