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AI reshapes rankings of the world's five largest data centres
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Over the past few years, the global data centre industry has entered a period of unprecedented transformation.
Key facts
- DigitalBridge Group’s US$11 billion acquisition of Switch in 2022 was among the largest infrastructure investments in history.
- Since 2023, announced investment in Johor has exceeded US$30 billion, with major companies including Microsoft, Google, Oracle and ByteDance.
- Big Tech companies AWS, Microsoft, Google and Meta increased their combined capital expenditure (CapEx) on data centres to more than US$300 billion in 2025 alone.
- A key driving force is no longer limited to cloud storage or conventional multimedia streaming.
- In terms of energy, Apple uses 100% renewable power from local solar farms, while Google matches 100% of its electricity use with renewable energy.
- Data from gbc engineers, updated for 2026 and ranked by IT load capacity, show that the “world champion”
Summary
A key driving force is no longer limited to cloud storage or conventional multimedia streaming.
Instead, the change is being driven by fierce competition among leading global cloud providers and technology companies to develop generative artificial intelligence (AI) and train large frontier AI models.