Markets and policy
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Kingspan reaches deeper into critical power with €900m BMC deal
Kingspan has agreed to acquire Irish electrical manufacturer BMC for up to €900m, adding low-voltage switchgear and power distribution to its growing data centre cooling and containment business.
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Nebius pushes AI capacity north with Estonia and Finland builds
Nebius has committed to 22MW at Greenergy in Estonia and outlined another Mäntsälä facility of up to 70MW, extending its rapidly growing Northern European AI infrastructure footprint.
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RWE turns grid-rich German sites towards data centres
RWE is close to two German data centre agreements as the utility assesses ten electrically connected sites for digital infrastructure, turning existing grid access and industrial land into development assets.
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North America absorbs record 25GW
North American data-centre demand reached 25GW in the first half of 2026, while 95% of a 66GW construction pipeline is already committed.
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H.I.G. buys UK contractor Phoenix ME
H.I.G. Capital has acquired London-headquartered Phoenix ME, adding a specialist mechanical and electrical contractor with significant UK and European data-centre exposure.
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Data centres enter sustainable-finance growth engine
ING expects data centres, renewable energy, and associated infrastructure to remain major drivers of sustainable financing through 2026 and 2027.
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EMEA gains ground in data-centre growth
Finland, Denmark, France, Portugal, and Saudi Arabia are among the world’s ten fastest-scaling data-centre markets, according to new Savills analysis.
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Mistral targets 1GW European AI capacity
Mistral plans to build up to 1GW of European compute capacity by 2030 as it tries to turn AI sovereignty into physical regional infrastructure.
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EU clears $4bn atNorth acquisition
European competition clearance removes a regulatory condition from CPP Investments and Equinix’s $4bn acquisition of Nordic data-centre operator atNorth.
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Fermi lands 222MW TensorWave lease at Matador
TensorWave has signed for 222MW at Fermi’s Project Matador campus.