DataCentral Editorial
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EU rating scheme moves towards labels
A European Commission draft sets out how data centres will be rated through electronic sustainability labels using reported performance data.
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Data centre NSIPs face BNG rules
Defra has published the biodiversity gain statement for data centre NSIPs ahead of mandatory requirements from November 2026.
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Etix moves for Eurofiber French sites
Etix is in exclusive talks to acquire Eurofiber’s French colocation activities, adding four Occitanie facilities to its portfolio.
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Brookfield lifts French AI infrastructure plan
Brookfield is increasing its planned AI infrastructure investment in France to €30bn as the country courts large data centre capital.
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SoftBank plans 5GW French AI build
SoftBank has committed up to €75bn to develop 5GW of AI data centre capacity in France.
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Police shut Farnborough streaming data centre
City of London Police seized more than £1.2m of equipment after shutting down a large illicit streaming data centre in Farnborough.
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Bull and Foxconn plan European AI manufacturing
Bull and Foxconn will manufacture AI and cloud infrastructure across facilities in France and the Czech Republic.
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Tet opens first phase of DC7
Latvian telco Tet has completed the first phase of its DC7 data centre near Riga, with liquid cooling and local heat reuse planned.
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Era4 plans landfill-powered Canterbury data centre
Era4 has filed plans for a small AI data centre at a Canterbury landfill site, using private-wire landfill gas power and closed-loop liquid cooling.
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Google starts Horndal data centre build
Google has broken ground on its first owned and operated data centre in Sweden, with air cooling and heat-recovery readiness in the design.