News
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Liquid cooling orders double before standards settle
Georg Fischer says orders for data centre liquid-cooling systems doubled in the first half of 2026 as prefabricated polymer pipework, valves, controls, and instrumentation move into larger deployment programmes.
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Europe’s GPU deal still needs buildings and power
Microsoft will use part of Mistral’s expanding European GPU infrastructure under a multibillion-dollar agreement, although the campuses, electrical load, cooling systems, and delivery programme remain undisclosed.
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Dutch outage pulls power and cooling into one failure
A utility power failure in Google Cloud’s Dutch region developed into a cooling loss and protective workload shutdowns, disrupting bare-metal, VMware, and managed storage services for more than 12 hours.
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Lombardy weighs 120MW against land, water, and power
A proposed 120MW data centre near Travagliato is entering infrastructure procedures as Lombardy begins applying regional rules covering grid capacity, land, water, energy efficiency, heat reuse, and environmental mitigation.
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A live substation anchors Finland’s €1.3bn campus
Pure DC has secured €1.3bn for the first 110MW phase of its Seinäjoki campus, where a fully leased build, secured power, planning consent, and an energised substation have aligned.
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$5bn cover arrives for gigawatt risk
Aon has expanded its data centre lifecycle insurance programme to $5 billion as larger campuses concentrate construction, equipment, cyber, cargo, and interruption exposure.
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Brick Lane data centre lands on ministers’ desks
Ministers will decide whether a five storey data centre can be built at the former Truman Brewery after Tower Hamlets opposed the scheme.
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Southall trades cereal sheds for hyperscale
CyrusOne has secured approval to redevelop the former Honey Monster factory into a major data centre campus with dedicated power infrastructure and local planning obligations.
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Telxius sale puts Europe’s cable gateways in play
Telefónica and Pontegadea are reported to have reopened a sale of Telxius, placing transatlantic cable routes, landing stations, and connected data centre assets on the market.
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Nebius turns GPUs into bankable infrastructure
Nebius has secured $775 million of debt against deployed GPU systems and contracted customer cash flow, creating an asset level financing model for further AI capacity.