expansion

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But data centre expansion there is constrained by limited space and relatively expensive electricity.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

From then on, the plantation system drove the expansion of slavery and the international slave trade, and eventually survived the demise of both.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Those include questions about the direction of the business, rollover, retention and expansion plans.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Satellite images show rapid expansion of exposed lakebed as the water has receded.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The invention of the double-outrigger sailing canoe may have been the technological breakthrough that triggered the Austronesian expansion from the Chinese mainland.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond