Data Center Market Update: Week of November 9, 2026

The week of 9 November 2026 produced one Singapore opening, a Google site purchase in Wyoming, a $16 billion proposal in Massachusetts and preliminary 480MW deals in Kazakhstan, set against election results that showed local resistance to data centers is now electoral. Each item below states what the source says and what it leaves out.

Key takeaways

• Equinix opened SG6 in Singapore on 6 November: 8MW in phase one, up to 20MW at full build-out, about $290 million initial investment.
• Google acquired Crusoe’s southeast Wyoming site; price and megawatts were not disclosed.
• The Kraft Group proposed a 900MW, 10-building campus in Sutton, Massachusetts, at more than $16 billion, first buildings in 2029.
• Kazakhstan reported preliminary agreements for 480MW of Data Center Valley phase two; none are binding yet.
• WhiteFiber paid $60 million for two North Carolina sites (60MW minimum, about 200MW potential) and disclosed delays at NC-1.
• Election coverage after 4 November shows data center restrictions winning at the ballot; counts vary by source.

Deals and projects at a glance

Date	Party	Location	Item	Stated capacity
3 Nov	WhiteFiber	Yadkin County, NC	$60M purchase of two sites	60MW minimum, about 200MW potential
6 Nov	Equinix	Singapore	SG6 opens	8MW phase one, 20MW full
6 Nov	Crusoe / Google	Southeast Wyoming	Site sold to Google	Not disclosed
6 Nov	Government of Kazakhstan	Pavlodar region	Preliminary phase-two deals	480MW, up to 620MW
10 Nov	Kraft Group	Sutton, Massachusetts	Campus proposal, $16B+	About 900MW

Singapore: Equinix SG6 opens under the new rules

Equinix launched SG6 on 6 November, its sixth Singapore IBX. The first phase delivers 8MW across about 1,550 cabinets on an initial investment of roughly $290 million, with liquid-cooling capability, and the site can reach 20MW of IT capacity at full build-out. The November 2024 announcement had given $260 million and 20MW with a Q1 2027 opening, so the opening is earlier but the 20MW is a target, not current capacity. Coverage describes SG6 as the first facility built under Singapore’s stricter green requirements for new capacity; it was developed under an earlier allocation process, not the 2026 round.

For buyers, Singapore remains supply-constrained: 8MW is small against demand. Background on the allocation regime is in our Singapore market guide and the 200MW allocation note.

Wyoming: Google buys Crusoe’s developed site

Crusoe announced on 6 November that Google acquired its southeast Wyoming site. Crusoe had completed site selection, government approvals and a power strategy built with Tallgrass Energy: a hybrid of fuel cells, grid power and natural gas turbines, with a long-term roadmap for carbon capture through Tallgrass’s CO2 sequestration hub. Deal terms and the site’s capacity are not stated. Crusoe’s CEO cited more than 6GW contracted and over 40GW in the pipeline company-wide; those figures are not specific to Wyoming.

The structure is the signal: a developer monetizes entitlements and power planning, and a hyperscaler buys a de-risked site rather than raw land. Comparable public deals are tracked on Transactions and Powered Land.

Massachusetts: Kraft Group proposes 900MW in Sutton

The Kraft Group proposed a 10-building campus on a 448-acre site off Providence and Boston roads in Sutton, about 10 miles south of Worcester. Full build-out around 2033 would draw about 900MW, with initial buildings expected in 2029. Reported cost is more than $16 billion; one estimate is about $16.75 billion including roughly $1 billion of computing equipment, with the first phase near $3.35 billion. Town officials estimate property tax of about $10.4 million a year by FY2031 from the first two buildings, rising to about $27.8 million by FY2035.

The town manager confirmed the proposal in a letter to the Select Board, which was to discuss it on 10 November. It is a proposal, not an approved project, and under the governor’s September executive order local approval must precede building permits.

Kazakhstan: 480MW of preliminary phase-two agreements

A government update dated 6 November reported preliminary agreements for 480MW of second-phase capacity at Data Center Valley in the Pavlodar region with Gaw Capital, Boosteroid and Firebird, with room to grow to 620MW; talks continue with Aleria, Energy Capital Global and China Energy for a further 240MW. Phase one is three data centers totaling 304MW, including a 164MW Firebird AI facility, and the valley targets 1GW by 2029. Terms were not published, and sources differ on Firebird’s secured capacity (125MW in one, 164MW in another), so treat the phase-one split as provisional. Our pipeline tracker and Capacity Watch log only stated figures.

North Carolina: WhiteFiber buys sites, discloses NC-1 delays

On 3 November WhiteFiber completed a $60 million cash purchase of NC-2 and NC-3 in Yadkin County: about 120 acres plus roughly 500,000 square feet of warehouse space, a combined minimum 60MW of initial gross utility capacity and about 200MW potential within seven years, subject to power availability. Targeted ready-for-service is late 2027. The same release disclosed that switchgear issues interrupted service and billing at the first 20MW hall of NC-1, delaying full contracted billing past August. About 35MW of the contracted 40MW IT deployment is operational, and financing is still being finalized.

US politics: resistance reaches the ballot

After the 4 November midterms, DatacenterDynamics and others reported that candidates favoring limits or moratoriums won in several races. Al Jazeera reports voters rejected development in all but one of 41 local ballot measures; Fast Company cites measures in more than 30 districts, so counts differ. NBC notes data center regulation was not a top issue for most voters, and several tallies come from advocacy or industry-affiliated groups. Local moratoria continued to appear in the week, including a 10-year moratorium in Ottawa, Kansas (DatacenterDynamics headline). See Capacity Watch for formal restrictions.

GPU pricing snapshot

The GPU tracker updated 6 November: GMI Cloud lists GB200 on-demand at $8.00 per GPU-hour, the first sub-$10 on-demand rate seen, against CoreWeave’s $10.50, Oracle bare-metal near $16.00 and Azure’s ND GB200 v6 at $27.04. Our reasoned median is about $13.25 per GPU-hour; AWS’s one-year reserved rate is $10.58.

Provider	GB200 $/GPU-hr	Type
GMI Cloud	8.00	On-demand
CoreWeave	10.50	On-demand
AWS	10.58	1-year reserved
Oracle	~16.00	Bare-metal
Azure	27.04	On-demand

What this means for capacity buyers

• Constrained markets add capacity in small steps. Singapore’s 8MW phase will not change wholesale availability; check current benchmarks on the price index.
• Entitled, powered sites are the scarce asset: Google paid for Crusoe’s approvals and power plan. If you need capacity beyond 2028, powered land and energy strategy come first.
• Treat proposals (Sutton, Kazakhstan) as options, not supply. Local approval and binding contracts are separate milestones.
• Ask operators about commissioning risk: WhiteFiber’s switchgear delay shows billing dates can slip after delivery.
• Add permitting risk to timelines in the US; ballot results suggest local opposition is durable.

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