Data

Crude Oil

China Refining Output Rebounds to Strongest Since 2023

In June 2025, China’s crude oil refining output reached over 15.2 million barrels per day, the highest since September 2023, according to national statist…

Saudi Arabia

XDS, ICS Arabia Partner to Build Saudi Arabia’s First 10MW Immersion-Cooled Dates Centers

On July 8, 2025, XDS DATACENTRES, based in the UK and Dubai, signed a 15-year agreement with ICS Arabia in Riyadh to construct two 10 MW immersion-cooled data c…

Singapore

BDx Launches Southeast Asia’s First Hybrid Quantum AI Testbed in Singapore

On July 11, 2025, BDx Data Centers, in partnership with Anyon Technologies, launched Southeast Asia’s first hybrid quantum AI testbed at its SIN1 data cen…

Metal

Copper Output From Chile’s Codelco Climbs 17% in May

In May 2025, copper production in Chile showed varied results across major mining operations, according to data released by the Chilean Copper Commission (Cochi…

Finland

Groq Launches First European AI Data Centre in Helsinki

Groq has opened its first European data centre in Helsinki, Finland, in collaboration with Equinix, expanding its global AI inference network. The new facility …

Argentina

Bunge Charters First Argentine Soy Meal Cargo to China

On July 7, 2025, data reviewed indicated that Bunge, a U.S.-based grains trading company, has arranged to ship 30,000 metric tons of soybean meal from Argentina…

Ukraine

Ukrainian Grain Exports Reached 40 Mln Tons

As of June 20, 2025, Ukraine exported 40 million tons of grain and leguminous crops in the 2024/25 marketing year (July 2024–June 2025), a 19% decrease (9…

South Korea

SK Group, AWS Join Hands to Build $5.13 Billion AI Data Center, Korea’s Largest

SK Group has partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to construct a 7-trillion-won ($5.13 billion) AI data center in Ulsan, South Korea. SK Group Chairman Chey…

China

Alibaba’s New Data Center in Korea to Begin Operation This Month

Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing division of Alibaba Group, announced that its second data center in South Korea will begin operations later this month. Locat…

Poland

New HUBER+SUHNER Site in Poland to Boost POLATIS® OCS Output for Hyperscale Growth

HUBER+SUHNER has launched a new manufacturing facility in Pisary, Poland, dedicated to producing POLATIS® optical circuit switches (OCS) for AI and hypersca…

Oil Refinery

China’s May Refinery Throughput at 9-Month Low on Plant Overhauls

China’s crude oil throughput declined by 1.8% year-on-year in May, reaching its lowest level since August 2023, according to official data released on Mon…

China

Shanghai Group to Put a Wind-Powered Data Centre Under the Sea

A collaboration of state and private sector partners in China has initiated a project to construct an offshore wind-powered data center submerged beneath the se…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Talen and Amazon Sign 1.92MW Nuclear Energy PPA

Talen Energy has broadened its collaboration with Amazon through a new power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply carbon-free electricity from its Susquehanna nuc…

India

VI 5G Touches Down in Bengaluru With Unlimited Mobile Data

Vi has officially launched its 5G services in Bengaluru on June 10, expanding its high-speed network to India’s key technology hub. This move enables resi…

Tidal Energy

Data-Driven Cable Monitoring Extended at World’s Largest Tidal Array

Indeximate, a UK-based climate technology company, has secured a three-year extension to provide cable condition monitoring for SAE Renewables’ MeyGen tid…