Build and facilities
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ASP weighs Oslo IPO after NOK1.6bn bond
ASP Data Center is reportedly sounding investors over an Oslo IPO that could raise about $100m, weeks after the Norwegian operator completed a NOK1.6bn bond financing for its expanding infrastructure portfolio.
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Rimac brings automotive batteries into modular data centres
Rimac Technology and ECOBLOX are developing a modular AI data centre integrating high-voltage battery systems, power electronics, cooling and infrastructure management, with a demonstration deployment planned in Croatia.
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Core Stack plans €1bn Italian data centre network
Core Stack and Green Arrow Capital plan to invest more than €1bn in 13 mid-sized Italian data centres, beginning with projects near Cremona and Verona and expanding through Italy over four years.
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Chapelcross data centre passes 1,000 objections
More than 1,000 objections have been lodged against the proposed Chapelcross hyperscale campus as scrutiny grows around its power ambition approaching 1GW, greenfield land use and projected greenhouse gas effects.
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Aragón fast-track permits underpin €60bn data centre pipeline
Aragón has attracted more than €60bn of expected data centre investment as its accelerated PIGA planning framework reduces approval times while electricity, environmental scrutiny and national regulation remain separate constraints.
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Applied Digital secures potential 1GW Finnish power
Applied Digital has secured access to as much as 1GW of potential power capacity in Finland for its first international development opportunity, with initial availability anticipated from 2028.
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Finnish regulator orders halt to Google site works
Finland’s regulator has told Google subsidiary Tuike Finland to halt environmentally significant preparation at its proposed Muhos and Kajaani data centre sites until their environmental impact assessments are complete.
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Fawley plans revive former power station site
Revised Fawley Waterside plans would allow data centres and other digital infrastructure within a 143,000 sq m employment campus on the former Hampshire power station site.
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Reading data centre application exposes grid shortfall
A formal Thames Valley Park data centre application indicates potential electricity demand of up to 110MW against only 1.8MW currently available to the site from the grid.
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Hofheim data centre construction starts near Frankfurt
Data Center Group is starting work on a Hofheim data centre designed for up to 30MVA of electrical connection capacity and operation from the first quarter of 2028.