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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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Security by design moves to the fence line
The Security Industry Association has published 12 data centre security principles covering design, access, operations, and resilience as facilities face rising critical infrastructure scrutiny.
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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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Valencia’s regional cloud layer gets denser
Nunsys Cloud has expanded its Paterna Technology Park data centre with 150 racks and capacity for up to 5,000 servers after a seven-month renovation.
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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.
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Frankfurt’s next data hall starts at 110kV
Hitachi Energy will provide a dedicated 110kV grid connection for Kauri CAB’s Frankfurt data centre as AI demand intensifies pressure on constrained urban electricity networks.