Markets and policy
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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.
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Whitehall centralises AI but scatters its infrastructure
The UK government has moved AI strategy into the Cabinet Office while leaving planning, energy, telecoms, investment, security, and data centre regulation divided across Whitehall.
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Power-rich land drives the £14bn SEGRO approach
SEGRO’s board is minded to recommend Prologis’s improved £14bn proposal, bringing two substantial logistics, powered-land, and data centre development portfolios closer together.
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Sines gains a 384Tbps Atlantic route
Google’s 7,000km Nuvem subsea cable has reached Sines, adding a high-capacity route between Portugal and North America.
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Britain’s cyber bill meets a thin skills bench
The UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill will extend security duties to data centres and managed service providers, while a shortage of experienced personnel threatens to constrain implementation.
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Batteries could loosen Britain’s data centre grid peaks
Research using electricity profiles from 96 UK data centres suggests onsite batteries could reduce maximum grid imports by 10–15%, shifting demand without reducing the energy required by computing and cooling.
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Britain’s AI buildout meets peak water demand
Water UK has warned that rapid data centre growth could create peak water requirements far above average consumption, particularly in already stressed parts of eastern and south-eastern England.
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London–Brussels route skirts Europe’s crowded paths
RETN has opened an optical route between London and Brussels using new Rotterdam–Brussels fibre, a separate continental landing point, and a London path designed to avoid the Docklands corridor.