News
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Batteries could loosen Britain’s data centre grid peaks
Research using electricity profiles from 96 UK data centres suggests onsite batteries could reduce maximum grid imports by 10–15%, shifting demand without reducing the energy required by computing and cooling.
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Britain’s AI buildout meets peak water demand
Water UK has warned that rapid data centre growth could create peak water requirements far above average consumption, particularly in already stressed parts of eastern and south-eastern England.
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Heiligenhaus solar covers a sliver of data demand
Yexio has installed 244kWp of solar generation at its Heiligenhaus data centre, forecasting 220MWh a year against a facility capable of scaling from 2MW to 4MW.
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Backup power adds a 3MVA European option
Everllence has introduced a 3MVA standby generator for European data centres, combining 2.4MWe output with 50Hz operation, container integration, electrically driven cooling, and support for HVO.
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London–Brussels route skirts Europe’s crowded paths
RETN has opened an optical route between London and Brussels using new Rotterdam–Brussels fibre, a separate continental landing point, and a London path designed to avoid the Docklands corridor.
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Liquid cooling orders double before standards settle
Georg Fischer says orders for data centre liquid-cooling systems doubled in the first half of 2026 as prefabricated polymer pipework, valves, controls, and instrumentation move into larger deployment programmes.
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Europe’s GPU deal still needs buildings and power
Microsoft will use part of Mistral’s expanding European GPU infrastructure under a multibillion-dollar agreement, although the campuses, electrical load, cooling systems, and delivery programme remain undisclosed.
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Dutch outage pulls power and cooling into one failure
A utility power failure in Google Cloud’s Dutch region developed into a cooling loss and protective workload shutdowns, disrupting bare-metal, VMware, and managed storage services for more than 12 hours.
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Lombardy weighs 120MW against land, water, and power
A proposed 120MW data centre near Travagliato is entering infrastructure procedures as Lombardy begins applying regional rules covering grid capacity, land, water, energy efficiency, heat reuse, and environmental mitigation.
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A live substation anchors Finland’s €1.3bn campus
Pure DC has secured €1.3bn for the first 110MW phase of its Seinäjoki campus, where a fully leased build, secured power, planning consent, and an energised substation have aligned.