https://aidatacenterindex.com/year/2019/feed/ Chronological feed for 2019 using the best public timeline year available for each tracked facility. https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/meta-odense-denmark-ai-ready-data-center.html https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/meta-odense-denmark-ai-ready-data-center.html Odense, Funen, Denmark | Operational | 300 MW — Meta's Odense campus is one of the world's most advanced AI-ready data centers. In 2022, Meta pivoted its design for the facility to prioritize AI workloads, integrating liquid cooling systems and high-density power distribution to support https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-azure-dubai-uae.html https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-azure-dubai-uae.html Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Operational | 200 MW — Microsoft Azure launched its UAE North region in Dubai in October 2019, making it the first global cloud provider to offer a dedicated UAE cloud region. The region pairs with Azure UAE Central in Abu Dhabi (operated in partnership with G42) https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/google-henderson-nevada-ai-data-center.html https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/google-henderson-nevada-ai-data-center.html Henderson, Nevada, United States | Operational | 150 MW — Google's Henderson, Nevada data center is located in the Las Vegas metro area, approximately 15 miles southeast of the city center. The facility opened in 2019 and is one of Google's Western US data centers supporting Google Cloud's us-west https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/aws-hong-kong-cloud-region-ai-expansion.html https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/aws-hong-kong-cloud-region-ai-expansion.html Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong | Operational | 100 MW — AWS has significantly deepened its AI-focused infrastructure in Hong Kong as part of a multi-billion dollar regional strategy. In May 2025, AWS and Cyberport launched a Joint Innovation Center (JIC) to accelerate AI adoption among local ent https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/oracle-cloud-japan-east-tokyo.html https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/oracle-cloud-japan-east-tokyo.html Tokyo, Kanto, Japan | Operational | 100 MW — Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's Japan East region in Tokyo is Oracle's primary cloud hub for the Japanese market. Japan is one of Oracle's largest enterprise markets globally, and the Tokyo region hosts Oracle Autonomous Database, OCI AI serv https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/oracle-japan-ai-cloud-region.html https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/oracle-japan-ai-cloud-region.html Tokyo, Kanto, Japan | Operational | 100 MW — Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's Japan East region (Tokyo) is one of OCI's major APAC deployments, offering GPU-intensive compute for AI training and inference workloads. Oracle has aggressively expanded its Japan presence — announcing a $8 bi https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/atnorth-ice02-ai-data-center-iceland.html https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/atnorth-ice02-ai-data-center-iceland.html Keflavík, Southern Peninsula, Iceland | Operational | 80 MW — atNorth's ICE02 campus near Keflavík, Iceland, offers more than 13,000 square meters of white space and scalable power beyond 80 megawatts for GPU-intensive tenants. The site pairs Iceland's 100% renewable hydro and geothermal grid with dir https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-south-africa-ai-region.html https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-south-africa-ai-region.html Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa | Operational | 80 MW — Microsoft Azure's South Africa regions (South Africa North in Johannesburg, South Africa West in Cape Town) are the continent's most significant cloud infrastructure investment. The Johannesburg region is the primary hub for AI workloads ac https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-azure-switzerland-north-zurich.html https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-azure-switzerland-north-zurich.html Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland | Operational | 80 MW — Microsoft Azure's Switzerland North region in Zurich launched in September 2019, alongside a companion Switzerland West region in Geneva. The regions were established to serve Switzerland's highly regulated financial services sector (bankin https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/alibaba-cloud-germany-frankfurt-eu-region.html https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/alibaba-cloud-germany-frankfurt-eu-region.html Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | Operational | 70 MW — Alibaba Cloud operates its European hub in Frankfurt, Germany, hosting data center infrastructure that forms the backbone of the company's EU cloud region. Frankfurt was selected for its status as Europe's leading internet exchange (DE-CIX, https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/aws-bahrain-me-south-1-ai-region.html https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/aws-bahrain-me-south-1-ai-region.html Manama, Capital Governorate, Bahrain | Operational | 60 MW — Amazon Web Services launched its Middle East (Bahrain) region — me-south-1 — in July 2019, becoming the first major hyperscale cloud provider to offer a full region in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) area. The region consists of three av https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-azure-south-africa-johannesburg.html https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/microsoft-azure-south-africa-johannesburg.html Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa | Operational | 60 MW — Microsoft Azure launched its South Africa North region in Johannesburg in October 2019 alongside a companion South Africa West region in Cape Town — becoming the first major hyperscale cloud provider to establish full cloud regions on the A https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/huawei-cloud-europe-germany-frankfurt.html https://aidatacenterindex.com/datacenters/huawei-cloud-europe-germany-frankfurt.html Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany | Operational | 50 MW — Huawei Cloud operates its primary European region from Frankfurt, Germany — the continent's leading internet exchange hub. The region supports Huawei's international cloud business for European enterprise customers and provides the infrastr