Markets and policy
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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.
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Cloud infrastructure meets conflict risk
Reported damage to Amazon-linked facilities in Bahrain puts physical security back into the cloud resilience debate.
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Meta’s El Paso campus gets an infrastructure owner
BlackRock-managed funds will take 80 percent of a $14bn venture for Meta’s 1GW El Paso AI campus.
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Israel hits pause on the queue
Israel’s electricity regulator has reportedly paused processing of larger data centre grid applications after a surge in connection requests.
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The grid starts asking data centres to move
PJM plans a large-load registry, emergency curtailment framework, and backstop procurement as data centre demand rises.