Markets and policy
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Oil risk reaches the data centre tender
Currie & Brown warns UK data centre construction costs could rise if oil prices stay elevated.
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Le Bourget turns on SEGRO
A proposed 75MW SEGRO data centre near Paris is facing renewed local opposition.
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Granada gets a 70MW AI test
Alto Infrastructure has started work on a 70MW AI and HPC campus in Granada.
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South Wales gets another data centre test
Maska Group’s Rhondda Cynon Taf proposal brings data centre planning back to power, cooling, and disclosure.
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Amazon buys into Scottish wind
Amazon’s 90MW Chirmorie PPA ties UK digital infrastructure load to new onshore wind procurement.
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Larbert pushes back on 300MW AI campus
Apatura’s proposed 300MW Larbert campus is testing Scotland’s appetite for large AI infrastructure.
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Prologis sees power inside SEGRO
Prologis’s rejected £12.6bn SEGRO approach puts power-rich land and data centre pipelines into takeover territory.
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Boden becomes HIVE’s liquid-cooled bet
HIVE’s Swedish lease plan would push Boden into high-density GPU colocation with direct-to-chip cooling.
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Slough feels the heat from compute
Slough’s data centre cluster is drawing attention to heat rejection, urban planning, and public acceptability.
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Philippsburg rewires its power past
A former German energy site could become a hyperscale campus built around grid access, substations, and waste heat.