Markets and policy
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Austria’s EIA rules meet hyperscale reality
WWF Austria wants large data centres written into environmental assessment law after Google’s expanding Kronstorf campus avoided a full EIA.
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Portugal draws a line around power-heavy growth
Portugal wants proposed data centres to generate wider economic value as a pipeline exceeding 2.6GW competes for electricity, land, and network infrastructure.
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France puts foreign data centres on notice
A parliamentary commission wants France to pause foreign-controlled data centre projects while it reconsiders how scarce power capacity is allocated to digital infrastructure.
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Kegworth’s mainframe past becomes warehouse land
A demolished former RBS/NatWest data centre at Packington Hill, Kegworth, is set for warehouse redevelopment, showing how legacy enterprise sites are being recycled.
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Sovereign cloud finds a Geneva anchor
nLighten and Arqit have tested a model that anchors data and cryptographic controls in a Geneva data centre while workloads use public cloud resources.
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AI data centres run into the rulebook
Authorities in Europe and beyond are tightening controls on data centre development as AI demand turns electricity, water, land, and community impact into planning constraints.
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Plans progress for 60MW data centre in Alicante
Renewable energy developer Valfortec is progressing plans for a €300m data centre campus in Elche, adding Alicante to Spain’s widening digital infrastructure map.
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Aragón’s AI pipeline gets another 150MW
Krolmap is planning a 150MW data centre campus near Zaragoza, adding to Aragón’s fast-growing pipeline of AI and hyperscale infrastructure projects.
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Spanish data centre land starts trading like power
EdgeMode is moving to sell Spanish data centre development interests to Pure DC and Spark AI Foundry, with pricing tied to ready-to-build capacity and leased IT load.
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Ferrovial puts Madrid on the campus map
Ferrovial is moving into data centre development with a planned €1bn campus in Alcobendas, starting with a 60MW first phase in Madrid’s Valdelacasa area.