DataCentral Editorial
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SWI buys into Genesis Digital Assets
SWI Group has taken a major Genesis Digital Assets stake, aiming to convert crypto infrastructure towards AI and HPC workloads.
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Schneider and Foxconn plan AI data centre systems
Schneider Electric and Foxconn will co-develop AI data centre infrastructure, linking power, cooling, rack integration, and manufacturing scale.
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firstcolo starts FRA7 data centre build
firstcolo has broken ground on FRA7, a high density Rosbach data centre designed for AI, HPC, renewable power, and heat reuse.
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Hyperco files second Kouvola data centre
Hyperco is seeking approval for another large Kouvola data centre, extending Finland’s role in Nordic hyperscale development.
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Slough data centre appeal allowed
Ministers have allowed the Manor Farm data centre appeal in Slough, adding another planning decision for large UK digital infrastructure schemes.
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Yondr advances Slough campus
Yondr has reached first ready-for-service on its third Slough data centre, advancing a 100MW hyperscale campus west of London.
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Amazon discloses data centre water use
Amazon says its global data centres withdrew 2.5bn gallons of water in 2025, sharpening transparency questions around AI infrastructure.
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S&P flags data centre insurance gap
S&P Global Ratings warns that hyperscale data centre values are stretching conventional insurance capacity and changing project finance risk.
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Malesherbois printworks eyes data centre
A former Loiret printworks has been sold for potential data centre conversion, with grid access still the unresolved constraint.
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What counts as a real data centre project?
Announced megawatts rarely prove whether data centre capacity will arrive. UK schemes now face harder tests on land, power, planning, financing, construction, and energisation.