Build and facilities
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Wexham site flagged for hyperscale use
Green-belt land near Wexham Park Hospital has been identified as a potential data centre or logistics location, adding another early-stage development proposition to the power-constrained west London market.
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North Lincolnshire presses 2.5GW AI zone bid
North Lincolnshire is pressing the government to approve an AI Growth Zone proposal spanning four campuses, up to 2.5GW of capacity, and more than £20bn of private investment.
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Charlton Gateway advances data centre plans
GLi is advancing plans for a large data centre at Charlton Gateway in Greenwich, with a new substation, dry cooling, and potential heat-reuse infrastructure.
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Polarise shifts SWI investment into debt
Polarise has replaced a previously announced majority-equity investment from SWI Group with debt financing as it develops AI infrastructure in Germany and Norway.
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Nebius seeks $4.5bn for AI infrastructure
Nebius plans to raise $4.5bn through convertible senior notes, with proceeds earmarked for data centre construction, AI cloud expansion, GPUs, and other infrastructure.
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Ministers require EIA for Fife data centre
Scottish ministers have directed that the proposed Cato data centre near Auchtertool must undergo an Environmental Impact Assessment, delaying its planning determination.
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TBC proposes 300MW Cambois data centre
TBC Partners is seeking an environmental screening opinion for a potential 300MW data centre development at Factory Road in Cambois, Northumberland.
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DataVita secures £300m Scottish financing
DataVita has secured approximately £300m of debt financing to expand DV1 and build DV3 in North Lanarkshire’s AI Growth Zone.
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Helios opens Tervola data centre planning process
Helios Nordic Energy has started planning an 860-hectare data centre development in Tervola, Finnish Lapland, close to planned grid infrastructure.
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England planning rules strengthen data centre support
England’s new National Planning Policy Framework explicitly links data centre development with generating capacity, grid connections, water infrastructure, and AI Growth Zones, embedding physical infrastructure requirements more firmly in national planning policy.