Markets and policy
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EMEA data centre pipeline reaches 18.3GW
EMEA operational data centre capacity has passed 12.1GW, while an 18.3GW development pipeline increasingly favours markets where power, land, and delivery times remain workable.
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Equinix Cape Town approval faces appeal
Campaigners have appealed approval for two proposed Equinix data centres near Cape Town airport, challenging the scrutiny applied to their power, water, emissions, and infrastructure impacts.
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Greens force Scottish hyperscale moratorium vote
Scottish Green MSPs will force a Holyrood vote on pausing data-centre applications above 50MW while Scotland develops a national strategy and clearer assessment criteria.
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Northern Ireland weighs AI data-centre moratorium
Northern Ireland’s Assembly has considered a call for a moratorium on new large-scale AI data centres until their economic, environmental, and infrastructure impacts are assessed.
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Lagarde warns Europe faces AI capacity gap
Europe needs substantially more domestic data-centre capacity if it is to reduce its dependence on overseas AI infrastructure, ECB president Christine Lagarde has warned.
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Telekom prepares bid for EU AI Gigafactory
Deutsche Telekom is preparing an application for an EU-backed AI Gigafactory and says it could invest at billion-euro scale, as Brussels moves towards its first large privately led compute projects.
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Aragón challenges Spain’s data centre decree
Aragón has formally demanded a comprehensive revision of Spain’s proposed data-centre decree, arguing that its renewable-energy requirements could undermine projects in one of Europe’s fastest-growing hyperscale development markets.
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SpainDC warns €9bn projects could move
Spain’s data-centre industry has escalated its opposition to proposed national operating rules, warning that projects worth around €9bn could be reconsidered as investors assess stricter renewable-energy requirements.
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UAE package targets 1GW German data centres
A €40bn UAE investment package for Germany includes approximately 1GW of new data-centre capacity, alongside wider energy and technology agreements whose sites, delivery timetable, and power requirements have yet to be disclosed.
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UK data centre sentiment worsens despite awareness
Telehouse research suggests UK awareness of data centres is increasing while positive sentiment, particularly around electricity use and environmental impact, is deteriorating.