Markets and policy
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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.
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Bromley puts capacity on contested ground
A proposed 50MW data centre campus in south-east London has drawn local opposition before a full planning application.
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London opens the grey belt question
London’s draft plan would allow data centres on some grey belt sites, with power, water, cooling, and heat conditions attached.
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Europe’s old hubs still hold the line
DC Byte ranks London, Frankfurt, Dublin, Paris, and Amsterdam as EMEA’s leading markets, despite worsening power and land constraints.
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Power engineers become the scarce asset
Arcadis is buying SATEL to add Iberian grid, substation, permitting, and data centre power expertise.
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Slough data halls become 20-year collateral
Two Equinix xScale facilities in Slough will secure £280 million of long-dated fixed-rate notes, bringing contracted hyperscale cash flows into infrastructure debt markets.
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Slough’s next 107MW clears planning
Tritax has secured consent for a 107MW powered-shell data centre at Manor Farm, supported by accelerated grid access, a prospective pre-let, and battery-backed infrastructure.
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Europe loses ground in the capacity race
Europe’s share of global data centre capacity could fall to about 10% by 2030 as grid delays, energy costs, permitting, and constrained sites slow delivery.
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France confronts the bill for tenfold capacity
Rexecode forecasts a tenfold increase in French data centre capacity by 2035, requiring about €210 billion of investment and materially higher electricity demand.
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Aragón’s grid levy flushes out 150MW
Two Aragón data centre proposals have surrendered 150MW of grid rights, although 17 technology developments still retain more than 3GW of active permissions.