Build and facilities
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Heathrow Estate data centre clears Hounslow planning vote
Hounslow councillors have backed redevelopment of Heathrow Estate for up to 50,000 sq m of data centre space, supported by a proposed 80MVA electricity connection and a required water-minimisation strategy.
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Water networks start pricing in data centre growth
Ofwat has provisionally allowed £477m of additional water-sector investment for growth pressures including data centres, bringing another utility constraint into the UK’s digital infrastructure build-out.
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South Wales AI zone lands its first capacity deal
Nebius will deploy high-density Nvidia infrastructure at Vantage’s Newport campus, giving the South Wales AI Growth Zone its first announced commercial capacity commitment.
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Florence brownfield scheme ties compute to solar, hydrogen and heat
Comtel and H2-Era plan to place a data centre inside a Tuscan brownfield redevelopment combining solar generation, hydrogen production, vertical farming, and recovery of server heat.
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Kingspan reaches deeper into critical power with €900m BMC deal
Kingspan has agreed to acquire Irish electrical manufacturer BMC for up to €900m, adding low-voltage switchgear and power distribution to its growing data centre cooling and containment business.
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Nebius pushes AI capacity north with Estonia and Finland builds
Nebius has committed to 22MW at Greenergy in Estonia and outlined another Mäntsälä facility of up to 70MW, extending its rapidly growing Northern European AI infrastructure footprint.
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RWE turns grid-rich German sites towards data centres
RWE is close to two German data centre agreements as the utility assesses ten electrically connected sites for digital infrastructure, turning existing grid access and industrial land into development assets.
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Esbjerg puts flexible power at the heart of DDC1
Construction has started on an 11.5MW Esbjerg data centre designed to vary electricity demand, use energy storage, recirculate cooling water, and ultimately send surplus heat into the local district heating network.
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Data centres lift Balfour Beatty US orders
Balfour Beatty secured about $350m of US data-centre orders in the first half and has another $1bn of work expected to contract over 12 months.
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H.I.G. buys UK contractor Phoenix ME
H.I.G. Capital has acquired London-headquartered Phoenix ME, adding a specialist mechanical and electrical contractor with significant UK and European data-centre exposure.