Markets and policy
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Slough data centre appeal allowed
Ministers have allowed the Manor Farm data centre appeal in Slough, adding another planning decision for large UK digital infrastructure schemes.
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Amazon discloses data centre water use
Amazon says its global data centres withdrew 2.5bn gallons of water in 2025, sharpening transparency questions around AI infrastructure.
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S&P flags data centre insurance gap
S&P Global Ratings warns that hyperscale data centre values are stretching conventional insurance capacity and changing project finance risk.
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Malesherbois printworks eyes data centre
A former Loiret printworks has been sold for potential data centre conversion, with grid access still the unresolved constraint.
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What counts as a real data centre project?
Announced megawatts rarely prove whether data centre capacity will arrive. UK schemes now face harder tests on land, power, planning, financing, construction, and energisation.
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Gnomon buys Croatia’s DC North
Gnomon Capital has acquired DC North, adding a secure Varaždin facility to the investment map for CEE digital infrastructure.
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Lombardy tightens data centre rules
Lombardy has approved a data centre law aimed at steering rapid capacity growth towards brownfield land and clearer authorisation routes.
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Vertiv completes ThermoKey acquisition
Vertiv has closed its ThermoKey deal, strengthening European heat-rejection capacity as AI workloads raise pressure on cooling supply chains.
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Data4 launches 700MW Escaudain campus
Data4 is taking a former northern French industrial site into the AI infrastructure race with a planned €5bn, 700MW data centre campus.
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Study raises data centre heat questions
A new study links AI data centres to local land-temperature increases, adding heat rejection to the planning and sustainability debate.