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Cambridge launches Zenith AI supercomputer
Cambridge has launched the £36m Zenith AI supercomputer, adding publicly funded research compute capacity to the UK’s sovereign AI infrastructure push.
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Pure DC advances Brent Cross build
Pure DC has appointed Glencar for the next Brent Cross phase, extending a live London campus toward 90MW of total capacity.
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UK backs AI hardware pipeline
The UK’s £1.1bn AI Hardware Plan links chips, procurement, skills, and compute infrastructure into one industrial strategy.
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Global Switch signs second Drax PPA
Global Switch has signed a second long-term Drax power deal, adding solar-backed supply as UK data centre operators tighten energy procurement.
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EU targets faster data centre deployment
The European Commission’s Cloud and AI Development Act places data centre deployment inside Europe’s sovereignty, permitting, and energy-capacity agenda.
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UK confirms data centre NSIP route
The UK government has confirmed that data centres can be directed into the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects regime.
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DriverAI plans 80MW Cluj AI campus
DriverAI says it is advancing an 80MW AI and quantum data centre in Cluj County, with delivery questions still sitting around power, planning, financing, and partners.
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Viridor and Rivington plan EfW data centres
Viridor and Rivington Energy plan up to 200MW of UK data centre capacity powered directly by energy-from-waste facilities.
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ABB targets data centre grid stability
ABB has launched a modular synchronous condenser package aimed at stabilising grid connections for AI data centres and other large loads.
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Bonn backs Fraunhofer HPC facility
The University of Bonn’s Poppelsdorf campus is set for a Fraunhofer HPC and AI facility with an 800 sq m data centre.