Markets and policy
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Study raises data centre heat questions
A new study links AI data centres to local land-temperature increases, adding heat rejection to the planning and sustainability debate.
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ZincFive plans public listing
ZincFive plans to go public through a Spark I business combination, bringing nickel-zinc battery systems into the AI data centre capital markets story.
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KKR launches power-led AI platform
KKR’s Helix platform shows private capital moving deeper into the power bottleneck behind AI data centre development.
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AMD commits £2bn to UK AI compute
AMD plans to invest up to £2bn in the UK, supporting AI research, supercomputing, photonic networking, and sovereign compute infrastructure.
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Cambridge launches Zenith AI supercomputer
Cambridge has launched the £36m Zenith AI supercomputer, adding publicly funded research compute capacity to the UK’s sovereign AI infrastructure push.
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UK backs AI hardware pipeline
The UK’s £1.1bn AI Hardware Plan links chips, procurement, skills, and compute infrastructure into one industrial strategy.
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Global Switch signs second Drax PPA
Global Switch has signed a second long-term Drax power deal, adding solar-backed supply as UK data centre operators tighten energy procurement.
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EU targets faster data centre deployment
The European Commission’s Cloud and AI Development Act places data centre deployment inside Europe’s sovereignty, permitting, and energy-capacity agenda.
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UK confirms data centre NSIP route
The UK government has confirmed that data centres can be directed into the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects regime.
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DriverAI plans 80MW Cluj AI campus
DriverAI says it is advancing an 80MW AI and quantum data centre in Cluj County, with delivery questions still sitting around power, planning, financing, and partners.