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French Senate sets out AI infrastructure recommendations
A French Senate report has put data centres at the centre of the country’s AI environmental debate, calling for faster grid connections to be paired with tougher environmental performance, greater transparency, and more efficient computing models.
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German register exposes utilisation and data gaps
Germany’s first official data centre register analysis finds many listed facilities already satisfy future efficiency requirements, but low utilisation, incomplete reporting, and questionable data quality complicate conclusions about the country’s available computing and grid capacity.
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EU consults on data centre performance standards
Brussels has opened a 12-week consultation on possible minimum performance standards for European data centres, beginning work that could turn the EU’s developing efficiency and sustainability reporting regime into enforceable operating requirements.
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EU proposes data centre sustainability ratings
The European Commission has proposed a common sustainability rating framework for larger data centres, adding energy, water, heat reuse, and grid flexibility to an EU transparency regime expected to produce its first facility labels in 2027.
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Thailand proposes 100MW hyperscale threshold
Thailand is preparing national data centre rules that could classify facilities using 100MW or more as hyperscale and impose new controls on location and electricity use.
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Senate route reopens US data centre cost bill
The US Ratepayer Protection Act is back in Senate negotiations after an expedited attempt failed, keeping data centre electricity-cost allocation in play.
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AGL pushes brownfield route for data centres
AGL wants New South Wales connection reforms to recognise existing high-capacity industrial grid connections as AirTrunk plans a major former-smelter data centre.
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Oracle-linked $18bn data centre debt pressured
Loans tied to Oracle-leased Project Jupiter infrastructure are trading below par as lenders confront financing, permitting, and power risks around a huge AI campus.
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NERC advances computational-load reliability standards
NERC says its first foundational reliability standards for large computational loads have passed an initial ballot as grid operators respond to data centre behaviour.
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Microsoft prepares Langley data centre plans
Microsoft expects to submit planning applications this autumn for a data centre at the former Langley Business Centre site in Slough.