Build and facilities
-
AI hardware turns logistics into a project risk
Dimerco says servers, networking, cooling systems, and electrical equipment are creating a more demanding logistics chain between Asian manufacturers and global data centre construction sites.
-
Vera Rubin gets a 2027 UK target
Civo plans to deploy Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform in new UK liquid-cooled data centres from early 2027, although site and power details remain undisclosed.
-
Power-rich land drives the £14bn SEGRO approach
SEGRO’s board is minded to recommend Prologis’s improved £14bn proposal, bringing two substantial logistics, powered-land, and data centre development portfolios closer together.
-
Sines gains a 384Tbps Atlantic route
Google’s 7,000km Nuvem subsea cable has reached Sines, adding a high-capacity route between Portugal and North America.
-
Amsterdam finds another 700kW inside existing halls
NovoServe is adding 150 racks across NorthC and maincubes facilities near Amsterdam, creating 700kW of additional bare-metal capacity without a new building.
-
Munich’s regional capacity pipeline gains a new site
M-net has started work on a 1,500-square-metre colocation facility in northern Munich, targeting a 2027 test phase and commercial operation in 2028.
-
The 800V DC race reaches the power train
DG Matrix and Skeleton Technologies are combining solid-state transformers with fast-response storage to manage the pulse loads expected from dense AI clusters.
-
The 246kW rack enters the design brief
Schneider Electric and AMD have published a validated infrastructure design for Helios clusters, including racks drawing up to 246kW and greenfield deployments reaching 10.4MW.
-
Norway’s Drangedal campus grows by 40MW
Polar Data Centers has announced a second liquid-cooled facility at Drangedal, adding 40MW of planned IT capacity beside its operating DRA01 building.
-
A €300m build takes shape at Kouvola
YIT will deliver design, civil works, MEP systems, and commissioning for a new building at atNorth’s planned 430MW FIN04 campus in Finland.