Markets and policy
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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.
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Italy gives data centre permits a ten-month clock
Italy has issued the first operating guidance for its unified data centre authorisation route, setting a ten-month maximum after an application passes the completeness check.
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Italy puts €8bn campuses on fast track
Italy has granted national strategic status to seven Equinix facilities and a 300MW–400MW campus planned on the former Galileo Ferraris power station.
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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.