THE MONTH IN DATA CENTRES

Revisit the stories, quotes and statistics that shaped January’ s data centre landscape across infrastructure, AI and sustainability

WRITTEN BY: BEN CRASKE

CREDIT: MARK BRAKE

ELON MUSK’ S STRATEGY FOR XAI US $ 20BN MISSISSIPPI DATA CENTRE

xAI has confirmed plans to invest more than US $ 20bn in a new hyperscale data centre in Southaven, Mississippi, marking one of the largest single data centre investments announced in the US to date.

14 February 2026