Markets and policy
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Magnora portfolio reaches 650MW across Europe
Magnora Data Center has expanded its development portfolio to 650MW gross across ten projects in Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Italy.
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Schwarz reportedly plans Rostock data centre
Schwarz Group is reportedly preparing a multibillion-euro data centre near Rostock, extending the retailer-owned group’s investment in sovereign European digital infrastructure.
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Spain prepares tougher data centre rules
Spain is preparing rules that would tie new data centres to hourly renewable-power requirements, water efficiency, cybersecurity, EU data residency, and continued grid-connection rights.
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Australia moves towards national data centre rules
Australia is preparing a national policy response to rapidly rising data-centre demand as AEMO forecasts electricity consumption in the National Electricity Market climbing from about 5TWh to roughly 34TWh by 2035-36.
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Kentucky approves TeraWulf’s 482MW power deal
Kentucky regulators have approved an electricity-service agreement for TeraWulf’s planned 482MW Hancock County data-centre campus, including provisions intended to assign project-specific power costs to the customer.
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ONS redraws the data centre economy
The ONS is developing a broader way to measure Britain’s digital infrastructure, exposing how data-centre buildings, hardware, software, and power use disappear across conventional national-account categories.
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Gas-backed UK data centres face emissions challenge
Two proposed UK data-centre campuses face scrutiny over plans for on-site gas generation while awaiting grid capacity, with campaigners modelling annual emissions above 4.5m tonnes under full-load assumptions.
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Italy’s data centre queue hits 95GW
Data-centre connection requests on Italy’s transmission system have reached 95.38GW, but only 1.88GW has advanced to the most mature stage, exposing the gap between queued and buildable capacity.
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Ireland reopens nuclear power debate
Ireland’s rising data-centre electricity demand has re-entered the country’s nuclear debate, despite statutory prohibitions that currently prevent nuclear fission from being authorised for electricity generation.
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Petition seeks AI data centre planning freeze
A UK Parliamentary petition is calling for data centre and battery planning approvals outside AI Growth Zones to be halted, adding another organised challenge to the government’s attempt to accelerate large digital-infrastructure development.