Build and facilities
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Finland takes a 550MW AI bet
Pure DC has launched the first 110MW phase of a planned 550MW AI campus in Seinäjoki, with secured power, planning, and liquid-cooled modular design.
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Avonmouth data centre enters permit test
The Environment Agency is consulting on an environmental permit application for Avonmouth Data Centre in Bristol.
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UK data centres get a grid playbook
United Infrastructure will lead work on standardised electricity connection archetypes for UK data centre projects.
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Essex AI campus runs into the grid
Nscale’s Loughton AI campus is reportedly seeking alternative power because its grid connection will not arrive in time.
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DC power moves up the AI stack
Infineon and LS Electric will collaborate on direct-current power systems for AI data centres and next-generation grids.
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Paris and Milan get a cleaner fibre path
euNetworks has launched a 1,057km Alpine route linking two major European data centre markets.
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Flix gets a €1bn AI second life
Submer will turn a former chemicals site in Catalonia into a liquid-cooled AI data centre campus.
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Bedford’s 1GW campus turns on gas bridge
QuestPit’s proposed Bedfordshire data centre is back in the local news cycle, with power strategy still defining the scheme.
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AWS and HRUC open a technician pipeline
HRUC and Amazon have launched Level 4 data centre operations and engineering programmes to support the UK technician pipeline.
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Meppen hardens local government IT
Landkreis Emsland has started work on a municipal data centre in Meppen, designed around KRITIS resilience requirements.