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AWS expands Aragón water infrastructure programme
AWS says its Aragón projects now replenish more water than its regional data centres directly use, alongside a new €3.73 million irrigation modernisation scheme.
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EMEA data centre pipeline reaches 18.3GW
EMEA operational data centre capacity has passed 12.1GW, while an 18.3GW development pipeline increasingly favours markets where power, land, and delivery times remain workable.
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Queensland project could draw 2.16GW
Zerra DC’s proposed Western Downs Digital Park could reach 2.16GW of peak capacity and consume about 47GWh of electricity a day at full build-out.
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NSW targets data-centre grid connection costs
New South Wales has closed consultation on reforms intended to make data-centre operators pay more of the network costs created by a connection queue reaching 28GW.
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Equinix Cape Town approval faces appeal
Campaigners have appealed approval for two proposed Equinix data centres near Cape Town airport, challenging the scrutiny applied to their power, water, emissions, and infrastructure impacts.
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Google’s Thurrock plan faces biodiversity challenge
Essex Wildlife Trust has renewed its objection to Google’s proposed Arena Essex data-centre campus, arguing that mitigation does not resolve the loss of nationally important habitats.
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Greens force Scottish hyperscale moratorium vote
Scottish Green MSPs will force a Holyrood vote on pausing data-centre applications above 50MW while Scotland develops a national strategy and clearer assessment criteria.
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Northern Ireland weighs AI data-centre moratorium
Northern Ireland’s Assembly has considered a call for a moratorium on new large-scale AI data centres until their economic, environmental, and infrastructure impacts are assessed.
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ESpanix adds in-network DDoS protection
Spanish internet exchange ESpanix has deployed Nokia’s Deepfield Defender across six Madrid and Barcelona data-centre locations, adding DDoS mitigation for more than 200 connected networks.
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PFAS expansion follows AI infrastructure demand
Most major PFAS producers are expanding capacity as AI infrastructure, semiconductor manufacturing, and battery demand grow, according to new research from Swedish chemicals group ChemSec.