Markets and policy
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France’s next 400MW takes shape
Orange and Morrison plan a €3 billion French data centre platform that would combine five operating facilities with new capacity, infrastructure capital, and a 400MW target.
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SK Telecom turns AI capacity into a platform
SK Telecom has created SK Hyper, a dedicated AI data centre subsidiary targeting 15GW of capacity by 2035.
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Google’s Georgia footprint dwarfs the European model
Google has been named as the sole end user of an 8 million sq ft data centre campus in Georgia.
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AI finance starts to look like energy finance
A reported Nvidia guarantee for OpenAI-linked capacity would bind chips, credit, power, and data centre delivery.
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Volta looks beyond one London block
Volta Data Centres has appointed Jason Liggins as chief executive after its separation from Verne and acquisition by Arcus.
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Poland wants a seat in Europe’s AI factory network
Gdańsk University of Technology has submitted a bid to host the Gaia AI Factory under the EuroHPC programme.
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Europe’s data centre label gets teeth
The EU’s draft sustainability label would put data centre energy and water performance into a public rating regime.
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AI hardware turns logistics into a project risk
Dimerco says servers, networking, cooling systems, and electrical equipment are creating a more demanding logistics chain between Asian manufacturers and global data centre construction sites.
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Britain’s cyber rules collide with a skills shortage
A workforce report warns that expanded UK cyber regulation could draw scarce specialists into compliance work as data centres prepare for statutory resilience duties.
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Vera Rubin gets a 2027 UK target
Civo plans to deploy Nvidia’s Vera Rubin platform in new UK liquid-cooled data centres from early 2027, although site and power details remain undisclosed.