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Paris tightens data centre development framework
Île-de-France is setting stronger expectations on energy, water, land use, and heat recovery as a regional data centre pipeline exceeding 60 projects continues to grow.
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Google wins Grange Castle expansion approval
Google has secured planning permission for a 72,400 sq m expansion of its Grange Castle data centre campus, overturning a 2024 refusal centred on electricity-network constraints.
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Salute’s AI operations portfolio passes 20GW
Salute says customers have engaged it to support more than 20GW of AI infrastructure, highlighting the growing operational burden around coolant chemistry, leak management, commissioning, and high-density maintenance.
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LG joins Nvidia power and cooling network
LG has joined Nvidia’s Partner Network as a preferred power and cooling supplier, strengthening its push into multi-megawatt coolant distribution systems for high-density AI infrastructure.
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Schneider software-defines medium-voltage switchgear
Schneider Electric has launched software-defined medium-voltage infrastructure aimed at standardising data centre power distribution, shortening lead times, and moving protection, control, and monitoring functions out of customised hardware.
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UK installed data centre capacity reaches 3.5GW
CoStar Analytics puts installed UK data centre capacity at 3.5GW, with another 1GW under construction, as developers push beyond established clusters while power access remains the principal delivery constraint.
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Submer launches factory-built data centre platform
Submer Group has launched Corenix to factory-build and test integrated data centre modules containing IT, power, cooling, and networking before completing installation and commissioning on site.
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Foresight signs term sheet for 270MW Polish pipeline
Foresight has signed a non-binding term sheet for control of a business developing up to 270MW across Warsaw and Wrocław, but both projects remain at relatively early development stages.
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J.P. Morgan links AI demand to nuclear investment
J.P. Morgan research estimates European data centre electricity demand will rise sharply towards 2030, adding to the investment case for firm low-carbon generation alongside renewables and grid expansion.
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Trane unveils two 250MW zero-water cooling designs
Trane has introduced two 250MW AI data centre cooling architectures using zero-water heat rejection, including a factory-built modular plant design and an air-cooled system intended to release more electrical capacity for compute.