Markets and policy
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Poste Italiane brings a 70MW AI plan into view
Poste Italiane has identified land and an energy supplier for a proposed 70MW Lombardy data centre, although the location, consortium, and delivery programme remain undisclosed.
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Staudinger’s coal legacy gives way to compute
Uniper is preparing part of its Staudinger power station in Hesse for data centres, battery storage, and new generation across 459,000 square metres of industrial land.
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Portugal’s grid prepares for the data centre surge
EDP expects data centres to produce about 60% of Portugal’s electricity-demand growth through 2035 as more than 2.6GW of proposed capacity moves through development.
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Europe clears the runway for seven AI gigafactories
Brussels has opened a tender for up to seven AI gigafactories, combining €10 billion of public support with an expected €20 billion or more from industry.
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Grid queue reform puts millions on the line
Ofgem wants large data centre developers to pay a refundable per-megawatt fee and meet new project milestones before retaining scarce capacity in Britain’s electricity-connections queue.
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Cyanis starts distributed compute push with €250,000
Hamburg-based Cyanis AI has raised more than €250,000 to develop an orchestration platform and prepare a proposed 10MW network of distributed European compute nodes.
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Efficiency ratios face an absolute-use test
WorldGBC has proposed nine data centre policy principles covering efficiency, energy, water, heat recovery, biodiversity, pollution, and planning, with absolute resource use placed alongside PUE and WUE.
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AI build-out swells the cooling backlog
Johnson Controls has raised its full-year earnings guidance after orders and backlog accelerated, with data centres and other mission-critical projects driving especially strong growth in the Americas.
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Tallinn expansion draws fresh infrastructure capital
Tensor Estate has acquired a minority holding in the company behind Greenergy Data Centers, adding capital for an AI-led expansion of the operating facility outside Tallinn.
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Australia’s data centre rules run into politics
A proposed national framework for data centres has reportedly stalled after state-level resistance over energy, water, and siting controls.