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Vantage Data Centers Appoints Fitri Abdullah as Country Managing Director to Accelerate Growth in Malaysia
DENVER, USA and SINGAPORE (Feb. 2, 2026) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced the appointment of Fitri Abdullah as country managing director, Malaysia. In this newly created role, Abdullah will oversee Vantage’s business in Malaysia, leading strategies that strengthen stakeholder engagement and market leadership. Abdullah will be part of Vantage APAC’s leadership team and report directly to Jeremy Deutsch, the region’s president.
Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-appoints-fitri-abdullah-as-country-managing-director-to-accelerate-growth-in-malaysia/
Vantage Data Centers Joins Open Compute Project Foundation Advisory Board
DENVER (Jan. 20, 2026) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced its appointment to the Open Compute Project (OCP) Foundation Advisory Board, an international non-profit organization bringing hyperscale innovations to all. Selected by the OCP Foundation Board of Directors and Foundation CEO George Tchaparian, Vantage will join hyperscale enterprise infrastructure leaders to support common standards for AI infrastructure and efficiency through cross-ecosystem collaboration. Vantage will represent the perspective of the global data center operator, bringing real-world facility experience into OCP’s comprehensive work.
Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-joins-open-compute-project-foundation-advisory-board/
Vantage Data Centers Completes £200M Tap of Existing £600M Industry-First EMEA Data Center Asset-Backed Securitization (ABS) and Adds New £54M Class B Tranche
DENVER, USA and LUXEMBOURG (Jan. 15, 2026) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced it has raised an additional £254 million in securitized term notes. £200 million was raised through a tap of the existing Class A-2 Notes while £54 million was raised from the new Class B Tranche. This builds on Vantage’s debut public issuance in 2024 raising £600 million, which was the first-ever EMEA data center ABS completed in sterling. The Class A-2 Notes are rated A-, A (low) and A by Standard & Poor’s, Morningstar DBRS and Scope Ratings, respectively. The Class B Notes are rated BBB- by Standard & Poor’s and BBB by Morningstar DBRS and Scope Ratings.
Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-completes-200m-tap-of-existing-600m-industry-first-emea-data-center-asset-backed-securitization-abs-and-adds-new-54m-class-b-tranche/
Firefly Aerospace Announces Alpha Block II Configuration Upgrade for Flight 8
Cedar Park, Texas, January 13, 2026 – Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, announced a Block II configuration upgrade for its Alpha rocket with a focus on enhancing reliability, streamlining producibility, and improving launch operations to further support commercial, civil, and national security mission demand.
Read full press release: https://fireflyspace.com/news/firefly-aerospace-announces-alpha-block-ii-configuration-upgrade-for-flight-8/
Vantage Data Centers and Liberty Energy Announce Strategic Partnership to Develop and Operate One Gigawatt of Power Solutions for Next Generation Data Centers
DENVER (Jan. 5, 2026) – Vantage Data Centers (“Vantage”), a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, and Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE: LBRT) (“Liberty”), a leading provider of innovative energy services and technologies, today announced a strategic partnership to develop and deliver utility scale, high efficiency power solutions for Vantage’s expanding portfolio in North America. Upon commissioning, these power solutions will be owned and operated by Liberty Power Innovations (“LPI”), a Liberty Energy company, providing long-term power services to support cloud and AI infrastructure for the world’s largest tech companies.
Read full press release https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-and-liberty-energy-announce-strategic-partnership-to-develop-and-operate-one-gigawatt-of-power-solutions-for-next-generation-data-centers/
Vantage Data Centers Expands Community Partnerships in Wisconsin with New Workforce, Housing and Food Security Investments
DENVER (Dec. 16, 2025) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced a series of new community investments across Ozaukee and Milwaukee counties. These initiatives reinforce the company’s commitment to supporting local residents and strengthening regional economic opportunity as Vantage moves forward with its Lighthouse campus in Port Washington.
Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-expands-community-partnerships-in-wisconsin-with-new-workforce-housing-and-food-security-investments/
Ramon Sanchez Joins Firefly Aerospace as Chief Operating Officer
Sanchez will oversee a broader scope as Firefly’s COO including the company’s day-to-day operations to support company growth
Cedar Park, Texas, December 11, 2025 – Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, announced it has named Ramon Sanchez as its Chief Operating Officer to drive Firefly’s production scaling and operational execution beginning December 22. In this position, Sanchez will be responsible for the company’s day-to-day operations and ensuring Firefly continues to enhance safety, quality, and reliability in production of launch vehicles, lunar landers, and spacecraft product lines to meet customers’ growing demands. Sanchez’s appointment reinforces Firefly’s commitment to operational excellence.
Read full press release: https://fireflyspace.com/news/ramon-sanchez-joins-firefly-aerospace-as-chief-operating-officer/
Firefly Aerospace Adds Volta’s Wireless Power Receiver to Blue Ghost Mission on Far Side of the Moon
Hosted onboard Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander, Volta’s LightPort will demonstrate technologies to survive the lunar night and support a lunar orbit power grid
Cedar Park, Texas, December 10, 2025 – Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, today announced a new commercial payload agreement with Volta Space Technologies to host a wireless power receiver on Firefly’s Blue Ghost Mission 2 lander on the far side of the Moon. The payload will serve as a technology demonstration for Volta’s planned lunar power network, called LightGrid.
Read full press release: https://fireflyspace.com/news/firefly-aerospace-adds-voltas-wireless-power-receiver-to-blue-ghost-mission-on-far-side-of-the-moon/
Vantage Data Centers Appoints Robin Balen as Chief Product Officer to Lead Newly Created Product Organization
Industry innovator with deep data center and hyperscale engineering expertise to shape global product strategy
DENVER (Dec. 4, 2025) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced the appointment of Robin Balen as chief product officer (CPO) to lead the company’s recently created product organization. A seasoned technology and business leader with more than 25 years of experience, Balen will spearhead Vantage’s global product vision and roadmap, partnering across regions and functions to accelerate and scale innovation and deliver world-class solutions for hyperscalers and AI-focused customers. He will be based in London and report to Executive Vice President Jeff Tench.
Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-appoints-robin-balen-as-chief-product-officer-to-lead-newly-created-product-organization/
Fortanix Teams with HPE and NVIDIA to Embed Confidential Computing in AI Factories
Joint Solution Brings Fortanix’s Armet AI to HPE Private Cloud AI, Co-developed with NVIDIA, to Enable Secure and Scalable Agentic AI From On-prem to Sovereign AI Factories
SANTA CLARA, Calif., December 3, 2025
Fortanix® Inc., a global leader in data security for an AI world, today announced its hyper-secure platform – Armet AI - can be deployed on HPE’s AI solutions, combining secure infrastructure and accelerated computing for scalable, production-ready AI. Global enterprises can leverage HPE ProLiant Compute DL380a Gen12 servers and NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs to build and run secure, scalable AI workloads on-premises, in the cloud and in AI factories with confidential computing-enabled security and trust over data, models, and prompts.
Read full press release: https://www.fortanix.com/company/pr/2025/12/fortanix-teams-with-hpe-and-nvidia-to-embed-confidential-computing-in-ai-factories
Vantage Data Centers Launches Fully Leased 16MW Facility in Kuala Lumpur
Delivers fourth facility on KUL1 campus to meet rising customer demand
DENVER, USA and SINGAPORE (Dec. 3, 2025) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced that its fourth facility (KUL14) on the company’s first Cyberjaya campus in Malaysia is now operational, completing the development of the KUL1 campus. The 16MW KUL14 data center is fully leased to a single customer, underscoring strong demand and customer confidence in Vantage’s capabilities and commitment to service excellence.
Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-launches-fully-leased-16mw-facility-in-kuala-lumpur/
Fortanix Joins HPE’s Unleash AI Partner Program to Accelerate AI Outcomes with Hyper-Secure, Turnkey Agentic AI Platform Built On NVIDIA Confidential Computing
Enterprises benefit from end-to-end trust, FIPS 140-2 Level 3 Security, and Data Sovereignty Compliance
BARCELONA, November 30, 2025
Fortanix, a global leader in data security for an AI world, today announced it has joined the HPE Unleash AI partner program. Now, customers using HPE’s portfolio of integrated AI solutions can also leverage NVIDIA Confidential Computing and Fortanix Armet AI, a turnkey platform for running secure and sovereign agentic AI in AI factories and highly regulated environments.
Read full press release: https://www.fortanix.com/company/pr/2025/12/fortanix-joins-hpe-unleash-ai-partner-program-to-accelerate-ai-outcomes
Vantage Data Centers Completes $1.6B Investment in APAC Platform from GIC and ADIA; Closes Acquisition of Yondr’s 300MW+ Hyperscale Campus in Johor, Malaysia
Milestones position Vantage as a leading digital infrastructure provider in APAC with 1GW of operational and planned capacity across the region
DENVER, USA and SINGAPORE (Nov. 23, 2025) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced that it has completed a $1.6 billion equity investment into its Asia-Pacific platform led by an affiliate of GIC, a global institutional investor, and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (“ADIA”). Part of this capital was allocated to close the acquisition of Yondr Group’s 300MW+ hyperscale data center campus located in Sedenak Tech Park, Johor, Malaysia.
Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-completes-1-6b-investment-in-apac-platform-from-gic-and-adia-closes-acquisition-of-yondrs-300mw-hyperscale-campus-in-johor-malaysia/
Firefly Aerospace Joins Kratos MACH-TB 2.0 Team for Hypersonic Testing
Firefly is partnering with Kratos Defense and Security Solutions as a member of the MACH-TB 2.0 team—an expanding national coalition driving the next era of American hypersonics. As a partner, we’re helping to advance Kratos’ goal of one hypersonic test launch per week, making testing faster, more frequent, and more affordable.
Read full article: https://fireflyspace.com/news/firefly-aerospace-joins-kratos-mach-tb-2-0-team-for-hypersonic-testing/
Vantage Data Centers Pledges $3M to Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership to Restore Valley Creek Corridor and Advance Water Positivity in Wisconsin
Company supports water revitalization in alignment with local priorities and sustainable commitments to Port Washington community
DENVER (Nov. 20, 2025) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced a $3 million funding commitment to support the watershed-scale Valley Creek Corridor Revitalization Project, a transformative environmental initiative in Port Washington, Wisconsin, managed by the Lakeshore Natural Resource Partnership (LNRP) and the City of Port Washington. With this investment, Vantage demonstrates its dedication to pursuing water positivity for the recently announced Lighthouse campus, a goal centered on replenishing more water to freshwater sources than the company uses.
Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-pledges-3m-to-lakeshore-natural-resource-partnership-to-restore-valley-creek-corridor-and-advance-water-positivity-in-wisconsin/
Fortanix Recognized in Six 2025 Gartner ® Hype Cycles
Built on a modern, software-defined architecture, Fortanix’s next-gen HSM blends the strength of traditional hardware security with cloud-scale agility and unified key management
SANTA CLARA, Calif., November 17, 2025
Fortanix® Inc., a global leader in data security for an AI world, today announced that it has been recognized in six 2025 Gartner Hype Cycle™ reports, including those for Data Security Technologies, Digital Sovereignty, Privacy, Compute, Telco Cloud Services and Emerging Technologies.
Read full press release: https://www.fortanix.com/company/pr/2025/11/fortanix-recognized-in-six-2025-gartner-hype-cycles
York Space Systems Completes Initial Commissioning of PExT Payload on BARD Mission
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--York Space Systems (York), a modern defense prime built for speed and scale, today announced the successful initial commissioning of the Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT) payload aboard the BARD mission, marking a significant step forward in validating the mission’s concept of operations (ConOps) and advancing next-generation wideband space communications capabilities for NASA.
Read full press release: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20251110053718/en/York-Space-Systems-Completes-Initial-Commissioning-of-PExT-Payload-on-BARD-Mission
Vantage Data Centers Invests $2B in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Region to Deliver Fourth Campus in the Commonwealth
Combined, the company’s Virginia footprint will include 782MW of IT capacity to meet accelerating cloud and AI demand from the world’s largest technology companies
DENVER (Nov. 6, 2025) – Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced a major expansion in Virginia with an investment of $2 billion to fuel the development of a 192MW campus (VA4) in the Fredericksburg region. Development of the campus is expected to create 1,100 construction jobs and at least 50 permanent operations jobs. This campus is Vantage’s fourth in Virginia and brings the company’s statewide capacity to 782MW with a combined investment of approximately $8 billion.
Read full press release: https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-invests-2b-in-fredericksburg-virginia-region-to-deliver-fourth-campus-in-the-commonwealth/
Firefly Aerospace Closes Acquisition of SciTec National Security Technology Company
Acquisition accelerates Firefly’s strategic growth plan, adding mission-proven defense software, big data processing, and state-of-the-art classified facilities
CEDAR PARK, Texas, November 5, 2025 – Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of SciTec, Inc., a leader in advanced national security technologies. The purchase price consisted of a combination of cash and Firefly common stock paid to SciTec owners for the acquisition, which was first announced on October 5.
Read full press release: https://fireflyspace.com/news/firefly-aerospace-closes-acquisition-of-scitec-national-security-technology-company/