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Trane and Eaton integrate AI power and cooling
Trane Technologies and Eaton have combined medium-voltage electrical and thermal architectures into an Nvidia-aligned AI data centre reference design, with claimed efficiency gains and lower installation costs and copper use than conventional low-voltage approaches.
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Amsterdam Equinix plan faces water scrutiny
A four-tower Equinix development in Amsterdam-Zuidoost could use 1.1bn litres of drinking water annually at full build-out, placing its proposed cooling system above a voluntary Dutch industry water-efficiency benchmark.
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European AI colocation signings hit 420MW
AI-focused colocation signings across Europe reached 420MW in the first half of 2026, with two-thirds of contracted capacity heading to Nordic markets as operators become more comfortable with neocloud counterparty risk.
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Europe’s data centre boom fails Balfour Beatty’s margin test
Balfour Beatty is declining to pursue UK and continental European data centre construction at current margins, despite securing substantial new work through its expanding US buildings business.
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Drought puts data centre water connections under strain
Water constraints are reaching proposed data centre developments in southern England as drought forces utilities to examine large new connection requests against an already stressed supply system.
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Larbert opposition moves into security planning
Police Scotland has urged security planning around Apatura’s proposed 300MW Larbert campus as sustained opposition brings physical access and disruption into an already contested planning process.
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Five data centres drive 1GW London grid upgrade
National Grid has launched a major north-west London transmission programme that will connect five data centres representing around 1GW of demand through new and reinforced electrical infrastructure.
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Heatwave turns cooling into a grid load
Extreme heat can lift data centre cooling demand by 20–30%, adding electrical load as drought, high temperatures, and constrained generation place pressure on power systems across Europe.
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Equity gives way to financing in SWI’s Polarise reset
SWI Group has dropped its planned majority investment in Polarise and will finance the German AI infrastructure business instead, while concentrating ownership around data centres and US compute assets.
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Water pressure closes in on Warsaw data centre plan
A four-building data centre development near Warsaw is facing opposition over water demand as existing supply problems push cooling design and utility capacity deeper into the planning debate.