Markets and policy
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Energy Vault outlines Sardinia AI fast-track
Energy Vault has detailed the accelerated approval path and build-out plan for its Digital Vault Sulcis project in Sardinia, starting at around 30MW of AI IT capacity and targeting commercial operation by 2030.
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atNorth acquisition closes at $4bn
CPP Investments and Equinix have completed their $4 billion acquisition of atNorth, with Partners Group reinvesting and a $4.1 billion financing package backing the Nordic operator’s development pipeline.
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Orcadian signs offshore compute development pact
Orcadian signs offshore compute development pact around North Sea gas.
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Vertiv agrees $1.45bn UIG acquisition
Vertiv buys UIG to extend upstream into data centre power.
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ERCOT delays data centre queue classifications
ERCOT has delayed Batch Zero data-centre classifications while it verifies large-load projects, exposing a speculative-demand problem with close parallels in Britain’s electricity connection system.
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EuroHPC signs €387.8m LUMI-AI contract
EuroHPC has signed a €387.8m contract with Bull to deploy the LUMI-AI supercomputer at CSC’s Kajaani data centre, expanding European public AI compute capacity from 2027.
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SLB agrees $4.1bn Kelvion acquisition
SLB has agreed to acquire German thermal-management specialist Kelvion for $3.4bn in cash plus $700m of assumed debt, expanding its data-centre infrastructure business into a major cooling portfolio.
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Greens seek tighter UK data centre rules
Greens want tighter planning and environmental rules for data centres.
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UK planning digest adds nine applications
Nine fresh applications expanded the UK’s tracked data centre pipeline.
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GARBE.DC explores second Leopoldsdorf data centre
GARBE.DC is exploring another data centre development outside Vienna, Austria.