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Norway’s data centre load doubles in two years
Norwegian data centres consumed 3.3TWh of electricity in 2025, twice the level recorded in 2023, as grid capacity increasingly determines which proposed facilities can progress.
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Lapinlahti weighs a 500MW data centre campus
Helios Nordic Energy is seeking zoning for more than 80 hectares beside Fingrid’s Alapitkä substation, where a proposed data centre could eventually reach around 500MW.
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Frankfurt expansion draws CVC infrastructure capital
CVC DIF is taking a majority stake in firstcolo, placing fresh infrastructure capital behind a German colocation platform with a 24MW expansion already under construction near Frankfurt.
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Madrid puts another 56MW into construction
Global Switch has begun building Madrid 2, adding 56MW to a campus that will reach 70MW as Spain’s largest data centre market moves more capacity into physical delivery.
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A $100bn question hangs over Vantage
Vantage Data Centers is considering an IPO or sale at a potential valuation of around $100bn, as hyperscale expansion pushes private infrastructure platforms towards ever larger pools of capital.
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AHEAD brings rack integration closer to European data halls
AHEAD has opened a 53,000 sq ft facility in Reading to assemble, configure, validate, and prepare complete AI, HPC, and edge rack systems before they reach European data centres.
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Heathrow Estate data centre clears Hounslow planning vote
Hounslow councillors have backed redevelopment of Heathrow Estate for up to 50,000 sq m of data centre space, supported by a proposed 80MVA electricity connection and a required water-minimisation strategy.
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Amazon’s Ridgeway backup plant enters permit process
Amazon Data Services UK is seeking an environmental permit for emergency backup generation rated at 50MW thermal input or more at its Ridgeway data centre in Iver.
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Slough resilience plant moves into environmental permitting
Iron Mountain has applied for a bespoke environmental permit covering combustion equipment with aggregate rated thermal input of at least 50MW at its Dundee Road data centre site in Slough.
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Water networks start pricing in data centre growth
Ofwat has provisionally allowed £477m of additional water-sector investment for growth pressures including data centres, bringing another utility constraint into the UK’s digital infrastructure build-out.