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Mocean sends AI racks to sea
Mocean Energy’s Blue Core concept would combine wave power, solar, storage, satellite links, and ocean cooling.
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Bromley puts capacity on contested ground
A proposed 50MW data centre campus in south-east London has drawn local opposition before a full planning application.
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London opens the grey belt question
London’s draft plan would allow data centres on some grey belt sites, with power, water, cooling, and heat conditions attached.
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The data centre drifts offshore
Bureau Veritas has granted approval in principle to Seatrium’s 30MW floating data centre concept.
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Europe’s old hubs still hold the line
DC Byte ranks London, Frankfurt, Dublin, Paris, and Amsterdam as EMEA’s leading markets, despite worsening power and land constraints.
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Power engineers become the scarce asset
Arcadis is buying SATEL to add Iberian grid, substation, permitting, and data centre power expertise.
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Liquid cooling earns an Nvidia seal
LG’s 600kW coolant distribution unit has passed Nvidia’s AI Factory assessment for cooling performance, reliability, monitoring, failover, and direct-to-chip integration.
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Blackpool moves Silicon Sands into delivery
Blackpool Council intends to appoint HOCHTIEF for the first Silicon Sands data centre, combining a 6MW initial supply with liquid cooling and proposed heat reuse.
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Slough data halls become 20-year collateral
Two Equinix xScale facilities in Slough will secure £280 million of long-dated fixed-rate notes, bringing contracted hyperscale cash flows into infrastructure debt markets.
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Slough’s next 107MW clears planning
Tritax has secured consent for a 107MW powered-shell data centre at Manor Farm, supported by accelerated grid access, a prospective pre-let, and battery-backed infrastructure.