Cooling and HVAC
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Proton outage exposes cooling failover weakness
A Frankfurt cooling failure knocked multiple Proton services temporarily offline.
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Pure DC plans 10MW Dublin heat export
Pure DC has agreed to provide about 10MW of waste heat from its proposed DUB01B development to HeatGrid Ireland’s planned district-heating network in Dublin 15.
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Fossefall orders five Nordic modular data centres
Fossefall has ordered five Armada modular data centres totalling more than 9MW for Nordic AI deployments, with delivery scheduled by the first quarter of 2027.
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Irish data centre water demand surges
Public-water consumption by Irish data centres rose sharply during the hot early summer, with reported use exceeding 200m litres in July as national water restrictions remained in force.
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T-Systems cuts Cerdanyola PUE to 1.35
T-Systems says cooling and operating changes have reduced PUE at its Cerdanyola data centre to 1.35 while reported water-use efficiency has also fallen sharply.
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Dell’Oro sees $120bn infrastructure market
Dell’Oro expects worldwide data centre physical-infrastructure revenue to reach $120bn by 2030 as nearly 200GW of new capacity drives spending on cooling, power distribution, UPS systems, and other facility equipment.
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DayOne finances Singapore fuel-cell trial
DayOne has secured a S$530m green loan for a 20MW Singapore data centre combining hybrid cooling, solar generation, and a solid oxide fuel-cell power trial.
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Can Europe compare data centres fairly?
Europe is preparing a common data centre efficiency rating system using energy and water metrics already collected from operators. Comparing facilities operating under different climates, cooling systems, utilisation levels, and water conditions remains considerably harder.
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Data centre heat trial targets water recovery
AirJoule Technologies and Europe’s Net Zero Innovation Hub plan to test a system designed to turn low-grade data centre waste heat into usable water.
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Castrol fluids gain NVIDIA cooling validation
Castrol’s PG25 and PG25T direct-to-chip cooling fluids have been validated against NVIDIA requirements covering thermal performance, materials, and supply-chain resilience.