Markets and policy
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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.
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DayOne plans 300MW Aragon campus
DayOne’s first Spanish data centre would add a 300MW AI campus to Aragon’s fast-growing power-led development pipeline.
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Broadcom platform targets 20GW compute
Broadcom, Apollo, and Blackstone have launched a financing platform designed to support more than 20GW of AI compute deployments.
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Magnora lists data centre arm
Magnora Data Center has listed on Euronext Growth Oslo after raising NOK650m for its European development pipeline.
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Segro faces data centre pressure
An activist investor is pushing Segro to separate its data centre business as powered land becomes more valuable.